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Number 1 Angel

Number 1 Angel
Charli XCX wears a red quilted coat and high heels in front of a red background. She holds a white rose.
Mixtape by
Charli XCX
Released10 March 2017
Recorded
  • 2015
  • October 2016 – early 2017
Genre
Length37:23
LabelAsylum
Producer
Charli XCX chronology
Vroom Vroom
(2016) 		Number 1 Angel
(2017) 		Pop 2
(2017)
Alternative cover
The words "number 1 angel" written in bright red lowercase, low-resolution Arial Narrow font on a deeper red background.
In anticipation of the release of Charli XCX's sixth studio album Brat, the cover art of her discography has been updated on streaming platforms. The cover was reverted back to the original on 30 June 2025.

Number 1 Angel is the third mixtape by British singer Charli XCX, released on 10 March 2017 by Asylum Records. The mixtape contains ten tracks and was created in Los Angeles as a collaboration with producer A. G. Cook, the founder of PC Music.[2][3][4] Several other producers associated with the label also contributed to the mixtape, including Sophie, who previously produced Charli XCX's extended play Vroom Vroom. Musically, it has been labeled as avant-pop[5] and electropop.[6]

Number 1 Angel received generally positive reviews from critics. Some reviewers praised its genre-bending sounds and guest appearances, while others found it repetitive.

Background

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In January 2017, Charli XCX stated in an interview with Rolling Stone that she planned to release a mixtape before the release of her third album,[7] saying: "I just got bored and made a load of songs, so I decided to put them out."[8] In an interview with 93.3, she told the radio station that she recorded the mixtape in two weeks. She described the mixtape as a "lot more sad" than her previous work, saying, "this is more like crying into the champagne than drinking it"; she also compared it to her previous work with Sophie.[9] The mixtape was slated for a February 2017 release[9] but was pushed back due to label conflicts. Charli XCX initially recorded the mixtape without her label's permission, stating that the situation, along with the album delay, had her feeling "frustrated and annoyed".[10]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.2/10[11]
Metacritic73/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 4058/10[13]
AllMusic[14]
Crack7/10[15]
Pitchfork6.3/10[16]
Pretty Much AmazingB[17]
Rolling Stone[18]
Tiny Mix Tapes[19]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Number 1 Angel received an average score of 73, based on 5 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.[12] Frank Falisi from Tiny Mix Tapes compared the mixtape to Madonna's early works and described it as "a text for mitigating engagements."[19] At Pretty Much Amazing, Mick Jacobs stated that "Aitchison intelligently pairs her clever lyrics against beats that push genres outward, her filling in the spaces with her hooks and gigantic personality,"[17] whilst Katherine St. Asaph of Pitchfork wrote that the mixtape "is largely stolen by its guests, like Uffie and Cupcakke."[16]

Writing for AllMusic, Neil Z. Young described the release as, "Yet another sonic shift for the singer ... Angel employs tropical bounce, cavernous electronics, and trap-rap influences on ten tracks that are more M.I.A. than Marina and the Diamonds."[14]

Accolades

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Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Billboard 25 Best & Worst Album Covers of 2017
Best
[20]
Complex The Best Albums of 2017
12
[21]
Entertainment Weekly Best Albums of 2017
18
[22]
Crack Magazine The Top 100 Albums of 2017
29
[23]
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2017
38
[24]
Gorilla vs. Bear Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2017
54
[25]
Rolling Stone 20 Best Pop Albums of 2017
8
[26]
Melty Best Pop Albums of the Year
2
[27]

Impact

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Retrospectively, in April 2022, Clash's Ana Lamond stated that the mixtape "holds a resilience in its stride, drawing none of its attention to the cries from Sucker Charli XCX fans, pleading for a to return to the more commercial, the more conventional breakthrough days. By no means does the mixtape play things safe, making for a bold attempt in re-defining pop music with its embrace for PC Music."[28]

On April 12, 2025 a new LP edition including a 12" poster and red vinyl was released for the RSD after the original version released in 2017 featuring both Number 1 Angel and Pop 2.

Track listing

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Number 1 Angel track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dreamer" (featuring Starrah and Raye)
Cook3:58
2."3AM (Pull Up)" (featuring MØ)
Easy FX3:59
3."Blame It on U"
Cook3:47
4."Roll with Me"
Sophie3:21
5."Emotional"
  • Aitchison
  • Patrik Berger
Easy FX3:53
6."ILY2"
Harle3:16
7."White Roses"
  • Aitchison
  • Cook
  • Bao
Cook3:33
8."Babygirl" (featuring Uffie)
Hill3:53
9."Drugs" (featuring Abra)
Cook3:49
10."Lipgloss" (featuring Cupcakke)
  • Cook
  • Sophie
  • Life Sim
3:54
Total length:37:23
  • A later vinyl release included all ten tracks of Number 1 Angel combined with the ten tracks of Pop 2.[29]

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[30]

Musicians

  • Charli XCX – lead vocals
  • A. G. Cook – programming (1–3, 5, 7, 9, 10), synthesizer (2, 5), piano (5)
  • MØ – vocals (2)
  • EasyFun – programming and synthesizer (2, 5), piano (5)
  • Sophie – programming (4, 10)
  • Danny L Harle – programming (6)
  • MNDR – backing vocals (8)
  • John Hill – programming (8)
  • Jordan Orvash – keyboards (8)
  • Life Sim – synthesizer (10)

Technical

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[31] 74
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[32] 67
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[33] 6
US Billboard 200[34] 175
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[35] 9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[36] 43
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[37] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[38] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[39] 37
US Billboard 200[40] 180

Tour

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Number 1 Angel Tour[41]
Date City Country Venue
2 April 2017 San Francisco United States Rickshaw
12 April 2017 New York City Le Poisson Rouge
20 April 2017 London England Jazz Café
22 April 2017 Paris France Les Étoiles
11 June 2017 São Paulo Brazil Memorial da América Latina

Notes

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