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Universal acclaim- based on 38 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 38
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Mixed: 4 out of 38
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Negative: 2 out of 38
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sarahbMar 5, 2006At first it is not so great, but after a few listens it grows on you and sticks...then you are addicted and cant stop listening
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ChrisAJun 8, 2006Fantastic. Can't wait 'til it comes out in the UK in July.
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AshleyTApr 28, 2009This was honestly one of the best albums I have ever heard and the best Metric has done.AWEOMEEEE BBAANNNNDDDD, YAY!!!
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JDNov 28, 2005Fresh, so good, just makes me happy. So job's done!!!
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CynWMay 25, 2006My favorite album of the year. Emily Haines is an emotive, resplendent singer who knows how to perform...and the band does her justice.
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AL003Dec 29, 2005This album is great! my fave songs are 'Monster Hospital' and 'Hand$hake$'! I like the whole album and i rarely do. it's such a cool album. Metric Rocks!!!
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Jun 8, 2012One of my favorite albums ever. Can listen to any song on the album repeatedly. Definitely an album that has to grow on you, but those always turn out to be the best ones.
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mattcJan 10, 2006A great pop album. Killer melodies, high energy, and pushes the envelope without breaking it. As Happyland describe the genre both bands belong to, it's "pop and little punky". Much better than Old World Undergound, and possibly as good as Grow Up and Blow Away.
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ZachRMar 2, 2006
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FrostGDec 14, 2005
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BigQFeb 15, 2006Innovative music, great production, top drawer arrangements and vocals that seduce. What more can you ask?
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DevonGDec 7, 2007My score is very straightforward. 9 out of the album's 10 tracks were amazing. Track 9, Ending Start, really fell short of the line. Other than that, this album is a true piece of genius and by far the best from Metric. I loved how the album had an edgier, more rock feel, as that's one of it's strongest points.
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JoeJMar 13, 2007The album is great. It's got a good sound, and Metric has again produced an album that's both unique and easy to play over and over again. Although, for the most part, I like some of Metric's older stuff, they haven't strayed too far from their core competencies. I just hope they don't drop their unique synth sound too much more!
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KatherineBNov 11, 2005
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JasperBNov 13, 2005An absolutely fun album. You can't help but listen to it over and over again.
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AaronGOct 21, 2005
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AlfredT.Oct 21, 2005
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Nov 11, 2013This album is hard edge and demands you to stand up at attention and jump up and down in enjoyment. A great follow up to their 2003 masterpiece "Old World Underground...".
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AlexFSep 9, 2006not quite as good as their old albums "grow up and blow away" and "old world underground where are you now?" but still a marvolous album!
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ssOct 21, 2005Definitely not as interesting or impactful as "Old World Underground...", but it's gotten more enjoyable with each listen.
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Oct 21, 2012They're doing their thing. Metric's 2005 release isn't as layered as one might wish, nor as ambitious, but it's entertaining and aesthetically pleasing mostly.
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GeorgeLSep 26, 2006such a disappointment. The music is more rocking but there are NO songs worth playing twice.
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Awards & Rankings
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The record may have a little less electronic slink than prior efforts, but it has a propulsive energy, even in the mid-tempo tracks, that makes the record easy to like.
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Metric has a hard time balancing its pop side and its experimental side, and not enough of the new record is as memorable as its simmering regret ballad "Too Little Too Late" or the frenzied retro-dance cut "Monster Hospital."
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The guitars are louder, the songs are a little more complex, and so the band walks a tightrope between power-pop and rawk.