This Is Happening

This article is about the LCD Soundsystem album. For the 2015 indie film, see This Is Happening (film).

This Is Happening
Studio album by
LCD Soundsystem
ReleasedMay 17, 2010 (2010-05-17)
RecordedApril 1, 2009 – February 24, 2010
Studio
Genre
Length65:17
Label
ProducerJames Murphy
LCD Soundsystem chronology
45:33 Remixes
(2009) 		This Is Happening
(2010) 		London Sessions
(2010)
LCD Soundsystem studio albums chronology
Sound of Silver
(2007) 		This Is Happening
(2010) 		American Dream
(2017)
Singles from This Is Happening
  1. "Pow Pow"
    Released: April 17, 2010
  2. "Drunk Girls"
    Released: May 3, 2010
  3. "I Can Change"
    Released: July 26, 2010
  4. "Throw (Deluxe edition)"
    Released: 2010[7]

This Is Happening is the third studio album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. It was released first on May 17, 2010, jointly through DFA and Virgin Records in the United States and Parlophone elsewhere. It was recorded over the course of 2009 and early 2010 in the Mansion recording studio in Los Angeles. The first single, "Pow Pow", was released in April 2010, with a music video directed by Spike Jonze. The album is dedicated to Jerry Fuchs (1974–2009), who performed drums live with the band on occasion, as well as having a big part in associated DFA acts.

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