Released 1979 Release date 1979 Producer Mike Howlett | Artist Martha and the Muffins Label Dindisc Genres New wave, Post-punk | |
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Recorded August 1979, Manor Studios Metro Music
(1979) Trance and Dance
(1980) Similar Martha and the Muffins albums, New wave albums | ||
Metro Music was Martha and the Muffins' first album, released in 1979. It contained the international hit single "Echo Beach", which reached #3 in Canada, #1 in Portugal, #5 in Australia and #10 in the UK charts in March 1980. It also reached #37 in the U.S. on the Club Play Singles chart. "Saigon" was released as a follow-up single in the UK a few months later, but failed to chart. In Canada, the follow-up single was "Paint By Number Heart" — it climbed to #69. The album itself was certified gold in Canada (50,000 units) on September 1, 1980; "Echo Beach" was certified gold there (5,000 units) on the following October 1.
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As Dindisc 1 (DID I) Metro Music was notable for being the first album ever released on the then-new DinDisc label, followed soon after by the first album from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, numbered, appropriately enough, as DinDisc 2 (DID 2).
The cover image design by Peter Saville is a map of Toronto, the band's hometown and is based on a map from the National Topographic System of Canada.
The entire Metro Music album also formed the first part of Martha and the Muffins' 1987 compilation Far Away in Time.
Personnel
Chart performance
Album
Singles
Songs
1Echo Beach3:35
2Paint by Number Heart3:29
3Saigon4:24