Floetic

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

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.

Floetic
Studio album by Floetry
Released	1 October 2002 (2002-10-01)
Studio	A Touch of Jazz Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)) The Mill Studio (Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)
Genre	R&B neo soul hip hop
Label	Polydor (UK) DreamWorks (US)
Producer	Keith "Keshon" Pelzer Darren "Limitless" Henson Andre Harris Vidal Davis Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
Floetry chronology
Floetic (2002) Floacism "Live" (2003)
Singles from Floetic
"Floetic" Released: 2002 "Say Yes" Released: 2003 "Getting Late" Released: 2003

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC Music	(favourable)[2]
CMJ	(favourable)[3]
Philadelphia Weekly	(favourable)[4]
PopMatters	(favourable)[5]
Rhapsody	(favourable)[6]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)[7]
Yahoo! Music	(favourable)[8]

The album received favourable reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars.^[9]

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^[10] with US sales of over 864,000 copies to date.^[11]

Track listing

Floetic track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Big Ben"	Marsha Ambrosius Natalie Stewart Darren Henson Keith Pelzer	Henson Pelzer	1:54
2.	"Floetic"	Ambrosius Mel Tormé Robert Wells	Henson Pelzer	4:06
3.	"Ms. Stress"	Ambrosius Stewart Vidal Davis	Davis	3:54
4.	"Sunshine"	Ambrosius Stewart Andre Harris	Harris	4:15
5.	"Getting Late"	Ambrosius Stewart Davis	Davis	6:49
6.	"Fun"	Ambrosius Stewart Henson Pelzer	Henson Pelzer	4:14
7.	"Mr. Messed Up"	Ambrosius Stewart Davis	Davis	4:22
8.	"Say Yes"	Ambrosius Harris	Harris	4:28
9.	"Hello"	Ambrosius Stewart Harris Davis	Davis	4:09
10.	"Headache"	Ambrosius Stewart Ivan Barias	Barias	4:04
11.	"Hey You"	Ambrosius Stewart Harris	Harris	5:04
12.	"If I Was a Bird"	Ambrosius Stewart Pelzer	Ambrosius	5:02
13.	"Opera"	Ambrosius Stewart Barias	Barias	4:00
14.	"Subliminal"	Ambrosius Stewart Henson Pelzer	Henson Pelzer	3:57

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Butterflies" (Demo Version)	Ambrosius Harris	Harris	4:03
16.	"Now You're Gone (More Than I Can Feel)"	Stewart Sebastian Rogers	Jonny Cole Rogers	4:52

Samples

• "Floetic" contains an interpolation of "Born to Be Blue" as written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells.

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Floetic Chart (2002) Peak position Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[12] 23 US Billboard 200[13] 19 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14] 4

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Floetic Chart (2003) Position US Billboard 200[15] 162 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 33

Certifications

Certifications for Floetic

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[17]	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.