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''Metro'' is the debut studio album by English
rock
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band
Metro
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Public transport
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. Recorded in 1976, it was released in 1977 through
Transatlantic
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* Transatlantic Enterprises, an American production company in the late 1970s
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and
Sire Records
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History Beginnings
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. It is the band's only album to feature both of the core members,
Peter Godwin
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and
Duncan Browne
Duncan John Browne (25 March 1947 – 28 May 1993) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is most remembered for his moderate hit single "Journey," which peaked at No. 23 in the U.K in 1972, and its corresponding 1973 album Duncan ...
, due to the latter's departure in 1978.
The album spawned the single "Criminal World" in 1977. The song was banned from
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playlist due to its sexual content, which resulted in the record's commercial failure. It was later covered by
David Bowie
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in his 1983 album ''
Let's Dance,'' renewing interest in Metro's early work.
Critical reception
AllMusic
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critic Dave Thompson praised the record, describing it as "an album of velvet-layered secrets and satin-sheeted mysteries, where lovers wear lace and have hearts carved from jade and the string section swells to save your ego the bother." Hailing the band as "original
orchestral maneuvers in the dark, with only
Bryan Ferry
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on hand to drive the survivors home," Thompson further wrote that ''Metro'' "remains a dirty secret, a secret sin, a sinful pleasure, and
glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists drew on diver ...
's final gleaming. How unlike it to leave the best till last."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Duncan Browne, Peter Godwin and Sean Lyons, except where noted.
# "
Criminal World" – 5:22
# "Precious"
(Browne, Godwin) – 2:59
# "Overture to Flame" – 1:54
# "Flame"
(Godwin) – 6:32
# "Mono Messiah"
(Browne, Godwin) – 3:57
# "Black Lace Shoulder"
(Browne, Godwin) – 4:25
# "Paris" – 3:16
# "One-Way Night"
(Browne, Godwin) – 5:48
# "Jade" – 4:41
Personnel
Album personnel as adapted from album liner notes.
[Metro – ''Metro'' album liner notes.]
*
Peter Godwin
Peter Godwin (born 4 December 1957) is a Zimbabwean author, journalist, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer. Best known for his writings concerning the breakdown of his native Zimbabwe, he has reported from more ...
– lead vocals, harmony vocals, backup vocals, choir, synthesizer, vocal arrangements
*
Duncan Browne
Duncan John Browne (25 March 1947 – 28 May 1993) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is most remembered for his moderate hit single "Journey," which peaked at No. 23 in the U.K in 1972, and its corresponding 1973 album Duncan ...
– harmony vocals, backup vocals, choir, guitar,
12-string guitar
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,
Spanish guitar, keyboards, synthesizer,
vibraphone
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, tambourine, handclaps, string arrangements, vocal arrangements; bass guitar
(1)
* Sean Lyons – guitar, 12-string guitar, effects, string arrangements
*
John Giblin
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– bass guitar
*
Simon Phillips – drums, percussion,
congas
*Graham Preskett - violin on "Black Lace Shoulder"
*Barry Husband - vocals on "Mono Messiah"
;Technical
* Peter Sames – production
* Metro – art direction, arrangements, production
* Dave Grinsted –
engineering
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* Sanders – photography
* Bob Franks – art direction
* Paul Chave – design
References
External links
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1977 debut albums
Metro (British band) albums
Transatlantic Records albums
Sire Records albums