Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)

1997 studio album by Sister Machine Gun

Metropolis

Studio album by

Sister Machine Gun

Released| July 15, 1997 (1997-07-15)[1]
Studio|

Various

*     * Battery Studios K2
* (New York City, NY)
* Chicago Recording Company
* (Chicago, IL)
* Warzone Recorders
* (Chicago, IL)

Genre| Industrial rock
Length| 53:24
Label| TVT/Wax Trax!
Producer| John Fryer, Chris Randall
Sister Machine Gun chronology
| Burn
(1995)  | Metropolis
(1997)  | [R]evolution
(1999)

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Metropolis is the fourth studio album by Sister Machine Gun, released on July 15, 1997 by TVT and Wax Trax! Records.[2][3][4] The album spent more than 14 weeks on the CMJ Radio Top 200 chart, peaking at #7.[5]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [6]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic gave Metropolis a four out of five stars, saying "even if the group isn't showing any signs of great leaps in creativity, Metropolis is one of the group's most consistent efforts, offering a pummeling array of rattling beats and shattering guitars."[6]

## Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Chris Randall; all music is composed by Sister Machine Gun

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "This Metal Sky"| 2:28
2.| "Desperation"| 3:45
3.| "Temptation"| 4:38
4.| "Think"| 3:49
5.| "Living Without You"| 3:51
6.| "Torque"| 4:05
7.| "White Lightning"| 4:52
8.| "Everything"| 4:59
9.| "What Do You Want From Me"| 4:12
10.| "Admit"| 5:05
11.| "Bitter End"| 5:20
12.| "Cut Down"| 6:11

## Notes

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* Recorded at Warzone Recorders & Chicago Recording Company, Chicago and Battery Studios K2, New York by John Fryer, Chris Randall, Van Christie III, Jason McNinch, and Matt Warren.
* Mixed at Battery Studios K2 by John Fryer and Chris Randall and Warzone Recorders by Van Christie III and Jason McNinch.
* Assisting at Battery was Martin Czembor
* Assisting at Warzone was Abel Garibaldi
* Metropolis was produced by Chris Randall and John Fryer, except track 4 produced by Chris Randall and Van Christie III. Additional production by Jason McNinch.
* Most of the analog synth sounds on this record were created using the Studio Electronics SE-1 and sampling was accomplished with the Kurzweil K2500.
* Chris Randall plays Parker Guitars.
* The song Bitter End contains an intro sample from the 1996 song Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks, Cannibal Girls by White Zombie, from the Beavis And Butt-head soundtrack.

## Accolades

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Year  | Publication  | Country  | Accolade  | Rank  |

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1997 | CMJ New Music Monthly | United States | "Dance" | 11 | [7]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

## Personnel

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Adapted from the Metropolis liner notes.[8]

Sister Machine Gun

* Chris Randall – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, Hammond B3, piano, programming, production, recording

Additional performers

* Catherine Bent – cello
* Martin Czembor – mixing, backing vocals
* Richard Deacon – bass guitar
* Ted Falcon – violin
* John Fryer – effects, additional programming, backing vocals, recording, additional production
* Reeves Gabrels – guitar
* Serena Jost – cello
* Lisa Randall – spoken word (1)
* Amanda Riesman – string arrangement
* Brian Sarche – guitar
* Kevin Temple – drums
* Rob Thomas – violin
* Mars Williams – saxophone

Production and design

* Van Christie – spoken word, recording, mixing, production (4)
* Abel Garibaldi – mixing
* Robin Glowski – design
* Jason McNinch – additional programming, recording, mixing, additional production (4)
* Michael D. Ryan – management
* Matt Warren – recording

## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Label  | Format  | Catalog

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United States | 1997  | TVT/Wax Trax! | CD, CS | TVT 7244
Japan | 1998  | D:Pop/Noiz Works  | CD | DRCN-25024

## References

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1. ^ "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly (48). CMJ Network, Inc.: 45 August 1997. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
2. ^ Bush, John. "Sister Machine Gun > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
3. ^ "Sister Machine Gun Biography". Chris Randall. Archived from the original on August 10, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
4. ^ Burn, John. "Sister Machine Gun Bio". All Music Guide. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
5. ^ Frampton, Megan (3 November 1997). "CMJ Radio Top 200" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 52 (544). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 6–9\. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
6. ^ a b Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Sister Machine Gun: Metropolis > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
7. ^ "Dance Top 25". CMJ New Music Monthly (51). CMJ Network, Inc.: 62 November 1997. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
8. ^ Metropolis (booklet). Sister Machine Gun. Chicago, Illinois: TVT/Wax Trax!. 1997.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

## External links

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* Official website
* Metropolis at Discogs (list of releases)

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Sister Machine Gun

* Chris Randall

* Steve Stoll
* Chris Kelly
* Miguel Turanzas
* Guilherme Machado

Studio albums|

* Sins of the Flesh (1992)
* The Torture Technique (1994)
* Burn (1995)
* Metropolis (1997)
* [R]evolution (1999)
* 6.0 (2000)
* Influence (2003)

Record labels|

* Positron! Records
* TVT Records
* Wax Trax! Records

Related articles|

* Discography
* The Devil His Due

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* MusicBrainz release group

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