Is This It

Ik hoor hier dus echt niks bijzonders aan. Dun geluid, geen enkele attentiewaarde. Als je me had verteld 'dit is een oud demo-casettebandje van een Gorcums schoolbandje' had ik het ook geloofd.

Ik hoor vooral jaren '70 invloeden. Prima natuurlijk, mits je die kwaliteit tenminste weet te evenaren. Dat is bij lange na niet gelukt. De huilerige britpop-zang van de jaren '90 doet sterk afbreuk aan een aardige muzikale basis.

Ugh. I have always hated this band. I was real bummed to get this one. I disliked the entire listen.

I did not find this particularly interesting.

Pretty good record! Fixed a lot of guitars for these guys!

It was alright

Just not for me

Meh

Not terrible. Felt like generic indie radio music though.

It's not great, it's not bad, but definitely stale.

Think I'll stay on the fence a little longer. There's lots to like - from the ragged tunings to the bratty vocals to the "this'll do" attitude to hooks - but none of it grabs me and won't let go.

Hyvä albumi, hauska fiilis tuli ku kuunteli.. kutkutti...Ei muuta.. Parempaakin on.. Kuitenkin albumissa kivoja mielentiloja.. Ihan kiinnostava.. pistän arvosanaaksi kaakkosen..

I'm bored, but it's better than Arcade Fire. Should have rated that a 1. This is a 2/5 for me.

I always thought that the Strokes were over-hyped. Saviours of rock and roll or last of faux rock attitude by a bunch of over-privileged white guys squandering their talents on drugs and shagging models? The band has some rock chops, and they look great in skinny jeans. They are very stylish, but I find the vocals distant and aloof (not helped by the compressed and slightly distorted effect, apparently from singing through a Peavy practice amp). This just seems pretentious, guys. And is their rock and roll attitude just a marketing ploy to make them seem edgy, when they really were just privileged careerist muso types? They removed the song "New York City Cops" (one of the few tracks on this album that I really like) after 9/11 out of a supposedly new-found respect for said NYC cops. They changed the cover art of the album because it was too racy for Walmart. Their rock and roll image just seems like a bit of faux-rebellious posturing to me. When it comes down to it, I feel like I have heard it before and better. I get that every generation needs its own rock gods, and the Strokes were it for a certain generation. But the songs don't live up to the incessant critical hype. This is probably really a three star album, but the hype has always annoyed me, and I feel like they never really delivered. So, one star off for that.

I didn't really enjoy it that much.

Bad blend of the white stripes and the smiths. His vocals are good in the gritty moments otherwise annoying. Very good at writing catchy songs not my style.

Nem consegui chegar no hit. Certamente tem sua importância, só não é para mim.

Is That It? How disappointing. Maybe too iconic to live up to the hype. I know it’s cool not to care but they sound bored of their own songs. I don’t like Iggy Pop, I don’t like this. (Last Nite is a great tune though).

Album was fine. I wouldn't complain if someone put it in at a party but i won't be listening to it again. Felt like the tracklist was severely lacking in diversity.

Three good songs buried in mediocre. Less than the sum of its parts.

yes, that was it

En vaan tykkää Julian casablancasin äänestä, ainakaan tällä raspitehosteella.

p874. 2001. 2 stars Velvet Underground wannabees without the style or the substance. Great album cover though.

Not so bad but it's not the kind of music i like.

lyrics are somewhat puzzling

This was terrible. Just a bunch of unpleasant noise being shouted at the mic or something. I don't know, I tuned out the majority of the album because it was not fun to listen to.

Genre de rock punk debut 2000, vraiment pas trop mon genre mais. Ertaines tounes pas pire. 2,85

Too alternatove

2 manque d énergie a mon gout

HE CONOCIDO UNA CANCIÓN!!!!!!

sdf

Very beach boy vibes. Like in the y0s dancing..not bad but not my scene

This is the annoying background music in the alternative cafes or restaurants in Berlin, where the service is abysmal as the food.

Absolute pish

No me gustan the strokes

I love the artwork for LP. Not finding anything I really can lock onto musically though. It's a shame too because so many of my friends seem to really like these guys. I feel the same way about Kings Of Leone.

