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| 4.5 superb | conradtao EMERITUS | April 25th 10 |
If your favorite LCD tracks are along the lines of "North American Scum" and "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House", there won't be much to love here. But if you fell in love with Sound Of Silver thanks to the rollicking slow build of "All My Friends" or the quiet heartbreak of "Someone Great", there's plenty of great stuff to be had here. There is not a single weak track here (even the slightly disappointing "Drunk Girls" works on record), and several of them are transcendental - the way the synths burst in at the three-minute mark in "Dance Yrself Clean" is incredible and the driving riff of "All I Want" gives the piano figure of "All My Friends" a run for its money.
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| 2.0 poor | Iai EMERITUS | April 16th 10 |
On "Drunk Girls", James Murphy cannily observes that drunk girls will wait an hour to pee. Thanks. For. That.
You know all the lazy, average filler that's all over the last two LCD Soundsystem records? You know how you forgave them for it because there were tracks as great as "Daft Punk is Playing at My House" and "North American Scum" to make up for it? You know how much you'd have disliked and ignored those albums if it wasn't for those tracks? This is Happening is that album. It's been fun, Mr. Murphy, but I think I'm leaving you behind at this point.
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| 0.0 | Lewis EMERITUS | April 15th 10 |
New York I love you, but you're bringing me down.
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| 0.0 | DocSportello | April 14th 10 |
This really isn't as good as people make it out to be.
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| 0.0 | robin | April 15th 10 |
Album artwork warranted a jerk of the head to check if it was Nick Griffin. It wasn't, so that's good.
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| 4.5 superb | patrickfannon | May 18th 11 |
An elegant swan song from the old-scruffy dancemaster himself, James Murphy and his LCD Soundstytem. Superbly arranged and executed dance rock that is sure to get any white people party grooving as hard as they can try. Farewell and adieu, James. Thanks for the tunes.
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| 0.0 | Ewgads | May 12th 10 |
You know how people complain about filler ruining or obstructing an album? Just pretend that filler=just about every song here.
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| 4.5 superb | JackisJack | July 19th 23 |
LCD Soundsystem's "This is Happening" is an album that requires patience in more ways than one. The group loves slow build ups, carefully pulling the listener along until they eventually reach a powerful crescendo that makes all the wait worth it. Tracks on this LP range from fun (Drunk Girls), to powerfully groovy (One Touch), to emotionally vibrant (All I Want). Genuinely speaking, I first listened to this album while going for a run one day, and I had to stop and just take in what was happening during the latter half of "All I Want", an experience I will forever yearn to have for the first time again. This album is impossible not to recommend considering its ability to pull the listener in and keep them there as the songs progress further and further, shooting above your expectations each and every time.
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| 4.0 excellent | Introu1 | August 12th 21 |
An amazing well crafted album with some insane songs all the way threw 4,2/5
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| 3.5 great | charlopiano | July 13th 21 |
I gotta say that the production is really impressive on this record. In kinda every way possible. All I want, a spiritual successor to Bowie's heroes really gives another meaning to the song, both in the production and the lyrics. But my problem with this record, aside from the Bowie track is the lyrics, to me, they really didn't do much, throughout the whole album. Still I'd recommend it if you like futuristic snappy production, a clearly must-listen in the genre.
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| 3.0 good | olisz | November 6th 19 |
Hinestly, I don't get the hype fot this album. There are some amazing tracks on here, for example opener "Dance Yrself Clean" and closer "Home" I enjoy very much, but in between i find the tracklisting rather unconsitent. Most of these songs are longer than they should be, and bring nothing new to the table after half of their runtime. In general though I still enjoy this album to some extend.
