CRASH
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CRITIC REVIEWS
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Crash finds Charli back at the earworm territory of 'Boom Clap' but with the production and songwriting experience of almost ten years of solid, mostly diamond experimentation.
100
A collection of giganto-bops flung with gleeful abandon, Charli is nothing if not a juxtaposition. This time, though, the results are nothing short of a triumph.
100
Charli XCX sounds like a woman loving life at the wheel of these 12 luxury pop vehicles.
90
Relentless both in energy and in feeling, Crash sees her unleashed and producing earworm pop bangers from start to finish.
90
She once again explores new ventures, crafting a pop album that celebrates the old classics as well as the new, and cements her status as a true pop trailblazer.
90
Charli XCX has carved a niche for herself in recent years as one of hyperpop’s most beloved flag-bearers, but with her new album Crash, she has opted for a record that is well and truly pop.
82
CRASH may not be as genre-bending or envelope-pushing as past albums, but it doesn’t need to be.
80
If this is any indication of what’s to come in a post-Atlantic world, then we’re in for a real treat.
80
The subject matter throughout is love and sex, infidelity and longing.
80
Crash is clever and fun, as her admirers have come to expect from XCX, but until Charli scores a bona fide smash it is going to feel like an art project commenting on the state of pop rather than the real thing.
80
Charli’s best full-length project since Pop 2 is a canny embrace of modern and vintage pop styles by one of its most sincere students.
80
It may not be quite as striking as how i'm feeling now, but on Crash, Charli XCX once again finds endless freedom in pop's constraints.
80
The star marks the beginning of a more experimental chapter – but on the way out of major label life, she puts her own spin on mainstream pop.
75
Despite its minor detours, Crash is one of Charli’s better albums even if it will likely garner a polarizing reaction. She’s fully dedicated though, and it’s a testament to her commitment to crafting the big ‘sellout’ pop album, which she mostly nails.
75
Crash, while certainly not for everyone (what is?), is Charli XCX’s own translation of wounds—ahead of its time yet delivered somehow at the appropriate moment.
72
CRASH is Charli’s first explicit passion project, and as with many such efforts, quality is sometimes sacrificed in favor of fulfilling a vision. It’s not her discography’s lowest point, but it is her first misstep.
70
The ‘”anti-pop star”delivers mega-bops that don’t dilute her art-school eccentricities.
70
Strangely, for a so-called sellout album – is unlikely to draw in any newcomers to the XCX world. For fans who enjoy the whiplash uncertainty of the Charli experience, however, there’s a lot of face value fun to be had.
70
Even when she’s not at her best, she displays enough nous and melody to stand head and shoulders above practically all her rivals
70
Charli XCX’s Crash finds the pop singer workshopping the reckless abandon of her persona.
70
It's a bit messy, but most crashes are.
64
This is conventional, making a very sharp right turn from where she was to a place she has explored before. and that's just fine.
60
On Crash, Charli embraces a festive dance-pop, with varied textures pulled from the ‘70s all the way to the explosion of electronic currents in the late 2000s.
60
While there are enough highlights on Crash to keep it from being bad, it’s lacking that spark and frenzied energy that makes Charli XCX such an exciting, formidable talent.
60
For an artist who’s always brought such a unique perspective, Crash – despite small glimmers of brilliance – is clumsy and lacks direction.
60
Torn between chart success and the pop vanguard, the artist self-consciously set out to make a ‘major label album’ – but it’s full of mixed messaging.
60
Veering away from the edge and towards convention, Charli XCX ends up sounding like everyone else.
58
Overall, CRASH’s crystal clear production and iron-clad writing has all of the force behind it to propel the album into the stratosphere. But instead of putting the pedal to the metal in pursuit of a high camp sound, it stays in the slow lane.
50
Charli's mildest album since the pre-Vroom Vroom days.
CRASH is another amazing crop of tracks from the queen of pop, Charli XCX. This album doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it sure as hell makes a good god damn wheel.
The flow of this album is amazing. The project feels very consistent. The songs are super catchy for the most part, and it is different enough from her other work to feel fresh and original
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Who would had thought a pop album this straightforward would have such a opinion splitting rollout?
If you’ve been keeping up with the album rollout for Charli XCX’s latest album, “CRASH”, you’ll know that the fan reaction leading up to today has been “mixed” to say the least. The singer-songwriter and electropop enthusiast has always had some pushback with practically new project she’s released, but it usually dies down very quickly and reverts ... read more
NINGUÉM FAZ MÚSICA POP COMO CHARLI XCX
Não importa quanto tempo passe, não importa quais os caminhos percorridos por ela e, principalmente, não importa a recepção dos seus álbuns. Ela sempre vai nos surpreender com um pop único e cheio de identidade.
Embora seu nome não seja tão conhecido como o de Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish ou até mesmo o da Dua Lipa, Charli ainda assim exerce sua ... read more
It may not be as experimental as her previous work, but this is still a damn solid pop album
esta bonito......
Siento que esta muy fuera de lo que Charli había hecho en su anterior album, quizás entre con altas expectativas con este album, pero simplemente no fue lo mío.
Canciones favs: Crash, Constant Repeat
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Track List
| 1 | Crash 2:09 | 80 |
| 2 | New Shapes 3:20 | 78 |
| 3 | Good Ones 2:16 | 83 |
| 4 | Constant Repeat 3:09 | 80 |
| 5 | Beg For You 2:48 feat. Rina Sawayama | 77 |
| 6 | Move Me 2:27 | 74 |
| 7 | Baby 2:39 | 78 |
| 8 | Lightning 3:57 | 80 |
| 9 | Every Rule 3:03 | 71 |
| 10 | Yuck 2:18 | 77 |
| 11 | Used To Know Me 2:25 | 74 |
| 12 | Twice 3:14 | 74 |
Total Length: 33 minutes
Year End Lists
| #3 | / | DIY |
| #4 | / | Loud and Quiet |
| #4 | / | The Guardian |
| #5 | / | Dazed |
| #5 | / | The Independent |
| #6 | / | The Skinny |
| #7 | / | Hot Press |
| #8 | / | Gigwise |
| #10 | / | Gaffa (Sweden) |
| #13 | / | NME |
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Added on: November 1, 2021