Fat Pop (Volume 1)

{{Album ratings

| MC = 82/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/fat-pop-vol1/paul-weller|title=Fat Pop, Vol.1 by Paul WellerF Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fat-pop-vol1-mw0003489005|title=Fat Pop, Vol.1 – Paul Weller {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev2 = American Songwriter

| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/review-paul-wellers-fat-pop-volume-1-is-another-hefty-entry-in-his-already-bulging-catalog/|title=Review: Paul Weller's 'Fat Pop (Volume 1)' Is Another Hefty Entry In His Already Bulging Catalog|work=American Songwriter|last=Horowitz|first=Hal|date=13 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev3 = Clash

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/paul-weller-fat-pop-volume-1|title=Paul Weller – Fat Pop (Volume 1) {{!}} Reviews|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=10 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev4 = Financial Times

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ea1b3f0b-ea3a-43a9-810c-8843e4223716|title=Paul Weller: Fat Pop (Volume 1) — lockdown songs without the ennui|work=Financial Times|last=Hunter-Tilney|first=Ludovic|date=14 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/16/paul-weller-fat-pop-volume-1-one-review|title=Paul Weller: Fat Pop (Volume 1) review – more earnest than exciting|work=The Guardian|last=Mongredien|first=Phil|date=17 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev6 = i

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/paul-weller-fat-pop-volume-1-music-review-album-ideas-energy-surprise-delight-999748|title=Paul Weller, Fat Pop (Volume 1), review: packed with ideas and energy, this will surprise and delight|website=i|last=Solomon|first=Kate|date=13 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev7 = The Line of Best Fit

| rev7score = 6/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/paul-weller-fat-pop-album-review|title=Paul Weller – Fat Pop (Volume I) {{!}} Album Review|website=The Line of Best Fit|last=Macadie|first=Kieran|date=13 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev8 = musicOMH

| rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/paul-weller-fat-pop-volume-1|title=Paul Weller – Fat Pop (Volume 1) {{!}} Album Reviews|website=musicOMH|last=Murphy|first=John|date=13 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev9 = NME

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/paul-weller-fat-pop-volume-1-review-2937606|title=Paul Weller – 'Fat Pop (Volume 1)' review: the Modfather's purple patch continues|work=NME|last=Clarke|first=Patrick|date=10 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

| rev10 = RTÉ

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2021/0510/1220833-review-paul-weller-fat-pop-volume-1/|title=Paul Weller: Whoop! He did it again . . .|work=RTÉ|last=Corr|first=Alan|date=14 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

}}

On Metacritic, the album has a score of 82 out of 100 from 10 critical reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/paul-weller-scores-sixth-number-1-on-official-albums-chart-i-never-take-it-for-granted__33208/|title=Paul Weller scores sixth Number 1 on Official Albums Chart: "I never take it for granted"|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Griffiths|first=George|date=21 May 2021|access-date=22 May 2021}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Fat Pop (Volume 1) track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 38:40

| title1 = Cosmic Fringes

| writer1 = Paul Weller

| extra1 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Charles Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length1 = 2:20

| title2 = True

| note2 = featuring Lia Metcalfe

| writer2 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Lia Metcalfe}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Jan Kybert|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 2:07

| title3 = Fat Pop

| writer3 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 3:19

| title4 = Shades of Blue

| writer4 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Leah Weller}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 3:06

| title5 = Glad Times

| writer5 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Tom Doyle|Anthony Brown}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert|White Label|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length5 = 4:03

| title6 = Cobweb / Connections

| writer6 = P. Weller

| extra6 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length6 = 2:56

| title7 = Testify

| writer7 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Andy Fairweather Low}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Weller|Kybert|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length7 = 2:53

| title8 = That Pleasure

| writer8 = P. Weller

| extra8 = {{hlist|Weller|Kybert|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length8 = 3:32

| title9 = Failed

| writer9 = P. Weller

| extra9 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

| length9 = 2:43

| title10 = Moving Canvas

| writer10 = P. Weller

| extra10 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

| length10 = 2:54

| title11 = In Better Times

| writer11 = P. Weller

| extra11 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length11 = 4:47

| title12 = Still Glides the Stream

| writer12 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Steve Cradock}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert|Rees{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length12 = 4:07

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = On Sunset

| note13 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer13 = P. Weller

| extra13 =

| title14 = Old Father Tyme

| note14 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer14 = P. Weller

| extra14 =

| title15 = Moving Canvas

| note15 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer15 = P. Weller

| extra15 =

| title16 = Failed

| note16 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer16 = P. Weller

| extra16 =

| title17 = Village

| note17 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer17 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

| extra17 =

| title18 = More

| note18 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer18 = P. Weller

| extra18 =

| title19 = Testify

| note19 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer19 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Low}}

| extra19 =

| title20 = Still Glides the Stream

| note20 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer20 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Cradock}}

| extra20 =

| title21 = Rockets

| note21 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer21 = P. Weller

| extra21 =

| title22 = Mayfly

| note22 = Live from Mid-Sömmer Musik

| writer22 = P. Weller

| extra22 =

| title23 = Round the Floor

| writer23 = P. Weller

| extra23 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

| title24 = Serafina

| writer24 = P. Weller

| extra24 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

| title25 = Crowboy

| writer25 = {{hlist|P. Weller|James Skelly}}

| extra25 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

| title26 = Into the Sea

| writer26 = P. Weller

| extra26 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

| title27 = Pure Sound

| writer27 = P. Weller

| extra27 = P. Weller

| title28 = Fat Mix

| writer28 = P. Weller

| extra28 = {{hlist|P. Weller|Kybert}}

}}

Notes

• {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} indicates an additional producer

Musicians

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• 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)

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Technical

• Matt Colton – mastering
• Jan Kybert – mixing (1–12, 23–28)
• Charles Rees – mixing (13–22), engineering (1–22), editing (1–12, 23–28)
• Fiona Cruickshank – engineering (5, 8, 12)

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