"This Is Happening": the third album by LCD Soundsystem

loooool

micarl is correct, i said 9.0: http://pitchforkreviewspreviews.tumblr.com/post/598115992/lcd-soundsystem-this-is-happening

I know thats what you said! You were closest take the prize, dammit!

thumbs up. you beat the one other person lame enough to predict pitchfork score :)

This very important to me!

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thumbs up. you beat the one other person lame enough to predict pitchfork score :)

― micarl, Monday, May 17, 2010 12:24 AM (1 minute ago)

irl lol

wow, very surprised about this rating (Pitchfork loves James Murphy). this album is great however and will buy it next week.

or i guess that means this week.

Have this on preorder from Amazon for $7.99, no tax or shipping costs. Not bad?

release date purchase !
first time in a long long time i have done that.
and unlike others here, i have not heard any of it, except the live later version of drunk girls, so hoping for a quiet afternoon @ work so i can just soak it all up.

9.2:

This is also by far the bloodiest LCD Soundsystem album-- a series of bare, lacerating manifestos about distance between people, set to the fizzing art/dance-rock greatest hits inside Murphy's skull. "Love is a murderer," he sings on "I Can Change". He's not kidding.

He's not kidding.

After all, Murphy has done what all other music fiends only dream about-- he's flipped the system and become the embodiment of coolness. This is a phenomenal coup.

This is also by far the bloodiest LCD Soundsystem album-- a series of bare, lacerating manifestos about distance between people, set to the fizzing art/dance-rock greatest hits inside Murphy's skull. "Love is a murderer," he sings on "I Can Change". He's not kidding.

I know critics are supposed to analyze words and all that shit, but COME ON.

wait a sec, *I* am an *actual* jerk? thanks pitchfork!

Listening to this album again for the first time since it leaked. Totally did not realize how much I loved these snappy synths in "Dance Yourself Clean"

I stopped by the record release party at Smart Bar since it's a block away and picked up the CD for a discount. Everyone looked about 22 years old. It's cool that a pudgy 40 year-old can still attract that audience. I should have bought tickets when they went on sale even though I don't plan to go, because they're now selling for $75 and up. Metro and other places have begun overselling shows again, and I'm sick of it. I hope it doesn't take more people dying in a fire to bring places back to code.

Finally listened to this proper. Really loving it.

like the first 2 tracks lots but this is kind of a bust

like the first 2 tracks lots but this is kind of a bust

DRUNK GIRLS

you can't front on that

they/he still hasn't quite got the songwriting right

45:33 and the pre-first-album 12"s are still his best longer tracks

would rather hear actual hit attempts than 'you wanted a hit' (10 fuckin' minutes?)

oh man, just picked this up at the rekkid store. no joke, "Dance Yrself Clean" is great

It's a great opening track, unfortunately the album goes like this afterward:

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ofst0025/architecture/downhill-skiing-1.jpg

One Touch and I Can Change are the only tracks I really like

The only track I didn't like was the one whose title I can't remember but was the track on the album most sonically similar to "All My Friends".

"Drunk Girls" totally works as the second track -- i didn't like it in isolation, but right now it sounds awesome

ksh be livebloggin

Don't really love or hate this album, but that "nightclubbing" track is probably the worst.

xxxxxp how do you know that skier doesn't totally nail the landing?

hahaha I just looked at that picture and was like "... after the first track it goes totally fucking awesome, and that's unfortunate?"

Hah, I figured someone would bring that up.

Image was a search result for "falls off a cliff" or something similar...

i think you really need to be at the right place to "get" drunk girls.. for me it was in radio shack

WHITE HEAT

On "You Wanted A Hit" & liking this record a lot </liveblog>

also "dancing" or at least "moving in the chair" fwiw

.. for me it was in radio shack

Pls explain?

let's all post some more pictures that are representative of how much this album sucks

http://www.whistleroutfitters.com/wallpapers/snowboard/1280x960-jump-snowboard-wallpaper.jpg

http://rockclimbingshoesandgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rock-climbing-picture1.jpg

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/base-jump-400.jpg

http://www.jaunted.com/files/admin/hawaii_surfing_nut.jpg

http://diamondcreative.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/excited2.jpg

but that "nightclubbing" track is probably the worst.

this

iatee: A+

http://it-is-law.com/dump/Bear%20Buying%20Honey.jpg

All I Want sounded great coming over the HMV p.a. in central Manc on Sunday. Just perfect.

http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/images/skiing2.jpg

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/253785/420071.jpg

what the