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This article is about the album. For the album's title track, see Floetic (song).

2002 studio album by Floetry
Floetic
Studio album by Floetry
Released1 October 2002 (2002-10-01)
StudioA Touch of Jazz Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))
The Mill Studio
(Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)
Genre
Label
Producer
Floetry chronology
Floetic
(2002) 		Floacism "Live"
(2003)
Singles from Floetic
  1. "Floetic"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Say Yes"
    Released: 2003
  3. "Getting Late"
    Released: 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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
BBC Music(favourable)
CMJ(favourable)
Philadelphia Weekly(favourable)
PopMatters(favourable)
Rhapsody(favourable)
Rolling Stone(favourable)
Yahoo! Music(favourable)

The album received favourable reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars.

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 with US sales of over 864,000 copies to date.

Track listing

Floetic track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Big Ben"
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
1:54
2."Floetic"
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
4:06
3."Ms. Stress"Davis3:54
4."Sunshine"Harris4:15
5."Getting Late"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Davis
Davis6:49
6."Fun"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
4:14
7."Mr. Messed Up"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Davis
Davis4:22
8."Say Yes"
  • Ambrosius
  • Harris
Harris4:28
9."Hello"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Harris
  • Davis
Davis4:09
10."Headache"Barias4:04
11."Hey You"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Harris
Harris5:04
12."If I Was a Bird"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Pelzer
Ambrosius5:02
13."Opera"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Barias
Barias4:00
14."Subliminal"
  • Ambrosius
  • Stewart
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
3:57
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Butterflies" (Demo Version)
  • Ambrosius
  • Harris
Harris4:03
16."Now You're Gone (More Than I Can Feel)"
  • Stewart
  • Sebastian Rogers
  • Jonny Cole
  • Rogers
4:52

Samples

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Floetic
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 23
US Billboard 200 19
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 4

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Floetic
Chart (2003) Position
US Billboard 200 162
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 33

Certifications

Certifications for Floetic
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. BBC Music review
  3. "CMJ review". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  4. "Philadelphia Weekly review". Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  5. PopMatters review
  6. Rhapsody review
  7. Rolling Stone review
  8. "Yahoo! Music review". Archived from the original on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  9. "Floetic – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  10. "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. 14 July 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  11. Mitchell, Gail (25 September 2010). "Ex-Floetry Member Marsha Ambrosius Readies Solo Set". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  12. "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
  13. "Floetic Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  14. "Floetic Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  15. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  16. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  17. "American album certifications – Floetry – Floetic". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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