Heavy Meta (Ron Gallo album)

Heavy Meta
Studio album by Ron Gallo
Released	February 3, 2017 (2017-02-03)
Recorded	November 2016
Genre	Garage punk, indie rock
Label	New West
Producer	Joe Bisirri and Ron Gallo
Ron Gallo chronology
Ronny (2014) Heavy Meta (2017) Really Nice Guys (2018)

Heavy Meta (stylized as HEAVY META) is the second solo studio album by Ron Gallo, released on February 3, 2017.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
The Independent	[4]
The Observer	[5]
The Skinny	[6]

Heavy Meta score of 72 out of 100 on the online review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "Generally favorable reviews"." ^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Young Lady, You're Scaring Me"	3:40
2.	"Put The Kids To Bed"	2:54
3.	"Kill The Medicine Man"	2:33
4.	"Poor Traits Of The Artist"	2:56
5.	"Why Do You Have Kids?"	3:16
6.	"Please Yourself"	1:23
7.	"Black Market Eyes"	5:49
8.	"Can't Stand You"	3:47
9.	"Started A War"	3:46
10.	"Don't Mind The Lion"	5:18
11.	"All The Punks Are Domesticated"	3:56

Charting

• "Young Lady, You're Scaring Me": No. 30 Adult Alternative Songs, ^[7] No. 46 Mediabase Alternative

Personnel

• Produced by: Joe Bisirri & Ron Gallo
• Mixed by: Joe Bisirri
• Recorded by: Joe Bisirri
• Mastered by: Ryan Schwabe
• A&R: Kim Buie

References

1. "Heavy Meta by Ron Gallo Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
2. Deming, Mark. Review of Heavy Meta at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
3. Horowitz, Hal (February 2, 2017). "Ron Gallo: Heavy Meta". American Songwriter . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
4. Gill, Andy (February 8, 2017). "Album reviews: Tinariwen – 'Elwan', Sampha – 'Process', Rag'n'Bone Man – 'Human', and more" . The Independent . Archived from the original on May 9, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
5. Empire, Kitty (February 12, 2017). "Ron Gallo: Heavy Meta review – the sound of an excellent night out". The Guardian . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
6. Gordon, Andrew (March 7, 2017). "Ron Gallo: Heavy Meta - Album review". The Skinny . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
7. "Ron Gallo Young Lady, You're Scaring Me Chart History". billboard.com. Billboard. May 13, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2018.