On May 14, 2021, “Polydor” label released “Fat Pop (Volume 1)”, the sixteenth Paul Weller studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Black Barn Studios” in Surrey, UK.
Personnel:
- Paul Weller – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, Rhodes, harp, Wurlitzer electric piano, synthesizer, drums, percussion, clapping
- Steve Cradock – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, slide guitar, harp, percussion, timpani, tubular bells, bass , string arrangements
- Steve Pilgrim – acoustic and electric guitar, drums, conga, clapping
- Anthony Brown – electric guitar
- Steve Brookes – slide guitar
- Charles Rees – synthesizer, Moog bass, synth bass, Hammond organ, Mellotron, percussion, sound effects, drum programming
- Jan Kybert – Hammond organ, synthesizer, Mellotron, sound effects, percussion, programming
- Tom Doyle – electric piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer, drum programming
- Andy Crofts – bass, acoustic bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, melodica, timpani, clapping, synthesizer, organ, zither
- Tom Heel – Moog bass, backing vocals
- Ben Gordelier – drums, percussion, clapping
- Paraorchestra – orchestra
- Paul Wright – sarangi
- Jacko Peake – soprano and tenor saxophone
- Anthony Gaylard – tenor saxophone
- Phil Veacock – saxophone
- Steve Trigg – trumpet, horn arrangements
- Dave Boraston – trumpet
- Kotono Sato – violin
- Antonia Pagulatos – violin
- Stella Page – viola
- Katy Cox – cello
- Lia Metcalfe – vocals
- Andy Fairweather Low – vocals, backing vocals
- Leah Weller – backing vocals
- Hannah Peel – string arrangements
- White Label – string arrangements
- Charles Rees – editing, engineer, mixing
- Fiona Cruickshank – engineer
- Jan Kybert – mixing
- Matt Colton – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Paul Weller, except where noted.
- Cosmic Fringes
- True – Paul Weller, Lia Metcalfe
- Fat Pop – Paul Weller, Jan Kybert
- Shades of Blue – Leah Weller, Paul Weller
- Glad Times – Paul Weller, Tom Doyle, Anthony Brown
- Cobweb/Connections
- Testify – Paul Weller, Andy Fairweather Low
- That Pleasure
- Failed
- Moving Canvas
- In Better Times
- Still Glides the Stream – Paul Weller, Steve Cradock
