Fitz and the Tantrums is the third studio album by American indie pop and neo soul group Fitz and the Tantrums, released on June 10, 2016 by Elektra Records.
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| Released | June 10, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 36:23 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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| Fitz and the Tantrums chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Fitz and the Tantrums | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 56/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Consequence of Sound | D[4] |
| The Courier-Journal | |
| Newsday | B+[6] |
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| Rolling Stone | |
Fitz and the Tantrums received mixed 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 56, which indicates "mixed or average reviews" based on 7 reviews.[2] Isaac Feldberg from the Boston Globe calls it the band's "glossiest record yet", with a "brassy, retro-glam aesthetic with a commercial-minded agenda", going on to say, "on ballads (...) the band sounds more lost, mired in lackluster lyrics and mundane melodies." The 405 gave it a score of 20/100 and wrote, "Each and every track on this album is so jam-packed with garbage pop flourishes that it can get exhausting."[9]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "HandClap" |
| Ricky Reed | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Complicated" |
| Jesse Shatkin | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Burn It Down" | Fitz and the Tantrums | Shatkin | 3:21 |
| 4. | "Roll Up" |
| Shatkin | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Tricky" |
| Shatkin | 3:27 |
| 6. | "Fadeback" |
| Michael Fitzpatrick | 3:00 |
| 7. | "Run It" |
| Shatkin | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Get Right Back" |
| Shatkin | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Do What You Want" |
| Little | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Walking Target" |
| Shatkin | 2:36 |
| 11. | "A Place for Us" |
| Shatkin | 3:32 |
| Total length: | 36:23 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Fool" |
| 3:09 |
| Total length: | 39:32 | ||
Adapted from AllMusic.[10]
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| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] | 43 |
| US Billboard 200[12] | 17 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[13] | 4 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] | 6 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[15] | Gold | 500,000 |
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