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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [2]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Quietus favourable [4]

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

Contents

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) [5] 96
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] 55
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 113
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 17

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