Gold (Metro Station EP)

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Gold
Metro Station - Gold EP Cover.jpg
EP by
Metro Station
ReleasedOctober 14, 2014
Recorded2013–2014
Genre
Length16:39
Label Metro Station Music
Metro Station chronology
Middle of the Night (EP)
(2013)		Gold
(2014)		 Savior
(2015)
Singles from Gold
  1. "Love & War"
    Released: August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12)
  2. "She Likes Girls"
    Released: September 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)

Gold is an EP by American pop rock band Metro Station, released independently on October 14, 2014. [1] The EP was made available for streaming exclusively via Billboard magazine on October 8, 2014. [2] It was the band's first release after Trace Cyrus' return to the group in 2014. [3]

Contents

Background

Gold was recorded between 2013 and 2014 with roughly 30 songs recorded before the band finalized the 5 tracks for the EP. [4] Trace Cyrus said that the EP has a "more mature sound." [3] "Love & War" was released on August 12, 2014, as the lead single along with an accompanying music video. [5] "She Likes Girls" was released on September 9, 2014, as the second single. [6] Speaking about the song, Cyrus said, "It's something a little different for us to write about. We definitely haven't written about something this risqué, I don't think." Mason Musso added, "I just thought it was an interesting idea and I've definitely heard of that scenario before. I just thought it really worked." [4] The music video was released on October 31, 2014. [7]

The group went on a co-headlining tour with the Ready Set in 2014 called "The Outsiders Tour" with supporting acts from the Downtown Fiction and Against the Current. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rock Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

The EP was received with mixed reviews. Alyson Stokes of idobi Radio gave the album a 6/10 stars. She states, "Gold is great by Metro Station standards and serves as a promising step forward for the band, but there’s definitely room for more variety." She ends off remarking, "Gold ups the ante for Metro Station as a band, but overall boasts nothing more than good dance tracks. [8] Andy Biddulph of Rock Sound magazine calls the EP, "half-decent, half teeth-grindingly awful." [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso.

No.TitleLength
1."Love & War"3:04
2."She Likes Girls"3:57
3."Gold"3:29
4."Forever Young" (featuring The Ready Set)2:47
5."Play It Cool"3:22
Total length:16:39

Personnel

Credits for Gold adapted from AllMusic. [10]

Metro Station

Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ "Gold – EP by Metro Station on iTunes". iTunes . Apple. October 14, 2014. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Crane, Matt (October 8, 2014). "Listen to Metro Station's new EP, 'Gold'". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Leight, Elias (October 8, 2014). "Reunited Metro Station Premiere New EP 'Gold'". Billboard. Billboard. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Patrick Ryan (September 8, 2014). "Song premiere: Metro Station's 'She Likes Girls'". USA Today . Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ Crane, Matt (August 12, 2014). "Metro Station reunite, release new single". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on August 16, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Crane, Matt (September 9, 2014). "Metro Station stream new song, "She Likes Girls"". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ Matt Crane (October 31, 2014). "Metro Station release "She Likes Girls" music video". Alternative Press . Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Alyson, Stokes (October 15, 2014). "Album Review: Metro Station – Gold | idobi Network". idobi . idobi. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Biddulph, Andy (November 5, 2014). "Metro Station – Gold – Reviews – Rock Sound Magazine". Rock Sound . Freeway Press. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Gold – Metro Station Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved October 8, 2022.
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