First Impressions Of EarthThe Strokes · 2006

rollingstone

7.0

“The Strokes making a third album? That wasn’t supposed to happen. After all the tricks they stole from their 1970s New York rock heroes, they seemed destined to blaze out in a storm of booze and leather and Danish strippers, preferably in a five-room suite at the Chelsea Hotel, with a neon sign out the […]”

pitchfork

5.9

“When *Is This It* landed in 2001, prognosticators claimed the Strokes would break big, reassert New York's post-punk primacy, and save rock and roll. One out of three ain't bad. Though early references were made to canonical art-rock legends such as Television and the Velvet Underground-- bands that achieved more popularity after disbanding than at their creative peaks-- the Strokes were superstar”

“If the album was a bit more dense, would’ve rated it much higher. So many great songs like Ize Of The World, You Only Live Once or Razorblade, all diluted among other just boring songs.”