LFO (album)

{{About|the album by American band LFO|the album by the British band|LFO (British band)}}

{{Infobox album

| name = LFO

| type = Album

| artist = LFO

| cover = LFO - LFO - Front.jpg

| released = {{Start date|1999|08|24}}

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|pop-rap|R&B}}

| length = 51:35

| label = {{hlist|Arista|Trans Continental|BMG}}

| producer = {{hlist|Dow Brain|S. Costa|Rich Cronin|Cutfather & Joe|Dakari|Full Force|Jamahl Harris|Steve Kipner|Lou Pearlman (exec.)|Stargate|TQ|Brad Young}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Life is Good

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{Singles

| name = LFO

| type = studio

| single1 = Can't Have You

| single1date = October 13, 1998

| single2 = Summer Girls

| single2date = June 29, 1999

| single3 = Girl on TV

| single3date = November 2, 1999

| single4 = I Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight

| single4date = March 21, 2000

| single5 = West Side Story

| single5date = July 18, 2000

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r427612|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|cut}}{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=lfo|title=Robert Christgau: CG: lfo|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}

}}

LFO is the debut album by American pop group LFO. It was released on August 24, 1999, under Arista Records.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| collapsed =

| headline = Standard version

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Summer Girls

| writer1 = {{hlist|Rich Cronin|Brad Young|Dow Brain}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Cronin|Young|Brain}}

| length1 = 4:18

| title2 = Girl on TV

| writer2 = {{hlist|Cronin|Young|Brain}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Cronin|Young|Brain}}

| length2 = 4:08

| title3 = Cross My Heart

| writer3 = {{hlist|Steve Kipner|David Kopatz}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Cutfather & Joe|Kipner}}

| length3 = 4:30

| title4 = Can't Have You

| note4 = featuring Kayo

| writer4 = {{hlist|Barry Gibb|Robin Gibb|Maurice Gibb|Cronin|Brain|Young|Dakari|Wayne Garfield|Mauro Malavasi|David Romani}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Cronin|Brain|S. Costa|Young|Dakari|Stargate{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 4:03

| title5 = I Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight

| writer5 = {{hlist|Dane DeViller|Sean Hosein|Kipner|D. Zero}}

| extra5 = Cutfather & Joe

| length5 = 4:06

| title6 = West Side Story

| writer6 = {{hlist|Cronin|Young|Brain}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Cronin|Young|Brain}}

| length6 = 3:29

| title7 = Think About You

| writer7 = {{hlist|Kipner|Greg Curtis}}

| extra7 = Cutfather & Joe

| length7 = 3:57

| title8 = I Will Show You Mine

| writer8 = {{hlist|DeViller|Hosein|Kipner}}

| extra8 = Cutfather & Joe

| length8 = 3:33

| title9 = All I Need to Know

| writer9 = {{hlist|Full Force|L'Shawn}}

| extra9 = Full Force

| length9 = 3:50

| title10 = Baby Be Mine

| writer10 = {{hlist|Dakari|Cronin|Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis}}

| extra10 = Dakari

| length10 = 3:53

| title11 = Your Heart Is Safe with Me

| writer11 = Diane Warren

| extra11 = Cutfather & Joe

| length11 = 3:51

| title12 = My Block

| writer12 = {{hlist|Terence Quaites|Leon Haywood|George Brown|Robert Bell|Ronald Bell|Claydes Smith|James Taylor|Earl Toon|Dennis Thomas|Meekaaeel Muhammad}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|TQ|Jamahl Harris{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length12 = 3:27

| title13 = Forever

| writer13 = {{hlist|Quaites|James Jacobsen}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|TQ|Harris{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length13 = 4:16

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = US re-issue version (bonus tracks)

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title14 = The Reason Why

| writer14 = {{hlist|Arnthor Birgisson|Christian Karlsson|Patrick Tucker|Cronin}}

| extra14 = Bloodshy

| length14 =

| title15 = Me (Boom, Shalak, Lak, Boom)

| writer15 = {{hlist|Karlsson|Dakari|Tucker|Cronin}}

| extra15 = Bloodshy

| length15 =

}}

;Notes

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1999)

! Peak
position

Scottish Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20000220/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}

| style="text-align:center;"|96

UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/artists/lyte-funkie-ones/|title=Artists|website=www.officialcharts.com}}

| style="text-align:center;"|62

{{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=LFO|accessdate=October 11, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"
Chart (1999)

! Position

US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 11, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|188

Chart (2000)

! Position

US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 11, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|77

{{col-end}}

Certifications and sales

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=LFO|artist=LFO|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=2000|access-date=July 15, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=LFO|title=LFO|award=Platinum|access-date=July 25, 2012|relyear=1999}}

{{Certification Table Summary}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|type=album|artist=LFO|title=LFO|nocert=true|salesamount=1,400,000|salesref={{cite book|author=Wolfgang Spahr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney+houston+japan+bodyguard&pg=PA66|title=Grammy's Two Way Street|publisher=Billboard|date=13 May 2000|access-date=27 March 2022}}}}

{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{LFO (American band)}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:1999 debut albums

Category:LFO (American band) albums

Category:Arista Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Cutfather

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