Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)
Metropolis is the fourth studio album by Sister Machine Gun, released on July 15, 1997 by TVT and Wax Trax! Records. The album spent more than 14 weeks on the CMJ Radio Top 200 chart, peaking at #7.
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic gave Metropolis a four out of five stars, saying "even if the group isn't showing any signs of great leaps in creativity, Metropolis is one of the group's most consistent efforts, offering a pummeling array of rattling beats and shattering guitars."Personnel
Adapted from the Metropolis liner notes.Sister Machine Gun
- Chris Randall – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, Hammond B3, piano, programming, production, [Sound Sound recording and reproduction|recording and reproduction|recording]
- Catherine Bent – cello
- Martin Czembor – [Audio Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixing], backing vocals
- Richard Deacon – bass guitar
- Ted Falcon – violin
- John Fryer – effects, additional programming, backing vocals, recording, additional production
- Reeves Gabrels – guitar
- Serena Jost – cello
- Lisa Randall – spoken word
- Amanda Riesman – string arrangement
- Brian Sarche – guitar
- Kevin Temple – drums
- Rob Thomas – violin
- Mars Williams – saxophone
- Van Christie – spoken word, recording, mixing, production
- Abel Garibaldi – mixing
- Robin Glowski – design
- Jason McNinch – additional programming, recording, mixing, additional production
- Michael D. Ryan – management
- Matt Warren – recording