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Staff List: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
Best Albums of 2024: The 50 best releases of the year.
The 14-track set, which earned a top 10 debut on the Billboard 200, offers a tour through romantic ballads (“Counting Chickens,” “Call a Cowboy”), obstinate kiss-offs (the spoken-word “Ring Finger”), songs about stinging breakups (“Devil Don’t Go There”) and nods at her home genre’s current moment in the cultural zeitgeist (“Country’s Cool Again”). Image Credit: Courtesy Photo After the folksy hush of Sling, Clairo opted to work with modern soul aficionados on Charm, including the producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels (Lee Fields, Sharon Jones) and the crackerjack drummer Homer Steinweiss (Amy Winehouse, Bruno Mars). The loping lead single “Sexy to Someone” layers honeyed melodies on top of firm percussion, and Clairo is fastidious about maintaining this combination of textures across the album’s 11 tracks, making room for a curlicued piano solo in “Terrapin” and a light wash of horns in “Juna.” The whole thing is as sugary and crisp as a breakfast pastry.
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