Floetic
2002 studio album by Floetry
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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.
Released1 October 2002
StudioA Touch of Jazz Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))
The Mill Studio
(Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))
The Mill Studio
(Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)
Label
- Polydor (UK)
- DreamWorks (US)
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| Released | 1 October 2002 | |||
| Studio | A Touch of Jazz Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)) The Mill Studio (Winfarthing, Norfolk, England) | |||
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Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| BBC Music | (favourable)[2] |
| CMJ | (favourable)[3] |
| Philadelphia Weekly | (favourable)[4] |
| PopMatters | (favourable)[5] |
| Rhapsody | (favourable)[6] |
| Rolling Stone | (favourable)[7] |
| Yahoo! Music | (favourable)[8] |
The album received favourable reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars.[9]
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[10] with US sales of over 864,000 copies to date.[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Big Ben" |
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| 1:54 |
| 2. | "Floetic" |
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| 4:06 |
| 3. | "Ms. Stress" |
| Davis | 3:54 |
| 4. | "Sunshine" |
| Harris | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Getting Late" |
| Davis | 6:49 |
| 6. | "Fun" |
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| 4:14 |
| 7. | "Mr. Messed Up" |
| Davis | 4:22 |
| 8. | "Say Yes" |
| Harris | 4:28 |
| 9. | "Hello" |
| Davis | 4:09 |
| 10. | "Headache" |
| Barias | 4:04 |
| 11. | "Hey You" |
| Harris | 5:04 |
| 12. | "If I Was a Bird" |
| Ambrosius | 5:02 |
| 13. | "Opera" |
| Barias | 4:00 |
| 14. | "Subliminal" |
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| 3:57 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 15. | "Butterflies" (Demo Version) |
| Harris | 4:03 |
| 16. | "Now You're Gone (More Than I Can Feel)" |
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| 4:52 |
Samples
- "Floetic" contains an interpolation of "Born to Be Blue" as written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells.
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[17] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||