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10.0
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DIY
An unmistakable representation of her very core
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10.0
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The Guardian
Beyond the sleaze, grinding bass and it-girl in-jokes, the British visionary’s sixth album is a masterpiece that understands how a hard persona can offer protection
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10.0
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Dork
It’s the most raw and honest version of Charli she’s shown us in a while, a complicated pop figure who’s more than just a party girl
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10.0
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The Skinny
Charli XCX's sixth studio album BRAT is literary, musically complex, and somehow effortless
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10.0
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musicOMH
A paean to dance culture and their maker’s own history and influences, these songs find common ground in their sincerity
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10.0
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PopMatters
Brat is next-level Charli XCX, a miracle and an instant classic. It’s the kind of album that makes you feel lucky to be alive at the same time as it
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10.0
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Sputnik Music (staff)
brat feels like the culmination of a hard-fought career; a substantial moment in the greater canon of pop
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10.0
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A.V. Club
Ultimately, brat is a party. Truth be told, Charli released most of the real bangers on this record as (immaculate) advanced singles, but there are still surprises
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9.0
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All Music
By being a brat - defying expectations, choosing herself - she delivers some of her most engaging and mature music
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9.0
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The Quietus
The English singer seems both older and somehow younger, still as blunt as ever, without a single duff track on the deck
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9.0
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Exclaim
Brat is Charli XCX at her best, cementing the party girl as one of the most influential artists of her generation
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9.0
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Clash
Charli XCX comfortably reaches into the extremes of her catalogue thus far, presenting one of her most subversive and conceptual bodies of work to date
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9.0
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Paste Magazine
The English icon’s latest album is a messy, revelatory insight into what life exists at the precipice of fame
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9.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
After over a dozen tender, depressive, beautiful club tracks, by the end of Brat, Charli is ready to actually be at the club. And you know she’s going to shine at its centre
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8.6
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Pitchfork
With her sixth album, Charli XCX transcends all narratives and delivers a hit. BRAT is imperious and cool, nuanced and vulnerable, and one of the best pop albums of the year
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Beats Per Minute
With BRAT Charli is adding another jewel to her crown that will live on in playlists and DJ sets long after she inevitably abandons its aesthetic and sonic palate to reinvent herself once again
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8.0
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Slant Magazine
While the album is undeniably bratty and brash, it’s also frequently vulnerable
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8.0
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Rolling Stone
With 'Brat,' the avant-pop rebel delivers a confessional LP that never loses its energy
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8.0
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The Irish Times
Amid so much sanitised pop, Charlotte Aitchison’s innovation has never been so essential
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8.0
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The Independent
Poised at the precipice of mainstream, the Essex artist gets busy untangling the contradictions of her ‘cult classic’ status
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8.0
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NME
Driven by her desire to fully embrace club music, the British artist's sixth record fuses well-earned confidence and vulnerability in thrilling fashion
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8.0
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The FT
In one of her best albums yet, the UK singer mixes electropop and dance numbers with a new emotional vulnerability
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7.5
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Under The Radar
Immerse yourself in the otherworldly nostalgia of Charli XCX’s newest project and bask in the glow of her ever promising artistic career
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7.4
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Northern Transmissions
BRAT is an album only the internet persona and music icon known as Charli XCX could make — mean, silly, ecstatic, judgy, violent, modern, and irresistibly interesting
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7.0
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Far Out
It seemed that Brat would mark a return to Charli’s roots in rave culture – and, at some points, it does
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6.0
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The Arts Desk
High-end bedroom synth pop with the gnarl, doubt and raw personality
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