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8.7
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Universal acclaim- based on 56 Ratings
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TheBigCrunchJul 20, 200910I'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, 200910One 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, 200910This 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, 200910I 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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KeithLApr 23, 20099Pretty much a culmination of the best moments of their 3 prior records.
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MikeS.Jun 16, 20099
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DevinGJun 18, 20099"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, 20099Unadorned naked honesty wrapped in, at least from this crew, a stripped down streamlined sound.
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Oct 21, 20129One 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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Aug 29, 20129FANTASIES is my second favourite album by METRIC, I didn't find any song to be bad at all, all songs are decent in their own way. Though I liked SYNTHETICA more.
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ZachPJun 7, 20098Solid 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, 20098Whoever 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, 20118A 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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Mar 28, 20117Metric 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
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ChrisSMay 17, 20095This 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.
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YukkaPJun 18, 20095Commercial 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.
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Fantasies is, rather unfortunately but perhaps not surprisingly, just another Metric album.
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70Standing 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.