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Brat

Charli XCX

Brat

Sixth full-length studio release from the English electro popstar featureing contributions by A.G. Cook and Addison Rae.

ADM rating[?]

8.7

Label
Atlantic
UK Release date
07/06/2024
US Release date
07/06/2024
  1. 10.0 |   DIY

    An unmistakable representation of her very core
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  2. 10.0 |   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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  3. 10.0 |   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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  4. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    Charli XCX's sixth studio album BRAT is literary, musically complex, and somehow effortless
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  5. 10.0 |   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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  6. 10.0 |   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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  7. 10.0 |   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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  8. 10.0 |   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. 9.0 |   All Music

    By being a brat - defying expectations, choosing herself - she delivers some of her most engaging and mature music
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  10. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    More than any other album in her discography, BRAT showcases every facet of Charli XCX
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  11. 9.0 |   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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  12. 9.0 |   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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  13. 9.0 |   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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  14. 9.0 |   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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  15. 9.0 |   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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  16. 8.6 |   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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  17. 8.3 |   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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  18. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    While the album is undeniably bratty and brash, it’s also frequently vulnerable
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  19. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    With 'Brat,' the avant-pop rebel delivers a confessional LP that never loses its energy
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  20. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Amid so much sanitised pop, Charlotte Aitchison’s innovation has never been so essential
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  21. 8.0 |   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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  22. 8.0 |   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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  23. 8.0 |   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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  24. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Months before Charli XCX’s already career-defining statement of a record was released to the world, you could already feel it in the air: It was going to be a Brat summer
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  25. 7.5 |   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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  26. 7.4 |   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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  27. 7.0 |   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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  28. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    High-end bedroom synth pop with the gnarl, doubt and raw personality
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