Metro Station (album)

Metro Station
Studio album by Metro Station
Released	September 18, 2007 (see release history)
Genre	Scene pop, pop rock, electronica, dance-pop
Length	30:56 59:48 (Deluxe Edition)
Label	Columbia/Red Ink
Producer	S*A*M and Sluggo Joshua Cain Justin Pierre
Metro Station chronology
The Questions We Ask at Night (2006) Metro Station (2007) Kelsey (EP) (2009)
Singles from Metro Station
"Kelsey" Released: September, 2007 "Control" Released: December, 2007 "Shake It" Released: August 5, 2008 "Seventeen Forever" Released: December 13, 2008[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(7.8/10)[2]
Allmusic	[3]
NME	(4/10)[4]
Rocklouder	[5]
Sputnikmusic	[6]

Metro Station is the self-titled, first and only full length album by scene pop band Metro Station. The album was released on September 18, 2007, via Columbia/Red Ink. It is highly regarded as one of the key albums in the scene pop genre. Four singles were released; "Shake It" and "Seventeen Forever" charted on the Billboard Hot 100.^[7] The album debuted at #189 on the U.S. Billboard 200, but reached a peak of #39 in June 2008. The song "Shake It" was certified Platinum in 2008. Since its release, Metro Station has sold approximately 400,000 copies in the United States.

The album was officially released in the UK on March 30, 2009. It contains 2 exclusive UK bonus tracks including a brand new track, "After the Fall". The first UK single was "Shake It" which was released a week before, on March 23, 2009.

Track listing

All songs written by Metro Station, except "True to Me" co-written by Dave Katz and Sam Hollander.

1. "Seventeen Forever" – 2:54
2. "Control" – 3:20
3. "Kelsey" – 3:37
4. "Shake It" – 2:59
5. "Wish We Were Older" – 2:55
6. "Now That We're Done" – 3:28
7. "True to Me" – 2:52
8. "Tell Me What to Do" – 3:09
9. "California" – 2:42
10. "Disco" – 2:41

UK bonus tracks

11. "After the Fall" – 2:58
12. "Shake It" (The Lindbergh Palace Remix) – 6:25

Deluxe Edition

1. "Goodnight and Goodbye" – 4:02
2. "Comin' Around" – 2:40
3. "The Love That Left You to Die" – 3:08
4. "Seventeen Forever" (acoustic) – 1:54
5. "Kelsey" (acoustic) – 3:28
6. "Shake It" (The Lindbergh Palace Remix) – 6:25
7. "Shake It" (Lenny B remix – extended version) – 7:15

Release history

Country	Date
United States	March 7, 2008
New Zealand
Australia	August 9, 2008
Poland
Finland	March 25, 2008
United Kingdom	March 30, 2009

Charts

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	17
Austrian Albums Chart	29
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	52
Dutch Albums Chart	100
French Albums Chart	100
German Albums Chart	27
Italian Album Chart	41
New Zealand Album Chart	39
U.S. Billboard 200	39
U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	2
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums	24
UK Albums Chart[8]	35

Personnel

• Mason Musso – vocals, guitar
• Trace Cyrus – guitar, vocals
• Blake Healy – synthesizer, beats
• Anthony Improgo – drums

References

1. ^ www.sanity.com
2. ^ AbsolutePunk review
3. ^ Allmusic review
4. ^ NME review
5. ^ Rocklouder review
6. ^ Sputnikmusic review
7. ^ Metro Station Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com. Retrieved 06-10-2008.
8. ^ http://www.atrl.net/?p=2667467