Description: Arriving on a wave of well-earned hype rooted in tight chops and a confident swagger, The Strokes offer a Rock & Roll antidote to the plague of boy bands, teen divas, and petulant rap-rock outfits. Despite this quintet's prep-school background, their sound comes from the same primordial ooze that spawned Big Apple legends like the New York Dolls and the Velvet Underground. Clocking in at 36 minutes, IS THIS IT packs it's perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map. Among the many highlights are "Last Nite" with it's insistent Motown backbeat and choppy Johnny Thunders-like guitar solo, "Barely Legal," sounding like 1980's-era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly "Someday" with it's hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break-up. While frontman Julian Casablanca's (son of Elite Models founder John) drawls like Lou Reed through a busted intercom, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr.. do Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd proud as their sinewy chords intertwine to great effect on the angular "The Modern Age" and equally neurotic "Alone, Together." Thanks to The Strokes, rumors of Rock & Roll's demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated.1 Is This It2 Modern Age3 Soma4 Barely Legal5 Someday6 Alone Together7 Last Nite8 Hard to Explain9 NYC Cops10 Trying Your Luck11 Take It or Leave It
Price: 27.99 USD
Location: East Brunswick, New Jersey
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Speed: 33 RPM
Album Name: Is This It
Custom Bundle: No
Color: Black
Title: Is This It
Duration: Album
Material: Vinyl
Modified Item: No
Type: Album
Record Grading: Mint(M)
Language: English
Sleeve Grading: Mint(M)
Record Size: 12"
Features: Ltd Ed
Producer: Gordon Raphael
Release Year: 2001
Format: Record
Genre: Alternative Rock
Record Label: RCA
Artist: Strokes
Release Title: Is this It