FLOTUS (album)

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FLOTUS
Lambchop FLOTUS album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Lambchop
ReleasedNovember 4, 2016
StudioBattle Tapes Recording, Nashville
Genre Indietronica, electronica [1] [2]
Length68:46
Label City Slang, Merge
Lambchop chronology
Mr M
(2012)		FLOTUS
(2016)		 This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.0/10 [3]
Metacritic 83/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club B+ [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [11]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Contents

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRankRef.
American Songwriter Top 50 Albums of 20162016
31
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 20162016
44
The Guardian The Best Albums of 20162016
34
Mojo The 50 Best Albums of 20162016
4
Rough Trade Albums of the Year2016
48

Track listing

  1. "In Care of 8675309" (Kurt Wagner) – 11:51
  2. "Directions to the Can" (Ira Kaplan, Wagner) – 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" (Ryan Norris, Wagner) – 18:12

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. [5]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [21] 70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] 126
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] 66
Irish Albums (IRMA) [25] 44
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [26] 40
Scottish Albums (OCC) [27] 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 71
UK Albums (OCC) [29] 51
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [30] 12

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