Fantasies (album)

Fantasies
A dim lightbulb in the middle of a black background with "METRIC FANTASIES" written to the right.
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 7, 2009[1]
Studio
GenreIndie rock, new wave
Length42:30
LabelMetric Music International, Last Gang, Mom + Pop
ProducerGavin Brown, James Shaw
Metric chronology
Grow Up and Blow Away
(2007)
Fantasies
(2009)
Plug In, Plug Out
(2009)
Singles from Fantasies
  1. "Help I'm Alive"
    Released: December 23, 2008
  2. "Gimme Sympathy"
    Released: March 12, 2009
  3. "Sick Muse"
    Released: June 1, 2009
  4. "Gold Guns Girls"
    Released: April 25, 2010

Fantasies is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Metric. It was released on April 7, 2009. In the United States. it debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers, and peaked at No. 76 on the Billboard 200. As of October 2009 it had sold 76,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2] In Canada it debuted at No. 13 on the Canadian Albums Chart and peaked at No. 6. In Australia, the album debuted at No. 48.

  1. ^ Thiessen, Brock (2009-03-12). "Metric Move Up Fantasies Release, Plan Special Surprise For Canada • News •". Exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  2. ^ "Pitchfork Top 10 Albums, in US Sales". December 2009.