The Strokes - Is This It
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Artist: The StrokesBrand: ROUGH TRADE
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Extra tracks, Import
CD Release Date: 2001-09-03
Music Label: MSI:BMG/RCA
Product features:
- 1 - Is this it
- 2 - The modern age
- 3 - Soma
- 4 - Barely legal
- 5 - Someday
- Is This It
- The Modern Age
- Soma
- Barely Legal
- Someday
- Alone, Together
- Last Nite
- Hard to Explain
- When It Started
- Trying Your Luck
- Take It or Leave It
Music reviews of Is This It
Music Review: Is this it?
Rating: 4 Stars
Media hype follows the Strokes like a hungry dog. But with its classic punk-inspired uptown-grit rock, it's undeniable that while they aren't exactly the saviors of rock'n'roll, they are a solid and enjoyable chunk of it. "Is This It" offers the answer to its own drawled question.
A pounding rhythm and several variations of the question "Is this it?" kick off the title track, a swaying rock melody. Following it are a catchy, gritty collection of lo-fi rockers. The uniquely-named Julian Casablancas drones in a delicious monotone through the fast-moving "Barely Legal," the uneasy "Leave Me Alone," the deceptively simple-sounding "Last Night," and the skipping percussion of "Hard to Explain."
Due to the lavish praise heaped on the Strokes, they've become a love-'em-or-hate-'em phenomena. They're obviously influenced by the legendary Velvet Underground, Stooges and Television, but with a twenty-first century twist of New Yorker ennui and art-rock underpinnings.
Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond's complex guitar riffs are the gems of this album -- they drone, they skip, they reverberate, and they sear. Nikolai Fraiture's bass is a good dark edge, and Fabrizo Moretti's drumming sounds like little strikes of lighting -- fast, sharp and out of the blue. They have plenty of energy and fire, never letting their instrumentation lag.
Julian Casablancas has now become the reference point for male singers who sing in a bored monotone, as if they are too jaded to show emotion in a song. The only time he breaks out of it is in "Barely Legal," where he almost sounds excited at times. "I wanna steal your innocence/To me my life it don't make sense," he says, and sounds like he means it.
This much you can see: The Strokes are far from being the saviors of rock'n'roll. But their punk-tinged New Yawker rock is still some pretty good music, and "Is This It" remains a likable if spotty debut.
Description of Is This It
2002 reissue of their 2001 debut album includes the original track list with the controversial 'New York City Cops' which was replaced with 'Take It Or Leave It' on the US pressing. This import pressing also includes different artwork to the US version. The bonus DVD is in the NTSC/Region 0. The DVD (which features the same content as the US version) includes the bands 3 videos, 'Last Night', 'Hard To Explain' & 'Someday' as well as 2 un-aired live performances from MTV2's '2$Bill' show, 'Modern Age' & 'New York City Cops'. RCA.Alternative Rock CDs
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