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{{Infobox album
| name = Pop Said...
| type = Album
| artist = [[the Darling Buds]]
| cover = Darling Buds - Pop Said CD album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = Feb 1989
| recorded = The Greenhouse, London 1987 & 1988
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Indie (music)|Indie]], [[twee pop]]
| length = 32:28
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]<br>[[Cherry Red Records|Cherry Red]]
| producer = Pat Collier
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Shame on You (The Native Years)|Shame on You]]
| next_year = 1990
| misc =
{{Singles
| name = Pop Said...
| type = studio
| single1 = Shame on You
| single1date = March 1988
| single2 = Burst
| single2date = September 1988
| single3 = Hit the Ground
| single3date = December 1988
| single4 = Let's Go Round There
| single4date = March 1989
| single5 = You've Got to Choose
| single5date = July 1989
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pop-said-mw0000653612|title=Pop Said... - The Darling Buds | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=743}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=310}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="RMreview">{{cite magazine|last=Strickland|first=Andy|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-Feb-11.pdf|title=Review: The Darling Buds – Pop Said...|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=11 February 1989|access-date=9 December 2021|page=29|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309032307/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-Feb-11.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2021}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=178}}</ref>
}}
'''''Pop Said...''''' is the debut album by the Welsh band [[the Darling Buds]], released in 1989 via [[Epic Records]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist Biography by Craig Harris |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-darling-buds-mn0000953483/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pick |first1=Steve |title=CRITIC'S CHOICE |journal=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=16 June 1989 |page=E5}}</ref> The album charted at number 23 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/|title=Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>

The album was re-released by [[Cherry Red Records]] in 2006 in an expanded 21-track edition, including B-sides and rarities from the era.

==Production==
The songs were written by Harley Farr and Andrea Lewis.<ref name=NY/> ''Pop Said...'' was produced by Pat Collier.<ref name=MH/>

==Critical reception==
''[[Trouser Press]]'' called the album "a dozen upbeat songs about love (of the puppy, crummy and lost varieties), all well sung and solidly played," writing that "repeated listenings may cause a sugar rush."<ref>{{cite web |title=Darling Buds |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/darling-buds/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' wrote that "each of the dozen tunes here is crafted like a classic pop single: killer hooks, race-and-roar guitar lines, telling catchphrases, girl-boy conflicts and emotional kicks."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sullivan |first1=Jim |title=DARLING BUDS 'POP SAID . . .' COLUMBIA |journal=The Boston Globe |date=27 Apr 1989 |page=8}}</ref> ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'' deemed the album "replete with consummate pop songs."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goldberg |first1=Andy |title=HOT WAX |journal=The Jerusalem Post |date=12 May 1989 |page=6}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "as the guitars surge and the catchy choruses pile up, the Darling Buds supply unrepentant pop pleasure."<ref name="NY">{{cite journal |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=HOME ENTERTAINMENT/RECORDINGS: RECENT RELEASES |journal=The New York Times |date=28 May 1989 |page=A22}}</ref>

==Track listing==
===Original===
All songs written by Harley Farr and Andrea Lewis
# "Hit the Ground" (2:19)
# "Burst" (2:51)
# "Uptight" (2:48)
# "The Other Night" (2:22)
# "Big Head" (2:24)
# "Let's Go Round There" (3:26)
# "She's Not Crying" (2:07)
# "Shame on You" (2:01)
# "You've Got to Choose" (2:17)
# "Spin" (2:41)
# "When It Feels Good" (3:44)
# "Things We Do for Love" (3:18)

===2006 re-release bonus tracks===
# "Just Say So" (3:11)
# "Pretty Girl" (2:43)
# "If I Said" (3:19)
# "Turn You On" (2:55)
# "Different Daze" (4:01)
# "Mary's Got to Go" (2:02)
# "I'll Never Stop" (3:25)
# "Shame on You – Slightlydelic Version" (4:35)
# "It's All Up to You – Flip Flop Version" (2:21)

==Credits==
*Andrea Lewis – vocals
*Geriant "Harley" Farr – guitar
*Chris McDonogh – bass
*Richard Gray "Bloss" – drums

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1990/91)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="ARIA history">{{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/UPdH9sz | title=The Darling Buds ARIA Chart history complete to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
|align="center"| 139
|-
!scope="row"| UK Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])
|align="center"| 23
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1989 debut albums]]
[[Category:The Darling Buds albums]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]
[[Category:One Little Independent Records albums]]

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