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Floetic

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{{Infobox album

| name = Floetic

| type = studio

| artist = Floetry

| cover = floetic.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2002|10|1|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio = A Touch of Jazz Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))
The Mill Studio
(Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)

| genre =

| length =

| label =

| producer =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Floacism "Live"

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Floetic

| type = studio

| single1 = Floetic

| single1date = 2002

| single2 = Say Yes

| single2date = 2003

| single3 = Getting Late

| single3date = 2003

}}

}}

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.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r593484|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

|rev2 = BBC Music

|rev2score = (favourable)[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5g63 BBC Music review]

|rev3 = CMJ

|rev3score = (favourable){{Cite web |url=http://www.plusonedesigngroup.com/sites/indexuniversal.swf |title=CMJ review |access-date=3 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715093823/http://www.plusonedesigngroup.com/sites/indexuniversal.swf |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}

|rev4 = Philadelphia Weekly

|rev4score = (favourable){{Cite web |url=http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/ifloetici_license-38424094.html |title=Philadelphia Weekly review |access-date=3 July 2009 |archive-date=7 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907050512/http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/ifloetici_license-38424094.html |url-status=dead }}

|rev5 = PopMatters

|rev5score = (favourable)[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/floetry-floetic/ PopMatters review]

|rev6 = Rhapsody

|rev6score = (favourable)[http://www.rhapsody.com/floetry/floetic#albumreview Rhapsody review]

|rev7 = Rolling Stone

|rev7score = (favourable)[https://archive.today/20070518205122/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/floetry/albums/album/230678/review/5945896/floetic Rolling Stone review]

|rev8 = Yahoo! Music

|rev8score = (favourable){{Cite web |url=http://cdrom.launch.com/read/review/12025721 |title=Yahoo! Music review |access-date=3 July 2009 |archive-date=16 June 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070616105740/http://cdrom.launch.com/read/review/12025721 |url-status=dead }}

}}

The album received favourable reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r593484|pure_url=yes}} |title=Floetic – Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=27 November 2009}}

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{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Floetic&artist=Floetry&perPage=25 |title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |date=14 July 2003 |access-date=27 November 2009}} with US sales of over 864,000 copies to date.{{cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956093/ex-floetry-member-marsha-ambrosius-readies-solo-set |title=Ex-Floetry Member Marsha Ambrosius Readies Solo Set |magazine=Billboard |date=25 September 2010 |access-date=23 March 2011}}

Track listing

{{track_listing

| headline = Floetic track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Big Ben

| writer1 = {{hlist|Marsha Ambrosius|Natalie Stewart|Darren Henson|Keith Pelzer}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Henson|Pelzer}}

| length1 = 1:54

| title2 = Floetic

| writer2 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Mel Tormé|Robert Wells}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Henson|Pelzer}}

| length2 = 4:06

| title3 = Ms. Stress

| writer3 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Vidal Davis}}

| extra3 = Davis

| length3 = 3:54

| title4 = Sunshine

| writer4 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Andre Harris}}

| extra4 = Harris

| length4 = 4:15

| title5 = Getting Late

| writer5 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Davis}}

| extra5 = Davis

| length5 = 6:49

| title6 = Fun

| writer6 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Henson|Pelzer}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Henson|Pelzer}}

| length6 = 4:14

| title7 = Mr. Messed Up

| writer7 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Davis}}

| extra7 = Davis

| length7 = 4:22

| title8 = Say Yes

| writer8 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Harris}}

| extra8 = Harris

| length8 = 4:28

| title9 = Hello

| writer9 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Harris|Davis}}

| extra9 = Davis

| length9 = 4:09

| title10 = Headache

| writer10 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Ivan Barias}}

| extra10 = Barias

| length10 = 4:04

| title11 = Hey You

| writer11 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Harris}}

| extra11 = Harris

| length11 = 5:04

| title12 = If I Was a Bird

| writer12 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Pelzer}}

| extra12 = Ambrosius

| length12 = 5:02

| title13 = Opera

| writer13 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Barias}}

| extra13 = Barias

| length13 = 4:00

| title14 = Subliminal

| writer14 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Stewart|Henson|Pelzer}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Henson|Pelzer}}

| length14 = 3:57

}}

{{track_listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Bonus tracks

| title15 = Butterflies

| note15 = Demo Version

| writer15 = {{hlist|Ambrosius|Harris}}

| extra15 = Harris

| length15 = 4:03

| title16 = Now You're Gone (More Than I Can Feel)

| writer16 = {{hlist|Stewart|Sebastian Rogers}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Jonny Cole|Rogers}}

| length16 = 4:52

}}

Samples

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+Weekly chart performance for Floetic

! scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021101232347/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|archivedate=1 November 2002|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|title=R&B : Top 50|website=Jam!|accessdate=29 January 2023|via=Wayback Machine}}

| style="text-align:center;"|23

{{album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=Floetic|refname="Billboard200"|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 August 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop |4|artist=Floetic|refname="BillboardRandBHipHop"|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 August 2020}}

{{col-2}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Year-end chart performance for Floetic

! scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=9 September 2020}}

| 162

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=31 August 2020}}

| 33

{{col-end}}

Certifications

{{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Floetic}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album |region=United States |artist=Floetry|title=Floetic|award=Gold|certyear=2003 |relyear=2002|access-date=31 August 2020|refname="riaa"}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|format=3col|nosales=yes}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{Floetry}}

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Category:2002 debut albums

Category:Albums produced by Dre & Vidal

Category:DreamWorks Records albums

Category:Floetry albums

Category:Polydor Records albums