Live It Out is the second album released by the Canadian

Canada

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 indie rock

Indie rock

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 band Metric

Metric (band)

Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...

. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com

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's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005, the 38th best album of 2006 by NME

NME

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, and it was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize

2006 Polaris Music Prize

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. The album has sold 45,000 copies in the U.S., and gone Platinum in Canada selling 100,000 units.

There were three singles (and videos) released from the album, they were, from first to last: "Monster Hospital

Monster Hospital

"Monster Hospital" is a song by Canadian rock band Metric from their third album, Live It Out. It is the album's first single, followed by "Poster of a Girl"....

", "Poster of a Girl

Poster of a Girl

Poster of a Girl is the second North American single from the album Live It Out from Canadian indie rock band Metric following Monster Hospital. In Europe it was the first single to be released from the album....

" and "Empty

Empty (Metric song)

Empty is the third commercial single from the album Live It Out by Canadian indie rock band Metric following Poster of a Girl . It was released as a single on February 19, 2007, after the band completed a tour supporting Bloc Party. In Europe it is the second single released...

". "Handshakes" was a radio promo, released only in Canada.

Track listing

All tracks were written by Metric.

1. "Empty
   Empty (Metric song)
   Empty is the third commercial single from the album Live It Out by Canadian indie rock band Metric following Poster of a Girl . It was released as a single on February 19, 2007, after the band completed a tour supporting Bloc Party. In Europe it is the second single released...
   
   " – 6:00
2. "Glass Ceiling" – 3:59
3. "Hand$hake$" – 3:07
4. "Too Little Too Late" – 4:24
5. "Poster of a Girl
   Poster of a Girl
   Poster of a Girl is the second North American single from the album Live It Out from Canadian indie rock band Metric following Monster Hospital. In Europe it was the first single to be released from the album....
   
   " – 4:47
6. "Monster Hospital
   Monster Hospital
   "Monster Hospital" is a song by Canadian rock band Metric from their third album, Live It Out. It is the album's first single, followed by "Poster of a Girl"....
   
   " – 3:32
7. "Patriarch on a Vespa" – 4:36
8. "The Police and the Private" – 3:45
9. "Ending Start" – 3:21
10. "Live It Out" – 3:40
    • *Japanese bonus tracks
11. "Poster of a Girl (Girl On Girl
    Sebastien Grainger
    Sebastien Alexandre Grainger from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada is a Canadian singer and musician, best known as drummer and singer of the dance-punk duo Death from Above 1979 and the singer and guitarist for his current band, Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains...
    
     Revision)"*
12. "Poster of a Girl (Radio Edit)"*

Personnel

• Emily Haines
  Emily Haines
  Emily Haines is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer and keyboardist of the band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she performed with her own name and under the alias Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton...
  
   - keyboards
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  , vocals
• James Shaw
  James Shaw (musician)
  James Shaw is the lead guitarist of the popular Canadian indie rock band Metric, and also a member of Broken Social Scene. He was born in London, England and raised in Bellevue, Ontario....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Josh Winstead - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Joules Scott-Key - drums
  Drum kit
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The album was also produced by James Shaw.

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	37
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	44