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91
In many ways, Icona Pop has created a slightly more risqué, electro-charged version of the Spice Girls’ friendship-focused, rose-colored world.
10y
80
This Is…Icona Pop is a consistently fun album, and it would be even without their big single.
10y
75
This Is…Icona Pop is a pleasant surprise: it's something more than just 11 tracks of padding around an undeniable hit.
10y
75
By a careful balance of producers, personality, and expectation-handling, This Is... succeeds where most modern pop records fail: it's a nurturing, exciting, and very intelligent debut.
10y
70
Nearly every song has that sugary/savory mix, and although it's by now a familiar recipe, Icona Pop and their almost exclusively Scandinavian collaborators almost always ace it.
10y
67
They may be self-described nineties bitches, but Icona Pop have developed mastery over a sound that is nothing if not belonging entirely to the now.
10y
60
Perhaps the most disappointing thing is that while This Is… showcases a few worthy songs outside of the song, there’s also a fair amount of filler, tracks largely interchangeable with one another even after a few listens.
10y
Round after round, This Is... Icona Pop gifts powerful anthems for a diversity of emotions' oceans. Alongside the 11 tracks, no one seems to ruin off the overall conception, it hooks even if the watered-down parts pop up, and as the lyrics behind the songs say, all is about to have fun, so this LP is the right choice to feel it.
FAVS: I Love It, All Night, Girlfriend, In the Stars, Just Another Night, Then We Kiss
LEAST FAV: Hold On
This objectively is not a great album, but it’s just so much fun and has such a nostalgic sound that I can’t help but like it. I Love It is the obvious standout with it being one of the most Iconic songs of the year, and even some of the B-sides are excellent.
<3 I Love It, All Night, Hold On, Then We Kiss
1 - I Love It - 9/10 ✨
2 - All Night - 6.5/10
3 - We Got The World - 6.5/10
4 - Ready for the Weekend - 7.5/10
5 - Girlfriend - 9/10 ✨
6 - In the Stars - 8/10 ✨
7 - On a Roll - 7.5/10
8 - Just Another Night - 6.5/10
9 - Hold On - 7/10
10 - Light Me Up - 6/10
11 - Then We Kiss - 7.5/10
Score; 73
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Track List
| 1 | I Love It 2:37 feat. Charli XCX | 87 |
| 2 | All Night 3:07 | 84 |
| 3 | We Got the World 3:07 | 78 |
| 4 | Ready for the Weekend 2:42 | 80 |
| 5 | Girlfriend 2:51 | 70 |
| 6 | In the Stars 3:17 | 63 |
| 7 | On a Roll 3:12 | 45 |
| 8 | Just Another Night 3:09 | 65 |
| 9 | Hold On 3:18 | 43 |
| 10 | Light Me Up 3:20 | 58 |
| 11 | Then We Kiss 2:18 | 48 |
Total Length: 32 minutes
Year End Lists
| #20 | / | Amazon |
| #31 | / | The Line of Best Fit |
| #60 | / | PopMatters |
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Added on: July 23, 2013