This Is... Icona Pop | ||||
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Studio album by Icona Pop | ||||
Released | 23 September 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012-2013 | |||
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Length | 32:58 | |||
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Metacritic | 69/100 |
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Pitchfork Media | (7.5/10) |
The A.V. Club | A- |
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This Is... Icona Pop (also known as This Is...) is the second studio album and debut international album by Swedish duo Icona Pop, released on 24 September 2013 by Swedish independent record label TEN and Atlantic Records subsidiary Big Beat Records in the US. "Girlfriend" was released on 4 June 2013 as the first single, followed by "All Night" on 23 July 2013 . 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. On 16 September 2013, the album was made available to stream in full on the Pitchfork Media website. The album debuted at no. 36 on the Billboard 200 and fell to no. 136 in its second week.
This Is... received positive reviews from critics upon its release. The album scored an 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."
Credits for This Is... Icona Pop adapted from AllMusic.