Track Listing

1. Getting Better
2. Magic Streets
3. Where Have You Been Tonight
4. Going For Gold
5. On Standby
6. Out By My Side
7. Lies
8. This Day Was Ours
9. Ladyman
10. Falling From The Sky
11. Bully Boy
12. Parallel Lines

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15136 in Music
• Released on: 1996-04-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Amazon.co.uk Review
Perpetual underdogs, Shed Seven seldom received critical acceptance, and the reasons why are writ large over A Maximum High. There's failed attempts at glamour ("Going For Gold"), there's thwarted, over-reaching ambition ("Getting Better") and there's whining, unrequited love ("This Day Was Ours") that combine to suggest that Shed Seven were never quite the match to their Britpop contemporaries. A Maximum High condemned Shed Seven as a poor man's Oasis. Divorce yourself from Shed Seven's sullied reputation, though, and A Maximum High is, on the whole, a fairly likeable pop record. "On Standby" and "Where Have You Been Tonight" aim to provide a joyous link between The Smiths and the Rolling Stones, and almost achieve their lofty ambitions, while "Bully Boy" and the fractured closer "Parallel Lines" prove that Shed Seven sometimes, occasionally, can be really very good. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

A great album
In my opinion one of the best albums of the nineties. Despite the Sheds critical reputation I think they are a great band, who have produced some classic song, such as 'Ocean Pie', one of my favourite songs of all time. A great album, better than Change Giver, and parallel lines is a classic.

Magical, Musical genius from Britains Britpop underdogs
A Maximum High is a fantasitic effort from the York lads after the rather disappointing Change giver. The album is pleasing for a number of reasons not least the delightful singing tones of Rick Witter, bringing listeners to new levels of dizzy hedonism in "Going for gold" and engaging in melodic harmony in "Out By My Side". With Paul Banks providing accelarating riffs on lead guitar, boredom is not something you will be forced to endure with this album. The bands reputation as second class citizens of the indie world should be put to one side and all illusions dispelled. Shed Seven can happily throw "A Maximum High" in the face of the critics because it is at least absorbing, flowing with high class rock juices and well worth a slot in your CD rack! -Well done lads.

One of THE classic british pop albums
Its simple. forget all the music journo sh1te, this is a high quality album of catchy, well structured, singalong rock.

Along with Echobelly's 'On', this album defines the 90's britpop sound and imho outlives that time by virtue of just being a dman good album.

buy it.