Immunity (Clairo album)
Immunity is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Clairo, released on August 2, 2019 through Fader Label. The album was co-produced by Clairo and Rostam Batmanglij, formerly of Vampire Weekend.
Background
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 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, "Are You Bored Yet?". On May 24, 2019, Clairo released the lead single for her album, "Bags", and announced the album release for August.Tour
In September 2019, Clairo departed 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.Critical reception
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.Accolades
At the end of 2019, Immunity appeared on a number of critics' lists ranking the year's top albums.| Publication | List | Rank | |
| Billboard | The 50 Best Albums of 2019 | 22 | |
| Consequence of Sound | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 45 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Uproxx | The 35 Best Pop Albums Of 2019 | 8 |
Track listing
Notes- signifies an additional producer.
Personnel
- Claire Cottrill – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drum programming, piano, drum arrangement, guitar solo, synth
- Rostam Batmanglij – synth, bass, piano, drum programming, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harpsichord, synth bass, Mellotron, 808 bass, drum arrangement, organ, synth programming, bass programming
- Danielle Haim – drums, drum arrangement
- Peter Cottontale – Wurlitzer, keyboard, drum programming, piano, choir arrangement
- Nick Breton – drum arrangement
- Janet Adderley – leading
- Ruby Nieman
- Olivia Bingham
- Hudson Marks
- Christopher van der Ohe
- Deia Campodonico
- Siena Fantini
- Hiro Phillips
- Rostam Batmanglij – recording engineering, mixing
- Dalton Ricks – recording engineering
- Cary Singer – recording engineering
- Michael Harris – recording engineering
- Nick Breton – recording engineering
- Nate Head – recording engineering
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing
- Shawn Everett– mixing
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Dave Fridmann – mixing
- Mike Fridmann – mix engineering
- Emily Lazar – mastering
- Chris Allgood – mastering assistance
- Hart Lëshkina - front and back cover photography
- Bijan Berahimi – graphic design
- Jimmy Bui – interior photography
- Mike Ahern – interior photography
- Brodie McCuskey – interior photography
- Angela Ricciardi – interior photography
- Nolan Feldpausch – interior photography
- Allie Cottrill – interior photography
- Cailin Hill Araki – interior photography
- Blake Wasson – interior photography
Charts