| Metro Area | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 22, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2002 | |||
| Genre | House [1] | |||
| Length | 71:30 | |||
| Label | Source, Environ | |||
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| Metro Area chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Muzik |  [3] |
| Now | 5/5 [4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [5] |
| Q | [6] |
| Resident Advisor | 5/5 [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Uncut | [9] |
Metro Area is the 2002 eponymous debut studio album by American house music group Metro Area.
Metro Area was released on CD and LP [a] on October 22, 2002 by Source and Environ. and re-released digitally, on LP, and on 200 limited cassette tape copies on October 27, 2017. It was named the second best album of the decade by Resident Advisor . [10] Fact magazine rated it as the nineteenth best album of the decade. [11]
All tracks are written by Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dance Reaction" | 6:11 |
| 2. | "Miura" | 6:47 |
| 3. | "Piña" | 6:05 |
| 4. | "Square-Pattern Aura" | 5:36 |
| 5. | "Machine Vibes" | 5:23 |
| 6. | "Evidence" | 4:44 |
| 7. | "Atmosphrique" | 6:32 |
| 8. | "Soft Hoop" | 4:47 |
| 9. | "Let's Get..." | 6:24 |
| 10. | "Orange Alert" | 5:39 |
| 11. | "Strut" | 5:34 |
| 12. | "Caught Up" | 7:37 |
| Total length: | 71:30 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Orange Alert" | 5:39 |
| 2. | "Caught Up" | 7:37 |
| 3. | "Miura" | 6:47 |
| 4. | "Soft Hoop" | 4:47 |
| 5. | "Evidence" | 4:44 |
| 6. | "Square-Pattern Aura" | 5:36 |
| 7. | "Machine Vibes" | 5:39 |
| 8. | "Atmosphrique" | 6:32 |
| Total length: | 47:54 | |
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