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| 4.1 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | August 26th 19 |
James Murphy paying homage to his heroes (Bowie, Iggy Pop, Talking Heads), but this time he doesn't reinvent anything (as his first two albums did): rather he goes as far as possible with the template he already had: slow build-ups bursting into electronic energy (Dance Yrself Clean - and I still don't get that drum fill towards the end of the song), punkish drunken anthems to both dance and sing along (Drunk Girls), Bowie homage (All I Want), and basically everything Murphy has already done. This makes for an exceptionnally fun record that, understandably, fails to bring the freshness the first two LCD LPs had. This still makes for an extremely modern record, and a particularly fitting one for the decade's beginning on top of that, bringing together rock, punk, electronic and dance. Kind of a shame he went back with American Dream, this record right here was an ideal conclusion to the band (along with that legendary Madison Square Garden live, ooooowheeeee). Even though it was not truly the end, for a while it felt like the perfect one.
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| 2.6 average | praise jimmy EMERITUS | April 24th 14 |
Clean yrself off and dance some more, Mr. Murphy. This time, turn 90 degrees to the left?
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| 3.5 great | TheGreatFedora | April 18th 11 |
I flip flop a lot on this album. 4 or 5 of the songs are absolutely amazing, the rest are just fine.
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| 4.5 superb | teoferrazzi | March 3rd 11 |
each track streamrolls without mercy from beginning to end. dance-y and cerebral in equal proportions.
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| 1.5 very poor | croaker | January 8th 11 |
wanted a hit what i got was a shit. james murphy hates this album.
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| 4.5 superb | caprio4us | October 24th 10 |
First time ever to change my rating, sorry for the advance judgment
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| 5.0 classic | MrBobDobbelina | July 29th 10 |
Over halfway through 2010 and I have to say this is probably my favourite album for the year. As much as I love some of the other stuff like Broken Social Scene, The National, Caribou, Big Boi, Bonnie Prince Billy and many others (It's a great year for music) This one stands out! I rate LCD Soundsystem as one of the truely great bands of the last decade. I saw them live not that long ago and they absolutely blew my mind. It's one of the great musical experiences out there. What a gifted bunch of people. And apart from the great music it's the lyrics that as you delve into them make it worth your while. 5 out of 5 and than some!
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| 3.0 good | wunnsburgian | June 1st 10 |
I'm sorry Mr. Murphy. But, apart from the actually mindblowing Dance Yrself Clean (and a few other good tracks here and there) this is not up to scratch. Same old, same old.
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| 3.0 good | Enotron | May 18th 10 |
Prog Dance, robertsona? Really?
Getting past that, this album is hardly an ambitious effort but seems to make it think so with it's tedious song lengths. Would've been better as 3-4 minute tracks. Would've been actually fun, because this record has downright funky moments.
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| 3.0 good | Shrapnel94 | May 13th 10 |
pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow pow
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| 4.5 superb | DoubtGin | April 19th 10 |
LCD Soundsystem already created two exceptionally good albums with their self-titled and "Sound of Silver", and they did it again: "This Is Happening" is a great collection of dance-y song. I was left a bit disappointed by "Drunk Girls", which was the first released track out of that album. It was slightly repetitive and felt boring. But the other tracks are frigging awesome. This album is clearly not for everyone, since its full of long dance songs (9 songs in total; most of these succeed the 6 minute mark) that don't change a lot in structure and lyrics , but James Murphy and co. do so well in creating cleverly crafted pop songs that in the end, it doesnt matter
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| 0.0 | chambered89 | April 16th 10 |
3.5 seems fit for now, however this will probably growwww
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| 4.5 superb | Andre3000 | April 15th 10 |
fuckin' aye. and drunk girls is a great song, why all the bad feeling fellas?
personal highlight has to be pow pow though. losing my edge - but better
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| 4.5 superb | JoshieG | April 15th 10 |
Insultingly good. While it draws obvious inspiration from Talking Heads, Murphy's latest (and apparently last) is a meticulously crafted body of work that is fresh, vibrant and consistent. 'Pow Pow' raises the roof with its sick, tribal-oriented grooves while 'One Touch', albeit slightly reminiscent of Get Innocuous, offers a thumping synth driven beat that refuses to let go.
An essential purchase.
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| 3.5 great | MrCalum | April 14th 10 |
Think i will actually rate this higher when i get hold of it, wasn't too into the first couple of songs but was really digging the last 4.
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