Fat Pop (Volume 1)
2021 studio album by Paul Weller
Fat Pop (Volume 1) Released 14 May 2021 (2021-05-14 ) Recorded 2020 Studio Black Barn Studios, Surrey Length 38 :40 Label
"Cosmic Fringes" Released: 24 February 2021[ 1]
"Glad Times" Released: 12 March 2021[ 2]
"Shades of Blue" Released: 7 April 2021[ 3]
"Cosmic Fringes (Remixes)" Released: 23 July 2021[ 4]
"Glad Times (Soul Steppers)" Released: 1 October 2021[ 5]
"The Meeq vs. Fat Pop" Released: 1 October 2021[ 6]
Fat Pop (Volume 1) is the sixteenth solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Paul Weller . It was released on 14 May 2021 through Polydor Records and Solid Bond, in both a standard and deluxe edition.[ 7] It was supported by the single "Shades of Blue".[ 8]
Critical reception
On Metacritic , the album has a score of 82 out of 100 from 10 critical reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[ 9]
Fat Pop (Volume 1) debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart dated 21 May 2021 with over 26,000 chart sales, becoming Weller's sixth solo UK number one album.[ 20]
Track listing
Fat Pop (Volume 1) track listingTitle Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Cosmic Fringes" Paul Weller 2:20 2. "True" (featuring Lia Metcalfe) P. Weller Jan Kybert Rees[a] 2:07 3. "Fat Pop" 3:19 4. "Shades of Blue" 3:06 5. "Glad Times" P. Weller Tom Doyle Anthony Brown P. Weller Kybert White Label Rees[a] 4:03 6. "Cobweb / Connections" P. Weller 2:56 7. "Testify" 2:53 8. "That Pleasure" P. Weller 3:32 9. "Failed" P. Weller 2:43 10. "Moving Canvas" P. Weller 2:54 11. "In Better Times" P. Weller 4:47 12. "Still Glides the Stream" 4:07 Total length: 38:40
Deluxe edition bonus tracks Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 13. "On Sunset" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) P. Weller 14. "Old Father Tyme" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) P. Weller 15. "Moving Canvas" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) P. Weller 16. "Failed" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) P. Weller 17. "Village" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) 18. "More" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) P. Weller 19. "Testify" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) 20. "Still Glides the Stream" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) 21. "Rockets" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) P. Weller 22. "Mayfly" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) P. Weller 23. "Round the Floor" P. Weller 24. "Serafina" P. Weller 25. "Crowboy" 26. "Into the Sea" P. Weller 27. "Pure Sound" P. Weller P. Weller 28. "Fat Mix" P. Weller
Notes
^[a] indicates an additional producer
Personnel
Musicians
Paul Weller – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (1–4, 6, 7, 9–12, 23–28), background vocals (1–12, 23, 25, 27), drums (1, 28), electric guitar (1, 3–5, 8–10, 27, 28), percussion (1, 4, 6–8, 10, 23, 25), piano (1–4, 6–8, 10–12, 23, 26, 28), Mellotron (2, 5, 8, 23, 25, 27, 28), bass (3, 8, 10, 27), Hammond organ (3, 6–8, 10, 11), clapping (6, 10), Rhodes (10, 28), harp (11, 27), guitar (13–22), Wurlitzer electric piano (27, 28), synthesizer (28)
Charles Rees – drum programming (1), synthesizer (1, 3, 28), Moog bass (5), synth bass (5), Hammond organ (25), Mellotron (25, 28); percussion, sound effects (28)
Steve Cradock – electric guitar (1, 7–9, 11, 23, 25, 28); harp, percussion, timpani , tubular bells (4, 10, 12); acoustic guitar (6, 25, 26), bass (10, 12), string arrangement (12), guitar (13–22), lap steel guitar (23), slide guitar (25)
Andy Crofts – background vocals (2, 4, 6–12, 25), bass (2, 6–11, 13–15, 25), electric guitar, keyboards, melodica , timpani (4); clapping (6), synthesizer (9), acoustic bass guitar (11); guitar, organ, zither (23)
Paul Speare – baritone saxophone (2, 10, 12, 28)
Ben Gordelier – drums (2–5, 7–12, 23, 25, 27, 28), percussion (3–5, 7, 8, 10–12, 23, 25, 28), clapping (10)
Steve Trigg – horn arrangement (2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 28), trumpet (2, 5, 10, 12, 28)
Anthony Gaylard – tenor saxophone (2, 10, 12, 28)
Dave Boraston – trumpet (2, 5, 10, 12, 28)
Lia Metcalfe – vocals (2)
Tom Heel – background vocals (3, 4, 7, 8, 10–23, 25, 27), Moog bass (3)
Jan Kybert – Hammond organ (3), programming (3, 8), synthesizer (3, 28), percussion (6); Mellotron, sound effects (28)
Leah Weller – background vocals (4)
Tom Doyle – drum programming, keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano (5)
Anthony Brown – electric guitar (5)
Paraorchestra – orchestra (5, 8, 12)
Paul Wright – sarangi (5)
Hannah Peel – conducting and string arrangements (5, 6, 8, 12, 23, 24, 28)
White Label – string arrangement (5)
Steve Pilgrim – background vocals (6, 7, 10–12), drums (6, 13–22, 28); clapping, conga (10); acoustic guitar (11, 28); electric guitar, piano (11)
Katy Cox – cello (6, 24, 28)
Stella Page – viola (6, 24, 28)
Antonia Pagulatos – violin (6, 24, 28)
Kotono Sato – violin (6, 24, 28)
Andy Fairweather Low – vocals, background vocals (7)
Jacko Peake – flute (7, 12–15); soprano saxophone , tenor saxophone (7)
Steve Brookes – slide guitar (9)
Phil Veacock – saxophone (11)
Technical
Charts
References
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