| Special Edition Part 1 | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Fat Freddy's Drop |
| Cover: | Fat Freddy's Drop - Special Edition Part 1.jpg |
| Length: | 34:50 |
| Label: | The Drop |
| Producer: | Fat Freddy's Drop |
| Prev Title: | Bays |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | Lock-In |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
Special Edition Part 1 is the sixth studio album by New Zealand band Fat Freddy's Drop. The band's first release in four years since Bays (2015), Special Edition Part 1 was written intended to be the first part of a double-album. The album featured the singles "Trickle Down" (2018) and "Kamo Kamo" (2019), and reached number four on the New Zealand albums chart.
Special Edition Part 1 was recorded as part one of a double-album. The album features three songs from the band's live performance repertoire: "Kamo Kamo", "OneFourteen" and "Special Edition", alongside three unreleased songs.[1] The album was recorded in Wellington, at Bays, Fat Freddy's Drop's home studio.[2]
The cover art for the album was created by Wellington artist Otis Chamberlain.[2]
"Trickle Down" was released as the first single from the album in July 2018.[3] This was followed by "Kamo Kamo" on 10 October 2019, which was paired with the official announcement of Special Edition Part 1.[1] Following the release of the album, the band held Fat Freddy's Drop Summer Record Tour 2020, an eight date tour across New Zealand held from December 2019 to February 2020, including dates at Western Springs Outer Fields in Auckland and Horncastle Arena in Christchurch.[2]
While the second part of the double album was originally intended to be released in 2020, Fat Freddy's Drop's following album Lock-In was a special studio live session recorded at the Michael Fowler Centre recorded during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand in 2020. Lock-In features studio live version of several tracks from Special Edition Part 1: "Special Edition", "SixEight", "114" and "Trickle Down".[4]
Tim Gruar of Ambient Light Blog gave the album four out of five stars, describing the album as a collection of "funky jams and festival favourites".[5]
| Position | ||
| New Zealand Artist Albums (RMNZ)[6] | 19 |
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