Floetic

Floetic is the debut studio album by the English R&B duo Floetry, released by DreamWorks Records in the United States on 1 October 2002 and on Polydor Records in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2002.

Floetic
Studio album by
Released1 October 2002 (2002-10-01)
RecordedA Touch of Jazz Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
The Mill Studio
(Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)
Genre
Label
Producer
Floetry chronology
Floetic
(2002)
Floacism "Live"
(2003)
Singles from Floetic
  1. "Floetic"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Say Yes"
    Released: 2003
  3. "Getting Late"
    Released: 2003

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
BBC Music(favourable)[2]
CMJ(favourable)[3]
Philadelphia Weekly(favourable)[4]
PopMatters(favourable)[5]
Rhapsody(favourable)[6]
Rolling Stone(favourable)[7]
UKMIX[8]
Yahoo! Music(favourable)[9]

The album received favourable reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars.[10]

Commercial performance

Floetic debuted at number nineteen on the Billboard 200 and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. On 14 July 2003, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America[11] with US sales of over 864,000 copies to date.[12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Big Ben"
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
1:54
2."Floetic"
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
4:06
3."Ms. Stress"
Davis3:54
4."Sunshine"
Harris4:15
5."Getting Late"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Davis
Davis6:49
6."Fun"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
4:14
7."Mr. Messed Up"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Davis
Davis4:22
8."Say Yes"
  • Ambrosius
  • Harris
Harris4:28
9."Hello"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Harris
  • Davis
Davis4:09
10."Headache"
Barias4:04
11."Hey You"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Harris
Harris5:04
12."If I Was a Bird"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Pelzer
Ambrosius5:02
13."Opera"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Barias
Barias4:00
14."Subliminal"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
3:57
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Butterflies" (Demo Version)
  • Ambrosius
  • Harris
Harris4:03
16."Now You're Gone (More Than I Can Feel)"
  • Stewart
  • Sebastian Rogers
  • Jonny Cole
  • Rogers
4:52

Samples

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[17] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. BBC Music review
  3. "CMJ review". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  4. Philadelphia Weekly review
  5. PopMatters review
  6. Rhapsody review
  7. Rolling Stone review
  8. UKMIX review
  9. Yahoo! Music review
  10. "Floetic – Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  11. "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. 14 July 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  12. Mitchell, Gail (25 September 2010). "Ex-Floetry Member Marsha Ambrosius Readies Solo Set". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  13. "Floetic Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  14. "Floetic Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  15. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  16. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  17. "American album certifications – Floetry – Floetic". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 31 August 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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