Pop[3][1]) is the fifth studio album by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, both formerly members of the Beautiful South.

Pop that stand squarely alongside some of Heaton's best" and that the "famous fire of his shows no sign of being extinguished".

[3] Reviewing the album for Record Collector, Terry Staunton opined that there is "wry humour throughout" the album and that "Heaton remains the go-to chronicler of the Everyman condition" with Abbott providing "a vital contribution as both equal-billing foil and relatable conduit of female perspectives in these songs".

[7] Neil McCormick of The Telegraph wrote that Heaton is "back [...] threading barbed wired lyrics through rose garden melodies to catch listeners unaware".

McCormick felt that while Heaton and "Abbott "harmonise delightfully" on the album, with Abbott "effectively sound[ing] like a female version of the frontman", he "wish[ed Heaton] would push himself a little harder" as "there are a few too many songs on N.K-Pop that are just witticisms, wordplay and easy on the ear melodies, bashed down in the studio with a certain vigour but no real imagination.