Immunity (Clairo album)

Immunity is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Clairo, released on August 2, 2019, by Fader Label. The album was co-produced by Clairo and Rostam Batmanglij, formerly of Vampire Weekend.

Immunity
Studio album by Clairo
Released	August 2, 2019 (2019-08-02)
Studio	Truth & Echo Park Back House (Los Angeles, California) Bravo Ocean (Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre	Soft rock bedroom pop electropop indie pop
Length	40:39
Label	Fader
Producer	Rostam Batmanglij Claire Cottrill
Clairo chronology
Diary 001 (2018) Immunity (2019) Sling (2021)
Singles from Immunity
"Bags" Released: May 24, 2019 "Closer to You" Released: June 27, 2019 "Sofia" Released: July 26, 2019

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 teen drama film Skate Kitchen, called "Heaven". She also collaborated with Cuco and SG Lewis. On February 1, 2019, Clairo was featured on "Are You Bored Yet?", the lead single for Wallows' debut studio album, Nothing Happens. On May 24, 2019, Clairo released the lead single for her album, "Bags", and announced the album release for August.

Composition

Immunity has been described as a soft rock,^[1] bedroom pop,^[2] electropop,^[3] and indie pop record.^[4]

Tour

In September 2019, Clairo embarked 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.^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.0/10[6]
Metacritic	76/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Consequence of Sound	B+[9]
The Guardian	[10]
NME	[11]
The Observer	[12]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[1]
Q	[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]
Slant Magazine	[15]
Uncut	4/10[16]

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.^[7]

Accolades

At the end of 2019, Immunity appeared on a number of critics' lists ranking the year's top albums.

Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Billboard	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	22	[17]
Consequence of Sound	Top 50 Albums of 2019	45	[18]
The Guardian	The 40 Best Albums of 2019	20	[19]
Les Inrockuptibles	The 100 Best Albums of 2019	49	[20]
Los Angeles Times	The 10 Best Albums of 2019	5	[21]
NME	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	10	[22]
Noisey	The 100 Best Albums of 2019	17	[23]
Paper	Top 20 Albums of 2019	15	[24]
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	18	[25]
PopCrush	The 25 Best Albums of 2019	—	[26]
Slant	The 25 Best Albums of 2019	8	[27]
Uproxx	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	28	[28]
	The 35 Best Pop Albums of 2019	8	[29]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Alewife"	Claire Cottrill	Rostam Batmanglij Cottrill	3:33
2.	"Impossible"	Cottrill Batmanglij	Batmanglij	3:50
3.	"Closer to You"	Cottrill Batmanglij	Batmanglij	3:04
4.	"North"	Cottrill	Batmanglij Cottrill Peter Cottontale[a]	3:33
5.	"Bags"	Cottrill	Batmanglij Cottrill	4:20
6.	"Softly"	Cottrill Batmanglij	Batmanglij	3:05
7.	"Sofia"	Cottrill Batmanglij	Batmanglij	3:08
8.	"White Flag"	Cottrill	Batmanglij Cottrill	3:01
9.	"Feel Something"	Cottrill	Batmanglij	2:57
10.	"Sinking"	Cottrill	Batmanglij Cottrill	3:10
11.	"I Wouldn't Ask You"	Cottrill	Batmanglij Cottrill Cottontale[a] Burns Twins[a] Hayley Briasco[a]	6:56
Total length:				40:39

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.

Personnel

Musicians Claire Cottrill – lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (1, 4, 5, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (1, 5), drum programming (3–5, 10), piano (5, 8, 11), drum arrangement (5), guitar solo (7), synth (10) Rostam Batmanglij – synth (all tracks), bass (1, 2, 5–7, 10), piano (1, 2, 8, 9), drum programming (1, 3, 4, 6–11), electric guitar (2, 3, 5–7, 11), acoustic guitar (2, 9), harpsichord (2), synth bass (3), Mellotron (4), 808 bass (4, 8, 11), drum arrangement (5), organ (6, 10), synth programming (7), bass programming (9) Danielle Haim – drums (2, 5, 7), drum arrangement (5) Peter Cottontale – Wurlitzer (outro of 2), keyboard (4), drum programming (4), piano (6), choir arrangement (6) Nick Breton – drum arrangement (5) The Adderly School Choir Janet Adderley – leading Ruby Nieman Olivia Bingham Hudson Marks Christopher van der Ohe Deia Campodonico Siena Fantini Hiro Phillips

Technical Rostam Batmanglij – recording engineering (all tracks), mixing (10, 11) Dalton Ricks – recording engineering (all tracks) Cary Singer – recording engineering (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–10) Michael Harris – recording engineering (2, 7) Nick Breton – recording engineering (4, 5, 8, 10, 11) Nate Head – recording engineering (7) Tom Elmhirst – mixing (1) Shawn Everett – mixing (2, 5, 6, 8, 9) Manny Marroquin – mixing (3) Dave Fridmann – mixing (4, 7) Mike Fridmann – mix engineering (4, 7) Emily Lazar – mastering Chris Allgood – mastering assistance Artwork 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

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[30]	73
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[31]	79
France Downloads Albums (SNEP)[32]	146
UK Download Albums (OCC)[33]	90
US Billboard 200[34]	51

Certifications

Certifications for Immunity

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[35]	Gold	40,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[36]	Gold	7,500‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[37]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[38]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.