| Fountain Baby | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Amaarae |
| Cover: | Fountain Baby cover.png |
| Alt: | A woman wearing a white dress being sprayed by shower water |
| Released: | June 9, 2023 |
| Length: | 39:33 |
| Label: | Interscope |
| Prev Title: | The Angel You Don't Know |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
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".
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".[1]
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."[2]
Tarisai Ngangura for NPR enjoyed the variety between songs and was impressed by the cohesive fusion of various genres.[3]
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:
In September, Rolling Stone listed the album as one of the best albums of 2023 so far.[4]
| List | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slant | The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | |||
| The Line of Best Fit | The Line of Best Fit's Albums of the Year 2023 | |||
| Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | |||
| NME | NME's Best Albums of 2023 | |||
| The New Yorker | Amanda Petrusich's Best Albums of 2023 | |||
| Crack Magazine | The Top 50 Albums of the Year | |||
| Rolling Stone | The 100 Best Albums of 2023 | |||
| Exclaim! | Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023 |
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