Absolute Loser

Absolute Loser is the seventh studio album by Fruit Bats, released on May 13, 2016, via Easy Sound Recording Company, a subsidiary of Welk Music Group.

Absolute Loser
Studio album by Fruit Bats
Released	May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)
Genre	Indie rock, indie pop, indie folk, soft rock
Length	37:30
Label	Easy Sound Recording Company
Producer	Thom Monahan
Fruit Bats chronology
Tripper (2011) Absolute Loser (2016) Gold Past Life (2019)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Consequence of Sound	B-[3]
American Songwriter	[4]
Paste	8.5/10[5]

Absolute Loser received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on six reviews.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eric D. Johnson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"From a Soon-to-Be Ghost Town"	3:39
2.	"Humbug Mountain Song"	3:04
3.	"None of Us"	4:09
4.	"Absolute Loser"	3:52
5.	"Baby Bluebird"	3:50
6.	"My Sweet Midwest"	5:04
7.	"Birthday Drunk"	3:56
8.	"Good Will Come to You"	3:30
9.	"It Must Be Easy"	2:58
10.	"Don’t You Know That"	3:29

References

1. "Absolute Loser by Fruit Bats Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
2. Donelson, Marcy. "Absolute Loser - Fruit Bats". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
3. Brooks, Sarah (May 15, 2016). "Fruit Bats – Absolute Loser". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
4. Horowitz, Hal (May 11, 2016). "Fruit Bats: Absolute Loser". American Songwriter. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
5. Swedlund, Eric (May 13, 2016). "Fruit Bats: Absolute Loser Review". Paste. Retrieved July 27, 2020.