Another one on the top of various lists. I kept hearing it piecemeal and I kept liking what I was hearing. Too bad about their being French.
Not their best album, but a solid effort. I’ll never forget the first time I heard Lay It Down. I was in a trashy Euro-club in Vienna and the kids went bonkers. While I don’t know how to drop an F-bomb in German or Swedish, I felt slightly cooler for knowing that unlike them, I’d never have to learn.
While I don’t love this entire album as much as some, Stillness is the Move, Cannibal Resource and No Intention are amazing songs.
Just popped this in recently and I still love it. Holds together so well as an album.
A great song of singles, especially the first side of the record. I hardly flip it over any more. Starts to get old if you are listening straight through, but their songs really stand out if you put together a mix.
When I first heard this, I asked myself, why would I listen to Metric when I could just pop in the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs? The answer, of course, is becasue the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs are awesome and this album has earned the comparison.
Is it possible this album just came out this year? Again, perhaps I should be embarrassed by this, but I refuse to be. The key here is the energy. When he sings, you can tell in his voice that he is smiling and it makes you smile too.
What can I add? This will probably end up being tops on the survey, and rightfully so. I’m just glad they finally dumbed down their music enough so that I could get into it.
I have this only in vinyl, and I’ve spun the shit out of it. While I’d like to listen to it in my car or on the headphones sometimes, I won’t let myself because listening to it still feels like an event.
It’s almost come to the point where I have to be embarrassed by this, but when I’m honest with myself, I listened to this album more than any other this year.
Far better show than I anticipated. A rare Washington night where the crowd actually danced.
I really tried on this album. I did. Concept albums either work brilliantly, or fail miserably. This is the latter. Unfortunately, I suspect this isn’t the last of the concept albums for Mr. Melloy.
Maybe I just don’t get it.
Wait, should I put Chinese Democracy on here?