Live It Out

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Live It Out
Studio album by Metric
Released	September 27, 2005
Recorded	???
Genre	Indie rock
Length	40:54
Label	Last Gang Records
Producer	James Shaw
Professional reviews
AMG link NME Link MusicOMH link Pitchfork Media (4.2/10) link Uncut Magazine Link
Metric chronology
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003) Live It Out (2005) Grow Up and Blow Away (2007)

Live It Out is the second album released by Metric, a Canadian indie rock band. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. There are three music videos released from this album so far.

1. "Monster Hospital"
2. "Poster of a Girl"
3. "Empty"

"Monster Hospital" was the first official single released from the album and has been remixed by MSTRKRFT on the Monster Hospital single, and again on the Poster of a Girl single. "Poster of a Girl" was the second release followed by, "Handshakes", a radio promo released in Canada. The next international single and video released is Empty (released February 12th, 2007).

'Live It Out' was named the 38th best album of 2006 by NME Magazine.

The album was shortlisted for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize in 2006.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Metric.

1. "Empty"
2. "Glass Ceiling"
3. "Handshakes"
4. "Too Little, Too Late"
5. "Poster of a Girl"
6. "Monster Hospital"
7. "Patriarch on a Vespa"
8. "The Police and the Private"
9. "Ending Start"
10. "Live it Out"
11. "Poster of a Girl (Girl On Girl Revision)"*
12. "Poster of a Girl (Radio Edit)"*

• *Japanese bonus tracks

[edit] 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.

[edit] Trivia

• The song "Hand$hake$" is featured in the soundtrack of the game "Test Drive Unlimited"