Colour It In
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The Maccabees
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studio album
First released:
May 14 2007

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Colour It In is the debut album of British indie band The Maccabees. It was released in the UK on May 14, 2007. It was released on the UK iTunes Store on April 16, 2007. The album name is the CD-only B-Side from the third single "First Love". The album was named the 24th Best Album of 2007 by NME.

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Catalog number:
901602
Release dates:
  • May 22 2007

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5 stars Forget Britpop -- get this
In a year, for me at least, where all the major "indie" releases have been disappointments (from Wilco to Bjork) this hits it out of the park on nearly every song.

It has a kind of contsant nervous churn that sounds familiar (early REM, Interpol, Clinic) but feels new, if that makes any sense. The standouts are the fast/slow "Mary" and (single?) "First Love."
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2 stars Offensively mediocre
Given all the scratchy punk-pop acts pretending it's 1978 and pogo'ing around the UK nowadays, there is no reason to patronize *this* second-rate muck. Lousy, affected vocals, and not a decent melody on the whole disc (the darting guitars carry most of the harmonic content, while singer Orlando Weeks just yelps within a four-note range). Try "Mary," if you must pick a track. Sure, the music has energy and is produced with the right degree of boozy grit, but these are the only selling points. Loo…
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Colour It In 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Universal/Polydor
release dates: May 14 2007
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