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Even considering his bold-name touchstones for This Is Happening, it would be shortsighted to cry rip-off; Murphy is remaking essential 70s art-rock in his own hyper-modern, self-aware image.
If Sound of Silver was the sound of someone reaching far enough to make something just plain great, then This is Happening is the sound of a man with great taste who really understands music, making dumb body music with hidden depths if anyone cares to investigate.
| # 4 - | A.V. Club |
| # 5 - | Amazon |
| # 6 - | Billboard |
| # 9 - | Clash |
| # 17 - | Consequence of Sound |
| # 9 - | Drowned in Sound |
| # 36 - | MOJO |
| # 6 - | musicOMH |
| # 4 - | NME |
| # 1 - | No Ripcord |
| # 11 - | One Thirty BPM |
| # 1 - | Paste |
| # 2 - | Pitchfork |
| # 6 - | PopMatters |
| # 7 - | Prefix |
| # 23 - | Q |
| # 1 - | Rhapsody SoundBoard |
| # 10 - | Rolling Stone |
| # 23 - | Slant |
| # 4 - | Spin |
| # 7 - | Spinner |
| # 13 - | Stereogum |
| # 3 - | Time |
| # 9 - | Uncut |
| # 1 - | Amazon (Mid Year) |
| # 2 - | AoTY 2010 |
| # 5 - | NPR Listeners (Mid Year) |
| # 34 - | Pitchfork: The People's List |