Is This It often feels more like a low-budget demo than a definitive classic, starting with a title track that serves as a total dud thanks to vocals so compressed they sound like they're coming through a walkie-talkie. This suffocating production leaves the kicks sounding flat and the instrument separation muddy, exacerbated by drumming throughout the entire album that feels notably weak and amateurish. While "Hard to Explain" and "Trying Your Luck" stand out as some of the better, more competent cuts, the record constantly slides back into mediocrity with tracks like "When It Started," "Soma," and "Barely Legal" failing to leave any lasting impression. Even the catchy hooks of "Someday" and "Last Nite" are undercut by technical flaws like a poor guitar solo, and the experience drags to a halt with "Take It or Leave It," an ending song that is also bad and fails to provide a strong finish. Ultimately, the entire album sounds like a high school band made it, and despite a few highlights, it is a weak effort that I’m leaving for sure.

this is one of the most annoying and boring albums I have ever heard and every part of it grates on me..... hard pass

This is definitely NOT it. One of the most boring records of the Naughties. A weary last grip of bands and sounds from the 70s that some enjoyed, but mostly for the right reasons the rest of us had moved on from. An unoriginal record that is totally uninspired and definitely not essential material for a list like this. Not one song is brave enough to raise its head above the tedious monotony. Could someone please introduce these guys to a hook? Some of the longest 35 minutes I have ever experienced. An example of why the naughties were probably the worst decade on this entire list. And further evidence that UK music critics have shit taste.

i kinda dislike them so i didn’t listen to it

meh

some good riffs but generally very tasteless music with no personality.

I have so little patience for this era of indie rock. Boring, sounds flat, and just does nothing for me, personally. I found most of the album irritating. The Bravery did this sound better. Highlights: "Hard to Explain" This shit is exhausting.

Terrible

Nope not for me, did not like the lyrics or music

Another band I can't help feeling that I should like, but can't quite get there Guitars are just a little repetitive and rather boring Vocals are just the wrong side of grating and annoying Not for me

extreme flat and same-y // tempo range is narrow, guitar tones sound the same // first four tracks blend into each other COMPLETELY // j casablancas’ vocals are nasal, whiny, grating- affect never changes, no diversity of pitch // lyrics are extremely thin, repetitive, hold almost no substance- attitude is quite juvenile // “last nite” fails to stand out, gets lost in homogeneity // despite the lo-fi production there’s no expression // trapped in the early 00s, but not in a flattering way // one long, mildly annoying loop

Ironic how the album was called Is this it cos that’s what I was feeling through the duration of it , bland and uninteresting bar maybe 2 of their hits

Is this it? Exactly. I can't tell one song from another. Classic early 00s boring indie stuff. I love their later songs like juicebox and Reptilia but this album just isn't it for me, a bland production that doesn't capture you and id say the same of the songwriting, except for last nite which is a banger. If you play this album alongside any of their later works its as if the while mix has Vaseline smeared over it, making the dreary songs sound even worse. Not for me. I even had a relisten as I see this so highly reviewed but I just don't get it at all. But that's wonderful because it shows how subjective music is! One mans art is one mans toilet paper.

The radio ruined this for me lol

Nothing interesting to my ears - very monotonous and instantly forgettable mediocre Music. The cover image is the most interesting part :-D

I don't like the guys voice

What is going on in this album cover I dont want to know

блять это было начало 10001 альбомов и это блять было ужасно я не знаю. пресный альбом, под конец прямо заебал

I didn’t enjoy this album. I don't like the vocals and I found the album boring.

not my thing really.

IDN

About time I listened to this in full, never will again. Horrendous, absolutely baffled how it’s popular

it's ok for background music, only kinda like one song only - last night

The best thing about the Stokes's album is when the ads played between the songs. I really enjoyed those.

I really did not like this album. Every song sounds the same. There aren't any songs I would listen to again genuinely.

1 tracks worth a re-listen. not for me.

One good song. Typical of the early 2000s slump.

This feels like 1,001 albums you won't believe got a record deal I'm not sure how this band got out of their garage. No catchy tunes, no inspiring tunes, no "I get that feeling" tunes. Just random blah blah blah with piss poor singing and almost good musicians. You could easily get this quality by walking down the street and listening to random garages ... I got song 8, but I'm just going to listen to my toilet drip now instead of the last 3 songs.

no thanks

Why this is supposed to be it?

Unfortunately boring to my taste.

Is this it is a correct approximation of this album. Limited appeal in its dull production and boring delivery. Just a waste of everyone's time.

Boring and derivative. A waste of a spot.

Not for me

pas ouf ou peut être j suis juste aigrie mais bon pas ma came

Boring, boring, boring. The annoying guitar ugh. They sound like those School of Rock kids bands that you have to struggle through at sumer event's

Didn’t enjoy, didn’t even finish the album

Is this it? I have never been able to understand the hype around this album. Maybe you just needed to be there when it dropped. To me this album has no punch, no dynamics, the melodies aren't worth remembering, the drums have no life to them, and I hate the guitar sound

Another 1001 Album Generator shit album that the algorithm has been paid to promote. What a load of crap.

