Burn the Maps

Burn the Maps
Studio album by
Released17 September 2004
RecordedBlack Box Studios, France; Electrical Audio, Chicago, Illinois; Joe's House
GenreRock
Length56:30
LabelPlateau Records
The Frames chronology
Set List
(2003)
Burn the Maps
(2004)
The Cost
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The New York Times(not rated)[2]
Pitchfork Media(4.7/10)[3]
Billboard[4]
The Austin Chronicle[5]
Planet Sound(7/10)
Stylus MagazineB+[6]

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.

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.

  1. ^ Johnny Loftus (8 February 2005). "Burn the Maps - The Frames | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ^ Pareles, Jon (21 February 2005). "New CD's". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ^ [1] Archived March 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "The Frames - Chart history". Billboard. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ^ David Lynch (18 March 2005). "Review: The Frames - Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. ^ [2] Archived March 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine