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.

This article is about the album. For the album's title track, see Floetic (song).
Floetic
Studio album by
Floetry
Released1 October 2002 (2002-10-01)
Recorded2001–2002
A Touch of Jazz Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
The Mill Studio
(Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)
Genre
Label
Producer
  • Keith "Keshon" Pelzer
  • Darren "Limitless" Henson
  • Andre Harris Vidal Davis
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
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]

Critical response

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
  1. "Big Ben" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Darren Henson, Keith Pelzer) – 1:54
  2. "Floetic" (Marsha Ambrosius, Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:06
    • Contains an interpolation of "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
  3. "Ms. Stress" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Vidal Davis) – 3:54
  4. "Sunshine" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Andre Harris) – 4:15
  5. "Getting Late" (Natalie Stewart, Marsha Ambrosius, Vidal Davis) – 6:49
  6. "Fun" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Darren Henson, Keith Pelzer) – 4:14
  7. "Mr. Messed Up" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Vidal Davis) – 4:22
  8. "Say Yes" (Marsha Ambrosius, Andre Harris) – 4:28
  9. "Hello" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis) – 4:09
  10. "Headache" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Ivan Barias) – 4:04
  11. "Hey You" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Andre Harris) – 5:04
  12. "If I Was a Bird" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Keith Pelzer) – 5:02
  13. "Opera" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Ivan Barias) – 4:00
  14. "Subliminal" (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Darren Henson, Keith Pelzer) – 3:57
Bonus tracks
  1. "Butterflies" (Demo Version) (Andre Harris, Marsha Ambrosius) – 4:03
  2. "Now You're Gone (More Than I Can Feel)" (Natalie Stewart, Sebastian Rogers) – 4:52

Alternative version
  1. "Big Ben" – 1:54
  2. "Floetic" – 4:06
  3. "Ms. Stress" – 3:54
  4. "Fun" – 4:14
  5. "Sunshine" – 4:15
  6. "Headache" – 4:04
  7. "Possibilities" – 4:57
  8. "Say Yes" – 4:28
  9. "Hello" – 4:09
  10. "Getting Late" – 6:49
  11. "Hey You" – 5:04
  12. "If I Was a Bird" – 5:02
  13. "Opera" – 4:00
  14. "Mr. Messed Up" – 4:22

Charts
Chart (2002)[13] Peak
position
US Billboard 200 19
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4
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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 > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
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