Metro Area was released on CD and LP[a] on October 22, 2002 by Source and Environ.

and re-released digitally, on LP, and on 200 limited cassette tape copies on October 27, 2017.

It was named the second best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.

[10] Fact magazine rated it as the nineteenth best album of the decade.

[11] All tracks are written by Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani.