| Fat Pop (Volume 1) | ||||
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| Released | 14 May 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2020 | |||
| Studio | Black Barn Studios, Surrey | |||
| Length | 38:40 | |||
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| Singles from Fat Pop (Volume 1) | ||||
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]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100 [9] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| American Songwriter |  [11] |
| Clash | 7/10 [12] |
| Financial Times | [13] |
| The Guardian | [14] |
| i | [15] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 6/10 [16] |
| musicOMH | [17] |
| NME | [18] |
| RTÉ | [19] |
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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cosmic Fringes" | Paul Weller |
| 2:20 |
| 2. | "True" (featuring Lia Metcalfe) |
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| 2:07 |
| 3. | "Fat Pop" |
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| 3:19 |
| 4. | "Shades of Blue" |
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| 3:06 |
| 5. | "Glad Times" |
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| 4:03 |
| 6. | "Cobweb / Connections" | P. Weller |
| 2:56 |
| 7. | "Testify" |
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| 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" |
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| 4:07 |
| Total length: | 38:40 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 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) |
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| 18. | "More" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) | P. Weller | ||
| 19. | "Testify" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) |
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| 20. | "Still Glides the Stream" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) |
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| 21. | "Rockets" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) | P. Weller | ||
| 22. | "Mayfly" (Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik) | P. Weller | ||
| 23. | "Round the Floor" | P. Weller |
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| 24. | "Serafina" | P. Weller |
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| 25. | "Crowboy" |
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| 26. | "Into the Sea" | P. Weller |
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| 27. | "Pure Sound" | P. Weller | P. Weller | |
| 28. | "Fat Mix" | P. Weller |
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| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [21] | 21 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] | 15 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] | 51 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] | 47 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [25] | 8 |
| Irish Albums (OCC) [26] | 2 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) [27] | 74 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) [28] | 36 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [29] | 1 |
| Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [30] | 14 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [31] | 69 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [32] | 1 |
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