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Sucker

Charli XCX

Sucker

Second LP from the English popstar, cowritten with, among others, Rivers Cuomo & Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Atlantic
UK Release date
26/01/2015
US Release date
15/12/2014
  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 8.0 |   Clash

    Rewriting the rules entirely, never mind breaking any, and beating pop at its own game
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  4. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    A party album charged equally with punkish rebellion, hip-hop cool, and pop universality
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  5. 8.0 |   Spin

    An exceptionally good pop album
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  6. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The first fully updated iteration of punk pop in ages
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  7. 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. 8.0 |   DIY

    For all its instant appeal, this is for the most part an album that eschews pop convention
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  9. 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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  10. 8.0 |   State

    Sucker is the Soda Stream of pop – endless sweet, cheap flavours fizzing through your brain
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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 8.0 |   Digital Spy

    Join the party, cause some mischief, and most importantly, embrace the very enjoyable music
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  19. 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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  20. 7.8 |   Earbuddy

    One of the best pop albums of the year
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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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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  28. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    An accomplished, if fitful listen
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  29. 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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  30. 6.0 |   Q

    Refreshingly free of focus-grouped compromises, Sucker is certainly full of character. Print edition only

  31. 6.0 |   Uncut

    It’s a shouty, attitudinal set that connects Ke$ha to Britney Spears and Cyndi Lauper. Print edition only

  32. 6.0 |   The Music

    Infectious but disposable – the reason some shun pop music
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  33. 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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  34. 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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  35. 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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  36. 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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