The Strokes' First Impressions of Earth leaked ... I haven't listened to it yet; has anyone?


01 You Only Live Once
02 Juicebox
03 Heart in a Cage
04 Razorblade
05 On the Other Side
06 Vision of Division
07 Ask Me Anything
08 Electricityscape
09 Killing Lies
10 Fear of Sleep
11 15 Minutes
12 Ize of the World
13 Evening Sun
14 Red Light

*release date: Jan. 3, 2006*

12/11/2005 10:42:47 PM

it's like coughing out sperm in a third round penis dry heat

good luck to them

hope it's awesome

12/11/2005 10:47:15 PM

Marko ... can I quote you in the review?

12/11/2005 10:51:14 PM

ize of the world
do these bitches think they're slade or robert hunter?

12/11/2005 10:54:57 PM

You Only Live Once , On the Other Side and Razorblad are all really good...the rest I haven't gotten to like yet.

They took all the gimmicky production away, but now that I've heard Julian's real voice through an album I wish they'd put the filters back on

So far this doesn't compare to Room on Fire...but that may change with time I suppose

[Edited on December 11, 2005 at 11:07 PM. Reason : t->s]

12/11/2005 11:00:28 PM

i have heard a couple tracks from the album (thank you soul seek) and my first impressions (pun intended) are not very positive. and i am huge strokes fan so i definitely want the album to be great, but i'm definitely worried from what i've heard.

12/11/2005 11:01:38 PM

oops, sorry bout dat. damn didnt realize it was up for that long. oh well.

[Edited on December 11, 2005 at 11:09 PM. Reason : er]

12/11/2005 11:05:41 PM

Expired

12/11/2005 11:06:34 PM

http://www.mininova.org/tor/167406

damn aint yall heard of bit torrent?

so far track 1 is cool and 2, "juicebox" gets on my damn nerves

[Edited on December 11, 2005 at 11:23 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2005 11:22:57 PM

Eh, wasn't on torrentspy.

12/11/2005 11:23:36 PM

mama weer all crazee now

12/11/2005 11:42:57 PM

yay I've been anticipating this album

so far I've heard juicebox when it dropped and didnt care for it, I hope the rest of the album is good stuff

cmon strokes, we love you, make this album awesome

12/12/2005 12:05:04 AM

the capulets have stolen their mojo

12/12/2005 12:08:33 AM

its a decent album, I like putting nick valensi on the cover of it (deluxe edition what what)

1/4/2006 11:59:54 AM

I'm digging it. a little darker than the last album which I approve of

1/4/2006 1:43:05 PM

One of the mags (Spin perhaps?) titled their review "Is This It?"

At this point, I'd agree. I'm getting flashes of the Cramps, Kansas, B-52s, and AM Gold, and haven't heard any brilliant bass hooks or gutter symphonies...which is fine, but I'm getting a distinct whiff of lackluster. No decisions until at least six listens, though.

1/4/2006 5:21:29 PM

i heard a song off of this on kexp today

thought it sounded kinda wierd then i realized he didn't have the distortion on his voice

1/4/2006 5:35:45 PM

yeah, I mean, it sounds just like the first two, just "different" if that makes any sense.

1/4/2006 5:36:16 PM

remember 4 years ago when the strokes were the next coming of christ?

lol






[Edited on January 4, 2006 at 6:43 PM. Reason : ]

1/4/2006 6:42:49 PM

i remember picking up "is this it?" and thinking "oh my god, i just wasted my money."

1/4/2006 7:04:01 PM

^^^ Yeah, all the same elements are there, but the arrangements and production make it sound quite a bit different. A lot of the harmonic activity has been moved from the bass to the guitar, and the bass noodles more than on the previous records, so it sounds less like a chugging pop music box and more like...something else. There are familiar sounds to be found, but they're buried. Still, three listens after my earlier post, there's nothing that really grabs me like some of the hooks on the first two records. Meh.

1/4/2006 11:49:39 PM

to quote you..."no real talent?"

1/5/2006 12:31:18 AM

As far as I can tell, on this record, they're not playing to their strengths. Nothing more, nothing less.

1/5/2006 12:36:23 AM

meh.

1/5/2006 12:42:54 AM

Meh just about sums this record up.

1/5/2006 12:46:43 AM

but some of the tunes are pretty stellar. "Heart in a cage" and "Vision of Division" are both pretty damn good.

1/5/2006 8:56:44 AM

'ask me anything' is turning out to be my favorite so far

1/5/2006 1:30:36 PM