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- Original Release Date: 24 Aug 2001
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Is This It | 2:34 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. The Modern Age | 3:32 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Soma | 2:37 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Barely Legal | 3:58 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Someday | 3:07 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Alone, Together | 3:11 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Last Nite | 3:17 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Hard To Explain | 3:47 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. New York City Cops | 3:35 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Trying Your Luck | 3:27 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Take It Or Leave It | 3:16 | £0.79 |
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
To be honest, when I bought this album in a sale, I listened to it and wanted to get 'White Blood Cells' which was also out at the time, but I have never given up on an album, even though it took me just under a year to really appreciate The Strokes.
I love every tune for different reasons, usually the catchy chorus which is totally unexpected, as in 'Alone, Together'. The singles, Last Nite, Hard To Explain and Someday are the better tunes off the album but once you listen, listen and listen you will discover the wonderful world of The Strokes and the howling vocals of Julian Casablancas
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Every so often a band comes along that feels like the moment was designed for them, like a niche of popular culture has been reserved for their presence. And here is the latest one.
In these days where indie-rock is increasingly typecast as miserablist whining, the Strokes were just what was needed - cool, confident and gloriously upbeat. Everything a great rock 'n' roll band should be. The Strokes do nothing particularly new or clever. They just play blistering rock 'n' roll bloody well, and have a real 'bandness' about them. Observe any photo of the band and you see not just a lead singer and some other blokes who might play guitars or something, but a band. You see five young New Yorkers looking self-assured, cool and cocky, looking as if they KNOW they're brilliant, and frankly deserve all the plaudits that come their way. Such arrogance has been embedded in many of the greats - witness the Stone Roses ("the past was yours but the future's mine") - and it comes across in the music itself.
Whizzing by in a mere 35 minutes, 'Is This It' is a classic from start to finish. The band has the audacity to place the album's most downbeat track as it's opener (the title track) and to build it up from there. Next comes the pounding Lou Reed-esque 'The Modern Age' and the album is really moving. 'Soma' and the blistering 'Barely Legal' blast by and leave you breathless, before the muscular introspection of 'Someday' - one of many tracks to feature a classic guitar riff that really should have been thought of earlier. 'Alone Together' starts ordinarily but kicks into one of the most rip-roaring finales in living memory. 'Last Nite' is a glorious rush of Iggy Pop power pop while 'Hard To Explain has the sort of progressive momentum usually associated with dance music. 'N.Y.C Cops' (controversial in the wake of September 11) is perhaps the band's finest hour to date, and is, in a ragged Strokes way, extremely accomplished. After 'Trying Your Luck' and 'Take It or Leave It' wrap the album up, you'll be cursing its brevity but thanking the New-York 5-piece that the new millenium at last has a guitar band to cherish.
They may still be unproven but The Strokes are the most essential band on the planet at the moment. They feel vital and fresh yet timeless. They are currently on top of the world. See them before it's too late...
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Sometimes I wish reviewers would just tell like it is. I live in Argentina and I am largely immune to the dross written in the British and American music press. This group are the best thing to happen to pop music since the early 90´s.
Punchy, absurdly melodic pop songs that defy belief.
Weighing in at just over half an hour this album smacks of a band desperate to show you everything they´ve got in their armoury. I like the way they start with the low-key yet beautifully lacrymose "Is this It." Every single tracks builds to a transcendent melody."The Modern Age," leads in excellently to,"Soma."
A personal favourite is,"Someday," the riff has a anthemic quality to it but the lyrics are movingly distant and understated.
Most of the songs are about love and distant relationships which is comfortable territory for a first record but the slant on everything is somehow distinct to most of the other predictable bands around at the moment. Someone told me they´ve been compared to The Velvet Underground. The person who said that obviously has never listened to The Velvet Underground.
The great thing about this album is the way the guitarists work is tandem.It all sounds so simple but yet they compliment each brilliantly, Nick Valensi provides the drive, whilst Albert Hammond Jnr chips in with his quirky little riffs that keep the listener constantly entertained. The bass player knows what he´s doing as well. Anyone who´s seen them live knows how well they work together as a unit.
