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| | Fantasies | | | Music Artist : | | Metric | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Metric Music International | | Release Date : | | 2009-04-14 | | Store Price : | | $13.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Help I'm Alive
2. Sick Muse
3. Satellite Mind
4. Twilight Galaxy
5. Gold Guns Girls
6. Gimme Sympathy
7. Collect Call
8. Front Row
9. Blindness
10. Stadium Love
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 I Have A Fantasy: Me + Emily Haines
Submitted on: 2009-11-24 |
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Hailing from the same music scene in Toronto that produced artists such as Feist (And the supergroup Broken Social Scene, which they were a part of), Emily Haines and her group Metric have been trekking through the globe for the past ten years, becoming a darling of the Toronto music and indie scene in the process. With "Fantasies" however, the group seems to be moving towards the ever-more creative Alternative Rock genre. The result is "Fantasies." Will it be another stuffy indie/hipster album, or has Metric finally carved a true place on the rock of creative genius?
Highlights Include:
Help I'm Alive
Sick Muse
Gold, Guns, Girls
Stadium Love
The highlight is without a doubt the song that gave a true voice to the album, "Help, I'm Alive." Despite it's rather dark title, the song comes storming out of the gate with some killer chords, the song proceeds to build itself up, deconstruct itself, then build itself until it eventually explodes in a flurry of Alternative Rock glory. "My heart keeps beating like a hammer. Beating like a hammer! BEATING LIKE A HAMMER!" If that isn't what one of the top songs of 2009, I don't know what is. It has has so many layers, yet it is so simple. And it's all capped off with pitch-perfect vocals. It could use a bit of screaming towards the end, but hey, that's just me.
The album works best when listened to as one product, and few songs can quite make the jump to radio single status. In fact, when I first got the album, I was skeptical of it since I felt that a few of the songs didn't quite work. But put in its context of the rest of the album, they all work just fine. Another thing that surprised me was the great lyrical work, and it plays perfectly in the atmospheric war that's going on within the album. At times, there's a dark sense of foreboding, but in the same song, there's unabashed optimism. It's this musical mix of light and dark that really makes the album.
In fact, if there was a criticism I could lob at the album, it would be fact that some songs carry on sort of needlessly. As a result, some of the songs, even the good ones, feel a lot longer than they actually are.
Overall, if you were a fan of 'Help I'm Alive,' then you should enjoy the album on the whole. If you're a fan of indie rock or alt rock, you're bound to find something you like as well. Metric really brings their A-game with this album, and to my surprise, it's quite good. One of the best of the year thus far? It's certainly in the discussion...
Note: If you got the bonus tracks, then you'd have gotten 'Waves,' a rather upbeat tune that really fits with the rest of the album, and boasts a rather energetic chorus. You'll also get 'Gimme Sympathy,' which is translated very well to acoustic form, and 'Help I'm Alive,' which is less successful in its toned down form. |
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just flat out great
Submitted on: 2009-11-07 |
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| i'll keep this review short and sweet. if you don't think this album is amazing i'm not sure if you what you're looking for. hooks, gooves, vocals, lyrics are all just top notch. one of my favorite albums in some time, and this is not in my genre wheelhouse. |
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An amazing set of songs!
Submitted on: 2009-10-27 |
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| "Fantasies" is my introduction to Metric: it is an amazing set of songs by a very talented group of musicians. I am happily hooked, and look forward to seeing them live someday. |
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Another album enters my probable Best of 2009 list.
Submitted on: 2009-10-16 |
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Canada's Metric reminds me of Ladytron with more guitars. The first song that caught my ear was the last track, "Stadium Love", which recalls memories of come 1990s female led alt-rock bands like Elastica and Veruca Salt. I am not sure about the selection of singles. I can think of atleast 3 songs that are better, perhaps more radio friendly than the far-too-repetitive "Help I'm Alive" or the electro-sappy "Gimme Sympathy". I do, however, feel that "Sick Muse" is one of the stronger songs on this album.
Overall, Fantasies is a well balanced dance rock album free of any hipster indie rock posturing. It's quirky, colorful, yet very low key. |
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 some one please help im confused
Submitted on: 2009-09-29 |
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| I just received this cd in the post this afternoon and there wasnt even a cd inside the case...... it's just a look alike seethrough plactic cd. its like one of those pretend cd's that are used as a cover ontop of a stack of cd's to protect the ones underneath it i't printed on but dosnt play..... I'm just new to amazon and I'm unsure what to do ive already paid for it and just want to listen to my cd ... does anyone know what I can do????? |
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