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Universal acclaim- based on 732 Ratings
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Mixed: 22 out of 732
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Apr 1, 2020Every song is great. New York City Cops and Last Nite are my personal favourites
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Apr 6, 2020The Strokes are a band that I didn't get into until 2010, going back to Is This It was like finding out I've been missing something great my whole life.
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Oct 23, 2020This is the best album of the 00s. The album is fun and catchy as hell, eleven perfect tracks. The strokes best record for sure.
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Nov 25, 2020Incredible retrosound, all the songs are complete, and all are equally good. This album is what I use as an example for the phrase "less is more".
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Sep 4, 2021What can I say about this masterpiece? One of the best albums of the 21st century, a CLASSIC !
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Sep 23, 2021Is this it is a masterpiece, simply put this album is great. Every song on this album is perfect. My favorite has to be the song "is this it". This is a must-listen.
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Dec 13, 2021
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Aug 12, 2022The carelessness and full-sounding production had lead to "Is This It" being a joy to listen to. There is a stretch of three songs, "The Modern Age", "Soma", and "Barely Legal", which sound like pretty much one song, yet offer their own great ideas. This album embodies the organised messiness of The Strokes.
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Aug 11, 2022Obra maestra del rock indie el mejor album de los strokes Someday mejor cancion
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Jul 22, 2023Is this it made a generation, every song understands how a teenage can feel, with solid rock and a great sound, influence a lot of artists in this new era, one, of the best alternative albums of all time, simply music.
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Aug 18, 2023This album adopted a new genre of garage rock music. It's perfect..This album was the reason why we have bands like the Arctic Monkeys today.
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RichardBApr 4, 2010
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JeremyGJan 4, 2004A band confident enough to bask in the hype lavished upon them, and ballsy enough to actually live up to ridiculous expectations. Taut, fast, catchy rock songs fill this album. Easily enjoyable, even after multiple listens.
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GiacomoPFeb 15, 2007Very good album
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marcybJul 2, 2007good stuff
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matthews.Oct 22, 2008Almost every song is perfect. Very stripped down, and yet large in sound
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mistereelsOct 14, 2001Rock music like old people said it used to be, a classic debut album with more hooks than an amputee convention.
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RyanT.Sep 28, 2002When I first heard the album I was not very impressed. But once you listen for a while you'll realize this is a great simple rock record and one of the best albums of the year.
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BethOct 6, 2003
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davemJun 6, 2003This album gets better with each listening, unlike the ridiculously overhyped White Stripes album. The first few times you hear it may not be overly impressive but it will grow on you.
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FredthefriendAug 13, 2005absolutely genius music. my god- how can you NOT see this as rock? more importantly so, how can you not at least give it credit for not being a band that sounds as homogenized as just about every other rock album out there?
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MCDec 12, 2006If you don't like it, I suggest you listen to it more than just once. You also shouldn't judge any album on hype. This album is the definiton of pop-edged rock. They do what they do very well.
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OligamiMay 20, 2007Bah! It's great shiny pop and you know it. And it does stick in your head. The US cover art and replacement track are better than the UK versions, so buy the former.
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AdCooDec 14, 2001Album of the year? Probably. But I'd still rather listen to the Velvets
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eddSep 25, 2005
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DanilioAug 22, 2006Yeah it's straight-forward and simple. Yeah it's the most overhyped album for a long time. Yeah they sound slightly similar to The Velvet Underground and Television. But it's still a great album
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danielw.May 17, 2008Great and easy listening, but can get a little boring. Still a very good album
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Sep 7, 2010The Strokes may not have been able to really follow up this wonderful debut, but thats not a terrible thing. Ensuing efforts have been nice but inferior; Is This It is where the boys could do no wrong.
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Feb 23, 2013The Strokes first album Is This It is like something out of the rock heavens. Just clocking in at a little over half an hour, the songs are catchy and show us what a great and talented band this is. Julian Casablanca is such a hip, cool guy. And his voice is simply amazing. All In All, Is This It is a wonderful album that needs to be heard several times. A-
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Sep 26, 2017
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Feb 28, 2013Obviously the classic Strokes album, the quality of sounds are very similar to The Velvet Underground, and has this nocturnal feeling of partying and a new band going out, thats the revival spirit of the band, and that is why everybody gone insane with this band in the early 2000's, the music was in this void and it was really something new to put on the radio, back in the days
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Oct 30, 2018With their charming awkwardness and direct-and-straight sound, it's understandable why Strokes were called "saviors of rock". Not for technical in their instruments, but for their Rock n' roll spirit putting a smile in our faces with a simple but cool music, as a few bands in its time (we're talking about 2001) and nowadays does it.
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Sep 29, 2014You can't go for The Strokes expecting alternative rock, indie rock, metal or metacore, you just need to expect something, you're going to listen rock, nothing less, nothing more, Is This It? introduced us this superb band, but there was some details missing, maybe a more inuitive refrain, or some more complex lycris (not the cliché romantic lycris).
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Jun 9, 2019Fantastic debut record by the new york band The strokes. Truly fantastic.
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Feb 3, 2020“Is this it?” Brings unique rifs with light hearted tones contrasted by dark lyrics about love and heartbreak.
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Mar 28, 2022Classic album, great sound. One of my favorite rock albums. There are a few misses, but it's still great.
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Jun 14, 2022Great debut. This is an album that has a lot of repeat value. One of the best of the decade. Highlights: "Hard to Explain", "Last Nite", "Soma". Couldn't have asked for a better debut.
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jenFeb 8, 2009
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JackWAug 28, 2003
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RogerE.Nov 2, 2001I don't mind if VU, Television, The Cars or Stooges did this more than 25 years ago. We're in 2001 and a few bands right now sound as fresh, arrogant, mellodicaly stunning and vital like Casablancas and pals. ¿Hey! check out The Soudtrack of Our Lives and tell me Pink Floyd did this 30 years ago. ¿So what?
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Feb 19, 2021
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Feb 25, 2023A very solid album, it will definitely grow on me as I keep listening to the tracks!
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AndrewISep 16, 2002Very good album for those too young to know how recycled it is.
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TonyGDec 3, 2005Everybody's been talking in extremes about this album, but to me, it simply did the job. It stuck to the bare-knuckled essentials of rock, created raw emotion and energy from simplistic music, and provided an enjoyable thirty minutes. Definately nothing incredible, but definately nothing terrible.
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KurdtCobainOct 15, 2001The bandwagon is off and running. This album is hardly groundbreaking nor nearly as catchy as Nevermind. It will not appeal to middle America at all. That said, for fans of the VU and Television, the album is a treat. Good songs.
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DannyRApr 26, 2006Not a bad album, but honestly are these guys that good? People have got too damn excited over the Strokes who are somewhat of a lame version of Television. Buy "Marquee Moon" and you will here music a lot like "is this it?" but less repetitive and better guitar playing.
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Apr 24, 2013Simply put, Strokes have every quality rock'n'roll requires from its finest exponents and Is This It is where they come together.
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Able to make the timeworn themes of sex, drugs, and rock & roll and the basic guitars-drum-bass lineup seem new and vital again, the Strokes may or may not be completely arty and calculated, but that doesn't prevent Is This It? from being an exciting, compulsively listenable debut...
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Their album is little more than thirty minutes and eleven versions of the same song. But damn if that one song isn't a good one.