This Is... Icona Pop

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This Is... Icona Pop
This Is... Icona Pop by Icona Pop.png
Studio album by
Icona Pop
Released23 September 2013 (2013-09-23)
Recorded2011–2013
Genre
Length32:58
Label
Producer
Icona Pop chronology
Icona Pop
(2012)		This Is... Icona Pop
(2013)		Emergency EP
(2015)
Singles from This Is...
  1. "I Love It"
    Released: 9 May 2012
  2. "We Got the World"
    Released: 15 October 2012
  3. "Girlfriend"
    Released: 4 June 2013
  4. "All Night"
    Released: 23 July 2013
  5. "Just Another Night"
    Released: 27 January 2014

This Is... Icona Pop (also known as simply This Is...) is the second studio album and debut international album by Swedish synth-pop duo Icona Pop, released on 24 September 2013 by Swedish independent record label TEN Music Group and Atlantic Records subsidiary Big Beat Records in the US. [4] "Girlfriend" was released on 4 June 2013 as the first single, [5] followed by "All Night" on 23 July 2013. [4] The album also includes the hit single "I Love It" which was also included on the band's Swedish-only self-titled debut album Icona Pop . [4] On 16 September 2013, the album was made available to stream in full on the Pitchfork website. [6] The album debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club A− [8]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]

This Is... received positive reviews from critics upon its release. The album scored a 69 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based upon 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7] Under the Radar wrote that This Is... "[is a] nurturing, exciting, and very intelligent debut." The A.V. Club described This Is... as "a refreshingly fun album with no pretenses, just plenty of sing-along hooks and dancefloor jams." [8]

Track listing

This Is... Icona Pop track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Love It" (featuring Charli XCX)
  • Berger
  • Style of Eye
2:37
2."All Night"
  • Loelv
  • Lee
3:06
3."We Got the World"
Loelv3:07
4."Ready for the Weekend"
  • Loelv
  • Lo
  • Jawo
  • Hjelt
Loelv2:42
5."Girlfriend"
2:50
6."In the Stars"
Rogers3:16
7."On a Roll"
  • Shellback
  • Svensson [a]
  • Kool Kojak [a]
3:12
8."Just Another Night"
3:09
9."Hold On"
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • Benjamin Eli Hanna
Stargate3:17
10."Light Me Up"
  • Nick Scapa
  • Hall
  • Jawo
  • Hjelt
  • Loelv
  • Lo
  • 10k Islands
  • Johan Wedel
3:20
11."Then We Kiss"
2:22
Total length:32:58
German digital bonus tracks [13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."I Love It" (Club Edit; featuring Charli XCX)
  • Berger
  • Aitchison
  • Eklöw
  • Berger
  • Style of Eye
5:06
13."All Night" (Cash Cash Remix Radio Edit)
  • Loelv
  • Lee
  • Jawo
  • Hjelt
  • Littlemore
  • Steele
  • Sloan
  • Loelv
  • Lee
3:26
Total length:41:32
Target edition bonus tracks [14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Nights Like This"
  • Loelv
  • Jawo
  • Hjelt
Loelv3:25
13."Heads Up"
  • Loelv
  • Jawo
  • Hjelt
  • Loelv
  • Wedel
2:59
14."Lovers to Friends"
  • Loelv
  • Jawo
  • Hjelt
Loelv2:58
15."I Love It" (Fix8 Mix)
  • Berger
  • Aitchison
  • Eklöw
  • Berger
  • Style of Eye
  • Fix8 [c]
5:04
Total length:47:24
Japanese bonus tracks [15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."I Love It" (Tiësto Club Life Remix; featuring Charli XCX)
  • Berger
  • Aitchison
  • Eklöw
4:30
Total length:51:54

Notes

Personnel

Credits for This Is... Icona Pop adapted from AllMusic. [16]

Charts

Chart performance for This Is... Icona Pop
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 62
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 96
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [19] 120
French Albums (SNEP) [20] 185
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 99
Irish Albums (IRMA) [22] 65
Italian Albums (FIMI) [23] 77
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [24] 78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] 46
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 86
US Billboard 200 [27] 36
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [28] 3

Certifications

Certifications for This Is... Icona Pop
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [29] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for This Is... Icona Pop
RegionDateFormatLabel
France [30] 23 September 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
United States [31] 24 September 2013 Big Beat
Japan [32] 25 September 2013 Warner Music Japan
United Kingdom [33] 4 November 2013
Germany [34] 8 November 2013

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