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Music : Is This It
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- Undoubted classic
Much hype surrounded the Strokes. For this album it's all warranted. An all time classic that bears repeated listening over and over again. If you make it yours it will be a part of you.
Rating: - The saviour of guitar music
Back in 2001, guitar based bands were struggling to be recognised admist in the charts dominated by R'n'B, dance and rap. Boy and girl bands ruled the airwaves, and bands were nowhere to be seen. The Strokes came along with Is This It? at the right time, they brought bands back into the limelight, made it cool to play a guitar again. I remember being at Reading Festival the week before the album was released, there was a buzz, everyone wanted to see the band billed to be rocks saviour, in the end they switched The Strokes to the main stage.
The album is sheer brilliance from start to finish, and six years on, you can still hear the influence in many of the bands emerging now, much of what the British indie has to offer now is heavily influenced by the Strokes. Infact, many bands - Kaiser Chiefs, Killers, Libertines - have the Strokes to thank for making record companies remember that there were alternatives to finding the next Eminem or Usher.
One of the best albums of the 21st century.
Rating: - An All-Time Classic
Personally, this album came along at a point in my life where it couldn't have been more relevant. I was 17, I was bored, and I was becomming more and more immersed in music with each day that passed. And this album renewed my interest in music 100%, giving the music business of that time a much-needed kick up the backside and spawning a whole slew of Strokes imitations who failed to capture the vital urgency of this album.
The fact is, The Strokes came along at precisely the right time, when in the post-britpop era, Indie music was in one of the most dull slumps since it's inception. This short and sweet collection of dangerously adept and fresh Indie classics was captivating from start to finish, sailing gloriously from the low-fi, underproduced sound of 'Is This It', to the musically airtight 'Soma', set alight by the 'uber-cool' 'don't give a damn' drawl of lead singer Julian Casablancas. The likes of 'Barely Legal' are impossible-to-dislike slabs of New York Cool, whilst the likes of 'Last Nite' are enduring Indie Disco dancefloor classics, which stand the test of time and still sound self-assured and iconic today.
The riff on 'Hard To Explain' is as effortlessly timeless, yet laid-back as I've heard on any debut album, from any band, whilst the upbeat, punk ruckus of 'New York City Cops' is yet another dancefloor-friendly classic, sounding like Lou Reed fronting the Stooges. Album closer 'Take It Or Leave It', in my opinion, is one of the high points of the album, and indeed, the Strokes entire career, with simple, semi-repetitive lyrics and sinfully addictive music.
This album will doubtless be getting played thirty years from now, and we hopefully still be getting music-loving young people onto dancefloors for a long time to come. This IS it.
Rating: - One of the greatest debut albums ever
This album, is Superb.
The whole album, has a consistency of brilliance to it. There is only one stand out track 'Last Nite'. But all the other songs, go together well. Its original (was), refreshing and timeless. If your an Indie/Alt. Rock fan. This is a must own. Top stuff!
Rating: - Great
Truly, a fantastic album. Although I personally hate the title and first track, after that every track is filled with great, catchy music and original, powerful vocals from Casablancas. It is simple and pure and that is what makes it great.
- Undoubted classicMuch hype surrounded the Strokes. For this album it's all warranted. An all time classic that bears repeated listening over and over again. If you make it yours it will be a part of you.
Rating:
- The saviour of guitar musicBack in 2001, guitar based bands were struggling to be recognised admist in the charts dominated by R'n'B, dance and rap. Boy and girl bands ruled the airwaves, and bands were nowhere to be seen. The Strokes came along with Is This It? at the right time, they brought bands back into the limelight, made it cool to play a guitar again. I remember being at Reading Festival the week before the album was released, there was a buzz, everyone wanted to see the band billed to be rocks saviour, in the end they switched The Strokes to the main stage.
The album is sheer brilliance from start to finish, and six years on, you can still hear the influence in many of the bands emerging now, much of what the British indie has to offer now is heavily influenced by the Strokes. Infact, many bands - Kaiser Chiefs, Killers, Libertines - have the Strokes to thank for making record companies remember that there were alternatives to finding the next Eminem or Usher.
One of the best albums of the 21st century.
Rating:
- An All-Time ClassicPersonally, this album came along at a point in my life where it couldn't have been more relevant. I was 17, I was bored, and I was becomming more and more immersed in music with each day that passed. And this album renewed my interest in music 100%, giving the music business of that time a much-needed kick up the backside and spawning a whole slew of Strokes imitations who failed to capture the vital urgency of this album.
The fact is, The Strokes came along at precisely the right time, when in the post-britpop era, Indie music was in one of the most dull slumps since it's inception. This short and sweet collection of dangerously adept and fresh Indie classics was captivating from start to finish, sailing gloriously from the low-fi, underproduced sound of 'Is This It', to the musically airtight 'Soma', set alight by the 'uber-cool' 'don't give a damn' drawl of lead singer Julian Casablancas. The likes of 'Barely Legal' are impossible-to-dislike slabs of New York Cool, whilst the likes of 'Last Nite' are enduring Indie Disco dancefloor classics, which stand the test of time and still sound self-assured and iconic today.
The riff on 'Hard To Explain' is as effortlessly timeless, yet laid-back as I've heard on any debut album, from any band, whilst the upbeat, punk ruckus of 'New York City Cops' is yet another dancefloor-friendly classic, sounding like Lou Reed fronting the Stooges. Album closer 'Take It Or Leave It', in my opinion, is one of the high points of the album, and indeed, the Strokes entire career, with simple, semi-repetitive lyrics and sinfully addictive music.
This album will doubtless be getting played thirty years from now, and we hopefully still be getting music-loving young people onto dancefloors for a long time to come. This IS it.
Rating:
- One of the greatest debut albums everThis album, is Superb.
The whole album, has a consistency of brilliance to it. There is only one stand out track 'Last Nite'. But all the other songs, go together well. Its original (was), refreshing and timeless. If your an Indie/Alt. Rock fan. This is a must own. Top stuff!
Rating:
- GreatTruly, a fantastic album. Although I personally hate the title and first track, after that every track is filled with great, catchy music and original, powerful vocals from Casablancas. It is simple and pure and that is what makes it great.