Pop 2 [Mixtape]
by Charli XCX
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Dec 15, 2017
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 351 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 322 out of 351
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 351
  3. Negative: 18 out of 351
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  1. RobbyP
    Dec 22, 2017
    6
    Sure, if you like discordant sounds and over-bearing autotune, then this is a great album. If you like vocal talent and melodies, then maybe skip it.
  2. NETMUSIC
    Jan 26, 2018
    4
    Expected much better from Charli after Number 1 Angel and Vroom Vroom. Too many features and auto tune.
  3. partyfavor
    Apr 22, 2018
    5
    This album is wickedly (and electronically) fun, but this is just another "experimental album" by an artist and for me it fell a little short. The theme of the EP is futuristic and kinda synth sounding and some of the tracks did good for me but most of it felt like the production is kind of awkward and is a little too "polished" probably because of the heavy autotune use. Maybe theyThis album is wickedly (and electronically) fun, but this is just another "experimental album" by an artist and for me it fell a little short. The theme of the EP is futuristic and kinda synth sounding and some of the tracks did good for me but most of it felt like the production is kind of awkward and is a little too "polished" probably because of the heavy autotune use. Maybe they could've played with the song production to achieve the futuristic aesthetic not just by relying heavily on voice "altering".… Expand
  4. Akura-ou
    Feb 1, 2023
    6
    In love her hyperpop projects, but this is just too much. I like 5 out of 10 tracks, but it's better than nothing, I guess.

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Q Magazine
    Jan 30, 2018
    80
    While it lacks the polish of a major pop album, it's not dulled by the overthought conservatism that might bring with it. [Mar 2018, p.115]
  2. The Guardian
    Jan 4, 2018
    80
    The 10 tracks never stint on the basic stuff. There are big choruses and hooks amid the teeming sound, not least on Unlock It and Out of My Head, tracks that sound like hit singles from a slightly more adventurous, expansive alternate universe than the one the charts currently inhabit.
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  3. Consequence
    Dec 22, 2017
    83
    On Pop 2, her second mixtape of 2017, she digs even deeper into her music’s rough edges, exploiting its paradoxes, peeling back its layers, and having more fun while she’s at it than she’s ever had before.
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