Clean (Soccer Mommy album) explained

Clean
Type:	studio
Artist:	Soccer Mommy
Cover:	Clean Soccer Mommy album cover.jpg
Genre:	Indie rock lo-fi indie pop
Label:	Fat Possum
Producer:	Gabe Wax
Prev Title:	Collection
Prev Year:	2017
Next Title:	Color Theory
Next Year:	2020

Clean is the debut studio album by American indie rock singer-songwriter Soccer Mommy. It was released on March 2, 2018^[1] through Fat Possum Records.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, Clean received an average score of 78, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Accolades

Accolades for Clean

Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
Paste	US	The 50 Best Albums of 2018^[2]	4
Pitchfork	US	The 50 Best Albums of 2018^[3]	27
Rolling Stone	US	The 50 Best Albums of 2018^[4]	16
Noisey	US	The 100 Best Albums of 2018^[5]	45
Billboard	US	50 Best Albums of 2018: Critics' Picks^[6]	40
Stereogum	US	The 50 Best Albums of 2018^[7]	7
Uproxx	US	The 50 Best Albums of 2018^[8]	14
The Ringer	US	The Best Albums of 2018^[9]	3
The New York Times (Jon Caramanica list)	US	The 28 Best Albums of 2018^[10]	1
The New York Times (Jon Pareles list)	US	The 28 Best Albums of 2018	8
Nashville Scene	US	Top Local Albums Critics' Poll^[11]	5
Newsweek	US	The Best Albums 2018^[12]	7
The Seattle Times	US	The 10 Best Pop Albums of 2018^[13]	8
Esquire	US	The 20 Best Albums of 2018^[14]	12
The New Zealand Herald	New Zealand	TimeOut's Best of 2018: Top 20 albums^[15]	13
Exclaim!	Canada	Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums: Best of 2018^[16]	17
BrooklynVegan	US	Top 50 Albums of 2018^[17]	21
The Line of Best Fit	UK	The Best Albums of 2018^[18]	30
NME	UK	Albums of the Year 2018^[19]	39
The A.V. Club	US	The Best Indie and Rock Albums of 2018^[20]	N/A
Los Angeles Times	US	Best Albums of 2018^[21]	N/A

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Clean liner notes.^[22]

• Sophie Allison – guitar; vocals; bass
• Julian Powell – lead guitar
• Nick Brown – drums
• Gabe Wax – piano; synthesizer; mellotron; bass; guitar; drum programming; percussion
• Roger Kleinman – piano; synth
• Ali Chant – mixing
• Sami Alam – front cover photo

External links

• Clean at Bandcamp

Notes and References

1. Web site: Soccer Mommy - Clean - Official Store . Fat Possum Records . 4 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190503001752/https://store.fatpossum.com/products/clean . 3 May 2019 . English . Released: 03/02/2018.
2. Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2018 . . November 26, 2018 . November 26, 2018.
3. Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2018 . . December 11, 2018 . December 16, 2018.
4. Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2018 . . December 13, 2018 . December 16, 2018.
5. Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2018 . . December 4, 2018 . December 17, 2018.
6. Web site: 50 Best Albums of 2018: Critics' Picks . . December 10, 2018 . December 17, 2018.
7. Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2018 . . December 4, 2018 . December 17, 2018.
8. Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2018 . . December 3, 2018 . December 17, 2018.
9. Web site: The Best Albums of 2018. Serrano. Shea. 2018-12-04. The Ringer. 2019-01-02.
10. News: The 28 Best Albums of 2018. Pareles. Jon. 2018-12-06. The New York Times. 2019-01-02. Caramanica. Jon. en-US. 0362-4331.
11. Web site: Year in Music 2018: Top Local Albums Critics' Poll. Nashville Scene. 13 December 2018 . en. 2019-01-02.
12. Web site: The 11 best albums of 2018, from Pusha T to Prince. PM. Zach Schonfeld On 12/6/18 at 3:54. 2018-12-06. Newsweek. en. 2019-01-02.
13. Web site: The 10 best pop albums of 2018 (plus 15 top songs) Produced by Advertising Publications. 2018-12-20. The Seattle Times. en-US. 2019-01-02.
14. Web site: The Best Albums of 2018. Miller. Matt. 2018-12-19. Esquire. en-US. 2019-01-02.
15. News: TimeOut's Best of 2018: Top 20 albums. 2018-12-12. . 2019-01-02. en-NZ. 1170-0777.
16. Web site: Exclaim!'s Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, Part One Best of 2018. exclaim.ca. en-ca. 2019-01-02.
17. Web site: BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2018. BrooklynVegan. 21 December 2018 . en-US. 2019-01-02.
18. Web site: The Best Albums of 2018. The Line of Best Fit. en. 2019-01-02.
19. Web site: Best albums of the year 2018. NME. 2018-12-17. NME. en-US. 2019-01-02.
20. Web site: The best indie and rock albums of 2018. Club. The A. V.. Music. 17 December 2018 . en-US. 2019-01-02.
21. Web site: Mikael Wood's best albums of 2018: Searching for glimmers in the sprawl. Wood. Mikael. Los Angeles Times. 20 December 2018 . 2019-01-02.
22. Clean. Soccer Mommy. 2018. Fat Possum Records. CD booklet.