FLOTUS (album)

FLOTUS
Studio album by Lambchop
Released	November 4, 2016
Studio	Battle Tapes Recording, Nashville
Genre	Indietronica, electronica [1] [2]
Length	68:46
Label	Merge (US, CA) City Slang (Europe)
Producer	Kurt Wagner, Jeremy Ferguson
Lambchop chronology
Mr M (2012) FLOTUS (2016) This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.0/10 [3]
Metacritic	83/100 [4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The A.V. Club	B+ [6]
The Guardian	[7]
The Independent	[8]
Mojo	[9]
The Observer	[10]
Pitchfork	8.0/10 [11]
Q	[12]
Record Collector	[13]
Uncut	8/10 [14]

FLOTUS ("FLOTUS", an abbreviation for "For Love Often Turns Us Still") ^[15] is the twelfth studio album by American band Lambchop, released on November 4, 2016. It marked a significant stylistic departure for the group into more electronic-influenced territory, as heard by the instrumental emphasis on synthesizers and the Auto-Tune effects applied to singer-songwriter Kurt Wagner's voice.

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank	Ref.
American Songwriter	Top 50 Albums of 2016	2016	31	[16]
Consequence of Sound	Top 50 Albums of 2016	2016	44	[17]
The Guardian	The Best Albums of 2016	2016	34	[18]
Mojo	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	4	[19]
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year	2016	48	[20]

Track listing

1. "In Care of 8675309" (Kurt Wagner) – 11:51
2. "Directions to the Can" (Wagner, Ira Kaplan) – 3:32
3. "FLOTUS" (Wagner) – 3:29
4. "JFK" (Wagner) – 5:32
5. "Howe" (Wagner) – 4:05
6. "Old Masters" (Wagner) – 4:43
7. "Relatives #2" (Wagner) – 5:25
8. "Harbor Country" (Wagner) – 3:26
9. "Writer" (Wagner) – 3:41
10. "NIV" (Wagner) – 4:35
11. "The Hustle" (Wagner, Ryan Norris) – 18:12

Personnel

Adapted from album credits. ^[21]

• Kurt Wagner – vocals, vocal processing, guitar
• Ryan Norris – guitar, organs, Moog Opus, piano, synthesizers, drum programming
• Tony Crow – piano, electric piano
• Matt Swanson – bass
• Scott Martin – drums, drum programming, MPC 1000

with

• Matt Glassmeyer – clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, tenor saxophone, "buzzaphone", cornet, horn arrangements
• Alicia Bognanno – background vocals on "The Hustle"

Production

• Kurt Wagner – producer, editing, cover painting
• Ryan Norris – editing, additional production on "The Hustle"
• Jeremy Ferguson – producer, recording and mixing engineer
• Sean R. Badum – mixing assistant (at Blackbird Studio, Nashville)
• New Formalists – album design

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [22]	70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [23]	51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [24]	126
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [25]	66
Irish Albums (IRMA) [26]	44
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [27]	40
Scottish Albums (OCC) [28]	43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29]	71
UK Albums (OCC) [30]	51
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [31]	12

References

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2. Petridis, Alexis. "Lambchop: Flotus review – Kurt Wagner's skilful swerve into electronics". The Guardian. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
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5. Deming, Mark. "FLOTUS – Lambchop". AllMusic . Retrieved November 30, 2016.
6. Mincher, Chris (November 4, 2016). "On Lambchop's latest, there's no country for old men". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 27, 2019.
7. Petridis, Alexis (November 3, 2016). "Lambchop: Flotus review – Kurt Wagner's skilful swerve into electronics". The Guardian . Retrieved May 27, 2019.
8. Gill, Andy (November 2, 2016). "Album reviews: Robbie Williams – The Heavy Entertainment Show, Lambchop – FLOTUS, Bon Jovi, and more". The Independent . Retrieved May 27, 2019.
9. Simmons, Sylvie (December 2016). "Repetitive bleats". Mojo (277): 86.
10. Empire, Kitty (November 6, 2016). "Lambchop: Flotus review – calm and classy retro-modern hybrid". The Observer . Retrieved May 27, 2019.
11. Sodomsky, Sam (October 31, 2016). "Lambchop: FLOTUS". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 27, 2019.
12. Doyle, Tom (January 2017). "Lambchop: FLOTUS". Q (367): 108.
13. Atkins, Jamie (December 2016). "Lambchop – FLOTUS". Record Collector (460). Retrieved May 27, 2019.
14. Mulvey, John (December 2016). "Lambchop: FLOTUS". Uncut (235): 18.
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18. "The Best Albums of 2016: 40-31". The Guardian . November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
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