SUCKER

After years of being a a critical darling Charli XCX assisted Iggy Azalea on the song of the summer and landed her own "Boom Clap" on the soundtrack for The Fault in Our Stars. Sucker is her second studio album, and it's a record that seeks to bend the mainstream to its will rather than conform to its reigning trends.

2014’s best pop albums are connected by the fact that they boast creative visions and an uncompromising confidence in executing them. Whether it’s the neo-soul of Girl or the synth-driven nostalgia of 1989, releases from Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Katy B, and Pharrell share an unpredictability and adventurousness that…

For her third album, the Cambridge-born singer vaults off of the success of her "Fancy" feature and her own "Boom Clap" with an assortment of infectious songs about her transition from critical wunderkind to Hollywood pop star.

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On “I Love It,” the boisterous single she penned for Swedish duo Icona Pop, Charli XCX crashed her car into a burning…

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After years of being synonymous with the prefix ‘ft.’ Charli XCX has found her voice.

For a while, Charli XCX seemed to be tiptoeing into the spotlight.

Then, bafflingly, her record label delayed Sucker's release by several months, dropping track after track as if to ensure fans would know half the album by the time of its release.

We should all be pretty happy that Hot 100 success has done very little to change Charli XCX. After teaming up with hip-hop lightning rod Iggy Azalea for the semi-song-of-the-summer in "Fancy," it was easy to discern that the best part of that track was C

Album review: Charli XCX - Sucker. Pop superstar’s caught punk in public…

A-listers’ favourite Charli XCX has hooks and chutzpah to burn on album no 2 – finally released in the UK

Sucker is a party album charged equally with punkish rebellion, hip-hop cool, and pop universality.

Review of 'Sucker' By Charli XCX, by Doug Bleggi, the album is now out via Neon Gold and Atlantic records, the lead single from 'Sucker' is "Boom Clap"

Charli XCX’s third bite of&nbsp;the cherry might not be the subversive masterpiece the hype would have you believe – but it’s hard&nbsp;to deny that she’s on to something, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>

Album Reviews: Charli XCX - Sucker

Charli XCX - Sucker review: Fuck a dream I want it for real.

Punchy aggression meets bubblegum sweetness: Sucker is a cocky riposte to anyone who doubted the 22-year-old Brit

Perennial guest star pens some hits of her own. CD new music review by Lisa-Marie Ferla