Spring Break
Metro Station Debut Mediocre
Tom Crosby
Issue date: 9/25/07 Section: Focus
The story is this: it's not the worst album ever and it's not the best. And they're not dead. Metro Station has a legion of fans that will keep them alive as long as they keep singing about being sad and making poor choices. But Metro Station does have one thing going for them: having put this album together in just about a year's time from their conception, they do show serious potential to become something someday - the raw talent is there, just not the content.
For the audience they're aiming for, they hit the nail on the head. "Kelsey," the biggest song on the album so far, according to iTunes, is cute and happy and right up the alley of said audience. However, the rest of the tracks are fillers, that is to say, pretty much garbage. Metro Station simply rushed an album that, with time, could have had some real content. Everyone got really excited because of the "overnight success" of the band and the hurriedness shines through, with few exceptions.
Contact Tom Crosby at
Tom.Crosby@UConn.edu.
For the audience they're aiming for, they hit the nail on the head. "Kelsey," the biggest song on the album so far, according to iTunes, is cute and happy and right up the alley of said audience. However, the rest of the tracks are fillers, that is to say, pretty much garbage. Metro Station simply rushed an album that, with time, could have had some real content. Everyone got really excited because of the "overnight success" of the band and the hurriedness shines through, with few exceptions.
Contact Tom Crosby at
Tom.Crosby@UConn.edu.
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Debbie
posted 9/25/07 @ 7:24 PM EST
I'm not a big fan of Metro Stations type of music but I have heard most of the songs on the album and think it's better than you're saying it is. I wonder if you wrote about this album only to get your anti-Billy Ray Cyrus dig in. (Continued…)
RussD
Russ D
posted 9/26/07 @ 1:22 AM EST
I have ordered Metro Station's CD and am looking forward to it arriving in the mail. I am a BRC fan and although I haven't liked all of the songs I have heard from the band I do enjoy songs like 'Seventeen Forever', 'California', and 'Kelsey'. (Continued…)
andrew
posted 10/01/07 @ 10:30 PM EST
I agree that they shouldn't of rushed the album and that some of their songs were lacking something. Metro Station is one of my favorite bands though. (Continued…)
Erin
posted 10/03/07 @ 11:42 PM EST
Metro stations songs, although a little hurried, are actually really catchy. For me (as someone who takes lyrical content very seriously) its refreshing to listen to a song and dance around and not pay close attention to frivolous lyrics. (Continued…)
alice
posted 10/27/07 @ 2:10 AM EST
i love metro station.
i completely disagree with wat ur sayin that some of their songs are garbage.
oh and btw, his name is trace not "chase"
jacob
posted 11/20/08 @ 5:48 PM EST
METRO STATION IS THE BEST BAND IN THE INTIRE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOHOOOOOO, ROCK ON
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