Pagans in Vegas is the sixth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Metric, which was released on 18 September 2015. The first single, "The Shade", was released on 11 May 2015. "Cascades" was released as the second single of the album on 2 June 2015. On 7 July 2015, the band released "Too Bad, So Sad" as the third single via a new iOS and Android app it created called "Pagan Portal"; the app allows fans to listen to tracks off the album, as they're released and read newsletters from the band.

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The A.V. ClubB+
Consequence of SoundC
Exclaim!8/10
Now
Pitchfork6.0/10
Rolling Stone
Under The Radar

Pagans in Vegas received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Lie Lie Lie"4:25
2."Fortunes"4:12
3."The Shade"3:36
4."Celebrate"4:00
5."Cascades"5:24
6."For Kicks"4:36
7."Too Bad, So Sad"3:24
8."Other Side"3:51
9."Blind Valentine"3:22
10."The Governess"4:01
11."The Face, Part I"5:01
12."The Face, Part II"3:20
iTunes pre-order bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Office Towers Escalate"3:16
Metric Store pre-order download bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Office Towers Escalate"3:16
14."The Shade" (acoustic)3:12

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)87
Canadian Albums (Billboard)5
US Billboard 20036
US Digital Albums (Billboard)14
US Independent Albums (Billboard)9
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)13
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  • Retrieved July 7, 2015.