This Is... Icona Pop Explained
| This Is... Icona Pop |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Icona Pop |
| Cover: | This Is... Icona Pop by Icona Pop.png |
| Alt: | Two topless women with one's hands pointing up on top of another one's head, resembling ears and another embracing the woman in front. The front woman's breasts are covered by a white box with text reading "THIS IS..." |
| Recorded: | 2011–2013 |
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| Length: | 32:58 |
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| Prev Title: | Icona Pop |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Emergency EP |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
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 as the first single,[5] followed by "All Night" on .[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.
Reception
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". 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."
Track listing
Notes
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- signifies a remixer.
Personnel
Credits for This Is... Icona Pop adapted from AllMusic.[7]
- Adis Adamsson – executive producer
- Nicki Adamsson – vocal engineer
- Matt Beckley – vocal engineer, vocal producer
- Patrik Berger – mixing, musician, producer, programming, vocal engineer, vocal producer
- Amanda Bergman – background vocals
- Tim Blacksmith – executive producer
- Benny Blanco – musician, producer, programming
- Charli XCX – featured artist, background vocals
- Robert Cohen – engineer
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Danny D. – executive producer
- Rainer Davies – guitar
- Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – engineer, musician, programming
- Emma Essinger – background vocals
- Fredrik Etoall – photography
- Read Fasse – keyboards, programming
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Ross Golan – vocals
- Gene Grimaldi – mastering
- Andrew Haas – guitar
- Ola Håkansson – executive producer
- Fransisca Hall – background vocals
- John Hanes – mixing engineer
- Patrick Hart – keyboards
- Tor Erik Hermansen – musician, programming
- Caroline Hjelt – executive producer
- Icona Pop – primary artist
- Aino Jawo – executive producer
- Mark Knight – producer
- Kool Kojak – additional production, keyboards
- Markus Krunegård – musician, producer, programming
- Brian Lee – musician, producer, programming
- Colin Leonard – mastering
- Rafi Levy – guitar
- Tove Lo – background vocals
- Elof Loelv – mixing, musician, producer, programming, vocal engineer, vocal producer, background vocals
- Andrew Luftman – production coordination
- Blake Mares – engineer
- Robert Orton – mixing
- Caweh Passereh – producer
- Noah Passovoy – engineer
- James Reynolds – producer
- Daniela Rivera – assistant engineer, engineer
- Brian Robertson – bass
- Jarrad "Jaz" Rogers – musician, producer, programming
- Chris Rude – keyboards
- Nick Scapa – keyboards, programming, background vocals
- Chris Sclafani – assistant
- Shellback – keyboards, producer, programming, background vocals
- Stargate – musician, producer, programming
- Style of Eye – musician, producer, programming
- Peter Svensson – additional production, guitar
- Phil Tan – mixing
- Carolyn Tracey – package production
- Virgilio Tzaj – art direction, design
- Miles Walker – engineer
- Johan Wedel – keyboards, producer, programming
- Scott "Yarnov" Yarnovsky – production coordination
Charts
Release history
Notes and References
- Web site: Lipshutz. Jason. Icona Pop, ‘This Is… Icona Pop’: Track-By-Track Review. Billboard. 18 September 2013 . en.
- Web site: Zoladz. Lindsay. This Is… Icona Pop. Pitchfork. 26 September 2013 . en.
- Gentile . John . The Dark Side of Icona Pop . . 20 September 2013 . 19 December 2017.
- Icona Pop Announce 'This Is…' Album, Unveil New Single 'All Night' . Billboard . 11 September 2013 . 23 July 2013.
- Lipshutz . Jason . Icona Pop Returns With 'Girlfriend': Hear New International Single . Billboard . 21 June 2013 . 30 May 2013.
- Web site: Icona Pop: This Is... Icona Pop. Pitchfork.
- Web site: This Is.. Icona Pop – Credits. AllMusic. 29 July 2015.
- The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 30 September 2013 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20131023130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20131024-0000/issue1231.pdf . The ARIA Report . dead . 23 October 2013 . 24 October 2013 . . . 1231 . 23 December 2023.
- Web site: This is...Icona Pop: Icona Pop: Amazon.fr: Musique . Amazon.fr . Sep 19, 2013.
- Web site: This is...Icona Pop: Icona Pop: Music . Amazon . Sep 19, 2013.
- Web site: Icona Pop/ アイコナ・ポップ「THIS IS... ICONA POP / ディス・イズ...アイコナ・ポップ (通常盤)」 Warner Music Japan. ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン Warner Music Japan. June 23, 2020. ja-JP.
- Web site: This is...Icona Pop: Icona Pop: Music . iTunes . Sep 19, 2013.
- Web site: This is...Icona Pop: Icona Pop: Amazon.de: Musik . Amazon.de . Sep 19, 2013.
