This Is... Icona Pop
{{Infobox album
| name = 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..."
| released = {{Start date|2013|9|23|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2011–2013
| studio =
| genre = *Synth-pop{{Cite web|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|title=Icona Pop, ‘This Is… Icona Pop’: Track-By-Track Review|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/icona-pop-this-is-icona-pop-track-by-track-review-5695596/|magazine=Billboard|date=18 September 2013 |language=en}}
- new wave{{Cite web|last=Zoladz|first=Lindsay|title=This Is… Icona Pop|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18529-icona-pop-this-is-icona-pop/|website=Pitchfork|date=26 September 2013 |language=en}}
- electro house
- dance-pop{{cite magazine |last=Gentile |first=John |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-darker-side-of-icona-pop-20130920 |title=The Dark Side of Icona Pop |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=20 September 2013 |accessdate=19 December 2017}}
| length = 32:58
| label =
| producer =
- Stargate
- Elof Loelv
- Patrik Berger
- Style of Eye
- Brian Lee
- Jarrad Rogers
- Shellback
- Kool Kojak
- Benny Blanco
- Justin Parker
- 10k Islands
| prev_title = Icona Pop
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Emergency EP
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = This Is...
| type = Studio
| single1 = I Love It
| single1date = 9 May 2012
| single2 = We Got the World
| single2date = 15 October 2012
| single3 = Girlfriend
| single3date = 4 June 2013
| single4 = All Night
| single4date = 23 July 2013
| single5 = Just Another Night
| single5date = 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.{{cite magazine
|title=Icona Pop Announce 'This Is…' Album, Unveil New Single 'All Night' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/4302249/icona-pop-announce-this-is-album-unveil-new-single-all-night |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=11 September 2013 |date=23 July 2013}} "Girlfriend" was released on {{Start date|2013|06|04|df=y}} as the first single,{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |title=Icona Pop Returns With 'Girlfriend': Hear New International Single |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1565419/icona-pop-returns-with-girlfriend-hear-new-international-single |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=21 June 2013 |date=30 May 2013}} followed by "All Night" on {{Start date|2013|07|23|df=y}}. 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 website.{{cite web|title=Icona Pop: This Is... Icona Pop|url=http://pitchfork.com/advance/222-this-is-icona-pop/|website=Pitchfork}} The album debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = The A.V. Club
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=Heather Phares |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-mw0002562856 |title=This Is... - Icona Pop | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2013-09-30}}
| rev3 = Consequence of Sound
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Flynn|first=Katherine|title=Album Review: Icona Pop - This Is. . . Icona Pop|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/album-review-icona-pop-this-is-icona-pop/|work=Consequence of Sound|accessdate=Sep 30, 2013|date=Sep 30, 2013}}
| rev4 = Pitchfork
| rev5 = Rolling Stone
| rev5score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|author=Rob Tannenbaum |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/this-is-icona-pop-20130919 |title='This Is . . . Icona Pop' Album Review | Album Reviews |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2013-09-19 |accessdate=2013-09-30}}
}}
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
{{Track listing
| headline = This Is... Icona Pop track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = I Love It
| note1 = featuring Charli XCX
| length1 = 2:37
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
- Patrik Berger
- Charlotte Aitchison
- Linus Eklöw
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
- Berger
- Style of Eye
}}
| title2 = All Night
| length2 = 3:06
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
- Elof Loelv
- Brian Lee
- Aino Jawo
- Caroline Hjelt
- Nick Littlemore
- Luke Steele
- Jonathan Sloan
}}
| extra2 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Lee
}}
| title3 = We Got the World
| length3 = 3:07
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Jawo
- Hjelt
- Tove Lo
- Eklöw
- Nicole Morier
}}
| extra3 = Loelv
| title4 = Ready for the Weekend
| length4 = 2:42
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Lo
- Jawo
- Hjelt
}}
| extra4 = Loelv
| title5 = Girlfriend
| length5 = 2:50
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
- Mack
- Jawo
- Hjelt
- James Reynolds
- Mark Knight
- Caweh Passereh
- Mikkel S. Eriksen
- Tor Erik Hermansen
- Marvin Harper
- Ricy Rouse
- Tupac Shakur
- Tyrone Wrice
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
- Stargate
- Knight{{ref|a|[a]}}
- Reynolds{{ref|a|[a]}}
- Passereh{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title6 = In the Stars
| length6 = 3:16
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
}}
| extra6 = Rogers
| title7 = On a Roll
| length7 = 3:12
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
- Shellback
- Svensson{{ref|a|[a]}}
- Kool Kojak{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title8 = Just Another Night
| length8 = 3:09
| writer8 = {{flatlist|
- Hermansen
- Eriksen
- Benjamin Levin
- Dan Omelio
- Ross Golan
- Justin Parker
}}
| extra8 = {{flatlist|
- Stargate
- Benny Blanco
}}
| title9 = Hold On
| length9 = 3:17
| writer9 = {{flatlist|
- Eriksen
- Hermansen
- Benjamin Eli Hanna
}}
| extra9 = Stargate
| title10 = Light Me Up
| length10 = 3:20
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
- Nick Scapa
- Hall
- Jawo
- Hjelt
- Loelv
- Lo
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
- 10k Islands
