Crash (Charli XCX album)

Crash is Charli XCX's fifth studio album. The album contains singles like "Good Ones", "New Shapes" featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, "Beg for You" featuring Rina Sawayama, "Baby", "Every Rule" and "Used to Know Me".

Accolades
Since the album's release, Crash has been named by several magazines as one of the best albums of 2022. Commercially, it is Charli XCX's best-selling record, being one of the UK's best-selling vinyl and cassette records.

+Year-end rankings for Crash Publication List Rank Rolling StoneThe 100 Best Albums of 2022Loud and QuietAlbums of the Year 2022The Line of Best FitThe Best Albums of 2022 RankedVultureThe Best Albums of 2022 (So Far)The Forty FiveAlbums of the Year 2022PitchforkThe 50 Best Albums of 2022NMENMEs 50 Best Albums of 2022DIYDIYs Albums of 2022Nylon MagazineNylons favorite albums of 2022BillboardThe 50 Best Albums of 2022: Staff ListSlant MagazineThe 50 Best Albums of 2022The FaderThe 50 Best Albums of 2022EsquireThe 25 Best Albums of 2022The IndependentThe best albums of 2022Gorilla vs. BearGorilla vs. Bears albums of 2022MondoSonoroLos 50 mejores discos internacionales de 2022PopMattersThe 80 best albums of 2022DazedThe 20 best albums of 2022InsiderThe best albums of 2022GigwiseBest Albums of 2022The GuardianThe 50 best albums of 2022Under the RadarUnder the Radars Top 100 Albums of 2022 Part 1The Vinyl FactoryOur favourite albums of 2022Ones to WatchThe 25 Best Albums of 2022

 Awards for Crash 
+Awards and nominations for Crash Award Year Category Result Gold Derby Music Awards 2023 Best Pop Album 

Ranking of Crash songs
+Year-end rankings for "Constant Repeat" Publication List Rank PitchforkThe 100 Best Songs of 2022The New York TimesBest Songs of 2022

+Year-end rankings for "Yuck" Publication List Rank DIY MagazineDIYs Tracks of 2022InsiderThe best songs of 2022Gigwise 22 Best Tracks of 2022Nylon Magazine Nylons Favorite Songs of 2022
+Year-end rankings for "Lightning" Publication List Rank I-D MagazineThe 100 best songs of 2022Brooklyn VeganBest songs of 2022Gorilla vs. BearGorilla vs. Bears songs of 2022
+Year-end rankings for "Used to Know Me" Publication List Rank BillboardThe 50 Best Dance Songs of 2022: Staff Picks

 Track listing 

Notes
  signifies an additional producer.
 "Beg for You" contains samples of "Don't Cry" by Milk Inc. and "Cry for You" by September.
 "Used to Know Me" contains samples of "Show Me Love" by Robin S.
 "How Can I Not Know What I Need Right Now" contains samples of "Saturday Love" by Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal.

 Personnel 

 Musicians and vocals 

 Charli XCX – vocals
 George Daniel – vocal chops, drums, bass programming , synth and keys programming 
 Waylon Rector – guitar 
 A. G. Cook – programming, synths 
 Christine and the Queens – vocals 
 Caroline Polachek – vocals 
 Deaton Chris Anthony – additional vocals, synths, keyboard programming, bass programming, instrumentation ,  drum programming 
 Lotus IV – drum programming, instrumentation , keyboard programming, bass programming 
 Caroline Ailin – background vocals 
 Oscar Holter – programming, drums, bass, keys 
 Rina Sawayama – vocals 
 Sorana – additional backing vocals 
 Sadpony – synths, bass, drum programming 
 Justin Raisen – guitar, FX 
 Ariel Rechtshaid – drum programming, synths, nylon guitar 
 Jon Shave – keyboards, programming 
 Darryl Reid – keyboards, programming 
 Noonie Bao – percussion 

 Technical 

 Geoff Swan – mixing 
 Niko Battistini – mix assistance 
 Matt Cahill – mix assistance 
 A. G. Cook – engineering 
 Randy Merrill – mastering
 Serban Ghenea – mixing 
 Bryce Bordone – mix assistance 
 Lionel Crasta – bridge vocals engineering 
 John Hanes – engineering 
 Oscar Holter – engineering 
 Thomas Warren – engineering 
 Kevin Grainger – mixing 
 Alexander Soifer – additional vocal production 
 Ben Hogarth – vocal engineering 
 Jonathan Gilmore – vocal production & engineering for Rina Sawayama 
 Anthony Tucci Jr. – Charli vocal recording 
 Manny Marroquin – mixing 
 Ian Kirkpatrick – recording 
 Ainjel Emme – assistant engineering 
 Anthony Paul Lopez – engineering 
 Justin Raisen – engineering 
 Sadpony – engineering 
 Rami Yacoub – vocal recording 
 Matt DiMona – engineering 
 Matt Cohn – engineering 
 Jon Shave – engineering 
 Darryl Reid – engineering 
 Lou Carrao – engineering 
 Oli Jacobs – mixing 

Charts
+ Chart performance for Crash Chart (2022) Peakposition Croatian International Albums (HDU) 8Greek Albums (IFPI)15 Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan) 48 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) 36

 Certifications 

Release history
+ Release dates and formats for Crash Region Date Format(s) Version Label  Various18 March 2022  StandardCrash release formats:



  25 March 2022  Deluxe Japan 30 March 2022 CD Standard Warner 

 References 

Category:2022 albums
Category:Charli XCX albums