Immunity (Clairo album)

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Immunity
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2, 2019 (2019-08-02)
Studio
Genre
Length40:39
Label Fader
Producer
Clairo chronology
Diary 001
(2018)
Immunity
(2019)
Sling
(2021)
Singles from Immunity
  1. "Bags"
    Released: May 24, 2019
  2. "Closer to You"
    Released: June 27, 2019
  3. "Sofia"
    Released: July 26, 2019

Immunity is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Clairo, released on August 2, 2019, by Fader Label. The album was co-produced by Clairo and Rostam Batmanglij, formerly of Vampire Weekend.

Contents

Background

After the release of her first mainstream extended play, Diary 001 , Clairo released several songs and collaborations. In 2018, she wrote a song for the teen drama film Skate Kitchen , called "Heaven". She also collaborated with Cuco and SG Lewis. On February 1, 2019, Clairo was featured on the lead single for Wallows' debut studio album, Nothing Happens . On May 24, 2019, Clairo released the lead single for her album, "Bags", and announced the album release for August.

Composition

Immunity has been described as a soft rock, [1] bedroom pop, [2] electropop, [3] and indie pop record. [4]

Tour

In September 2019, Clairo embarked on a North American tour playing 31 shows at venues such as Metro Chicago and Paradise Rock Club. The tour was supported by Beabadoobee and Hello Yello and ended in Boston in November 2019. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.0/10 [6]
Metacritic 76/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Consequence of Sound B+ [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [11]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [1]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Uncut 4/10 [16]

Immunity received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 20 reviews. [7]

Accolades

At the end of 2019, Immunity appeared on a number of critics' lists ranking the year's top albums.

PublicationListRankRef.
Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2019
22
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2019
45
The Guardian The 40 Best Albums of 2019
20
Les Inrockuptibles The 100 Best Albums of 2019
49
Los Angeles Times The 10 Best Albums of 2019
5
NME The 50 Best Albums of 2019
10
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2019
17
Paper Top 20 Albums of 2019
15
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2019
18
PopCrush The 25 Best Albums of 2019
Slant The 25 Best Albums of 2019
8
Uproxx The 50 Best Albums of 2019
28
The 35 Best Pop Albums of 2019
8

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Alewife" Claire Cottrill 3:33
2."Impossible"
  • Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
  • Batmanglij
  • Peter Cottontale
3:50
3."Closer to You"
  • Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
Batmanglij3:04
4."North"Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
  • Cottrill
  • Cottontale [a]
3:33
5."Bags"Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
  • Cottrill
4:20
6."Softly"
  • Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
Batmanglij3:05
7."Sofia"
  • Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
Batmanglij3:08
8."White Flag"Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
  • Cottrill
3:01
9."Feel Something"CottrillBatmanglij2:57
10."Sinking"Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
  • Cottrill
3:10
11."I Wouldn't Ask You"Cottrill
  • Batmanglij
  • Cottrill
  • Cottontale [a]
  • Burns Twins [a]
  • Hayley Briasco [a]
6:56
Total length:40:39

Notes

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [30] 73
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [31] 79
France Downloads Albums (SNEP) [32] 146
UK Download Albums (OCC) [33] 90
US Billboard 200 [34] 51

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Immunity
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [35] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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