- rock, indie rock, garage rock revival, garage rock
- 36 min
- 11 tracks
- RCA
Is This It is the debut studio album by American rock band the Strokes. It was first released on July 30, 2001, in Australia, with RCA Records handling the release internationally and Rough Trade Records handling the United Kingdom release.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
What critics gave it
Metacritic 91/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- NME5/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- The Village VoiceA−
As listed in the ratings box of Wikipedia’s article (CC BY-SA). Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
Tracks
- 1Is This It2:34
- 2The Modern Age3:33
- 3Soma2:38
- 4Barely Legal3:58
- 5Someday3:07
- 6Alone, Together3:12
- 7Last Nite3:18
- 8Hard to Explain3:48
- 9New York City Cops3:36
- 10Trying Your Luck3:28
- 11Take It or Leave It3:16
11 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Strokes
- Label
- RCA
- Released
- 2001
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- It Goes On 202671% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, character-led.
- Hot Fuss 200468% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, grave.
- Favourite Worst Nightmare 200767% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, grave.
- 1989 201467% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, grave.
- AM 201367% alikeBoth character-led, spare, classical in form.
- Old Flames 202665% alikeBoth spare, character-led, grave.
- Elephant 200363% alikeBoth spare, character-led, grave.
- By the Way 200260% alikeBoth spare, character-led, classical in form; this one is more contemporary.
The Pursuit of Love 202161% alikeTelevision · Both classical in form, spare, character-led.
Film · Both classical in form, cool, character-led.