''Fitz and the Tantrums'' is the third studio album by American

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and

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group

Fitz and the Tantrums Fitz and the Tantrums are an American indie pop and neo soul band from Los Angeles, California, that formed in 2008. The band consists of Michael Fitzpatrick (lead vocals), Noelle Scaggs (co-lead vocals and percussion), James King (saxophone, ...

, released on June 10, 2016 by

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Critical reception

''Fitz and the Tantrums'' received mixed reviews from critics. At

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, 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. Isaac Feldberg from the ''

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'' 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."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. Fitz and the Tantrums * Michael Fitzpatrick –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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Noelle Scaggs Noelle Scaggs (born October 8, 1979) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, known as the co-lead singer of the pop group Fitz and the Tantrums. Scaggs has also had numerous collaborations with the Black Eyed Peas, Dilated ...

– vocals,

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

* James King –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

*Joseph Karnes –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, engineering *Jeremy Ruzumna – keyboards * John Wicks –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion, engineering Additional musicians *Steve Bays – keyboards, vocals *Parker Bossley – guitar, vocals *Sean Foreman – vocals *Ross Golan – vocals *Fran Hall – vocals *Jordan Katz – piccolo trumpet, trombone, trumpet *Grant Michaels – drum programming, acoustic guitar, keyboards *Ricky Reed – bass, guitar, keyboards, producer, programming Artwork *Joseph Cultice – photography *Doug Gledhill – art direction, design *Ryan McCann – art direction, design *Sam Riback – A&R *Craig Kallman – A&R *Jeff Nicholas – design, layout Production *Miles Comaskey – mixing assistant *Robin Florent – mixing assistant *Chris Galland – mixing assistant, mixing engineer *Ryan Gilligan – engineer *Aaron Glas – engineer *Jeff Jackson – mixing assistant *Joel Little – composer, engineer, producer *Michelle Mancini – mastering *Manny Marroquin – mixing *Tony Maserati – mixing *Ryan "Shmedly" Maynes – engineer *Ike Schultz – mixing assistant *David Schwerkolt – assistant engineer *Tyler Scott – mixing assistant

Charts

Certifications

References

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