This Is Happening
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Personnel
- James Murphy – synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar, claps, wurlitzer piano, piano, tambourine, drums, vocals, glockenspiel, cowbell, electronic drums, omnichord, vocoder, keyboards, programming
- Gavin Russom – synthesizer, vocals
- Pat Mahoney – vocals, drums
- Nancy Whang – vocals
- Al Doyle – guitar, synthesizer
- Tyler Pope – bass guitar
- Matt Thornley – snaps
Additional personnel
- Morgan Wiley – piano
- Jayson Green – vocals
- Jason Disu – trombone
- Matthew Cash – synthesizer
Reception
The album received "universal acclaim" according to review aggregator MetacriticMetacritic
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, earning an 84/100 rating based on 38 professional reviews. The album also achieved an ADM Rating of 7.7/10 on another review aggregator, AnyDecentMusic?
AnyDecentMusic?
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The album placed third in Exclaim! Magazine's annual Electronic rankings. In writing about the rumour that this may be the last LCD Soundsystem album Cam Lindsay of Exclaim! writes, "If it's the 'end of an era,' at least he left us with his best.". The album was named 2nd best of 2010 by Pitchfork Media. This album was number 10 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
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Chart history
The album debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
in its first week of sales, selling approximately 31,000 copies. It also topped Billboards Dance/Electronic Albums chart the same week of its debut, which dethroned Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
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's The Fame
The Fame
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from its five-month reign on the chart for one week.