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Live It Out by Metric
Live It Out is an album by Metric, released in 2005. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Monster Hospital”, on 4 lists with a best position of #52.
Live It Out, Metric's second album, hit on September 27, 2005, on Last Gang Records, and it's the sound of the Toronto band sharpening their teeth. Emily Haines sings and works the synths, James Shaw handles guitar, Joshua Winstead the bass and Joules Scott-Key the drums, and together they kick up a wiry, nervy racket where cool keyboards and punchy guitars trade elbows.
"Monster Hospital" is the fist-pumping centerpiece, "Poster of a Girl" slinks around coolly, and "Empty" rounded out the singles, with "Handshakes" sent to Canadian radio as a promo. It went platinum in Canada, 100,000 copies there, and made the 2006 Polaris Music Prize shortlist plus a Juno nomination for Alternative Album of the Year. Oddly, the record they'd cut back in 2001, Grow Up and Blow Away, was still sitting on the shelf.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Live It Out on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monster Hospital | 4 | #52 | – | 2005–2010 | |
| 2 | Poster of A Girl | 1 | #62 | – | 2006 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.