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The Strokes – Is This It

Label: RCA – 07863 68101-2

Format: CD, Album

Country: US

Released: Oct 9, 2001

Genre: Rock

Style: Alternative Rock, Garage Rock, Indie Rock

1                       Is This It    2:35

2                       The Modern Age     3:32

3                       Soma        2:37

4                       Barely Legal           3:58

5                       Someday   3:07

6                       Alone, Together      3:12

7                       Last Nite    3:17

8                       Hard To Explain      3:48

9                       When It Started      2:57

10                     Trying Your Luck    3:27

11                      Take It Or Leave It  3:16

Record Company – BMG Entertainment

Manufactured By – BMG Distribution

Distributed By – BMG Distribution

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The Strokes

Copyright © – BMG Entertainment

Published By – The Strokes Band Music

Recorded At – Transporterraum NYC

Mixed At – Transporterraum NYC

Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Glass Mastered At – Sonopress USA – B3152-01

Pressed By – Sonopress USA

A&R – Steve Ralbovsky

Bass – Nikolai Fraiture

Drums – Fabrizio Moretti

Guitar – Albert Hammond Jr., Nick Valensi

Management – Ryan Gentles, Wiz Kid Management

Mastered By – Greg Calbi

Other [Guru] – JP Bowersock

Painting [Traycard] – Jaques Carlu

Photography By – Colin Lane (2)

Producer – Gordon Raphael

Songwriter [All Songs By] – J. Casablancas*

Vocals – Julian Casablancas

Studio: All recording + mixing at Transporterraum NYC.

 

©2001 BMG Entertainment

Manufactured and distributed by BMG Distribution, a unit of BMG Entertainment.

Made/printed in U.S.A.

 

℗ 2001 The Strokes.

 

Published by The Strokes Band Music (ASCAP)

On the cover: "Big Bang" particle collisions in the (BEBC) Big European Bubble Chamber © Cern Geneva.

On the traycard: View of the Citadel on the Capitol (1924) By Jacques Carlu.

 

These two similar releases have 'RCA' prefix on the spine catalog number and a different matrix.

 

issued in a standard jewel case with clear tray and 20 panel fold-out cover insert.

Durations do not appear on release.

Barcode (Text): 0 7863-68101-2 6

 

The Strokes: Julian Casablancas (vocals); Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond, Jr. (guitar); Nikolai Fraiture (bass); Fab Moretti (drums). Recorded at Transporterraum, New York, New York. This limited edition of IS THIS IT contains a bonus DVD with three videos and two un-aired TV performances. The Strokes: Julian Casablancas (vocals); Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond, Jr. (guitar); Nikolai Fraiture (bass); Fab Moretti (drums). Recorded at Transporterraum, New York, New York. Personnel: Julian Casablancas (vocals); Nick Valensi (guitar); Fabrizio Moretti (drums). Recording information: Transporaterraum, New York, NY; Transporterraum, New York, NY. Arriving on a wave of well-earned hype rooted in tight chops and a confident swagger, the Strokes offer a rock & roll antidote to the plague of boy bands, teen divas, and petulant rap-rock outfits. Despite this quintet's prep-school background, their sound comes from the same primordial ooze that spawned Big Apple legends like the New York Dolls and the Velvet Underground. Clocking in at 36 minutes, IS THIS IT packs its perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map. Among the many highlights are "Last Nite" with its insistent Motown backbeat and choppy Johnny Thunders-like guitar solo, "Barely Legal," sounding like 1980s-era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly "Someday" with its hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break-up. While frontman Julian Casablancas (son of Elite Models founder John) drawls like Lou Reed through a busted intercom, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr. do Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd proud as their sinewy chords intertwine to great effect on the angular "The Modern Age" and equally neurotic "Alone, Together." Thanks to the Strokes, rumors of rock & roll's demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: CD
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: (CD)
• Released: 10/09/2001