Traffic and Weather
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| Studio album by Fountains of Wayne | ||||
| Released | April 3, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 47:27 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Adam Schlesinger | |||
| Fountains of Wayne chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (68/100) |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) |
| Pitchfork Media | (3.0/10) |
| PopMatters | (8/10) |
| Robert Christgau | (A) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| USA Today | (?) |
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.
The album was met with moderate commercial success and favorable reviews. It reached #97 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the song "I-95" was named #54 in Rolling Stone's's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.Blender described the album as having "more witty tales of confused young people caught between destinations".
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, "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.
All tracks written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger.
All quotes from Adam Schlesinger.
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