SUCKER
A high-octane collision of bubblegum pop hooks and bratty punk attitude. Loud, neon-soaked, and unapologetically rebellious.
December 15, 2014 · Asylum Records
A high-octane collision of bubblegum pop hooks and bratty punk attitude. Loud, neon-soaked, and unapologetically rebellious.
December 15, 2014 · Asylum Records
Chewing gum stuck to a leather jacket, this record blasts through the speakers with a sneering, neon-pink roar. It trades dark synth-pop shadows for distorted guitars, handclaps, and shouting choruses that feel like skipping school. You are plunged into a sweaty, high-school basement party where the bass rattles your teeth and every hook is a middle finger. It is loud, sticky, and gloriously bratty, capturing a wild, sugar-rushed rebellion that refuses to grow up.
“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”Read review
“An accomplished, if fitful listen”Read review
“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”Read review
“Sucker is an “I told you so” middle finger that won’t budge, marking itself as proof that punk deserves its place in pop”Read review
“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”Read review
“The first fully updated iteration of punk pop in ages”Read review
“An exceptionally good pop album”Read review
“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”Read review
“This year’s first great pop record bowls in with a rapturous celebration of the genre’s rebellious, trashy potential”Read review
“It succeeds as an introduction to Charli XCX the Pop Star while retaining her whip-smart songwriting and attitude”Read review
“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”Read review
“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”
How does SUCKER sound next to the rest of Charli xcx's catalogue?
The vocals lean far further into intense than the rest of the catalogue.
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