Only Honest on the Weekend

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". 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". 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".

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Clash

| rev1score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/becky-hill-only-honest-on-the-weekend|title=Becky Hill – Only Honest On The Weekend|work=Clash|last=Sibthorpe|first=Caitlin|date=27 August 2021|access-date=30 August 2021}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/27/becky-hill-only-honest-on-the-weekend-review|title=Becky Hill: Only Honest on the Weekend review – a conveyor belt of blandness|work=The Guardian|last=Kheraj|first=Alim|date=27 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2021}}

| rev3 = The Telegraph

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/becky-hill-honest-weekend-review-one-woman-girl-band-musical/|title=Becky Hill: Only Honest on the Weekend, review: one-woman girl band with a mountain still to climb|work=The Telegraph|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=26 August 2021|access-date=28 August 2021|url-access=subscription}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20210903/7502/|title= Official Albums Charts Top 100|website=Official Charts Company|date=3 September 2021|access-date=19 August 2022}} The album, following its deluxe edition release, re-entered the chart in March 2022 at number 15 {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20220325/7502/|title=Official Albums Charts Top 100|website=Official Charts Company|date=25 March 2022|access-date=19 August 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title= IRMA - Irish Charts|website=IRMA|date= 5 August 2022|access-date=19 August 2022}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Only Honest on the Weekend track listing

| total_length = 45:28

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = I Got You

| writer1 = {{hlist|Rebecca Claire Hill|Justin Tranter|Jussi Ilmari Karvinen}}

| extra1 = Jussi

| length1 = 3:10

| title2 = Last Time

| writer2 = {{hlist|Hill|Negin Djafari|Peter Rycroft|Thomas Mann}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Lostboy|Mark Ralph{{ref|a|[a]}}|Ryan Ashley{{ref|v|[v]}}}}

| length2 = 3:34

| title3 = Make It Hard to Love You

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hill|Lucas Nordqvist|Marc Kinchen|Jon Eyden|Uzoechi Emenike}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Lucas Nord|MK|Ralph{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 3:19

| title4 = Better Off Without You

| writer4 = {{hlist|Hill|Lewis Shay Jankel}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Shift K3Y|Jarly|Svidden}}

| note4 = with Shift K3Y

| length4 = 3:18

| title5 = Remember

| note5 = with David Guetta

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hill|David Guetta|Karen Ann Poole|Kye Elliot Sones|Lewis Thompson|Luke Storrs}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Guetta|Storrs|Scott Lowe{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length5 = 2:41

| title6 = Perfect People

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hill|Matthew Coleman|Bryn Christopher|Charlotte Haining|Luke Fitton}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|MJ Cole|Ashley{{ref|v|[v]}}}}

| length6 = 3:03

| title7 = My Heart Goes (La Di Da)

| note7 = with Topic

| writer7 = {{hlist|Hill|Carl Nordström|Haining|Josh Wilkinson|Victor Bolander}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Topic|Wilkinson}}

| length7 = 2:28

| title8 = Could Be My Somebody

| note8 = with S1mba

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hill|Thomas Hollings|Samuel Brennan|Michael Stafford|Leonard Simbarashe Rwodzi}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Billen Ted|Ashley{{ref|v|[v]}}}}

| length8 = 3:15

| title9 = Business

| note9 = with Ella Eyre

| writer9 = {{hlist|Hill|Emenike|Ella McMahon}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Banx & Ranx|MNEK}}

| length9 = 3:17

| title10 = Waiting Not Looking

| writer10 = {{hlist|Hill|Tom Aspaul|Oscar Hill}}

| extra10 = Hill

| length10 = 2:04

| title11 = Distance

| writer11 = {{hlist|Hill|Coleman|Anne-Marie Nicholson|Adam Argyle|Tomas Jules}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Cole|Ashley{{ref|v|[v]}}}}

| length11 = 2:55

| title12 = Lessons

| note12 = with Banx & Ranx

| writer12 = {{hlist|Hill|Yannick Rastogi|Zacharie Raymond|Lauren Amber Aquilina|Clément Langlois-Légaré}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Banx & Ranx|Ashley{{ref|v|[v]}}}}

| length12 = 3:07

| title13 = Heaven on My Mind

| note13 = with Sigala

| writer13 = {{hlist|Hill|Ryan Campbell|Emenike|Bruce Fielder|Joakim Jarl|George Astasio|Ida Martinsen Botten|Jason Pebworth|Jon Shave}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Jarly|Sigala|Ashley{{ref|v|[v]}}}}

| length13 = 3:13

| title14 = Is Anybody There

| writer14 = {{hlist|Hill|Emenike|Rastogi|Raymond|Campbell}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Banx & Ranx|Ashley{{ref|v|[v]}}}}

| length14 = 3:16

| title15 = Through the Night

| note15 = with 220 Kid

| writer15 = {{hlist|Hill|Emenike|William Graydon}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Billen Ted|220 Kid{{ref|c|[c]}}|Ashley{{ref|v|[v]}}}}

| length15 = 2:48

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital Deluxe Disc 1 track listing

| total_length = 54:25

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = History

| note1 = with Joel Corry

| writer1 = {{hlist|Poole|Thompson|Hill|Clementine Douglas|Joel Corry|Neave Applebaum|Rob Harvey}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Corry|Thompson|Applebaum}}

