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a b "TOP 100 ALBUM DE ENERO A DICIEMBRE DE 2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2010 . Retrieved September 25, 2021. Music Direct reserves the right to change the terms of this promotion or discontinue this offer at any time.

Juicebox” didn’t hit like “Mr. Brightside,” but it was undeniably a hit relative to everything else the Strokes had released up to that point. It peaked at #98 on the Billboard Hot 200, the only Strokes single to appear on that chart. It peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart — astonishingly the band’s highest position ever in that Strokes-rapturous nation ( Room On Fire’s “12:51″ got to #7, and Is This It’s “Last Nite” peaked at #14). The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved April 15, 2020. Picture of Lathanum Aluminate..., used courtesy of Professor Michael Davidson, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Flordida State University. Certes les Strokes sont beaux, jeunes, riches, talentueux ... Et en plus, ils savent s'habiller. Forcément dérangeant.I think this song is AMAZING! i think it’s great that they’re trying something a bit different! and its an awesome song! Can’t wait to see them on tour I.e., people rushed out to buy “Juicebox” and First Impressions Of Earth not because they liked “Juicebox” and First Impressions Of Earth, but because they liked Room On Fire. In hindsight, we know that wasn’t the case — as Valensi said, the band viewed “Juicebox” as an “obvious candidate for first single”— but nonetheless, “You Only Live Once” did sort of quiet some of the concern that had been stoked in the preceding days. He was right to be worried; the album hasn’t aged well. In returning to First Impressions to write this story, I actually found myself astonished at how bad it sounds today — and I say this as someone who has tremendous affection for the album despite all its flaws; someone who has spent the better part of the last 10 years casually defending the album, if infrequently listening to it. True, ‘Room On Fire’ was a ‘difficult’ album done good – perhaps because there’s something strangely appealing about the sound of a band on top of the world, but at their end of their tether. Right now, though, The Strokes need something big, and you can forget those jibes about overprivilege: this is the sort of big that no amount of time at Swiss finishing school can prepare you for. Because fittingly, on ‘First Impressions Of Earth’, The Strokes are on their own.

Swisscharts.com – The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 15, 2020. Still, it deserves some defense. A decade later, there are five genuinely great songs on First Impressions, five songs that belong on any and every Strokes playlist: “You Only Live Once,”“Razorblade,”“Electricityscape,”“Ize Of The World,” and “Evening Sun.” If you are a Strokes fan, you CANNOT live without these songs; they are all nearly perfect and absolutely transcend the bramble in which they are mired. Once you’re past the opening riff and have worked out that the bloke singing like an American Alan Rake having his tonsils removed with a blowtorch is actually what Julian Casablancas sounds like when amplified, the Strokesian meta-brilliance of “Juicebox” burns stronger than a pile of Kate Moss modeling contracts. Then you have five more that hint at greatness — or at least goodness — but fall short, either for being under- or over-cooked: “Heart In A Cage,”“Vision Of Division,”“Ask Me Anything,”“Fear Of Sleep,” and “Red Light.” These songs are ultimately inessential but not without their charms, occasionally intriguing if not quite gripping, and still worth a spin from time to time.En général, quand une chronique de disques me plait sur XSilence, si je suis d'accord avec elle, je m'interdis de chroniquer ce disque, si c'est pour répéter la même chose que ce qui a étéécrit auparavant. Evidence of those debates and that criticism have mostly vanished from the internet, sadly, because the great majority of that discussion occurred on the now-defunct industry-insiders message board the Velvet Rope. But I assure you, they happened. I remember! On a day-to-day basis, no other Velvet Rope threads generated as many comments as those Strokes threads, and on that board, as in real life, there were many, many people who fell into one of two camps. Camp A was exemplified by a guy who called himself “The Count,” who was (as I recall) related to the Strokes’ manager, Ryan Gentles. The Count was a big fan of the Strokes, and he was optimistic (if a little defensive) about the RCA deal. Camp B was exemplified by a guy who called himself “Dirk Belig,” who was (if memory serves) an unsigned musician and record-store employee. Dirk Belig thought the Strokes were hopelessly mediocre and derivative, and he was certain the RCA deal was based purely on undeserved hype, nepotism, and/or political patronage. Frustrated, confused, and exhausted, the Strokes took some time off before reconvening to record their third album, and when they were ready to do so, they enlisted a new producer: David Kahne. There was no question about why they’d decided to change things up: The Strokes wanted to undo whatever perceived damage had been done by Room On Fire. Drummer Fabrizio Moretti said as much in a 2006 Spin interview: Dolan, Jon (2005-12-27). "The Strokes, 'First Impressions of Earth' (RCA)". Spin . Retrieved 2011-02-20. Initially, the plan was for Kahne to work alongside Gordon Raphael, the Strokes’ longtime producer. But that arrangement was fraught with difficulties. Raphael recounted a conversation he’d had with Strokes frontman/architect Julian Casablancas after a month in the studio with Kahne and the band:

He really did leave. In 2009, Casablancas moved to Los Angeles and released his own debut solo album, Phrazes For The Young. Not only was it his name on the spine, but his face on the sleeve: a self-consciously solitary image of Casablancas sitting in a studio accompanied by nothing but a guitar, a phonograph, and his dog, Balki. The cover echoed the famous RCA logo, but it was hard to view it without also thinking of a classic quote, attributed to such lonely leaders as President Harry S. Truman and Gordon Gekko— bottom line-minded pragmatists who knew business and friendship could never mix. Five years after being shunted aside in favor of Kahne, Raphael offered a synopsis of the Strokes’ mindset at the time: “I believe they saw all the bands that came in the door behind the first record that were selling three times more than them and were wondering if it was a production thing. At the time, they were getting married and having children and wondering how they could go higher than they did.”It’s possible this is just a coincidence. Perhaps both artists were independently drawing from a third: The Strokes were notably influenced by Blondie; meanwhile, numerous listeners have pointed out the similarities between “Summerboy” and “Heart Of Glass.” I’m sure there’s some truth to that! But I don’t think that’s the whole truth. Listen to some of those old Bangles jams, listen to First Impressions Of Earth, listen to “Summerboy,” and then consider what Kahne said about working with Raphael and Casablancas — but this time, exclude the part about Raphael, and focus only on the part about Casablancas:

Cet album est une pure merveille, tout d'abord parce qu'ils ont acquis une maturité instrumentale qu'ils n'avaient pas dans le passé. Ensuite, les morceaux sont beaucoup plus longs et complexes qu'auparavant : écoutez "Visions Of Division" et vous comprendrez. De plus, ils élargissent leurs influences, lorgnant parfois du côté de la new-wave comme en témoigne le trés beau "Evening Sun", ou même le solo un peu arabisant de "Visions Of Division". Mais l'album est composé d'autre perles comme le très dansant "Juicebox" qui montre que les Strokes n'ont rien perdu de leur énergie, ou le très eighties "Ask Me Anything", un des plus beaux morceaux de la galette. a b "British album certifications – The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth". British Phonographic Industry. Danishcharts.dk – The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

It went beyond music. I sincerely believe the Strokes literally singlehandedly saved the Converse sneaker company from going out of business, and I can’t even begin to quantify their influence on fashion beyond that. So if the Strokes wanted to be as big as lesser acts like the Killers — as big as the FOO FIGHTERS, even — it didn’t seem entirely unwarranted. Lee, Tim (2006-01-02). "The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth". musicOMH . Retrieved 2013-03-23.

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