This Is Happening
by LCD Soundsystem

This Is Happening by LCD Soundsystem
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-05-12
Overall rank: 202nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,150 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2010 (5th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 2010s (22nd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (202nd)

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LCD Soundsystem bestography

This Is Happening is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by LCD Soundsystem on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by LCD Soundsystem is Sound Of Silver which is ranked number 109 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,721.

LCD Soundsystem album bestography « Higher ranked (109th)
Sound Of Silver
This album (202nd)
This Is Happening
Lower ranked (626th) »
American Dream

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This Is Happening track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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This Is Happening rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 202nd | 2010s rank: 22nd | 2010 rank: 5th
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2026mutantTop 100 Greatest Music Albums57/10043
2026jonny5244Top 23 Music Albums of 201013/232
2026 LebowskiRamsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums57/10044
2026 paladisiac21st century top albums 001-1004/100 -
2026RiveraTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s33/10014
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2026 baystateoftheartTop 100 Music Albums of 201050/1003
2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 201013/904
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2026blueandthemoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s57/1009
2026mutantTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s19/10016
2026stangetzawayTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s26/10015
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 79 Music Albums of 201042/792
2026leniadTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s12/10018
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2026VanillaBeanTop 50 Music Albums of 201041/501
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s10/10018
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 884
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 7,528
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Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,150 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.4/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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100/100
From 07/12/2024 20:58 | #304267
Sounds of silver is better but I vibe with this one more
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85/100
From 11/08/2023 02:21 | #299865
Track 8: it doesn't exists for me
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90/100
From 01/17/2023 10:31 | #292962
A sonic delight that serves as an ode to the New York punk scene with a fresh interpretation of the scene filled with great electronic instrumentation and hard hitting melodies.
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95/100
From 10/30/2022 12:44 | #290910
Album Rating: 85.11
(766/9)

1.Dance Yrself Clean. 91
2.Drunk Girls. 78
3.One Touch. 76
4.All I Want. 88
5.I Can Change. 91
6.You Wanted A Hit. 90
7.Pow Pow. 86
8.Somebody's Calling Me. 80
9.Home. 88
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85/100
From 09/25/2021 14:32 | #274168
A pegada de dance-rock é fantástica!
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85/100
From 08/18/2021 10:02 | #272624
This album is a joy to listen to as every song is allowed to progress and fulfil its true potential. This best showed on Dance Yrself Clean, I Can Change and You Wanted A Hit. All of these are amazing tracks and work both within the album and separate from the album. There is so many highs and so much to explore on this record that it is difficult to know where to start. Every song is multi-layered and allows for exploration and the lyrics are also really great as well. If there has to be a down side to this album it is the fact that it slows down near the end with Pow Pow and Somebody's Calling Me not really living up to the greatness around them. The last track however is a fantastic closer and one of the best on the record. Overall, definitely worth a listen and is still an amazing album overall.
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90/100
From 06/24/2020 10:21 | #254380
Highlights:

- Dance Yrself Clean
- Drunk Girls
- All I Want
- You Wanted A Hit
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85/100
From 04/23/2020 22:54 | #250453
Favorite Tracks: Dance Yrself Clean, I Can Change, Home
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100/100
From 04/20/2020 23:38 | #250294
this is my favourite album ever. it's hard to even write about how much i love it. it's warm, funny, bittersweet and every second of it makes you happy to be alive, happy to have friends, happy to be going out and having fun. it sounds like life - it's nostalgic, heartbroken, drunk, bitter, sarcastic, hungover and starry-eyed. sorry for the wank, i just can't help it. james murphy, thank you x
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80/100
From 12/08/2019 06:15 | #245431
As fun as Sound of Silver, and more interesting.
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