Metropole (album)

2014 studio album by the Lawrence Arms

Metropole

Studio album by

The Lawrence Arms

Released| January 28, 2014
Recorded| June–September 2013
Genre| Punk rock
Length| 34:26
Label| Epitaph 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)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 77/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
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

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All tracks are written by The Lawrence Arms.

No.| Title| Length

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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.| Title| Length

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13.| "These Pigs Seem to be Getting the Best of Me"| 2:31
14.| "Bonfire Park"| 3:01
15.| "The Profiteers"| 3:00

## Personnel

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* Chris McCaughan – guitar, vocals
* Brendan Kelly – bass, vocals
* Neil Hennessy – drums

## References

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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. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

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The Lawrence Arms

* Neil Hennessy
* Brendan Kelly
* Chris McCaughan

Studio albums|

* A Guided Tour of Chicago
* Ghost Stories
* Apathy and Exhaustion
* The Greatest Story Ever Told
* Oh! Calcutta!
* Metropole

Compilation albums|

* Cocktails & Dreams
* We Are the Champions of the World

EPs|

* Shady View Terrace / The Lawrence Arms
* Present Day Memories
* Fat Club
* Buttsweat and Tears

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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