| Absolute Loser | ||||
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| Released | May 13, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, indie pop, indie folk, soft rock | |||
| Length | 37:30 | |||
| Label | Easy Sound Recording Company | |||
| Producer | Thom Monahan | |||
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Absolute Loser is the seventh studio album by Fruit Bats, released on May 13, 2016, via Easy Sound Recording Company, a subsidiary of Welk Music Group.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Consequence of Sound | B− [3] |
| American Songwriter | [4] |
| Paste | 8.5/10 [5] |
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Absolute Loser received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on six reviews. [1]
All tracks are written by Eric D. Johnson.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "From a Soon-to-Be Ghost Town" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Humbug Mountain Song" | 3:04 |
| 3. | "None of Us" | 4:09 |
| 4. | "Absolute Loser" | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Baby Bluebird" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "My Sweet Midwest" | 5:04 |
| 7. | "Birthday Drunk" | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Good Will Come to You" | 3:30 |
| 9. | "It Must Be Easy" | 2:58 |
| 10. | "Don’t You Know That" | 3:29 |
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