This Is Happening

This article is about the LCD Soundsystem album. For the 2015 indie film, see This Is Happening (film).

This Is Happening
Studio album by LCD Soundsystem
Released	May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17)
Recorded	April 1, 2009 – February 24, 2010
Studio	The Mansion (Los Angeles) DFA (New York City)
Genre	Dance-punk [1] [2] electronica [3] [4] art rock [5] [6]
Length	65:14
Label	DFA Virgin Parlophone
Producer	James Murphy
LCD Soundsystem chronology
45:33 Remixes (2009) This Is Happening (2010) London Sessions (2010)
LCD Soundsystem studio albums chronology
Sound of Silver (2007) This Is Happening (2010) American Dream (2017)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dance Yrself Clean"	Murphy	8:56
2.	"Drunk Girls"	Murphy Pat Mahoney Gavilán Rayna Russom	3:42
3.	"One Touch"	Murphy Nancy Whang Russom	7:45
4.	"All I Want"	Murphy	6:41
5.	"I Can Change"	Murphy Mahoney	5:55
6.	"You Wanted a Hit"	Murphy Al Doyle	9:06
7.	"Pow Pow"	Murphy Mahoney Tyler Pope Whang	8:23
8.	"Somebody's Calling Me"	Murphy	6:53
9.	"Home"	Murphy	7:53
Total length:			65:14

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Throw" (Paperclip People cover)	Carl Craig	10:01
11.	"Oh You (Christmas Blues)"	Murphy	3:51
Total length:			79:06

Personnel

All personnel and credits adapted from album liner notes. ^[46]

LCD Soundsystem James Murphy – vocals (tracks 1–9), guitar (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 9), claps (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 9), drums (tracks 2–4, 6, 9), bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 9), acoustic piano (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8), EMS VCS3 Putney (tracks 4, 6, 8), Korg Poly Ensemble (tracks 5, 6, 8), EMS PolySynthi (tracks 2, 6), EMS Synthi A (tracks 2, 6), Yamaha CS-60 (tracks 3, 5), Casio MT-68 (tracks 3, 8), percussion (tracks 3, 9), Simmons (tracks 5, 7), cowbell (tracks 5, 7), Roland System 100 (tracks 5, 8), Synare (tracks 6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 2), tambourine (track 2), Roland TR-606 (track 3), noise (track 3), glockenspiel (track 3), EML 101 (track 3), Casio CT-410V (track 3), Fun Machine (track 4), Roland TR-808 (track 5), Roland SH-101 (track 5), blocks (track 5), scraper (track 5), clapper (track 5), Moog Rogue (track 6), Moog CDX (track 6), Omnichord (track 7), vocoder (track 7), congas (track 7), snaps (track 8), Wurlitzer SideMan (track 8), Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 (track 9), Casio MT-400 (track 9), EMS VCS3 Putney programming (track 9) Pat Mahoney – vocals (track 2), drums (track 7) Nancy Whang – yells (track 3), vocals (track 7) Tyler Pope – bass (track 7) Phillip Mossman [a] Additional musicians Rayna Russom – EMS PolySynthi (track 2), vocals (track 2), whispers (track 3) Morgan Wiley – acoustic piano (track 2) Al Doyle – guitar (track 6), Yamaha CS-60 (track 6) Jayson Green – vocals (track 7) Jason Disu – trombone (track 8) Matt Thornley – snaps (track 8) Matthew Cash – EMS VCS3 Putney (track 9)

Production James Murphy – production, mixing (tracks 3, 4, 7, 9) Dave Sardy – mixing (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8) Bob Weston – mastering Matthew Thornley – engineering assistance Gunnar Bjerk – engineering assistance Alec Gomez – engineering assistance Andy Brohard – mix assistance Alec Gomez – mix assistance Cameron Barton – mix assistance Release Keith Wood – management Michael Vadino – art direction Brett Tabolt – design Ruvan Wijesooriya – cover photos Craig E. Averill – legal Matthew Cash – human

Charts

The album debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 in its first week on sale, selling approximately 31,000 copies. ^[47] It also topped Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart the same week of its debut, which dethroned Lady Gaga's The Fame from its five-month reign on the chart for one week. ^[48] As of January 2016, the album has sold about 211,000 copies in United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. About 86,800 of those are physical copies, and about 124,500 of those are digital copies. ^[49]

Weekly charts Chart (2010) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [50] 11 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [51] 67 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [52] 37 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [53] 51 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [54] 21 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [55] 47 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [56] 41 French Albums (SNEP) [57] 37 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [58] 53 Greek Albums (IFPI) [59] 6 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [60] 14 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [61] 28 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [62] 17 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [63] 49 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [64] 32 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [65] 37 UK Albums (OCC) [66] 7 US Billboard 200 [67] 10 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [68] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [69] 8 Chart (2011) Position US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [70] 16

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [71]	Silver	60,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes and references

Notes

1. Mossman is credited as a member of the band during recording, but is not attributed to any contributions.

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External links

• This Is Happening at Metacritic