Fantasies
by Metric
  • Record Label: 02.
  • Release Date: Apr 14, 2009
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 81 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 81
  3. Negative: 1 out of 81

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  1. ChrisS
    May 17, 2009
    5
    This band picked up where they left-off; only to go nowhere new. 'Blindness' and the welcoming intro 'Help, Im Alive' are the highlights of this CD. Worh having, but expect no more.
  2. YukkaP
    Jun 18, 2009
    5
    Commercial pop/rock marketed as Indie-rock. Not a bad update of older bands such as Blondie or the Divinyls. Kind of a Yeah, Yeah Yeahs wannabe band trying to cash in before their rapidly approaching 40th birthday party.

Awards & Rankings

84
#84 Most Discussed Album of 2009
79
#79 Most Shared Album of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. cokemachineglow
    59
    Fantasies is, rather unfortunately but perhaps not surprisingly, just another Metric album.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    70
    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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  3. Rolling Stone
    70
    This Canadian-American hipster quartet's first record in four years has an electrophile slickness, not to mention a set of catchy songs.
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