Live It Out

Infobox Album | Name = Live It Out
Type = Album
Artist = Metric


Released = September 27, 2005
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 40:54
Label = Last Gang Records
Producer = James Shaw
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wm06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gjfexqrsld0e link]
*NME (8/10) [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/metric/liveitout Link]
*Pitchfork Media (4.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20152-live-it-out link]
*Uncut Magazine Rating|4|5 [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/metric/liveitout Link] | Last album = "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?"
(2003)
This album = "Live It Out"
(2005)
Next album = "Grow Up and Blow Away"
(2007) |

"Live It Out" is the second album released by the Canadian indie rock band Metric. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005,the 38th best album of 2006 by NME, and it shortlisted for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize in 2006.

There were three singles (and videos) released from the album, they were, from first to last: "Monster Hospital", "Poster of a Girl" and "Empty".

"Handshakes" was a radio promo, released only in Canada.

Track listing

All tracks written by Metric.

#"Empty"
#"Glass Ceiling"
#"Handshakes"
#"Too Little, Too Late"
#"Poster of a Girl"
#"Monster Hospital"
#"Patriarch on a Vespa"
#"The Police and the Private"
#"Ending Start"
#"Live It Out"
#"Poster of a Girl (Girl On Girl Revision)"*
#"Poster of a Girl (Radio Edit)"*
* *Japanese bonus tracks

Personnel

*Emily Haines - keyboards, vocals
*James Shaw - guitar, vocals
*Josh Winstead - bass guitar
*Joules Scott-Key - drums

The album was also produced by James Shaw.

Trivia

* The song "Handshakes" is featured in the soundtrack of the video game "Test Drive Unlimited".