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| Released | August 2, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 40:39 | |||
| Label | Fader | |||
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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.
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.
Immunity has been described as a soft rock, [1] bedroom pop, [2] electropop, [3] and indie pop record. [4]
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]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.0/10 [6] |
| Metacritic | 76/100 [7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| Consequence of Sound | B+ [9] |
| The Guardian | [10] |
| NME | [11] |
| The Observer | [12] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [1] |
| Q | [13] |
| Rolling Stone |  [14] |
| Slant Magazine | [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]
At the end of 2019, Immunity appeared on a number of critics' lists ranking the year's top albums.
| Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Alewife" | Claire Cottrill |
| 3:33 |
| 2. | "Impossible" |
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| 3:50 |
| 3. | "Closer to You" |
| Batmanglij | 3:04 |
| 4. | "North" | Cottrill |
| 3:33 |
| 5. | "Bags" | Cottrill |
| 4:20 |
| 6. | "Softly" |
| Batmanglij | 3:05 |
| 7. | "Sofia" |
| Batmanglij | 3:08 |
| 8. | "White Flag" | Cottrill |
| 3:01 |
| 9. | "Feel Something" | Cottrill | Batmanglij | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Sinking" | Cottrill |
| 3:10 |
| 11. | "I Wouldn't Ask You" | Cottrill | 6:56 | |
| Total length: | 40:39 | |||
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| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| 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 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada) [35] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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