Grow Up and Blow Away

Grow Up and Blow Away is the third studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Metric. The album was recorded in 2001, but its release was delayed for years due to their record label, Restless Records, being purchased by Rykodisc.[6]

Grow Up and Blow Away
Studio album by
Metric
ReleasedJune 26, 2007
Recorded2001
GenreIndie rock, new wave
Length39:10
LabelLast Gang
ProducerJames Shaw
Metric chronology
Live It Out
(2005)		 Grow Up and Blow Away
(2007)		 Fantasies
(2009)
Singles from Grow Up and Blow Away
  1. "Grow Up and Blow Away"
    Released: 2001 (UK promo only)
  2. "Raw Sugar"
    Released: 2001 (promo only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The A.V. ClubB+[2]
musicOMH[3]
Pitchfork7.6/10[4]
PopMatters7/10[5]

As the years passed, the band's sound changed to the point where they no longer felt the album would be what the fans expected to hear, so Metric recorded a completely new album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, and released that instead. Last Gang Records later purchased the rights to the album and released it on June 26, 2007.

Compared with the 2001 version, the songs "London Halflife" and "Soft Rock Star" (Jimmy vs. Joe mix) from the 2001 EP Static Anonymity were added. "Torture Me", "Fanfare", and "Parkdale" were removed. Also, the order of some songs was changed and other songs (like the title track and "Rock Me Now") were slightly re-worked.

The album's title song (with the lyrics "die today" changed to "fly today") was used in a television commercial in North America for Polaroid Corporation's I-Zone Sticky Film in 2000-01.[7]

Track listing

2007 version

All songs written, performed and recorded by Emily Haines and James Shaw.

No.TitleLength
1."Grow Up and Blow Away"4:13
2."Hardwire"4:41
3."Rock Me Now"3:51
4."The Twist"3:36
5."On the Sly"3:58
6."Soft Rock Star"4:00
7."Raw Sugar"3:38
8."White Gold"4:09
9."London Halflife" (originally from the Static Anonymity EP)2:41
10."Soft Rock Star (Jimmy vs. Joe mix)" (originally from the Static Anonymity EP)4:23

"Torture Me", "Parkdale", and "Fanfare" were never re-released.

2001 version (never officially released)

All songs written, performed and recorded by Emily Haines and James Shaw.

No.TitleLength
1."Grow Up and Blow Away"4:25
2."On the Sly"4:01
3."Torture Me"3:51
4."Fanfare"0:24
5."Parkdale"4:53
6."Raw Sugar"3:47
7."The Twist"3:38
8."Rock Me Now"4:14
9."Soft Rock Star"4:00
10."White Gold"4:09
11."Hardwire"4:42

References
  1. MacNeil, Jason. "Grow Up and Blow Away – Metric". AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  2. Bahn, Christopher (June 26, 2007). "Metric: Grow Up And Blow Away". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  3. Welsh, David (November 5, 2007). "Metric – Grow Up And Blow Away". MusicOMH. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  4. Howe, Brian (July 3, 2007). "Metric: Grow Up and Blow Away". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  5. Pappin, Lyra (July 19, 2007). "Metric: Grow Up and Blow Away". PopMatters. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  6. Howe, Brian (July 3, 2007). "Metric: Grow Up and Blow Away". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  7. Kirundist (2016-11-08), Polaroid i-Zone advert feat. Metric, retrieved 2017-01-05



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