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==Release==
==Release==
The album was met with moderate commercial success and favorable reviews. It reached #97 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart,<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1024534|pure_url=yes}} |title=Traffic and Weather: Charts & Awards |publisher=allmusic }}</ref> and the song "I-95" was named #54 in ''[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone's]]''{{'}}s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/15 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2007 |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2007-12-11 }}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' described the album as having "more witty tales of confused young people caught between destinations".<ref name="blender">{{cite news |publisher=Blender |title=25 Reasons to Love '07 |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2391 |date=January–February 2007 }}</ref>
The album was met with moderate commercial success and favorable reviews. It reached #97 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart,<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1024534|pure_url=yes}} |title=Traffic and Weather: Charts & Awards |publisher=allmusic }}</ref> and the song "I-95" was named #54 in ''[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone's]]''{{'}}s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/15 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2007 |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2007-12-11 }}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' described the album as having "more witty tales of confused young people caught between destinations".<ref name="blender">{{Cite news |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2391 |title=25 Reasons to Love '07 |date=January–February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212070708/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2391 |archive-date=2008-02-12 |publisher=Blender}}</ref>


==Details==
==Details==

Revision as of 14:51, 8 May 2018

Untitled
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Addiction[3]
The Austin Chronicle[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
MSN MusicA[6]
Pitchfork3.0/10[7]
PopMatters8/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Stylus MagazineD–[10]

Traffic and Weather is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Fountains of Wayne. It was released on Virgin Records in April 2007.

Release

The album was met with moderate commercial success and favorable reviews. It reached #97 on the Billboard 200 albums chart,[11] and the song "I-95" was named #54 in Rolling Stone's's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[12] Blender described the album as having "more witty tales of confused young people caught between destinations".[13]

Details

According to an interview on New York's WCBS-AM, the band claimed the title of the album, which was mixed by Michael Brauer and John Holbrook, was inspired by the news station's "traffic and weather together on the eights".

The song "Someone to Love" includes backing vocals from former Smashing Pumpkins and Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur,[14] "Fire in the Canyon" contains backing vocals from the Candy Butchers' Mike Viola, "Seatbacks and Traytables" features former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, and "Strapped for Cash" features trumpeters Ronnie Buttacavoli and Scott Wendholt; the former trumpeter also plays on "Yolanda Hayes".

The song "Traffic & Weather" is featured on KYW-TV/WPSG in Philadelphia during its morning traffic and weather segments.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger

No.TitleLength
1."Someone to Love"3:53
2."'92 Subaru"3:13
3."Yolanda Hayes"4:01
4."Traffic and Weather"3:37
5."Fire in the Canyon"2:47
6."This Better Be Good"3:04
7."Revolving Dora"2:42
8."Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim"3:42
9."Strapped for Cash"3:31
10."I-95"3:08
11."Hotel Majestic"3:28
12."Planet of Weed"2:46
13."New Routine"4:14
14."Seatbacks and Traytables"3:31
15."Sense Into You" (Japan bonus track)3:30
16."You Gotta Go" (Japan "Tour Edition" bonus track)2:06

Personnel

Quotes about the album

All quotes from Adam Schlesinger.

General

  • "I don't think anybody is counting on us for another one [Stacy's Mom Standard Hit] of those. I hope not."[13]
  • "As usual, there are a lot of songs about transportation and travel."[13]
  • "Our goal is 12 units, then if we hit 13, it looks like a runaway success."[13]
  • "(Billy Corgan) was busy putting that other Smashing Pumpkins reunion together while we were working on this Smashing Pumpkins reunion on our record."[15]

Songs

Recording

  • "We had these grand ambitions to change our process, we went up to Woodstock and jammed, but in the end, only one thing from that session, 'Strapped for Cash,' turned into an actual song. For the rest of it, we went back to our usual method of writing on our own and bringing in a song to be arranged by everyone. Woodstock was good to get back together and loosen up, but I guess we're pretty set in our ways."[16]

References

  1. ^ "Traffic And Weather by Fountains of Wayne". Metacritic. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Traffic and Weather Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  3. ^ "Album Review of Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne". Alternative Addiction. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  4. ^ Beets, Greg (April 13, 2007). "Review: Fountains of Wayne". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  5. ^ Collis, Clark (March 30, 2007). "Traffic and Weather". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (September 1, 2007). "Consumer Guide: September 2007". MSN Music. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  7. ^ LeMay, Matt (March 28, 2007). "Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  8. ^ Vrabel, Jeff (April 1, 2007). "Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather". PopMatters. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  9. ^ Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-04-07(Date mismatch))
  10. ^ Cohen, Ian (April 2, 2007). "Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on February 23, 2008.
  11. ^ "Traffic and Weather: Charts & Awards". allmusic.
  12. ^ "The 100 Best Songs of 2007". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2007.
  13. ^ a b c d "25 Reasons to Love '07". Blender. January–February 2007. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008.
  14. ^ "Fountains Of Wayne ready new album". NME Online. January 19, 2007.
  15. ^ Pais, Matt (August 31, 2007). "'Smart, cool people like it' | Metromix Chicago". Chicago.metromix.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  16. ^ a b c d Cohen, Jonathan (January 18, 2007). "Fountains Of Wayne Untangle 'Traffic' Jams". Billboard.
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