Solutions (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Solutions
| type = studio
| artist = K.Flay
| cover = K.Flay - Solutions.png
| alt =
| released = July 12, 2019
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 36:48
| label = {{hlist|Interscope|Night Street}}
| producer = {{hlist|JT Daly|Tommy English|Joel Little|CJ Baran}}
| prev_title = Every Where Is Some Where
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Inside Voices / Outside Voices
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Solutions
| type = studio
| single1 = Bad Vibes
| single1date = March 1, 2019
| single2 = This Baby Don't Cry
| single2date = April 29, 2019
| single3 = Sister
| single3date = July 30, 2019
| single4 = Not In California
| single4date = September 23, 2019
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Dork
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/reviews/k-flay-solutions|title=K.Flay – Solutions|work=Dork|last=Konemann|first=Liam|date=July 11, 2019|accessdate=July 11, 2019}}
| rev2 = The Guardian
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/07/k-flay-solutions-review-pop-positivity|title=K Flay: Solutions review – reasons to be cheerful|work=The Guardian|last=Mackay|first=Emily|date=July 7, 2019|accessdate=July 11, 2019}}
| rev3 = Under the Radar
| rev3score = 7.5/10{{cite web|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/k._flay_solutions/|title=K. Flay: Solutions Review|work=Under the Radar|access-date=2020-09-29}}
}}
Solutions is the third studio album by American musician K.Flay, released by Interscope Records and its imprint Night Street Records on July 12, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/k-flay-announces-solutions-the-tour-2019-137940|title=K.Flay announces 'Solutions' The Tour 2019|publisher=AXS}} The first single, "Bad Vibes", was released on March 1, 2019. Lyric videos were also released for "This Baby Don't Cry", "Sister", and "Not in California".
Background
K.Flay wrote "Not in California" after visiting Stinson Beach, California, a place that she thought "seemed to be untouched by the problems of modern society".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8518056/k-flay-not-in-california-new-song|title=K.Flay Wishes She Could Escape Our Current Reality in 'Not In California': Listen|magazine=Billboard|last=Daw|first=Stephen|date=June 28, 2019|accessdate=July 11, 2019}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = I Like Myself (Most of the Time)
| writer1 = {{hlist|Kristine Flaherty|Justin Thomas Daly}}
| extra1 = JT Daly
| length1 = 4:05
| title2 = Bad Vibes
| writer2 = {{hlist|Flaherty|Thomas Schleiter}}
| extra2 = Tommy English
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = This Baby Don't Cry
| writer3 = {{hlist|Flaherty|Dan Reynolds|Schleiter}}
| extra3 = Tommy English
| length3 = 3:04
| title4 = Sister
| writer4 = {{hlist|Flaherty|Joel Little|Scott Harris}}
| extra4 = Little
| length4 = 3:25
| title5 = Nervous
| writer5 = {{hlist|Flaherty|Daly}}
| extra5 = JT Daly
| length5 = 3:45
| title6 = Good News
| writer6 = {{hlist|Flaherty|Schleiter}}
| extra6 = Tommy English
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = Ice Cream
| writer7 = {{hlist|Flaherty|Daly}}
| extra7 = JT Daly
| length7 = 3:43
| title8 = Not in California
| writer8 = {{hlist|Flaherty|Nick Long|Schleiter}}
| extra8 = Tommy English
| length8 = 3:37
| title9 = Only the Dark
| writer9 = {{hlist|Flaherty|CJ Baran}}
| extra9 = CJ Baran
| length9 = 3:54
| title10 = DNA
| writer10 = {{hlist|Flaherty|Nick Long|Schleiter}}
| extra10 = Tommy English
| length10 = 4:39
| total_length = 36:48
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Digital Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/7B78819132ED53B0C18F9F65AA9563A2E97029EE8FB98F9DA52B43B21B634FAC/ARIA%20Digital%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=25|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=July 22, 2019|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}
| 43 |
References
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