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8.3
71987
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Make no mistake, though, Sucker is always The Charli XCX Show, both to its benefit and its detriment
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8.0
71989
8.0 |
All Music
It succeeds as an introduction to Charli XCX the Pop Star while retaining her whip-smart songwriting and attitude
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8.0
71947
8.0 |
Clash
Rewriting the rules entirely, never mind breaking any, and beating pop at its own game
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8.0
71954
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
A party album charged equally with punkish rebellion, hip-hop cool, and pop universality
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8.0
71968
8.0 |
Spin
An exceptionally good pop album
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8.0
71997
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
The first fully updated iteration of punk pop in ages
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8.0
72046
8.0 |
No Ripcord
Charli XCX is the latest in an ever-growing list of successful, dynamic, and diverse female artists and musicians defining the current musical landscape
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8.0
73076
8.0 |
DIY
For all its instant appeal, this is for the most part an album that eschews pop convention
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8.0
73084
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Ideas of independence and rebellion run deep on the record, tied to themes of hedonism, friendship and love
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8.0
73093
8.0 |
State
Sucker is the Soda Stream of pop – endless sweet, cheap flavours fizzing through your brain
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8.0
73110
8.0 |
Evening Standard
She’s almost as cartoonish as Katy Perry and she’s made a super-loud, super-direct pop record
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8.0
73145
8.0 |
The FT
British singer is cast as a less obnoxious version of Miley Cyrus with songs put together sans the needy desperation for fame
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8.0
73147
8.0 |
The Observer
A sneery, nagging, chanty, leopardskin-toting, Lolita-nodding take on several kinds of pop that, despite its dissemination, warrants praise and affection on its home soil debut
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8.0
73153
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It's cynical, it's coy, it's assertive, but it's catchy as they come, with no pandering, no putting on airs and no shortage of substance
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8.0
73162
8.0 |
Time Out
Even if you spent your own adolescence in a library, drinking tea rather than tequila, this brilliant album will bring out your inner teenage badass
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8.0
73163
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
'Break the Rules' sounds like a gang of girl bikers kicking in the door of a warehouse rave
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8.0
72803
8.0 |
NME
This year’s first great pop record bowls in with a rapturous celebration of the genre's rebellious, trashy potential
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8.0
73207
8.0 |
Digital Spy
Join the party, cause some mischief, and most importantly, embrace the very enjoyable music
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8.0
73209
8.0 |
The 405
Aitchison, in the solo pop star stakes, was second only to Taylor Swift last year and Sucker provides a fascinating counterpoint to the cool calculation, sky-high production values and squeaky-clean thematic content of 1989
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7.8
72043
7.8 |
Earbuddy
One of the best pop albums of the year
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7.6
71948
7.6 |
Pitchfork
It's not her finest work, but it's plenty good enough to rope a cohort of new fans into what's promising to be one hell of a creative ride
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7.6
71990
7.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Sucker may be a draining ride at the end of it all, but all the best parties are
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7.2
71985
7.2 |
Paste Magazine
For all her bratty star power, Charli XCX’s purest magic lies in the intimate—not the irreverent
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7.0
71969
7.0 |
Under The Radar
A damn fine album from Charli XCX, one that doesn't waste any time getting to the sugary center of the London chanteuse's signature dance pop
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7.0
71957
7.0 |
Exclaim
True Romance's nuance is missed here, but there's no denying that the Charli XCX of Sucker is a far more magnetic character, one who's as vulnerable as she is determined to have things her own way
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7.0
72548
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
An album that is unashamedly pop but with a refreshing amount of self-awareness and craft to back it up
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7.0
73198
7.0 |
musicOMH
While she may not have the precision marketing behind her of someone like Taylor Swift, Charli XCX’s Sucker is a defiant statement of her intent to do things her way
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6.7
71963
6.7 |
A.V. Club
An accomplished, if fitful listen
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6.7
72026
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
Sucker is an “I told you so” middle finger that won’t budge, marking itself as proof that punk deserves its place in pop
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6.0
72053
6.0 |
Q
Refreshingly free of focus-grouped compromises, Sucker is certainly full of character. Print edition only
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6.0
72089
6.0 |
Uncut
It’s a shouty, attitudinal set that connects Ke$ha to Britney Spears and Cyndi Lauper. Print edition only
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6.0
71949
6.0 |
The Music
Infectious but disposable – the reason some shun pop music
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6.0
71994
6.0 |
PopMatters
She’s clearly got what it takes to go far in the industry despite the fact that she is obviously capable of so much better than even this
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6.0
73100
6.0 |
The Guardian
For all its failings, and for all that it falls short of the more hysterical hype, it does enough to convince you that her long-delayed moment in the sun won’t be fleeting
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5.0
73413
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
Sucker's concessions to the market, despite its claims of no compromise vision, weaken its credentials
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4.0
73073
4.0 |
The List
Charli’s would-be snotty rebellion feels as contrived as Ke$ha’s walk-of-shame partying or Meghan Trainor’s occupation of the cutesy retro bubble-gum corner
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