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Is This It (CD)

By: The Strokes (Artist)

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The Strokes Artist Snapshot:

Like so many underground NYC rock bands, the Strokes first generated publicity in the U.K., though it didn't take long for their no-frills sound to catch on at home. Paying homage to their influences, the group purveys a mix of Velvet Underground/New York Dolls proto-punk and Pavement-like lo-fi slacker rock. In 2001, The Strokes' highly anticipated first album, IS THIS IT, made it onto plenty of year-end Top Ten lists despite the inevitable backlash against the hype machine that helped put their album on the charts. Sure, they hang around with models and movie stars--isn't that what rock stars are supposed to do?

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1   Is This It Buy Buy  
2   The Modern Age Buy Buy  
3   Soma Buy Buy  
4   Barely Legal Buy Buy  
5   Someday Buy Buy  
6   Alone, Together Buy Buy  
7   Last Nite Buy Buy  
8   Hard To Explain Buy Buy  
9   When It Started Buy Buy  
10   Trying Your Luck Buy Buy  

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  • Track: 10: Trying Your Luck,
  • Track: 11: Take It Or Leave It,
  • Track: 1: Is This It,
  • Track: 2: The Modern Age,
  • Track: 3: Soma,
  • Track: 4: Barely Legal,
  • Track: 5: Someday,
  • Track: 6: Alone Together,
  • Track: 7: Last Nite,
  • Track: 8: Hard To Explain,
  • Track: 9: New York City Cops
    Media Type: CD
    Artist: STROKES
    Title: IS THIS IT
    Street Release Date: 10/09/2001
    Domestic
    Genre: ROCK/POP

    • Product Notes

    With all the media hype that dogged the Strokes before the release of their debut album, it's rather apt that they chose the title Is This It. On the strength of just five songs released on two singles, the Strokes were being hailed as everything from the saviors of rock & roll to the Savior himself. Surely, few bands could live up to the impossibly high standards set for this young five-piece, but the band needn't have worried: Is This It is one of the most exciting and energetic debut albums to spring from New York's long-dormant club scene. In fact, the Strokes are a New York City band through and through; like the Velvet Underground, these are a bunch of uptown artsy types elegantly slumming downtown to the tried and tested themes of sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Their singer-songwriter, the fantastically named Julian Casablancas, delivers his lyrics with a weary nonchalance that belies his age on songs like the title track, "Soma," "Hard to Explain," and the altogether wonderful "Barely Legal." And the band recalls the likes of Television and the Stooges on "Last Nite" and "The Modern Age." Let's hope this sexy, stylish, and undeniably cool band is the future of rock & roll. --Robert Burrow

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