Floetic

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title: "Floetic" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2002-debut-albums", "albums-produced-by-dre-&-vidal", "dreamworks-records-albums", "floetry-albums", "polydor-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floetic" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]

Field	Value
name	Floetic
type	studio
artist	Floetry
cover	floetic.jpg
released
studio	A Touch of Jazz Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))
The Mill Studio
(Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)
next_title	Floacism "Live"
next_year	2003
misc	{{Singles
name	Floetic
type	studio
single1	Floetic
single1date	2002
single2	Say Yes
single2date	2003
single3	Getting Late
single3date	2003
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| name = Floetic | type = studio | artist = Floetry | cover = floetic.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | studio = A Touch of Jazz Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)) The Mill Studio (Winfarthing, Norfolk, England) | genre =

• R&B
• neo soul
• hip hop | length = | label =
• Polydor (UK)
• DreamWorks (US) | producer =
• Keith "Keshon" Pelzer
• Darren "Limitless" Henson
• Andre Harris Vidal Davis
• Ivan "Orthodox" Barias | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Floacism "Live" | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{Singles | name = Floetic | type = studio | single1 = Floetic | single1date = 2002 | single2 = Say Yes | single2date = 2003 | single3 = Getting Late | single3date = 2003

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.

Critical reception

|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = |rev2 = BBC Music |rev2score = (favourable) |rev3 = CMJ |rev3score = (favourable) |rev4 = Philadelphia Weekly |rev4score = (favourable) |rev5 = PopMatters |rev5score = (favourable) |rev6 = Rhapsody |rev6score = (favourable) |rev7 = Rolling Stone |rev7score = (favourable) |rev8 = Yahoo! Music |rev8score = (favourable) The album received favourable reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars.

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 with US sales of over 864,000 copies to date.

Track listing

| headline = Floetic track listing | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Big Ben | writer1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 1:54

| title2 = Floetic | writer2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 4:06

| title3 = Ms. Stress | writer3 = | extra3 = Davis | length3 = 3:54

| title4 = Sunshine | writer4 = | extra4 = Harris | length4 = 4:15

| title5 = Getting Late | writer5 = | extra5 = Davis | length5 = 6:49

| title6 = Fun | writer6 = | extra6 = | length6 = 4:14

| title7 = Mr. Messed Up | writer7 = | extra7 = Davis | length7 = 4:22

| title8 = Say Yes | writer8 = | extra8 = Harris | length8 = 4:28

| title9 = Hello | writer9 = | extra9 = Davis | length9 = 4:09

| title10 = Headache | writer10 = | extra10 = Barias | length10 = 4:04

| title11 = Hey You | writer11 = | extra11 = Harris | length11 = 5:04

| title12 = If I Was a Bird | writer12 = | extra12 = Ambrosius | length12 = 5:02

| title13 = Opera | writer13 = | extra13 = Barias | length13 = 4:00

| title14 = Subliminal | writer14 = | extra14 = | length14 = 3:57 | extra_column = Producer(s) | headline = Bonus tracks

| title15 = Butterflies | note15 = Demo Version | writer15 = | extra15 = Harris | length15 = 4:03

| title16 = Now You're Gone (More Than I Can Feel) | writer16 = | extra16 = | length16 = 4:52 Samples

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

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table title="Weekly chart performance for ''Floetic''"] | Chart (2002) | Peak position | Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) | |---|---|---| | 23 | | | ::

Year-end charts

::data[format=table title="Year-end chart performance for ''Floetic''"]

Chart (2003)	Position	US Billboard 200	US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
162
33
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Certifications

References

References

1. [{{AllMusic
2. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5g63/ BBC Music review]
3. "CMJ review".
4. "Philadelphia Weekly review".
5. [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/floetry-floetic/ PopMatters review]
6. [http://www.rhapsody.com/floetry/floetic#albumreview Rhapsody review]
7. [https://archive.today/20070518205122/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/floetry/albums/album/230678/review/5945896/floetic Rolling Stone review]
8. "Yahoo! Music review".
9. "Floetic – Review". [[AllMusic]].
10. (14 July 2003). "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". [[Recording Industry Association of America]].
11. Mitchell, Gail. (25 September 2010). "Ex-Floetry Member Marsha Ambrosius Readies Solo Set".
12. "R&B : Top 50".
13. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003".
14. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003".

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