Burn the Maps
2004 studio album by the Frames
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Burn The Maps is the fifth studio album by the Frames, released in Ireland on Plateau Records on 17 September 2004 and worldwide on Anti- Records on 8 February 2005.
Released17 September 2004
RecordedBlack Box Studios, France; Electrical Audio, Chicago, Illinois; Joe's House
Length56:30
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| Released | 17 September 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Black Box Studios, France; Electrical Audio, Chicago, Illinois; Joe's House | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 56:30 | |||
| Label | Plateau Records | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The New York Times | (not rated)[2] |
| Pitchfork | (4.7/10)[3] |
| Billboard | [4] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [5] |
| Planet Sound | (7/10) |
| Stylus Magazine | B+[6] |
This was their first studio album to go to #1 in the Irish Album Charts. The songs "Fake", "Finally" & "Sideways Down" became their highest charting hits, reaching 4, 6, and 10 respectively.
Track listing
- "Happy"
- "Finally"
- "Dream Awake"
- "A Caution to the Birds"
- "Trying"
- "Fake"
- "Sideways Down"
- "Underglass"
- "Ship Caught in the Bay"
- "Keepsake"
- "Suffer in Silence"
- "Locusts"
The song "Dream Awake" was featured in the NBC drama series Life at the end of series premiere and "Finally" is featured at the end of episode 11 of the first season, "Fill It Up".