Serfs Up!

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Serfs Up!
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Studio album by
Released19 April 2019 (2019-04-19)
Genre Post-punk
Length43:47
Label Domino
Fat White Family chronology
Songs for Our Mothers
(2016)
Serfs Up!
(2019)
Forgiveness Is Yours
(2024)

Serfs Up! is the third studio album by British post-punk band Fat White Family. It was released in April 2019 under Domino.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10 [1]
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [4]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Quietus favourable [6]

Serfs Up! received positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, a review aggregator site that compiles reviews from mainstream publications and assigns a weighted average score out of 100, Serfs Up! received a score of 80 that was based on 12 reviews. [2] AnyDecentMusic? compiled 18 reviews and gave the album a score of 7.3 out of 10. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Feet"5:20
2."I Believe in Something Better"4:28
3."Vagina Dentata"2:59
4."Kim's Sunsets"4:20
5."Fringe Runner"4:32
6."Oh Sebastian"2:44
7."Tastes Good with the Money"5:43
8."Rock Fishes"4:04
9."When I Leave"5:36
10."Bobby's Boyfriend"4:01

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 96
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 55
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 113
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 17

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References

  1. 1 2 "Serfs Up! by Fat White Family reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Serfs Up! by Fat White Family Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . 19 April 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. Mongredien, Phil (21 April 2019). "Fat White Family: Serfs Up! review – a giant leap forward". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. Kinney, Fergal (15 April 2019). "Fat White Family - Serfs Up! - Album review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. Krol, Charlotte (15 April 2019). "Fat White Family: 'Serfs Up!' review". NME . Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. Stripe, Adelle (18 April 2019). "Fat White Family Hit Paydirt: Serfs Up! Reviewed". The Quietus . Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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