F.L.M. (album)

is the only studio album by English pop duo Mel and Kim, released on 13 April 1987 by Supreme Records.

[6] The album was predominantly written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) and contained a mixture of house-infused productions and downtempo, soulful songs.

When reviewing the album, Karen Faux of British magazine Music Week praised "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Week-end)" and "Respectable" as they "undoubtedly shine brighest, with dancefloor bounce and exuberance", as well as the slower tracks which she deemed not vacuous at all, but criticized "weak and ultimately forgettable vocals".

[8] Chris Heath of Smash Hits stated that if "you like wonderfully tacky, totally unpretentious dance music where little catchy snippets of tunes and electronic drums a-clinking and a-clattering are more important than anything else in the world, then you'll simply recognise F.L.M.... as a "masterpiece" of sorts".

[3] By contrast, Jonathan Lewis of AllMusic was highly critical of F.L.M., deeming it "one of the more insipid examples of '80s dance-pop" and a "completely forgettable album", which shows in his point of view SAW's "weakest" songwriting and Mel & Kim's "limited vocal ability", a duo he considered "the least talented" artists who collaborated with the SAW team.

In this country, it reached the gold status given by the Recorded Music NZ,[20] and featured at number 18 on the year-end chart.

[21] Side one Side two CD bonus tracks All songs written by Stock Aitken Waterman, except "Who's Gonna Catch You" written by Matt Aitken / Mike Stock / Pete Waterman / Stevie Wonder / Yvonne Wright,[22] and "From a Whisper to a Scream" lyrics by A & A.