- Johan Wedel
}}
| title11 = Then We Kiss
| length11 = 2:22
| writer11 = {{flatlist|
- Markus Krunegård
- Jarvis Anderson
- Berger
- Jawo
- Hjelt
- Loelv
}}
| extra11 = {{flatlist|
- Berger
- Markus Krunegård{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| total_length = 32:58
}}
{{track listing
| headline = German digital bonus tracks{{Cite web | url=https://music.amazon.de/albums/B00IPKLG28 | title=THIS IS... ICONA POP | website=music.amazon.de | date=2013-08-27}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title12 = I Love It
| note12 = Club Edit; featuring Charli XCX
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
- Berger
- Aitchison
- Eklöw
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
- Berger
- Style of Eye
}}
| length12 = 5:06
| title13 = All Night
| note13 = Cash Cash Remix Radio Edit
| length13 = 3:26
| writer13 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Lee
- Jawo
- Hjelt
- Littlemore
- Steele
- Sloan
}}
| extra13 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Lee
}}
| total_length = 41:32
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Target edition bonus tracks{{cite web|url=http://www.target.com/p/icona-pop-this-is-icona-pop-only-at-target/-/A-14847351#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=Icona+pop |title=Icona Pop - This Is... Icona Pop - Only at Target|publisher=Target|accessdate=2013-09-30}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title12 = Nights Like This
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Jawo
- Hjelt
}}
| extra12 = Loelv
| length12 = 3:25
| title13 = Heads Up
| writer13 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Jawo
- Hjelt
}}
| extra13 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Wedel
}}
| length13 = 2:59
| title14 = Lovers to Friends
| writer14 = {{flatlist|
- Loelv
- Jawo
- Hjelt
}}
| extra14 = Loelv
| length14 = 2:58
| title15 = I Love It
| note15 = Fix8 Mix
| writer15 = {{flatlist|
- Berger
- Aitchison
- Eklöw
}}
| extra15 = {{flatlist|
- Berger
- Style of Eye
- Fix8{{ref|c|[c]}}
}}
| length15 = 5:04
| total_length = 47:24
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Japanese bonus tracks{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Icona-Pop_000000000513175/item_This-Is-Icona-Pop_5481969 |title=Icona Pop THIS IS... ICONA POP |publisher=HMV Japan |accessdate=2013-09-30}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title16 = I Love It
| note16 = Tiësto Club Life Remix; featuring Charli XCX
| writer16 = {{flatlist|
- Berger
- Aitchison
- Eklöw
}}
| extra16 = {{flatlist|
- Berger
- Style of Eye
- Tiësto{{ref|c|[c]}}
}}
| length16 = 4:30
| total_length = 51:54
}}
Notes
- {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies a co-producer.
- {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} signifies an additional producer.
- {{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} signifies a remixer.
Personnel
Credits for This Is... Icona Pop adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-icona-pop-mw0002562856/credits|title=This Is.. Icona Pop – Credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=29 July 2015}}
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- 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
- Raia Michaela – 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
{{div col end}}
Charts
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|+Chart performance for This Is... Icona Pop ! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Peak |
scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite magazine|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1231.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20131023130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20131024-0000/issue1231.pdf |magazine=The ARIA Report |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2013 |title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 30 September 2013 |date=24 October 2013 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |via=Pandora Archive |issue=1231 |access-date=23 December 2023}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
| 62 |
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{{album chart|Flanders|96|artist=Icona Pop|album=This Is...|rowheader=true|access-date=23 December 2023}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|120|artist=Icona Pop|album=This Is...|rowheader=true|access-date=23 December 2023}} |
{{album chart|France|185|artist=Icona Pop|album=This Is...|rowheader=true}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|99|id=225294|artist=Icona Pop|album=This Is...|rowheader=true|access-date=23 December 2023}} |
{{album chart|Ireland2|65|artist=Icona Pop|rowheader=true|access-date=23 December 2023}} |
{{album chart|Italy|77|artist=Icona Pop|album=This Is...|rowheader=true|access-date=23 December 2023}} |
{{album chart|Spain|78|artist=Icona Pop|album=This Is...|rowheader=true}} |
{{album chart|Switzerland|46|artist=Icona Pop|album=This Is...|rowheader=true|access-date=23 December 2023}} |
{{album chart|UK2|86|date=20131110|rowheader=true|access-date=23 December 2023}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|36|artist=Icona Pop|rowheader=true|access-date=17 October 2013}} |
{{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|3|artist=Icona Pop|rowheader=true|access-date=17 October 2013}} |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for This Is... Icona Pop}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|award=Gold|artist=Icona Pop|title=This Is... Icona Pop|relyear=2013|certyear=2023|accessdate=30 November 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
Release history
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Icona Pop}}
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Category:TEN Music Group albums
Category:Big Beat Records (American record label) albums
Category:Atlantic Records albums
Category:Dance-pop albums by Swedish artists