Metropole
Studio album by
The Lawrence Arms
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2014
RecordedJune–September 2013
GenrePunk rock
Length34:26
LabelEpitaph Records
Producer
  • Matt Allison
  • The Lawrence Arms
The Lawrence Arms chronology
Buttsweat and Tears
(2009)		 Metropole
(2014)		 We Are the Champions of the World
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]

Metropole is the sixth studio album from the punk band The Lawrence Arms. The record was released by Epitaph Records on January 28, 2014.[4] Also released on the same date, as part of limited edition pre-order bundles, was the 7" vinyl-exclusive EP News From Yalta, which features three tracks from the same recording sessions that did not end up making it into the main release of Metropole. However, the digital Deluxe Edition (available on iTunes, Amazon, and so on) does include these 3 tracks in Metropole itself, numbering them tracks 13–15.

The album's lead single, "You Are Here", was released on November 18, 2013.[5] A music video for Seventeener (17th and 37th) premiered on January 4, 2014.[6]

Lawrence Arms bassist Brendan Kelly said in an interview with Noisey that during a trip to Italy he stayed at Hotel Metropole, which inspired the name of the album. He said many of the sound bites between the songs were recorded using his iPhone while he was in Italy.[7] The clips themselves showcase various types of street musicians and other urban sounds to convey the album's theme of life in a city.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Lawrence Arms

No.TitleLength
1."Chilean District"1:22
2."You are Here"2:44
3."Hickey Avenue"3:33
4."Seventeener (17th and 37th)"2:45
5."Beautiful Things"3:02
6."Acheron River"3:27
7."Metropole"2:58
8."Drunk Tweets"1:25
9."The YMCA Down the Street From the Clinic"3:49
10."Never Fade Away"2:02
11."Paradise Shitty"4:18
12."October Blood"3:01
iTunes Deluxe Edition[8]
No.TitleLength
13."These Pigs Seem to be Getting the Best of Me"2:31
14."Bonfire Park"3:01
15."The Profiteers"3:00

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Metropole Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Metropole Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Gormely, Ian (January 27, 2014). "Metropole Review". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Metropole – The Lawrence Arms". discogs.com. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Music: The Lawrence Arms: "You Are Here"".
  6. ↑ "Videos: The Lawrence Arms: "Seventeener (17th and 37th)"".
  7. ↑ "Listen to a Song from the First Lawrence Arms Album in Eight Years".
  8. ↑ "Metropole – iTunes". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.


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