Popped In Souled Out

Popped in Souled Out
Studio album by
Wet Wet Wet
Released21 September 1987
RecordedJanuary 1986 – 1987
Genre
LabelMercury Records
Producer
  • Wet Wet Wet
  • Axel Kröll
  • JWWWL
  • Michael Baker
  • Wilf Smarties
Wet Wet Wet chronology
Popped in Souled Out
(1987) 		The Memphis Sessions
(1988)
Singles from Popped in Souled Out
  1. "Wishing I Was Lucky"
    Released: 16 March 1987
  2. "Sweet Little Mystery"
    Released: 13 July 1987
  3. "Angel Eyes"
    Released: 23 November 1987
  4. "Temptation"
    Released: 7 March 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Number One[6]
[7]
Record Mirror[8]

Popped in Souled Out is the debut studio album by Scottish band Wet Wet Wet. It was released on 21 September 1987. Its offspring singles were "Wishing I Was Lucky", "Sweet Little Mystery", "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)" and "Temptation". Upon release, it reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, held off top spot by Michael Jackson's Bad. It reached number one on 16 January 1988. A 5-CD 30th Anniversary Edition was released on 22 September 2017.[9]

The vinyl issue of the album only contained the first 9 tracks.

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  2. ^ "Wet Wet Wet tweet their thanks to Carlisle". ITV News. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Wet Wet Wet". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  4. ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Wet Wet Wet – Popped in Souled Out". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  5. ^ Allmusic review
  6. ^ Giles, David (3 October 1987). "Review: Wet Wet Wet — Popped in Souled Out (Phonogram)". Number One. No. 224. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 51. ISSN 0266-5328. Retrieved 7 November 2022 – via Flickr.
  7. ^ "Review: Wet Wet Wet — Popped in Souled Out (Phonogram)". Number One. No. 287. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. 14 December 1988. p. 36. ISSN 0266-5328. Retrieved 7 November 2022 – via Flickr.
  8. ^ Levy, Eleanor (26 September 1987). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 18. ISSN 0144-5804.
  9. ^ Official Charts Company : ALL THE No.1 ALBUMS