I don't get this at all. It's the most monotonous album I've heard on this list (yet). I couldn't tell one song from another. Vocals are washed out and muddy. Music is repetitive and hookless. This honestly just sucks. A trash album that definitely doesn't deserve a place on this list... or even space on a dusty shelf at FYE.

Around 2006, I was heavily using Pandora, a streaming music app with an early recommendation algorithm. I would create a station, meticulously curate it via votes and additional artists, and play for hours while I worked. Inevitably, they would all end up becoming stations devoted to The Strokes. I hate The Strokes, but for some reason, Pandora was convinced that they were perfectly tailored to my taste. Almost everything I like has some crossover with The Strokes, but they mash it all together in a way that ends up being completely unappealing.

next one

1/5, noioso, non finito

No

Vampy shit all sounds the same, hate it don't know why people like it

Ни о чем

Fucking awful album, Fucking awful band, fucking awful music scene. 2000s indie rock is the worst. please let this shit die.

Crap

Suspect #1 in the awful direction rock took in the aughts

WTF is this? Why the truly horrible sound quality? Why the distorted vocals? Life's too short to care about any of this. It is also too short to listen to this for more than a few minutes.

Blah

Oh, Is This It? Yes, Julian, this is indeed it: the lowest bar for creativity. The Strokes manage to sound like every indie band you’ve ever heard, except somehow more bored. Every song feels like Julian Casablancas is singing while scrolling his phone, detached and uninterested in what he’s actually saying. It’s painfully clear they’re trying to be “cool,” but they end up sounding like they’re singing about the hardships of being slightly inconvenienced by their trust funds. I would rather listen to hold music than go through this again.

once again - Indie - Detuned instruments, garage-sound .....

Is this it ?

I’ve had better strokes

So I kinda hated this band when this album was released because it sounded like rock for hipsters who don’t actually like rock. Coming in 23 years later… can’t say I feel much differently. Rich kids cosplaying as street urchins and buying their way into a career as rock stars on the strength of the Elite Modeling Agency fortune. I mean, I get it. Nu-Metal was getting pretty stale and these guys were different than that. I am forever grateful that this was nearing the end of music trends being dictated by terrestrial radio and major labels.

It all sounded the same, thanks but no thanks

Kedeligt

Isn't it the worst out of the naughties? I really disliked this pseudo-garage rock revival at that time, and it didn't age well either. It sill a music performed by a bunch of poseurs who painfuly recycle old ideas while being nonchalant to pass for the coolest kids in town.

Not my kind of music.

Very overrated band, this album has a lot of what sounds like pretty much the same song repeated. Whenever it sounds like they might shake things up even a little bit it quickly devolves back into their basic work yet again. Pair that with the horrendous filter over the singer's voice and the repetition within each song and you have the perfect recipe for a 1 star album.

Bad.

Didn't care for the singers voice.

The schtick of the distorted vocals is a distraction from... nothing else of interest. This is blandness

Seriously?! Good grief!

Alternative rock. No real good songs.

I don't know about this one ... I made it through to the last song, Take it or leave it and decided I'd leave it.

Uma bosta

Nicht meine Richtung

Sucks

Not for me, sound the same.

Boring. Not a single song on there that I really liked minus Last Nite and I like that better by Weird Al

Not it

Nicht mein Geschmack

Whiney. Sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom.

מעפן

I truly hate the music this band makes

Very boring.

Boring

no

Dont like the vocal effects on some songs. A bit repetetive. It's ok but not really great. 1,5 stars

I was shocked by how much I didn't enjoy this album.

I just did not enjoy this album. Sounded very mainstream and generic, nothing unique or special that would constitute it being on this list. This is a weird add IMO.

df

For an album of not much more than half an hour in length, it really does drag. 20 seconds worth of musical ideas are dragged out to minutes and the vocals are really uninvolving. Disappointing.

Did not like

How incredibly bland of instantly forgettable.

Not really my cup of tea

Maybe because I've heard it before before but it's bland, boring and almost a fake attempt at energy they don't have. It just feels forced. I wasnt a fan the first time I heard it and certainly am not this time either.

I was expecting great things after their single Someday but, apart from a couple of tracks, this album sounded so amateurish. Very disappointing

Not a fan of the strokes, all their songs sound the same and it’s a noise I don’t like. Wouldn’t choose to listen to any of their albums.

komplett 70er style.. stark rockig aber mit leichtem punk einschlag vorallem auf den vocals.. coole e-gitarren riffs und solos. geht ein wenig in die richtung der talking heads.. ok richtung beschreibung wär new-wave gewesen haha my best friends girl kannte ich schon, den rest nicht wirklich.. nicht 100pro mein sound aber schon fettes album

Nice brit pop