Fitz and the Tantrums (album)

Fitz and the Tantrums is the third studio album by American indie pop and neo soul group Fitz and the Tantrums. It was released on June 10, 2016 by Elektra Records.

Critical reception
Fitz and the Tantrums received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, 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 Boston Globe 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."

Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.

Fitz and the Tantrums
 * Michael Fitzpatrick – vocals, engineering
 * Noelle Scaggs – vocals, tambourine
 * James King – saxophone
 * Joseph Karnes – bass guitar, engineering
 * Jeremy Ruzumna – keyboards
 * John Wicks – drums, 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
 * Emerson Mancini – mastering
 * Manny Marroquin – mixing
 * Tony Maserati – mixing
 * Ryan "Shmedly" Maynes – engineer
 * Ike Schultz – mixing assistant
 * David Schwerkolt – assistant engineer
 * Tyler Scott – mixing assistant