Editing Welcome Interstate Managers (section)

==Release and reception==
{{album ratings
| MC = 86/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/welcome-interstate-managers/fountains-of-wayne |title=Reviews for Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains of Wayne |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=July 3, 2015}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-interstate-managers-mw0000033823 |title=Welcome Interstate Managers – Fountains of Wayne |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |last=Vanderhoff |first=Mark}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1882.html |title=Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=17 |date=June–July 2003 |accessdate=July 6, 2016 |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |page=138 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820041220/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1882.html |archivedate=August 20, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2003/06/13/welcome-interstate-managers |title=Welcome Interstate Managers |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 13, 2003 |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |last=Johnson |first=Beth |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225180002/http://www.ew.com/article/2003/06/13/welcome-interstate-managers |archivedate=February 25, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=116 |date=July 2003 |page=108}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5Score = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3160-welcome-interstate-managers/ |title=Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=June 17, 2003 |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |last=Martelli |first=Mark}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=207 |date=October 2003 |page=104}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2046627&cf=206 |title=Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=924 |date=June 12, 2003 |accessdate=July 3, 2015 |last=Hoard |first=Christian |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031230115534/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2046627&cf=206 |archivedate=December 30, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Fountains of Wayne |last=Pearlman |first=Nina |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/307 307–08] }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9Score = A<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0HASap-qBoC&pg=PA109 |title=Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers (S-Curve/EMI) |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=19 |issue=7 |date=July 2003 |accessdate=December 13, 2015 |last=Greenwald |first=Andy |page=109}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10Score= A−<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv803-03.php |title=Consumer Guide: Shadows in the Cave |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=August 5, 2003 |accessdate=December 13, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}
The album was met with commercial success and favorable reviews, citing the album's catchy song structures and well-crafted lyrics reflecting struggles of the middle class lifestyle in the American East Coast. The album is widely regarded as the band's best effort and a prime example of early 2000s power pop.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 1, 2021|title=On the Young Adult Sorrow and Undeniable Bops of Fountains of Wayne's "Welcome Interstate Managers"|url=https://floodmagazine.com/88914/fountains-of-wayne-welcome-interstate-managers-reissue/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=FLOOD|language=en}}</ref> Review aggregating website [[Metacritic]] reports a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 based on 24 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="MC" />

The lead single "[[Stacy's Mom]]" was released on May 20, 2003 to popular and critical success.<ref name="FMQB">{{cite web|title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771|publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated|accessdate=October 30, 2016}}</ref>

"Valley Winter Song" was used in a 2008 L.L. Bean Commercial.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Lindsay |title=The Fountains Of Wayne Sing An L.L. Bean Commercial |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1778016/the_fountains_of_wayne_sing_an/videogum |website=Stereogum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carradini |first1=Stephen |title="Valley Winter Song" gets tapped by L.L. Bean |url=https://independentclauses.com/valley-winter-song-gets-tapped-by-ll-bean/ |website=Independent Clauses}}</ref>

The album was first pressed to vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday in a limited run in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pearis|first=Bill|date=October 7, 2020|title=Record Store Day announces 2020 RSD Black Friday titles|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/record-store-day-announces-2020-rsd-black-friday-titles/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=BrooklynVegan|language=en}}</ref>