Flamagra

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Flamagra
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Studio album by
Flying Lotus
ReleasedMay 24, 2019 (2019-05-24)
Recorded2015–2019
Genre
Length66:57
Label Warp
Producer Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus chronology
You're Dead!
(2014)		Flamagra
(2019)		 Yasuke
(2021)
Singles from Flamagra
  1. "Fire Is Coming"
    Released: April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17) [2]
  2. "Spontaneous / Takashi"
    Released: April 23, 2019 (2019-04-23) [3]
  3. "More"
    Released: May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08) [4]
  4. "Black Balloons Reprise"
    Released: May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21) [5]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Flamagra received an average score of 80, based on 27 reviews. [12]

Year-end rankings

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Afisha Daily (Russia)The Best Foreign Albums of 2019
20

Commercial performance

As of July 2019, the album has moved 10,000 units in United States. [23]

Track listing

Credits adapted from liner notes. [24]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heroes"
2:44
2."Post Requisite"
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
2:08
3."Heroes in a Half Shell"
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
  • Brandon Coleman
1:17
4."More" (featuring Anderson .Paak)
4:17
5."Capillaries"Ellison1:54
6."Burning Down the House" (featuring George Clinton)
3:03
7."Spontaneous" (featuring Little Dragon)
2:08
8."Takashi"
  • Ellison
  • Syunsuke Ono
  • Bruner
  • Coleman
5:51
9."Pilgrim Side Eye"
1:30
10."All Spies"Ellison1:45
11."Yellow Belly" (featuring Tierra Whack)
3:11
12."Black Balloons Reprise" (featuring Denzel Curry)
2:41
13."Fire Is Coming" (featuring David Lynch)
3:16
14."Inside Your Home"
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
1:26
15."Actually Virtual" (featuring Shabazz Palaces)
1:58
16."Andromeda"
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
1:28
17."Remind U"
  • Ellison
  • Coleman
2:41
18."Say Something"
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
  • Atwood-Ferguson
  • Hamm
1:15
19."Debbie is Depressed"
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
2:19
20."Find Your Own Way Home"
  • Ellison
  • Taylor Graves
1:40
21."The Climb" (featuring Thundercat)
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
  • Atwood-Ferguson
  • Coleman
3:15
22."Pygmy"
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
1:24
23."9 Carrots" (featuring Toro y Moi)
3:01
24."FF4"
  • Ellison
  • Atwood-Ferguson
1:11
25."Land of Honey" (featuring Solange)
3:27
26."Thank U Malcolm"
  • Ellison
  • Coleman
  • Bruner
1:32
27."Hot Oct."
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
4:35
Total length:66:57
Japanese edition bonus track [25]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
28."Quarantine"
  • Ellison
  • Bruner
3:48
Total length:70:45

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [24]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [26] 55
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [27] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [28] 16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [29] 122
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [30] 74
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [31] 60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [32] 20
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [33] 36
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [34] 28
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [35] 96
Scottish Albums (OCC) [36] 20
UK Albums (OCC) [37] 25
US Billboard 200 [38] 45
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [39] 5
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [40] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [41] 1

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