This Is... Icona Pop

This Is... Icona Pop (also known as simply 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 Music Group and Atlantic Records subsidiary Big Beat Records in the US.[2] "Girlfriend" was released on 4 June 2013 (2013-06-04) as the first single,[3] followed by "All Night" on 23 July 2013 (2013-07-23).[2] 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.[2] On 16 September 2013, the album was made available to stream in full on the Pitchfork Media website.[4] The album debuted at no. 36 on the Billboard 200 and fell to no. 136 in its second week.

This Is... Icona Pop
Studio album by Icona Pop
Released	23 September 2013 (2013-09-23)
Recorded	2011–2013
Genre	Electro house dance-pop[1]
Length	32:58
Label	TEN Big Beat Atlantic
Producer	Stargate Elof Loelv Patrik Berger Style of Eye Brian Lee Jarrad Rogers Shellback Kool Kojak Benny Blanco Justin Parker 10k Islands
Icona Pop chronology
Icona Pop (2012) This Is... Icona Pop (2013) Emergency EP (2015)
Singles from This Is...
"I Love It" Released: 9 May 2012 "We Got the World" Released: 15 October 2012 "Girlfriend" Released: 4 June 2013 "All Night" Released: 23 July 2013 "Just Another Night" Released: 27 January 2014

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	7.5/10[6]
The A.V. Club	A-[7]
AllMusic	[8]
Consequence of Sound	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]

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".[5] 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."[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love It" (featuring Charli XCX)	Patrik Berger Charlotte Aitchison Linus Eklöw	Berger Style of Eye	2:37
2.	"All Night"	Elof Loelv Brian Lee Aino Jawo Caroline Hjelt Nick Littlemore Luke Steele Jonathan Sloan	Loelv Lee	3:06
3.	"We Got the World"	Loelv Jawo Hjelt Tove Lo Eklöw Nicole Morier	Loelv	3:07
4.	"Ready for the Weekend"	Loelv Lo Jawo Hjelt	Loelv	2:42
5.	"Girlfriend"	Mack Jawo Hjelt James Reynolds Mark Knight Caweh Passereh Mikkel S. Eriksen Tor Erik Hermansen Marvin Harper Ricy Rouse Tupac Shakur Tyrone Wrice	Stargate Knight^[a] Reynolds^[a] Passereh^[a]	2:50
6.	"In the Stars"	Jarrad "Jaz" Rogers Fransisca Hall Anjulie Persaud	Rogers	3:16
7.	"On a Roll"	Peter Svensson Kool Kojak Shellback	Shellback Svensson^[a] Kool Kojak^[a]	3:12
8.	"Just Another Night"	Hermansen Eriksen Benjamin Levin Dan Omelio Ross Golan Justin Parker	Stargate Benny Blanco	3:09
9.	"Hold On"	Eriksen Hermansen Benjamin Eli Hanna	Stargate	3:17
10.	"Light Me Up"	Nick Scapa Hall Jawo Hjelt Loelv Lo	10k Islands Johan Wedel	3:20
11.	"Then We Kiss"	Markus Krunegård Jarvis Anderson Berger Jawo Hjelt Loelv	Berger Markus Krunegård^[a]	2:22
Total length:				32:48

Target edition bonus tracks[11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Nights Like This"	Loelv Jawo Hjelt	Loelv	3:25
13.	"Heads Up"	Loelv Jawo Hjelt	Loelv Wedel	2:59
14.	"Lovers to Friends"	Loelv Jawo Hjelt	Loelv	2:58
15.	"I Love It" (Fix8 Mix)	Berger Aitchison Eklöw	Berger Style of Eye Fix8^[c]	5:04
Total length:				47:14

Japanese bonus tracks[12]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"I Love It" (Tiësto Club Life Remix)	Berger Aitchison Eklöw	Berger Style of Eye Tiësto^[c]	4:30
Total length:				51:44

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer.
• ^{^[c]} signifies a remixer.

Personnel

Credits for This Is... Icona Pop adapted from AllMusic.[13]

• 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
• Matt Engelman – A&R
• Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – engineer, musician, programming
• Emma Essinger – background vocals
• Fredrik Etoall – photography
• Read Fasse – keyboards, programming
• Pete Ganbarg – A&R
• 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
• Marisa Illo – marketing
• Aino Jawo – executive producer
• Mark Knight – producer
• Kool Kojak – additional production, keyboards
• Markus Krunegård – musician, producer, programming
• Henke Larsson – A&R
• 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
• Aryanna Platt – A&R
• 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
• Dane Vemble – marketing
• Miles Walker – engineer
• Johan Wedel – keyboards, producer, programming
• Scott "Yarnov" Yarnovsky – production coordination

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
scope="row"	French Albums (SNEP)[14]	185
scope="row"	Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[15]	78
scope="row"	UK Albums (OCC)[16]	86
US Billboard 200[17]	36
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[18]	3

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
France[19]	23 September 2013	CD digital download	TEN Atlantic
United States[20]	24 September 2013		Big Beat
Japan[21]	25 September 2013		Warner Music Japan
United Kingdom[22]	4 November 2013		TEN Atlantic
Germany[23]	8 November 2013

References

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