Traffic and Weather

Traffic and Weather
Studio album by Fountains of Wayne
Released April 3, 2007
Genre Rock
Length 47:27
Label Virgin
Producer Adam Schlesinger
Fountains of Wayne chronology
Out-of-State Plates
(2005)
Traffic and Weather
(2007)
Sky Full of Holes
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(68/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment Weekly(B+)[3]
Pitchfork Media(3.0/10)[4]
PopMatters(8/10)[5]
Robert Christgau(A)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
USA Today(?)[8]

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,[9] and the song "I-95" was named #54 in Rolling Stone's's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[10] Blender described the album as having "more witty tales of confused young people caught between destinations".[11]

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,[12] "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 songs written and composed by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger. 

No. Title Length
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

Songs

Recording

References

External links

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