| Metro Music | ||||
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| Released | February 1980 | |||
| Recorded | August 1979 | |||
| Studio | Manor Studios | |||
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| Length | 40:17 | |||
| Label | Dindisc | |||
| Producer | Mike Howlett | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B−[2] |
| Record Mirror | [3] |
| Smash Hits | 8/10[4] |
Metro Music is the debut album by Canadian new wave band Martha and the Muffins. It was released in 1980 on Dindisc, the first album release for the label, and contains the international hit single "Echo Beach".
The cover image design by Peter Saville is a map of Toronto, the band's hometown, and is based on a map from the National Topographic System of Canada.[5]
The entire Metro Music album also formed the first part of Martha and the Muffins' 1987 compilation Far Away in Time.
- ^ Badgley, Aaron. "Metro Music – Martha and the Muffins". AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "Martha and the Muffins: Metro Music". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ^ Hall, Philip (March 15, 1980). "I thought Muffin the Mule was... until I discovered...". Record Mirror. p. 22.
- ^ Starr, Red (March 6–19, 1980). "Albums". Smash Hits. Vol. 2, no. 5. pp. 30–31.
- ^ Saville, Peter (2003-08-15). Designed by Peter Saville. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-56898-422-3. Retrieved 19 December 2011.