| length1 = 2:57

| title2 = Crazy What Love Can Do

| note2 = with David Guetta and Ella Henderson

| writer2 = {{hlist|Ella Henderson|Hill|Guetta|Jordan Riley|Thompson|Applebaum|Harvey}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Guetta|Harvey|Riley|Thompson|Applebaum}}

| length2 = 2:50

| title3 = Run

| note3 = with Galantis

| writer3 = {{hlist|Emenike|Hill|Christian Karlsson|Christopher Tempest|David Saint Fleur|Jordi de Fluiter|Y3LLO KOALA}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Bloodshy|Y3LLO KOALA|David Saint Fleur|Christopher Tempest|Mr. Whistler}}

| length3 = 3:10

| title4 = I Got You

| length4 = 3:10

| title5 = Last Time

| length5 = 3:34

| title6 = Make It Hard to Love You

| length6 = 3:19

| title7 = Better Off Without You

| note7 = with Shift K3Y

| length7 = 3:18

| title8 = Remember

| note8 = with David Guetta

| length8 = 2:41

| title9 = Perfect People

| length9 = 3:03

| title10 = My Heart Goes (La Di Da)

| note10 = with Topic

| length10 = 2:28

| title11 = Could Be My Somebody

| note11 = with S1mba

| length11 = 3:15

| title12 = Business

| note12 = with Ella Eyre

| length12 = 3:17

| title13 = Waiting Not Looking

| length13 = 2:04

| title14 = Distance

| length14 = 2:55

| title15 = Lessons

| note15 = with Banx & Ranx

| length15 = 3:07

| title16 = Heaven On My Mind

| note16 = with Sigala

| length16 = 3:13

| title17 = Is Anybody There

| length17 = 3:16

| title18 = Through the Night

| note18 = with 220 Kid

| length18 = 2:48

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital Deluxe Disc 2 track listing

| total_length = 17:28

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Personally

| writer1 = {{hlist|Sarah Aarons|Ajay Bhattacharrya|Hill}}

| extra1 = Stint

| length1 = 3:41

| title2 = Here For You

| note2 = with Wilkinson

| writer2 = {{hlist|Mark Wilkinson|Hill|Toby Le Messurier Scott}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Wilkinson|Toby Le Messurier Scott}}

| length2 = 3:47

| title3 = Hold On

| note3 = with Netsky

| writer3 = {{hlist|Boris Daenen|Hill}}

| extra3 = Netsky

| length3 = 3:44

| title4 = Remember

| note4 = Acoustic

| writer4 = Hill

| extra4 = Aaron Williams

| length4 = 2:58

| title5 = Space

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hill|Josh Record|Mark Ralph|David Whelan|David Di Scala}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Ralph|CamelPhat}}

| length5 = 3:18

}}

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• {{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} indicates a co-producer
• {{sup|{{note|v|[v]}}}} indicates a vocal producer

Musicians

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• Becky Hill – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (2)
• Ryan Ashley – background vocals (1, 2, 5–8, 11–14), vocal arrangement (13), vocal production (1, 2, 5–8, 11–14)
• Lostboy – drum programming, piano, synthesizer programming (2)
• Mark Ralph – keyboards, percussion, programming (2)
• Lucas Nord – programming (3)
• MK – programming (3)
• Jarly – keyboards (4, 13); bass, drums, guitar, piano, programming, sound effects, strings (4); drum programming (13)
• Svidden – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, sound effects, strings (4)
• Luke Storrs – keyboards (5)
• MJ Cole – piano, programming (6, 11)
• Tobie Tripp – string arrangement (6, 11)
• Josh Wilkinson – bass, drums, keyboards, sound effects, strings, synthesizer (7)
• Tobias Topic – bass, percussion, synthesizer (7)
• Tom Hollings – bass programming, percussion (8)
• Sam Brennan – drum programming, synthesizer (8)
• S1mba – vocals (8)
• MNEK – background vocals, programming (9)
• Banx & Ranx – bass guitar, drums, programming, synthesizer (9, 12, 14); keyboards (12, 14)
• Ella Eyre – vocals (9)
• Clément Langlois-Légaré – guitar (12)
• Sigala – drum programming, keyboards (13)

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Technical

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• Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer (1–4, 6–15)
• Peppe Folliero – mastering engineer (5)
• Serge Courtois – mixer (1, 10)
• Mark Ralph – mixer (2, 3, 5, 13, 15), recording arranger (3)
• Wez Clarke – mixer (4)
• MK – mixer (6, 11), engineer (3, 11), recording engineer (9)
• Topic – mixer (7)
• Ed Sokolowski – mixer (8)
• Mark Stent – mixer (9)
• Nikola Feve "Nk.F" – mixer (12, 14)
• Gemma Chester – engineer (2)
• Josh Green – engineer (2)
• Lucas Nord – engineer (3)
• Lewis Shay Jankel – engineer (4)
• Billen Ted – engineer (8)
• Oscar Hill – engineer (10)
• Ross Fortune – engineer (13)
• Tom AD Fuller – engineer (13)
• Ryan Ashley – vocal engineer (13)
• Ewan Vickery – assistant mixer (6, 11)

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Becky Hill|title=Only Honest on the Weekend|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2021|certyear=2023|access-date=10 May 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Becky Hill|title=Only Honest on the Weekend|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2021|certyear=2024|access-date=27 September 2024|id=18019-5200-2}}

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