Absolute Loser

Absolute Loser
Studio album by Fruit Bats
Released	May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)
Genre	Indie rock, indie pop, indie folk, soft rock
Length	37:30
Label	Easy Sound Recording Company
Producer	Thom Monahan
Fruit Bats chronology
Tripper (2011) Absolute Loser (2016) Gold Past Life (2019)

Absolute Loser is the seventh studio album by Fruit Bats, released on May 13, 2016, via Easy Sound Recording Company, a subsidiary of Welk Music Group.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Consequence of Sound	B−[2]
American Songwriter	[4]
Paste	8.5/10[5]

Absolute Loser received generally favorable 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 75 based on six reviews. ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eric D. Johnson

No.	Title	Length
1.	"From a Soon-to-Be Ghost Town"	3:39
2.	"Humbug Mountain Song"	3:04
3.	"None of Us"	4:09
4.	"Absolute Loser"	3:52
5.	"Baby Bluebird"	3:50
6.	"My Sweet Midwest"	5:04
7.	"Birthday Drunk"	3:56
8.	"Good Will Come to You"	3:30
9.	"It Must Be Easy"	2:58
10.	"Don’t You Know That"	3:29

References

1. "Absolute Loser by Fruit Bats Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
2. Brooks, Sarah (May 15, 2016). "Fruit Bats – Absolute Loser". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
3. Donelson, Marcy. "Absolute Loser - Fruit Bats". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
4. Horowitz, Hal (May 11, 2016). "Fruit Bats: Absolute Loser". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
5. Swedlund, Eric (May 13, 2016). "Fruit Bats: Absolute Loser Review". Paste. Retrieved July 27, 2020.