This Is...
by Icona Pop
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Sep 24, 2013
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 49
  3. Negative: 5 out of 49
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  1. mchlkirk77
    Nov 15, 2013
    5
    Have to give this cd a 5. I love the track "I lLove It" and hoped the rest f the cd would be similar fun, sing-a-long, dance music, although it missed the mark for me, and for me, only two or three songs are remotely enjoyable.
  2. Jansk1h
    Feb 26, 2014
    6
    Icona Pops This is just what you might expect from a pop album. 11 songs about partying, sex and sex and partying. The album sure isn't a lyrical masterpiece, but the songs are for the most part pretty easy to listen to.

    Some of the sounds used in the songs sound dirty and there are some parts that make you cringe. (I'm talking about the riff in Then We Kiss, what the hell were you    Icona Pops This is just what you might expect from a pop album. 11 songs about partying, sex and sex and partying. The album sure isn't a lyrical masterpiece, but the songs are for the most part pretty easy to listen to.

    Some of the sounds used in the songs sound dirty and there are some parts that make you cringe. (I'm talking about the riff in Then We Kiss, what the hell were you thinking!?!?) Parts like these make the album seem like a fifteen-year-old DJ made the tracks in his mothers basement, especially when some of the tracks. suffers from bad equalization. (the waveform is for the most part just a flat line...)

    The tracks sound all very much alike and the album starts getting repetitive soon. Thankfully the album isn't that long so it doesn't overstay it's welcome.

    There are 4 tracks added to the Target edition and Fix8's remix of I Love it should give you enough reason to buy the Target edition, since, in my opinion at least, it was the best track of the album.

    Overall This is.. is a decent album full of catchy dance anthems that you can happily rave to in every party you attend. It's not a bad album but isn't really great either.    … Expand

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Nov 1, 2013
    85
    It’s uplifting, motivating and unashamedly simple (which, frankly, is it’s major charm).
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  2. DIY Magazine
    Nov 1, 2013
    60
    It's more than good, but it could have been great.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Oct 28, 2013
    50
    Good moments include the drama-packed ‘Just Another Night’ and the fun pop of ‘On A Roll’, but neither resembles the formulaic trash cluttering the rest of the record.
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