Aquaria (album)
# Aquaria (album)

Aquaria (styled as AQUΛRIA) is the debut studio album by American record producer, singer-songwriter, rapper and musician Boots. In the United States, the album has charted at number 14 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.

## Background

Boots came to worldwide attention in December 2013 when Beyoncé released her highly successful fifth studio album Beyoncé, for which BOOTS had written and produced several songs, including "Haunted", "Heaven" and "Blue". In May 2014, he released a mixtape titled WinterSpringSummerFall. In early 2015, he released a five-song EP Motorcycle Jesus, which served as a soundtrack album for a short film of the same title, directed by BOOTS. The release of his debut studio album Aquaria was announced by Columbia Records in a press release on August 20, 2015.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Wall Street Journal | 80/100 |
| The Guardian | |
| The New York Times | 80/100 |
| NME | 3/5 |
| Clash | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork | 5.9/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |

Aquaria has received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 17 reviews.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Jordan Asher, except where noted.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic

## Charts

| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) | 14 |
