Fountain Baby | ||||
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Released | June 9, 2023 | |||
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Length | 39:33 | |||
Label | Interscope | |||
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Fountain Baby is the second album by the Ghanaian-American singer Amaarae. It was released by Interscope Records on June 9, 2023. The album, released to widespread critical acclaim, was supported by three singles, "Reckless & Sweet", "Co-Star", and "Wasted Eyes".
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 95/100[5] |
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Source | Rating |
And It Don't Stop | A−[6] |
Clash | 9/10[7] |
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Exclaim! | 8/10[2] |
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Pitchfork | 8.7/10[1] |
Fountain Baby was released to overwhelmingly positive reception. Metacritic, a review aggregator, awarded a score of 95/100 based on eight critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]
Pitchfork named the record "Best New Music" with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd writing, "The Ghanaian American singer's dazzling second album is a confident and unconventional record that flows, saunters, and boasts its way to one of the best pop albums of the year."[1]
Tarisai Ngangura for NPR enjoyed the variety between songs and was impressed by the cohesive fusion of various genres.[11]
Robert Christgau, reviewing in his "Consumer Guide" column on Substack, appreciated Amaarae's grounded gratitude for the same-sex obsession "she can afford" to have as a successful artist:
Her portion of fame proud and earned, her voice simultaneously fragile and self-possessed, her star-time comforts and advantages acknowledged without vanity or apology, she doesn't so much boast about her crushes, trysts, and conquests as lay them out lubriciously or matter-of-factly as the cherished rewards of a lifestyle I wouldn't be surprised to learn she's exaggerating ... she appreciates what she's got without taking it for granted, and without assuming there are no more chapters to her story.[6]
In September, Rolling Stone listed the album as one of the best albums of 2023 so far.[12]
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Slant | The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | 4
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The Line of Best Fit | The Line of Best Fit's Albums of the Year 2023 | 5
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Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | 7
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NME | NME's Best Albums of 2023 | 8
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The New Yorker | Amanda Petrusich's Best Albums of 2023 | 9
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Crack Magazine | The Top 50 Albums of the Year | 11
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Rolling Stone | The 100 Best Albums of 2023 | 26
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Exclaim! | Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023 | 43
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "All My Love" | 0:43 |
2. | "Angels in Tibet" | 2:23 |
3. | "Co-Star" | 2:47 |
4. | "Princess Going Digital" | 3:09 |
5. | "Big Steppa" | 2:57 |
6. | "Reckless & Sweet" | 2:40 |
7. | "Wasted Eyes" | 2:29 |
8. | "Counterfeit" | 2:36 |
9. | "Disguise" | 2:50 |
10. | "Sex, Violence, Suicide" | 4:13 |
11. | "Sociopathic Dance Queen" | 2:20 |
12. | "Aquamarie Luvs Ecstasy" | 4:39 |
13. | "Water from Wine" | 2:36 |
14. | "Come Home to God" | 3:20 |
Total length: | 39:33 |