Fantasies
by Metric

Fantasies by Metric
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-04-07
Overall rank: 2,083rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 175 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (342nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,083rd)

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Fantasies is ranked as the best album by Metric.

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This album (2,083rd)
Fantasies
Lower ranked (4,204th) »
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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,083rd | 2000s rank: 342nd | 2009 rank: 28th

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Fantasies ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 175 votes)
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75/100
 
04/28/2026 23:57 culwin  Ratings distribution  1,45475/100
 
60/100
 
04/16/2026 09:34 Crunchybuzz  Ratings distribution  3359/100
 
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01/11/2026 02:56 phantom1305  Ratings distribution  2,81271/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:34 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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11/29/2025 17:11 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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70/100
From 01/30/2021 21:49 | #265382
Super catchy stuff, but it feels like something is missing, can't quite put my finger on it.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 05/23/2020 01:52 | #251868
A fantastic and accessible album that was understandably their "big hit". No bad tracks, but Stadium Love could be stronger. Gimme Sympathy, Satellite Mind, and Gold Guns Girls are the standouts and I would recommend them to anyone with even a passing interest in indie rock or indie pop
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Rating:  
80/100
From 02/15/2018 02:38 | #208263
This is more accessible and as a result more popular. Metric does party music extremely well. A very fun and enjoyable album.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 05/02/2014 17:54 | #110607
This album is just excellent, straight indie pop with several brilliant songs!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 03/16/2014 23:34 | #106506
Every track is good/great, but as a whole, it works best as background music.
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From 11/22/2013 21:10 | #94125
Good / Very Good
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Rating:  
75/100
From 10/31/2013 20:49 | #89964
Best tracks: Sick Muse, Help I'm Alive, Collect Call.
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From 04/14/2013 19:46 | #73103
Fancy sort of mess. Their next album was better. Could try this again I suppose.
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From 06/23/2012 16:06 | #45159
This is a poppy breakthrough album that goes more for appealing than punky. So this is their sellout, then.... so what. Emily Haines deserves to be known... and to set more hearts beating like a hammer, indeed.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 05/13/2012 15:18 | #42165
I enjoyed it, favs; 'Sick muse' 'Gold guns girls' and 'Gimme sympathy'.
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