This Is... Icona Pop

This Is... Icona Pop
Studio album by Icona Pop
Released 23 September 2013
Recorded 2013
Genre
Length 32:58
Label
Producer
Icona Pop chronology
Icona Pop
(2012)
This Is... Icona Pop
(2013)
Singles from This Is...
  1. "I Love It"
    Released: 9 May 2012
  2. "We Got the World"
    Released: 15 September 2012
  3. "Girlfriend"
    Released: 4 June 2013
  4. "All Night"
    Released: 23 July 2013
  5. "Just Another Night"
    Released: 27 January 2014

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.[1] "Girlfriend" was released on 4 June 2013 as the first single,[2] followed by "All Night" on 23 July 2013.[1] 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.[1] On 16 September 2013, the album was made available to stream in full on the Pitchfork Media website.[3] The album debuted at no. 36 on the Billboard 200 and fell to no. 136 in its second week.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[5]
The A.V. ClubA-[6]
AllMusic[7]
Consequence of Sound[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Trinity Music[10]

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".[11] 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."[12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Love It" (featuring Charli XCX)
  • Berger
  • Style of Eye
2:37
2."All Night"  
  • Loelv
  • Lee
3:06
3."We Got the World"  
Loelv3:07
4."Ready for the Weekend"  
  • Jawo
  • Hjelt
  • Loelv
  • Lo
Loelv2:42
5."Girlfriend"  
  • Stargate
  • Passereh
  • Knight
  • Reynolds
2:50
6."In the Stars"  Rogers3:16
7."On a Roll"  
  • Shellback
  • Kool Kojak
3:12
8."Just Another Night"  
  • Stargate
  • Benny Blanco
  • Parker
3:09
9."Hold On"  
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • Benjamin Eli Hanna
Stargate3:17
10."Light Me Up"  
  • Hall
  • Hjelt
  • Jawo
  • Lo
  • Loelv
  • Nick Scapa
  • Read Fasse
10k Islands3:20
11."Then We Kiss"  
  • Berger
  • Loelv
2:22

Personnel

Credits for This Is... Icona Pop adapted from AllMusic.[15]

  • Adis Adamsson - Executive Producer
  • Nicki Adamsson - Vocal Engineer
  • Charlotte Aitchison - Composer
  • Jarvis Anderson - Composer
  • Matt Beckley - Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer
  • Patrik Berger - Composer, Mixing, Musician, Producer, Programming, Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer
  • Amanda Bergman - Vocals (Background)
  • Tim Blacksmith - Executive Producer
  • Benny Blanco - Musician, Producer, Programming
  • Charli XCX - Featured Artist, Vocals (Background)
  • Robert Cohen - Engineer
  • Tom Coyne - Mastering
  • Danny D. - Executive Producer
  • Rainer Davies - Guitar
  • Linus Eklöw - Composer
  • Matt Engelman - A&R
  • Mikkel Storleer Eriksen - Composer, Engineer, Musician, Programming
  • Emma Essinger - Vocals (Background)
  • Fredrik Etoall - Photography
  • Read Fasse - Keyboards, Programming
  • Pete Ganbarg - A&R
  • Chris Gehringer - Mastering
  • Serban Ghenea - Mixing
  • Ross Golan - Composer, Vocals
  • Gene Grimaldi - Mastering
  • Andrew Haas - Guitar
  • Ola Håkansson - Executive Producer
  • Fransisca Hall - Composer, Vocals (Background)
  • John Hanes - Mixing Engineer
  • Benjamin Eli Hanna - Composer
  • Marvin Harper - Composer
  • Patrick Hart - Keyboards
  • Tor Erik Hermansen - Composer, Musician, Programming
  • Caroline Hjelt - Composer, Executive Producer
  • Icona Pop - Primary Artist
  • Marisa Illo - Marketing
  • Aino Jawo - Composer, Executive Producer
  • Mark Knight - Composer, Producer
  • Kool Kojak - Additional Production, Composer, Keyboards
  • Markus Krunegård - Composer, Musician, Producer, Programming

  • Henke Larsson - A&R
  • Brian Lee - Composer, Musician, Producer, Programming
  • Colin Leonard - Mastering
  • Benjamin Levin - Composer
  • Rafi Levy - Guitar
  • Nick Littlemore - Composer
  • Tove Lo - Composer, Vocals (Background)
  • Elof Loelv - Composer, Mixing, Musician, Producer, Programming, Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer, Vocals (Background)
  • Andrew Luftman - Production Coordination
  • Blake Mares - Engineer
  • Nicole Morier - Composer
  • Dan Omelio - Composer
  • Robert Orton - Mixing
  • Justin Parker - Composer
  • Caweh Passereh - Composer, Producer
  • Noah Passovoy - Engineer
  • Anjulie Persaud - Composer
  • Aryanna Platt - A&R
  • James Reynolds - Composer, Producer
  • Daniela Rivera - Assistant Engineer, Engineer
  • Brian Robertson - Bass
  • Jarrad "Jaz" Rogers - Composer, Musician, Producer, Programming
  • Ricky Rouse - Composer
  • Chris Rude - Keyboards
  • Nick Scapa - Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background)
  • Chris Sclafani - Assistant
  • Tupac Shakur - Composer
  • Shellback - Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background)
  • Jonathan Sloan - Composer
  • Stargate - Musician, Producer, Programming
  • Luke Steele - Composer
  • Style of Eye - Musician, Producer, Programming
  • Peter Svensson - Additional Production, Composer, Guitar
  • Phil Tan - Mixing
  • Carolyn Tracey - Package Production
  • Virgilio Tzaj - Art Direction, Design
  • Dane Vemble - Marketing
  • Miles Walker - Engineer
  • Johan Wedel - Keyboards, Producer, Programming
  • Tyrone Wrice - Composer
  • Scott "Yarnov" Yarnovsky - Production Coordination

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
scope="row" French Albums (SNEP)[16] 185
scope="row" Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[17] 78
scope="row" UK Albums (OCC)[18] 86
US Billboard 200[19] 36

Release history

Region Date Format Label
France[20] 23 September 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
Atlantic
United States[21] 24 September 2013 Big Beat
United Kingdom[22] 4 November 2013 Atlantic
Germany[23] 8 November 2013

References

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  2. Lipshutz, Jason (30 May 2013). "Icona Pop Returns With 'Girlfriend': Hear New International Single". Billboard. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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  5. "Icona Pop: This Is… Icona Pop | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
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  9. Rob Tannenbaum (2013-09-19). "'This Is . . . Icona Pop' Album Review | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
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