A Certain Trigger

The title for the album comes from the song once a glimpse

The songs "The Coast Is Always Changing", "Apply Some Pressure", "Graffiti", "Going Missing" and "I Want You to Stay" were released as singles.

The censored version of "Apply Some Pressure" was used on the soundtracks of the video games fifa 06 Burnout Revenge and SSX on Tour. An instrumental version of "Going Missing" was used during the end credits of the movie Stranger than Fiction.

The album has received Platinum status in the UK. When it was originally released, a limited edition version was available with a bonus CD containing a live performance in Japan. A Certain Trigger sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

In 2009, the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation included a cover version of the song "Acrobat" by Seefeel.

{{Album ratings

| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/a-certain-trigger/maximo-park|title=Reviews for A Certain Trigger by Maxïmo Park|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=1 October 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-certain-trigger-mw0000208977|title=A Certain Trigger – Maxïmo Park|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=9 February 2012|last=Phares|first=Heather}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = B{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2005/05/23/ew-reviews-four-hot-new-albums/|title=EW reviews four hot new albums|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=23 May 2005|access-date=15 April 2018}}

| rev3 = The Independent

| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|title=Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger (Warp)|work=The Independent|date=15 May 2005|last=Price|first=Simon}}

| rev4 = The Irish Times

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/cd-of-the-week-1.438621|title=Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger (Warp)|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=6 May 2005|access-date=15 April 2018|last=Boyd|first=Brian}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal|title=Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger|journal=Mojo|issue=140|date=July 2005|page=96}}

| rev6 = The New Zealand Herald

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10330082|title=Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=10 June 2005|access-date=20 March 2019|last=Kara|first=Scott}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = 7/10{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews//7657|title=Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger|journal=NME|date=23 May 2005|access-date=15 April 2018|last=Goodwin|first=Cat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021162115/http://www.nme.com/reviews//7657|archive-date=21 October 2013}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 8.4/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5646-a-certain-trigger/|title=Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger|work=Pitchfork|date=16 May 2005|access-date=1 October 2016|last=Ubl|first=Sam}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/maximopark/albums/album/7416507/review/7563359/a_certain_trigger|title=Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=25 August 2005|access-date=9 February 2012|last=Mar|first=Alex|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406002339/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/maximopark/albums/album/7416507/review/7563359/a_certain_trigger|archive-date=6 April 2009}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal|title=Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger|journal=Uncut|page=102|quote=[T]here's a romantic soul at play. Frontman Paul Smith loves the dejections of the north as much as Jarvis Cocker.}}

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Pitchfork{{'}}s Sam Ubl wrote that Maxïmo Park "play jaunty, precise power pop with punk's antipathies, exuding a tentative cool'. CMJ wrote, "These five lads resurrect the trembling, trebly power chords and literate sensibilities of bands like Wire and the Fall... Maximo Park's brand of guitar pop is distinctly British and pogo-ready."CMJ (No. 914, p. 4)

A Certain Trigger was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Prize.

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Duncan Lloyd and Paul Smith, except where noted

| title1 = Signal and Sign

| length1 = 2:25

| title2 = Apply Some Pressure

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = Graffiti

| length3 = 3:05

| title4 = Postcard of a Painting

| length4 = 2:14

| title5 = Going Missing

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = I Want You to Stay

| note6 = Lukas Wooller, Smith

| length6 = 3:44

| title7 = Limassol

| note7 = Archis Tiku, Smith

| length7 = 3:42

| title8 = The Coast Is Always Changing

| length8 = 3:19

| title9 = The Night I Lost My Head

| note9 = Smith

| length9 = 1:51

| title10 = Once, a Glimpse

| length10 = 3:03

| title11 = Now I'm All Over the Shop

| length11 = 2:23

| title12 = Acrobat

| note12 = Wooller, Smith

| length12 = 4:42

| title13 = Kiss You Better

| note13 = Smith

| length13 = 2:05

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{{Track listing

| headline = Limited edition bonus disc (Live in Tokyo)

| title1 = Signal and Sign

| length1 = 2:49

| title2 = The Coast Is Always Changing

| length2 = 3:27

| title3 = Graffiti

| length3 = 3:04

| title4 = I Want You to Stay

| note4 = Wooller, Smith

| length4 = 3:43

| title5 = Limassol

| note5 = Tiku, Smith

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = Once, a Glimpse

| length6 = 3:15

| title7 = Kiss You Better

| note7 = Smith

| length7 = 2:26

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