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Generally favorable reviews- based on 276 Ratings
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Positive: 227 out of 276
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Mixed: 35 out of 276
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Negative: 14 out of 276
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Mar 27, 2013For me, Comedown Machine is The Strokes best album since Is This It. All the songs on the album gel together perfectly and unlike previous albums, every song (with the exception of 80's Comedown Machine) is extremely enjoyable. My personal favourites from this album are 50/50, Partners in Crime, All The Time, Slow Animals, Happy Endings and One Way Trigger.
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Apr 10, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013This latest album is quite different from their past albums, varying in electronic and dance music. If a band keep changing their style, it become refreshing, not like example Scorpions keep singing same stuffs all over the years, people got fed up. Go and buy this album.
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Mar 27, 2013The new album is better than i thought it would be. it's like i'm hearing something completely different and new, not just for The Strokes but in general. Kudos for the courage, in my opinion, it paid off. Favourite Tracks: Tap Out, All The Time, Welcome To Japan, Slow Animals, Chances.
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 30, 2013Es un gran disco con un gran sonido pero como a la gente no le gustan los cambios reseñan pésimamente. Me gusto mucho el sonido de los 80 y supera por mucho a angles las mejores canciones son all the time, tap out, welcome to japan, 5050, slow animals, happy endings, partners in crime. one way trigger.
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Mar 31, 2013
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Jul 30, 2013I love this album, some songs completely keep to their original style "50/50 and Welcome To Japan." While others go in bold new directions that were previewed in angles "One Way Trigger and 80 's Comedown Machine." The rest are somewhere in between and are all great!
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Nov 11, 2013As with Angels, its a CD I can sit around and listen to from start to finish without ever getting tired out it. I'm not sure why I didn't review better. If you're a Strokes fan this is exactly what you'd expect as the next step from this band.
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Nov 12, 2013
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Feb 15, 2014Very very very very good album... Almost every song is a jewel but 'Chances' 'Tap out' and 'Karma' stand out. Best Strokes album, edging out First impressions my a smidgen. Keep going down this road Julian. It is super exciting!!
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Apr 6, 2020Comedown Machine is the most interesting to listen to at times, but falls flat at others. However, it opens with Tap Out, Wich is the best opener on a Strokes album. It definitely isn't my least favorite album, but it falls in the bottom two.
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Jul 27, 2020Really love the sound and the old feeling. Lyrics and low rhythm here is amazing.
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Oct 7, 2020
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Apr 17, 2022es mi álbum favorito de los strokes, pero dejando de lado el aprecio sentimental que le tengo me parece que tiene canciones y ritmos muy frescos que para la época fueron muy innovadores. Julián se luce con las notas altas y los riffs de guitarras increíbles como siempre. básicamente, un álbum infravalorado.
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Aug 1, 2022This is probably my favourite Strokes album. Their earlier and later works are more upbeat while CM is pretty calm and laid back. Maybe that's why I love it so much.
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Jul 16, 2022no entiendo el hate, yo los amo, sería mi álbum favorito de los strokes de no ser por tna
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Mar 27, 2013
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Jun 19, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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Apr 19, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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Apr 11, 2017This is definitely The Strokes' best album. Eleven interesting, original, extremely well-produced songs.
The quality of the songwriting is consistent throughout the whole album, unlike in the previous ones, which used to alternate masterworks with neglectable tracks. -
Mar 26, 2013It's very different from other albums, but it's really really really good! :D the "Old Strokes fans" are probably going to be pissed, but i sincerely think it's a great album.
Songs like "All the Time", "Tap Out", "Slow Animals", the punk "50/50", the ballad "Chances" and even the odd "One Way Trigger" are enough to make this album a great piece of music.
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Mar 26, 2013This album makes it clear that The Strokes weren't simply trying to emulate a specific genre of the late 70s and 80s, but the entire decade. Keep that in mind while listening.
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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May 16, 2013To be honest, I was never a fan of the Strokes. I just wasn't on board for their brand of rock revival for some reason. However this new album I really enjoyed. I think his vocals are better served by the synth noises and electro beats that inhabit the sound here. If you love 80's new wave check it out.
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Nov 22, 2017
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Apr 1, 2023I'm thoroughly impressed by this album, it could be my favorite one so far!
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Mar 26, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013Though this is a lot different than Is This It, it's still a good album in my opinion. A few songs actually remind me of Is This It and Angles (never listened to Room on Fire or First Impressions...). Again, in my opinion, still a good album.
Also, consider this a 7.5 instead of an eight.
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Mar 26, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Jun 15, 2013
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Jul 22, 2014It's a strange record, but it's fun and great. It sounds like "Is This It?" as if it had been written in the 80's. Julian's voice really fits in the album, as he does falsetto here and there. If you liked Angels, you can't miss this one.
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Jan 10, 2015
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Jan 16, 2015
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Jul 24, 2016Pretty good sound and vocals, a very different style but i like the rhythm and lyrics of the songs.
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Mar 28, 2017
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May 23, 2018
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Apr 1, 2020Better than their previous but still way off their best. Fave tracks 80s comedown machine & Welcome to Japan
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Apr 4, 2014
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Apr 15, 2020I think Comedown Machine continues the evolution musically while also providing fans with a taste of the old-style as well. You can't rehash the same stuff over and over again without becoming stale so I appreciate them continuing to push their music in new directions. For the most part, It works. Comedown Machine is a pretty solid album.
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Mar 29, 2017
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Jul 11, 2022Sure it's no Is This It or Room on Fire, but that doesn't mean it's an awful album. It's an interesting album, considering it somehow sounds nothing like the Stokes while sounding exactly like them at the same time.
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Apr 5, 2013
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Jun 6, 2013Unfortunately, it does feel like the Strokes have fallen out of love with this album a bit. It feels pulled together and incomplete which is a pain because it has so much potential. There are some killer tracks on here (namely All the Time and 50/50) but it is inconsistent and I think the boys have a long way to go before they pick up the magic again.
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May 15, 2015
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May 21, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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Sep 14, 2013Very disappointing, I was hoping the similarly underwhelming Angles was due to a bit of rustiness but apparently not. Casablancas sounds odd throughout, and too many songs rely on quirky twee high-pitched guitar work that quickly becomes irritating. All the time proves they haven't lost the ability to make brilliant garage-rock anthems but evidently they just don't want to anymore.
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Jun 9, 2019hahahahahahahah. i LOVE the strokes. After all, my fave band.
But this **** is awful, i mean, its pretty much a lot of leftovers from angles.
fav tracks: welcome to japan.
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Awards & Rankings
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 21, 2013For all the loving homages to past recording techniques, they sound laboured and bored. [May 2013, p.84]
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Jun 4, 2013It’s wilful experimentation with no pay-off, sounding lonely, old, with only the occasional, tempting flicker of a genius that once burnt bright.
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MagnetMay 10, 2013Comedown Machine may not quite hit the heights of the band's masterpiece-to-date, but it continues the band's healthy trend of finding curious new ways to twist and complicate its by-now instinctively recognizable sound. [No. 98, p.60]