Only Honest on the Weekend

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Only Honest on the Weekend
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Studio album by
Becky Hill
Released27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
Genre
Length45:28
Label Polydor
Producer
Becky Hill chronology
Get to Know
(2019)		Only Honest on the Weekend
(2021)		Christmas
(2021)
Singles from Only Honest on the Weekend
  1. "Better Off Without You"
    Released: 10 January 2020
  2. "Heaven on My Mind"
    Released: 25 June 2020
  3. "Last Time"
    Released: 26 March 2021
  4. "Remember"
    Released: 18 June 2021
  5. "My Heart Goes (La Di Da)"
    Released: 24 August 2021

Only Honest on the Weekend is the debut studio album by English singer Becky Hill, released on 27 August 2021 through Eko and Polydor Records. The album was preceded by the release of five singles over the course of 2020 and 2021: "Better Off Without You", "Heaven on My Mind", "Last Time", "Remember" and "My Heart Goes (La Di Da)", [2] all of which reached the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. It includes collaborations with Shift K3Y, David Guetta, Topic, S1mba, Ella Eyre, Banx & Ranx, Sigala and 220 Kid.

Contents

A deluxe edition, released in March, included the single "Run" featuring Galantis and was updated again in August 2022, with "History" with Joel Corry and "Crazy What Love Can Do", with Guetta and Ella Henderson.

Only Honest on the Weekend peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified platinum.

The album's title comes from a line in the song "Space", which only appears on the deluxe edition.

Critical reception

Alim Kheraj, reviewing Only Honest on the Weekend for The Guardian , gave the album one star out of five, describing its tracks as "seemingly designed for fast fashion adverts during Love Island , with over-stuffed production that's about as robust and long-lasting as the minidresses sold therein". Kheraj also summarised the album as "disposable" and a "conveyor belt of blandness" that makes one wonder why Hill "bothered to make" it as "[p]erhaps after waiting nearly a decade to be allowed to release an album, Hill's enthusiasm had just run dry". [3] Conversely, Clash 's Caitlin Sibthorpe scored the album seven out of 10, calling it an "unstoppable pop banger" with "sensational guest stars" and "faultless production" that make it "even more tantalizing". Sibthorpe felt that "the versatility of the album will produce mass adoration". [1] Neil McCormick for The Telegraph awarded the album three stars out of five and found that while Hill "sings beautifully and has energy to burn", "this is more like a pop data dump than a crafted debut album". [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 7/10 [1]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Commercial performance

Only Honest on the Weekend debuted at number seven on the UK Album Charts and stayed in the top 100 for an initial 11 weeks. [5] The album, following its deluxe edition release, re-entered the chart in March 2022 at number 15 [6] and returned to its peak position in August 2022 following Hill's performance at the final of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 championship. The album also saw a resurgence in popularity on the Irish Album Charts as well reaching a new peak of number 5. [7]

Track listing

Only Honest on the Weekend track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Got You"
 Jussi 3:10
2."Last Time"
  • Hill
  • Negin Djafari
  • Peter Rycroft
  • Thomas Mann
3:34
3."Make It Hard to Love You"
3:19
4."Better Off Without You" (with Shift K3Y)
3:18
5."Remember" (with David Guetta)
  • Guetta
  • Storrs
  • Scott Lowe [a]
2:41
6."Perfect People"
3:03
7."My Heart Goes (La Di Da)" (with Topic)
  • Hill
  • Carl Nordström
  • Haining
  • Josh Wilkinson
  • Victor Bolander
  • Topic
  • Wilkinson
2:28
8."Could Be My Somebody" (with S1mba)
3:15
9."Business" (with Ella Eyre)
3:17
10."Waiting Not Looking"
Hill2:04
11."Distance"
  • Cole
  • Ashley [v]
2:55
12."Lessons" (with Banx & Ranx)
  • Banx & Ranx
  • Ashley [v]
3:07
13."Heaven on My Mind" (with Sigala)
3:13
14."Is Anybody There"
  • Hill
  • Emenike
  • Rastogi
  • Raymond
  • Campbell
  • Banx & Ranx
  • Ashley [v]
3:16
15."Through the Night" (with 220 Kid)
  • Billen Ted
  • 220 Kid [c]
  • Ashley [v]
2:48
Total length:45:28
Digital Deluxe Disc 1 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."History" (with Joel Corry)
  • Poole
  • Thompson
  • Hill
  • Clementine Douglas
  • Joel Corry
  • Neave Applebaum
  • Rob Harvey
  • Corry
  • Thompson
  • Applebaum
2:57
2."Crazy What Love Can Do" (with David Guetta and Ella Henderson)
  • Ella Henderson
  • Hill
  • Guetta
  • Jordan Riley
  • Thompson
  • Applebaum
  • Harvey
  • Guetta
  • Harvey
  • Riley
  • Thompson
  • Applebaum
2:50
3."Run" (with Galantis)
  • Emenike
  • Hill
  • Christian Karlsson
  • Christopher Tempest
  • David Saint Fleur
  • Jordi de Fluiter
  • Y3LLO KOALA
  • Bloodshy
  • Y3LLO KOALA
  • David Saint Fleur
  • Christopher Tempest
  • Mr. Whistler
3:10
4."I Got You"  3:10
5."Last Time"  3:34
6."Make It Hard to Love You"  3:19
7."Better Off Without You" (with Shift K3Y)  3:18
8."Remember" (with David Guetta)  2:41
9."Perfect People"  3:03
10."My Heart Goes (La Di Da)" (with Topic)  2:28
11."Could Be My Somebody" (with S1mba)  3:15
12."Business" (with Ella Eyre)  3:17
13."Waiting Not Looking"  2:04
14."Distance"  2:55
15."Lessons" (with Banx & Ranx)  3:07
16."Heaven On My Mind" (with Sigala)  3:13
17."Is Anybody There"  3:16
18."Through the Night" (with 220 Kid)  2:48
Total length:54:25
Digital Deluxe Disc 2 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Personally"
 Stint 3:41
2."Here For You" (with Wilkinson)
3:47
3."Hold On" (with Netsky)
 Netsky 3:44
4."Remember" (Acoustic)HillAaron Williams2:58
5."Space"
3:18
Total length:17:28

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Only Honest on the Weekend
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [17] Gold10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Platinum300,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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