They also know how to stop a track, this album never drags, each tune zips along as if they are ready to get on to the next one. Julian´s vocal style is undeniably cool, he brims with confidence and I love the way he throws the odd word in completely against the beat a.k.a Mark E Smith.
Anyone with a genuine love of music will warm to this. So what if they dress cool, isn´t that what Rock and Roll´s meant to be all about about? I hope this lot are here to stay
Dave
Punchy, absurdly melodic pop songs that defy belief.
Weighing in at just over half an hour this album smacks of a band desperate to show you everything they´ve got in their armoury. I like the way they start with the low-key yet beautifully lacrymose "Is this It." Every single tracks builds to a transcendent melody."The Modern Age," leads in excellently to,"Soma."
A personal favourite is,"Someday," the riff has a anthemic quality to it but the lyrics are movingly distant and understated.
Most of the songs are about love and distant relationships which is comfortable territory for a first record but the slant on everything is somehow distinct to most of the other predictable bands around at the moment. Someone told me they´ve been compared to The Velvet Underground. The person who said that obviously has never listened to The Velvet Underground.
The great thing about this album is the way the guitarists work is tandem.It all sounds so simple but yet they compliment each brilliantly, Nick Valensi provides the drive, whilst Albert Hammond Jnr chips in with his quirky little riffs that keep the listener constantly entertained. The bass player knows what he´s doing as well. Anyone who´s seen them live knows how well they work together as a unit.
They also know how to stop a track, this album never drags, each tune zips along as if they are ready to get on to the next one. Julian´s vocal style is undeniably cool, he brims with confidence and I love the way he throws the odd word in completely against the beat a.k.a Mark E Smith.
Anyone with a genuine love of music will warm to this. So what if they dress cool, isn´t that what Rock and Roll´s meant to be all about about? I hope this lot are here to stay
Dave
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Don't you love The Strokes yet?!
I couldn't imagine to be able to fall in love with a band since the last summer, when I discovered The Strokes. I'm not a music expert and usually I don't buy original albums. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Marco
lame as lame can be
The strokes suffer from the same malady as all the other bands they resemble in the 'modern' age - i;e the killers,kings of leon etc - they've got nothing new to say - but they... Read more
Published 7 months ago by the lone voice of reason
the rock is here
This album has a great quality: to have given a new visibility to rock. It puts guitar music to the foreground , where, rock sounds have a new and exciting life.
Published 7 months ago by Antonio
Brilliant
LP arrived on time and in perfect condition, Packing was of an appropriate size for the product and protected it well. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Kirsty
Absolutely Brilliant.
The Strokes - Is This It is simply an amazing album, from the opening Is This It amazed me, i don't know why i hadn't listened to it before, but im sure it is not for everyone, buy... Read more
Published 11 months ago by craigjones
GRRRREAAATTT
This is probably one of the best/the best album. If you don't have it buy it! It's a must have.
Published 12 months ago by Katie
Excellent Album Purchase
Having listened to The Strokes only recently thanks to Radio 1 playing their new song "Under the Cover of Darkness" off their new album (which is nowhere near the quality of this... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. P. F. Faulkner
Great Debut album
I listen to this album for the first time in a while recently and was pleasantly surprised. When I had first listened to it I wondered what all the fuss was about but this time I... Read more
Published 13 months ago by haunted
Very disappointing
I saw this album in a cheap CD shop along with Doves' The Last Broadcast. Both of these albums passed me by when they were released as I was living overseas, so I finally decided... Read more
Published 14 months ago by PenguinPaul
Possibly the most overrated album since the Sex Pistols NMTB
Having surfed into the public conscience on a veritable tsunami of hype (due in no small part to the NME) I was expecting the Strokes 2001 debut album to have the same musical... Read more
Published 18 months ago by metal maestro
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