Number 1 Angel
| Charli XCX
Number 1 Angel
Number 1 Angel is the third mixtape by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX, released on 10 March 2017 by Asylum Records. The mixtape contains ten tracks and was created in Los Angeles as a collaboration with producer A. G. Cook, the founder of PC Music. Several other producers associated with the label also contributed to the mixtape, including Sophie who previously produced Charli XCX's extended play Vroom Vroom. - Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Produced by PC Music and affiliates, this collection from Charli XCX is presented as a “project” rather than an album or mixtape. It’s largely stolen by its guests, like Uffie and CupcakKe.
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The Rolling Stone
The beats aren’t as abrasive, her vocals are distended in ways that are disorienting but not jarring.
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NME
it’s ten cuts of skewed electronic pop that don’t give you any other option than to feel ready to party
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Number 1 Angel is a maybe mixtape, sorta free, but released by a voice that’s constantly solving life’s real problems with the imagined solutions of pop music.
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Billboard
Pop songs with hooks big enough that you want to spray-paint the walls with them, but delivered with such intimacy that they feel like they're being whispered to you in the middle of a crowded room.
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NPR
Over 10 tracks, Number 1 Angel plays out like a pop diary of the London songwriter's past few years, indulging in the margins of slinky R&B, hip-hop and bizzaro electro-pop.
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positivelyunderground
The album seeks out massive bangers to some avail, but also feels a bit like a “darts in the dark” pop record—each punching song sounds like XCX slapping together something insanely catchy.
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The 405
Number 1 Angel is an ambitious collection of tracks that showcase the talents of everyone involved. Above all else, it's the sound of an artist evolving and taking risks in the process.
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Sputnik Music
considering this tape – that most people in her position would use for discarded tracks and unfinished ideas – is the best pop project of the year, but it’s true.
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Popfection
This mixtape feels like she worked so hard and had so much fun making it.
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Crack Magazine
Number 1 Angel succeeds in pulling the listener into their saccharine-sweet hooks and quick-changing dynamics.
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Idolator
For fans desperate for a champagne-fueled party album, Number 1 Angel will be too slow and too sad .
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Interns
Number 1 Angel feels restless, energetic and frustrated.
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Album of the Year
This mixtape is pretty much everything that mainstream pop should strive to be in 2017: energetic, playful, and creative, with enough personality to pave its own path from the hordes of shitty pop acts out now.
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All Music
Angel employs tropical bounce, cavernous electronics, and trap-rap influences on ten tracks
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XFDR Magazine
XCX spins a night out fueled with white wine, ecstasy, and stretch limousines, and it’s not until the 6am walk of shame that you can notice the glittering alligator tear rolling down her rouged cheek.
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Immortal Reviews
Number 1 Angel is tired and attempts to create catchy pop tunes out of the standard, tired sounds, leaving you with a boring record to listen to.
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The Lance
Charli XCX‘s newest album “Number 1 Angel“, which was released on Friday March 10, invites fans further into the pop dream world XCX is known best for.
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The Quintessential Magazine
As time elapses, and all artists continue to curate their sounds we are going to be rewarded with the benefits. Number 1 Angel is another triumphant effort that validates that hypothesis.
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We Plug Good Music
Number 1 Angel is ultra-hyper, super sexual, cyber-bubblegum pop music at it finest.
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Nouse
Charli XCX’s new mixtape will more than satisfy fans eagerly awaiting her third album.
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God is in the TV
Number 1 Angel manages to strike a balance of the sounds Charli has succeeded at in the past whilst still taking risks.
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The National Student
Number 1 Angel is full of confident, smart, and punchy songs, showcasing XCX’s ability to craft strong melodies effortlessly.
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Vendor Culture
Number 1 Angel may be an experimental project but it still cherishes that balance between Charli’s delinquency and her visions of pop dominance.
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Diamond in the Groove
Number 1 Angel nonetheless acts as one of Charli XCX’s most cohesive and forward-thinking additions to her discography to date, and it makes the case for the musician growing into one of the most important figures amongst experimental pop artists.
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The Pop Explosion
Number 1 Angel is a strong dose of sticky-icky sweet pop that will get you high as a kite with its bellowing dance stomp beat and quick-hitting melodies.
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Hunter Hanthorn
It’s the type of pop album that makes you want to dance the night away with all of your friends.
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WIUX
Number 1 Angel is a great pop record that seems to fit in to the sonic aesthetic Charli has created for herself; plenty of fun loud tunes, intense and noisy beats, and wonderfully angsty lyrics about love and partying.
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Pretty Much Amazing
Number 1 Angel sticks like a jolly rancher to a molar.
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The Needle Drop
Charli XCX continues to turn pop on its head with PC Music's best producers.
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Pepperdine Graphic
“Number 1 Angel” makes listeners want to roll down the windows of their car while driving down PCH, blasting each track and singing along to their heart’s full content.
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The Interns
Number 1 Angel feels restless, energetic and frustrated. That’s the best part about it. 8/10.
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Aphoristic Album Reviews
I don’t love all of Number 1 Angel, but the best moments keep me coming back to it. 7/10.
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ACRN
Number 1 Angel isn’t the worst project Charli XCX could have thrown into the world, however, it plays more like an homage highlighting A.G. Cook’s and PC Music’s creative and production skills rather than Charli’s ability as a performer. 5.5/10.
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Dork
Why have predictable when we can have ‘Number 1 Angel’? Standing still is overrated anyway. 4/5.
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GIGsoup Music
Charli XCX proves she can shake things up yet again, pairing up with PC Music's A. G. Cook to thrash her way through the party. 78/100.
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Vada Magazine
Number 1 Angel is ultimately much more than a mixtape and will probably end up being the dark and twisted little sister to Charli XCX’s main party girl, with both playing equally essential parts. Bring them on.
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The Comedown
For the first time in her career Charli XCX sounds totally unguarded and truly in her element as a solo artist and a superstar. 9.1/10.
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Project U
Charli XCX’s Number 1 Angel is the perfect merger of pop and PC Music I’ve been waiting for.
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The Gizzle Review
If this mixtape is just a quick release before the main event, it's deserving of a lot more fanfare. 4/5.
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Shuf Sounds
It now seems clear that whatever divine force brought Charli in contact with the PC Music crew is becoming the pivotal moment in the development of her pop artistry.
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Artist Direct
While Sucker was brash and poppy and, at times, utterly saturated with sugar, Number 1 Angel adds elements of a more mature stance
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Hot New Hip Hop
Charli XCX embraces the new voices of pop on "Number 1 Angel." HOTTTTT.
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Jon on Film
Number 1 Angel is easily the best body of work she’s put forth since that debut album, full of attitude and personality. B plus.
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Hotpress
All in all, it’s an entertaining listen.
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Gav the Gothic Chav
This album here again shows an expansion of her character.
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Palomar
Charli XCX releases mixtape masterpiece.
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Ben's Beat
PC Music will always provide something different to listen to, and while XCX’s lyrics are frequently rather lazy, this fits with her persona and really works at times for precisely this reason. 8/10.
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DBK News
Charli XCX’s ‘Number 1 Angel’ is the pop mixtape you never knew you needed.
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