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This Is Happening

84
Metascore
38 reviews
8.6
User Score
238 ratings
Label: DFA/Virgin
Album Details: The third album for the dance-rock band is reportedly James Murphy's last as LCD Soundsystem.
The third album for the dance-rock band is reportedly James Murphy's last as LCD Soundsystem.
Label: DFA/Virgin
Genre(s): Indie Rock Electronic Alternative
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Home, home, home Home, home, home Take me home Just do it right Make it perfect and real Because it's everything Though everything was never the...
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Metascore Universal acclaim
34 Positive Ratings 89%
4 Mixed Ratings 10%
0 Negative Ratings 0%
100
"Golden-voiced Murphy, however, doesn't try for any cheap Bowie-baritone vocal mimicry, and his lyrics and musicianship have greater depth and polish. The best inspiration should come with improvements, and Murphy's are vast." ... Read full review
93
"While it’s certainly still working for him now—This Is Happening is, in all respects, LCD’s best album—it doesn’t take much to imagine the act becoming a tired gag a couple more albums down the line." ... Read full review
90
"Not only has the band wrapped up the themes of the record with impeachable, spotless playing and production, but the man at the center of it all hasn’t lost his penchant for writing quality tunes either, as nearly anything you blind-spot off This Is Happening will prove." ... Read full review
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." ... Read full review
80
"You could argue that This Is Happening lacks its predecessor's startling sense of mapping out new territories, but if it confines itself to doing what LCD Soundsystem do, it does it all incredibly well." ... Read full review
75
"This Is Happening brims with smaller joys: the contrast between the wafer-dry vocal harmonies and funk-sopping synth bass on “Dance Yourself Clean”; the cut-rate laser noises on the calisthenic banger “Pow Pow.” These things accrue into a wry loveliness that’s never easy or expected." ... Read full review
40
"Despite occasional flashes of brilliance it’s a patchy, derivative work." ... Read full review
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User Score Universal acclaim
217 Positive Ratings 91%
11 Mixed Ratings 4%
10 Negative Ratings 4%
10
KevinG.
May 19, 2010
Really really good.
10
Iky1230
Oct 6, 2011
When "New York I love you" I literally cried. Great album for a great band. I had the pleasure of seeing their final concert, I will never forget it
10
Joe-Cool
Aug 13, 2010
This is Happening wonâ
9
Nick
May 22, 2010
The album proclaims "You wanted a hit/Well maybe we don't do hits". If the charts were up to me, LCD Soundsystem would have had loads of The album proclaims "You wanted a hit/Well maybe we don't do hits". If the charts were up to me, LCD Soundsystem would have had loads of hits by now. Expand
8
MaxK
May 23, 2010
Slightly disappointed with this album after the stellar Sound of Silver. Just a tiny bit too much balladry on here IMO. Still pretty Slightly disappointed with this album after the stellar Sound of Silver. Just a tiny bit too much balladry on here IMO. Still pretty kick-ass, though. Recommended. Expand
7
Film_Fanatic_15
Nov 22, 2010
The album should've been revisited before release, although the most beautiful thing about this album is that it's actually fun to listeningThe album should've been revisited before release, although the most beautiful thing about this album is that it's actually fun to listening to, but some of the songs need some editing for run time. Expand
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Zeus
May 18, 2010
"...it doesn