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Universal acclaim- based on 81 Ratings
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Positive: 76 out of 81
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Mixed: 4 out of 81
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Negative: 1 out of 81
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TheBigCrunchJul 20, 2009I've never been much of a Metric fan, but this album is just about perfect. No, they're not coming anywhere near a reinvention of the wheel, but jaw-dropping originality is often as irascible as it is thrilling. Perfect pop albums however are always welcome. Best album of the year for me so far.
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CAJul 25, 2009One of the best releases of 2009. A perfect blend of indie rock and electropop. Love more and more with each listen. Not a skipper here.
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AlexWMay 25, 2009This album is refined to the best songs. Like "Live it Out" but more refined, with a tuned up "Old World Underground..." sound.
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NathanielTAug 15, 2009I have to say that this has become my favourite album of all time. I have listened to it non stop since it's release in April. Metric are fantastic, and even better in person.
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Aug 11, 2018This is the album that really sold me on Metric. Favorite songs from Fantasies: Help I'm Alive, Sick Muse, Satellite Mind, Twilight Galaxy, Gold Gun Girls, Gimme Sympathy, Collect Call, Front Row, and Stadium Love. Amazing that there are so many favorites on an album! Love their sound, their lyrics, their imagery, and the feeling the music inspires.
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KeithLApr 23, 2009Pretty much a culmination of the best moments of their 3 prior records.
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MikeS.Jun 16, 2009
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DevinGJun 18, 2009"Fantasies" isn't wildly new and doesn't at all re-invent the sound that Metric have become comfortable with. That said, it is still an amazing record, albeit one with a lot of untapped potential.
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PhilG.Aug 23, 2009Unadorned naked honesty wrapped in, at least from this crew, a stripped down streamlined sound.
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Oct 21, 2012One of the essential electronic/alt. rock albums. Metric's evolution isn't all that much of what you'd call evolution, but more adaptation. Thank God what they've adapted to embraces them tightly.
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Mar 11, 2015Fantasies is an album that has something for everybody -- catchy tunes, dance ballads, and interesting lyrics. The production is stellar, and many of the songs are immediately fantastic. None of the songs are worth discarding, and most of them can be repeated multiple times without boredom. A great record infused with passion and wonderful composition.
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ZachPJun 7, 2009Solid and pleasantly expected. Nothing new, but that isn't a bad thing. Metric hasn't hit the stale scale yet; songs like "Gimme Sympathy," "Stadium Love," and "Gold Guns Girls" are fun at any time.
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JasonBAug 7, 2009Whoever said that this is pop marketed as indie rock is retarded. Metric has been around for a while now and are here to stay. The album is slick which is not the same as commercialized. Emily Haines provides interesting, quirky vocals on tracks like "Stadium Love", one of the best tracks on Fantasies. Overall it is a very consistent album.
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Mar 11, 2011A handful of great songs really make this album. I have 'Gimme Sympathy' and 'Stadium Love' on repeat. There are a few songs I could leave but overall the album is a lot of fun.
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Jun 9, 2016Probably one of the strongest Metric album if not the most commercially successful. This was the golden age of the band and really projected them into the spotlight. Download: Gimme Sympathy, Help I'm Alive, Satellite Mind.
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Mar 28, 2011Metric is a different type of band. They have originality and it shows on this album. Not only can you dance to a lot of these tracks, but the lyrics are also something you should listen too, they're surprisingly good. Emily Haines' vocals are very good. It's a great mix of electropop and indie. B
Awards & Rankings
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Fantasies is, rather unfortunately but perhaps not surprisingly, just another Metric album.
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Standing alone, Fantasies is an accomplished, enjoyable LP. Next to its siblings in the Metric back catalogue, however, it seems to lack urgency, a sense of the essential, dynamism, and even the touch of righteous anger that made itself known now and then.
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This Canadian-American hipster quartet's first record in four years has an electrophile slickness, not to mention a set of catchy songs.