Only Honest on the Weekend

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)",[2] 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.

Only Honest on the Weekend
Studio album by
Becky Hill
Released27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
18 March 2022 (2022-03-18) (Deluxe)
Genre
Length45:28
LabelPolydor
Producer
Becky Hill chronology
Get to Know
(2019)		 Only Honest on the Weekend
(2021)		 Christmas
(2021)
Singles from Only Honest on the Weekend
  1. "Better Off Without You"
    Released: 10 January 2020
  2. "Heaven on My Mind"
    Released: 25 June 2020
  3. "Last Time"
    Released: 26 March 2021
  4. "Remember"
    Released: 18 June 2021
  5. "My Heart Goes (La Di Da)"
    Released: 24 August 2021

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.[3]

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".[4] 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".[1] 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".[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[1]
The Guardian[4]
The Telegraph[5]

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.[6] The album, following its deluxe edition release, re-entered the chart in March 2022 at number 15 [7] 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.[8]

Track listing
Only Honest on the Weekend track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Got You"
Jussi3:10
2."Last Time"
  • Hill
  • Negin Djafari
  • Peter Rycroft
  • Thomas Mann
3:34
3."Make It Hard to Love You"
3:19
4."Better Off Without You" (with Shift K3Y)
3:18
5."Remember" (with David Guetta)
  • Guetta
  • Storrs
  • Scott Lowe[a]
2:41
6."Perfect People"
3:03
7."My Heart Goes (La Di Da)" (with Topic)
  • Hill
  • Carl Nordström
  • Haining
  • Josh Wilkinson
  • Victor Bolander
  • Topic
  • Wilkinson
2:28
8."Could Be My Somebody" (with S1mba)
3:15
9."Business" (with Ella Eyre)
3:17
10."Waiting Not Looking"
Hill2:04
11."Distance"
2:55
12."Lessons" (with Banx & Ranx)
  • Banx & Ranx
  • Ashley[v]
3:07
13."Heaven on My Mind" (with Sigala)
3:13
14."Is Anybody There"
  • Hill
  • Emenike
  • Rastogi
  • Raymond
  • Campbell
  • Banx & Ranx
  • Ashley[v]
3:16
15."Through the Night" (with 220 Kid)
2:48
Total length:45:28
Digital Deluxe Disc 1 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."History" (with Joel Corry)
2:57
2."Crazy What Love Can Do" (with David Guetta and Ella Henderson)
2:50
3."Run" (with Galantis)
  • Emenike
  • Hill
  • Christian Karlsson
  • Christopher Tempest
  • David Saint Fleur
  • Jordi de Fluiter
  • Y3LLO KOALA
  • Bloodshy
  • Y3LLO KOALA
  • David Saint Fleur
  • Christopher Tempest
  • Mr. Whistler
3:10
4."I Got You"  3:10
5."Last Time"  3:34
6."Make It Hard to Love You"  3:19
7."Better Off Without You" (with Shift K3Y)  3:18
8."Remember" (with David Guetta)  2:41
9."Perfect People"  3:03
10."My Heart Goes (La Di Da)" (with Topic)  2:28
11."Could Be My Somebody" (with S1mba)  3:15
12."Business" (with Ella Eyre)  3:17
13."Waiting Not Looking"  2:04
14."Distance"  2:55
15."Lessons" (with Banx & Ranx)  3:07
16."Heaven On My Mind" (with Sigala)  3:13
17."Is Anybody There"  3:16
18."Through the Night" (with 220 Kid)  2:48
Total length:54:25
Digital Deluxe Disc 2 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Personally"
Stint3:41
2."Here For You" (with Wilkinson)
3:47
3."Hold On" (with Netsky)
Netsky3:44
4."Remember" (Acoustic)HillAaron Williams2:58
5."Space"
3:18
Total length:17:28

Notes

  • ^[a] indicates an additional producer
  • ^[c] indicates a co-producer
  • ^[v] indicates a vocal producer

Personnel

Musicians

  • 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)

Technical

  • 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)

Charts

Certifications
Certifications and sales for Only Honest on the Weekend
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[17] Gold 10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
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  2. Downs, Chad (27 August 2021). "Becky Hill Releases First-Ever Studio Album 'Only Honest On The Weekend'". Cultr. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. "Award". BPI. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. Kheraj, Alim (27 August 2021). "Becky Hill: Only Honest on the Weekend review – a conveyor belt of blandness". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. McCormick, Neil (26 August 2021). "Becky Hill: Only Honest on the Weekend, review: one-woman girl band with a mountain still to climb". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. "Official Albums Charts Top 100". Official Charts Company. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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  13. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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  16. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2022". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  17. "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 May 2023. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter Only Honest on the Weekend in the search box.
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