Only Honest on the Weekend explained

Only Honest on the Weekend
Type:studio
Cover:Becky Hill - Only Honest on the Weekend.png
Artist:Becky Hill
Released:
(Deluxe)
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Length:45:28
Label:Polydor
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Only Honest on the Weekend is the debut studio album by English singer Becky Hill, released on 27 August 2021 through Eko and Polydor Records. The album was preceded by the release of five singles over the course of 2020 and 2021: "Better Off Without You", "Heaven on My Mind", "Last Time", "Remember" and "My Heart Goes (La Di Da)",[1] all of which reached the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. It includes collaborations with Shift K3Y, David Guetta, Topic, S1mba, Ella Eyre, Banx & Ranx, Sigala and 220 Kid.

A deluxe edition, released in March, included the single "Run" featuring Galantis and was updated again in August 2022, with "History" with Joel Corry and "Crazy What Love Can Do", with Guetta and Ella Henderson.

Only Honest on the Weekend peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified gold.[2]

Critical reception

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, Clashs 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".

Commercial performance

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.[3] The album, following its deluxe edition release, re-entered the chart in March 2022 at number 15 [4] 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.[5]

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Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2021–2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[6] 77

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 27
Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 84

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Becky Hill Releases First-Ever Studio Album 'Only Honest On The Weekend'. Cultr. Downs. Chad. 27 August 2021. 27 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Award . 2022-10-21 . BPI . en.
  3. Web site: Official Albums Charts Top 100. Official Charts Company. 3 September 2021. 19 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Official Albums Charts Top 100. Official Charts Company. 25 March 2022. 19 August 2022.
  5. Web site: IRMA - Irish Charts. IRMA. 5 August 2022. 19 August 2022.
  6. Web site: 2021 39-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100). AGATA. Lithuanian. 1 October 2021. 1 October 2021.
  7. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2022. Official Charts Company. 4 January 2023.
  8. Web site: End of Year Albums Chart – 2023. Official Charts Company. 3 January 2024.

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