- indie rock, rock, alternative punk, garage rock revival
- 11 tracks
- Rough Trade
Room on Fire is the second studio album by American rock band the Strokes, released on October 21, 2003, through RCA Records. Its title is derived from a lyric in the song "Reptilia".
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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Metacritic 77/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Blender3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork8/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- SpinA−
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1What Ever Happened?
- A2Reptilia
- A3Automatic Stop
- A412:51
- A5You Talk Way Too Much
- A6Between Love & Hate
- B1Meet Me in the Bathroom
- B2Under Control
- B3The Way It Is
- B4The End Has No End
- B5I Can’t Win
About the album
- Artist
- The Strokes
- Label
- Rough Trade
- Released
- 2003
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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