This Is Happening - LCD Soundsystem
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84 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: The third album for the dance-rock band is reportedly James Murphy's last as LCD Soundsystem.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. No Ripcord
    100
    This Is Happening is looking back on a life well lived and well learned, the final cap on a perfect career.
  2. NOW Magazine
    100
    Murphy is still a brat, but this is a more emotionally mature and personal album than most of us thought him capable of.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    If ‘This Is Happening’ must be a parting shot from this smartest and most human of dance machines, it’s a fine one. Though by LCD’s own standards this takes second place to ‘Sound Of Silver’’s unquestionable gold medal, by any other current band’s measure this is an all-out classic.
  4. Mojo
    60
    Familiar elements (Nancy Wang's cheerleading vocals, sparse instrumentation colliding, lyrical misanthropy) are present and correct, but everything is bolder and deeper. [June 2010, p. 93]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 38
  3. Negative: 5 out of 38
  1. Joe-Cool
    10
    This is Happening wonâ
  2. Ricko
    8
    A very enjoyable record and a pity it's LCD's last. The opener Dance Yrself Clean is as good an album introduction as you'll ever here. Followed up by the single Drunk Girls keeps things flowing along nicely. The whole record has got a sound from another time - for some reason New York of the 80's comes to mind when I listen to it. That may just be me but this record definitely stands out amongst other releases of the year for sounding different to anything else. The records centre piece Can Change is a typical example and sounds like something Gary Numan would come out with.… Expand
  3. spektrum_92
    6
    This Is Happening had the potential to be one of the greatest EPs of this generation. Instead, James Murphy has produced an album of three or four hits, intertwined with shameless time-consuming noise.… Expand
  4. mg
    3
    This guy wants so much being the new talking heads that it hurts.

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