Pagans in Vegas
2015 studio album by Metric
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Pagans in Vegas is the sixth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Metric, which was released on 18 September 2015. The first single, "The Shade", was released on 11 May 2015. "Cascades" was released as the second single of the album on 2 June 2015. On 7 July 2015, the band released "Too Bad, So Sad" as the third single via a new iOS and Android app it created called "Pagan Portal"; the app allows fans to listen to tracks off the album, as they're released and read newsletters from the band.
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| Released | 18 September 2015 | |||
| Genres | Indie rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 49:22 | |||
| Labels | Metric Music International, Universal Music Group | |||
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Critical response
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 65/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[3] |
| Consequence of Sound | C[4] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[5] |
| Now | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 6.0/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Under The Radar | [9] |
Pagans in Vegas received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lie Lie Lie" | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Fortunes" | 4:12 |
| 3. | "The Shade" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Celebrate" | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Cascades" | 5:24 |
| 6. | "For Kicks" | 4:36 |
| 7. | "Too Bad, So Sad" | 3:24 |
| 8. | "Other Side" | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Blind Valentine" | 3:22 |
| 10. | "The Governess" | 4:01 |
| 11. | "The Face, Part I" | 5:01 |
| 12. | "The Face, Part II" | 3:20 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Office Towers Escalate" | 3:16 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Office Towers Escalate" | 3:16 |
| 14. | "The Shade" (acoustic) | 3:12 |
Charts
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] | 87 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] | 5 |
| US Billboard 200[12] | 36 |
| US Digital Albums (Billboard)[13] | 14 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] | 9 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[15] | 13 |