Metro Music
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| Studio album by Martha and the Muffins | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | August 1979, Manor Studios | |||
| Genre | New wave, post-punk | |||
| Label | Dindisc | |||
| Producer | Mike Howlett | |||
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| Robert Christgau | B− |
| Smash Hits | 8/10 |
Metro Music was Martha and the Muffins' first album, released in 1979. It contained the international hit single "Echo Beach", which reached #3 in Canada, #1 in Portugal, #5 in Australia and #10 in the UK charts in March 1980. It also reached #37 in the U.S. on the Club Play Singles chart. "Saigon" was released as a follow-up single in the UK a few months later, but failed to chart. In Canada, the follow-up single was "Paint By Number Heart" — it climbed to #69. The album itself was certified gold in Canada (50,000 units) on September 1, 1980; "Echo Beach" was certified gold there (5,000 units) on the following October 1.
As Dindisc 1 (DID I) Metro Music was notable for being the first album ever released on the then-new DinDisc label, followed soon after by the first album from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, numbered, appropriately enough, as DinDisc 2 (DID 2).
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.
The entire Metro Music album also formed the first part of Martha and the Muffins' 1987 compilation Far Away in Time.
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