Crash – Charli XCX ★★★½

Year	Album	Artist	Stars	Score	Genre
2022	CRASH	Charli XCX	★★★½	74	Pop	Dance Pop

While not nearly as daring or interesting as Charli XCX’s previous album, Crash is just as fun and hones in more on nostalgic sounds and paying homage to big songs of the 80s, 90s and 2000s. 

A lot of the fun is trying to figure out what other songs her tracks remind you of. From the obvious samples like “Beg For You” (September’s “Cry for You” in 2005), “Good Ones” (The Eurythmics’  “Sweet Dreams,”) and “Used to Know Me” ( “Show Me Love” by Robin S.from 1990) to the smaller hints of sound effects like the electronics on “Yock” (Grandmaster Flash’s “The Message”) or the bouncy new wave bass on “Lightning “ (which is abstractly New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle”). 

It’s a little too straightforward compared to the glitchy, more raw 2020 album How I’m Feeling Now, but it’s still damn good pop music.