Flying Colours (Shad album)

Flying Colours garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. Tabassum Siddiqui of NOW gave high praise to the versatile production and lyrical delivery made throughout the album, concluding that "the result is a record that fully reveals all of Shad's musical colours." Jacob Lorinc of The Varsity praised the lyrical content for tackling socio-political topics without coming across as obvious and trite when going for positivity, saying that "Although he is still an underdog in the world of hip-hop, Shad’s clever rhymes and intricately woven verses throughout Flying Colours show the rapper’s ability to cover all sorts of ground on this album." Aaron Matthews of Exclaim! said that despite some out-of-place tracks, he praised the album for its vast use of different genres and instruments, and Shad's continued growth as a mature rapper, calling it "a wake-up call to anyone sleeping on Canadian rappers and Shad's coming for the crown next time." Flying Colours was named the 49th best Canadian album of the 2010s, by Exclaim!.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Intro: Lost" (featuring Lisa Lobsinger, Kamau, and k-os)	Ric Notes, Ian Kamau, k-os, Shad	Ric Notes	4:37
2.	"Yall Know Me" (featuring Ebrahim)	Ian Koiter, Shad	Committee (Shad, Skratch Bastid, and I. K. Koiter)	3:25
3.	"Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins)"	Skratch Bastid, Shad	Skratch Bastid	3:33
4.	"He Say She Say"	Shad	Committee	3:50
5.	"Dreams"	Max Zipursky, Michael Tompkins, Shad	Committee	3:18
6.	"Interlude: Grace"			0:59
7.	"Stylin" (featuring Saukrates)	Max Zipursky, Skratch Bastid, Shad	Skratch Bastid	3:51
8.	"Progress (Part 1: American Pie, Part 2: The Future Is Here)"	Part 1: Tone Mason, Ian Koiter, Shad. Part 2: Shad	Tone Mason	7:08
9.	"Remember to Remember" (featuring Lights)	Michael Tompkins, Lights, Shad	Michael Tompkins	4:36
10.	"Love Means" (featuring Eternia)	Lokey, Eternia, Matthew Johnston, Shad	That Brotha Lokey	4:45
11.	"Thank You"	Ric Notes, Shad	Ric Notes	4:47
12.	"Epilogue: Long Jawn"	Rel McCoy, Shad	Rel McCoy	6:58

Personnel

Adapted from the Flying Colours liner notes.

Bryden Baird – trumpets
Trent Reschney – saxophones
Sebastian Ostertag – cello
Allison Stewart – viola
Tanya Charles – violin
Ian Koiter – string arrangements, bass, keyboards, synths, acoustic guitar
Max Zipursky – synths, pianos
Michael Libis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Shad – electric guitar
Skratch Bastid – drum programming
Andrew Hootsalack – drum programming
Jahmal Tonge – live drums
Ayo Leilani – additional vocals
Elijah Walsh – engineer
Crispin Day – engineer
Rob Stefanson – engineer
Elisa Pangseng – engineer
Michael Tompkins – engineer
Dan Weston – mixer
Tom Coyne – mastering
Justin Broadbent – album art, photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Heatseekers Albums	36

References

Power, Tom. "New music: Shad raps, Hedley gets quiet, Neko Case fights harder". CBC News. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
The Canadian Press (15 July 2014). "Arcade Fire, Drake, Shad make Polaris Music Prize short list". CTV News. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ Matthews, Aaron (11 October 2013). "Shad - Flying Colours". Exclaim!. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
^ Siddiqui, Tabassum (10 October 2013). "Shad". Now. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
^ Lorinc, Jacob (28 October 2013). "Album Review: Flying Colours by Shad". The Varsity. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
"Exclaim!'s 50 Best Canadian Albums of the 2010s". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
Flying Colours (media notes). Shad. Black Box. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"Shad - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

External links

Flying Colours at Discogs (list of releases)
Flying Colours at AllMusic

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