- dance-punk, electronic
- 65 min
- 9 tracks
- Parlophone
This Is Happening is the fourth studio album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. It was released first on May 17, 2010, jointly through DFA and Virgin Records in the United States and Parlophone elsewhere. It was recorded over the course of 2009 and early 2010 in the Mansion recording studio in Los Angeles. The first single, "Pow Pow", was released in April 2010, with a music video directed by David Ayer.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 84/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.7/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A−
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork9.2/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
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Tracks
- 1Dance Yrself Clean8:56
- 2Drunk Girls3:42
- 3One Touch7:46
- 4All I Want6:41
- 5I Can Change5:56
- 6You Wanted a Hit9:06
- 7Pow Pow8:23
- 8Somebody’s Calling Me6:53
- 9Home7:53
9 tracks, 65 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- LCD Soundsystem
- Label
- Parlophone
- Released
- 2010
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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