Is This It

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Is This It was named the best album of 2001 by Billboard, CMJ, Entertainment Weekly, [8] NME, Playlouder, [54] and Time. [8] Magnet, Q, and The New Yorker included it in their respective unnumbered shortlists of the best records issued that year. [54] [55] [56] It figured highly in other end-of-year best album lists: at number two by The Herald, [57] at number three by Mojo, [54] at number five by The New York Times, [58] at number eight by Rolling Stone and by USA Today, [54] [59] at number nine by The Boston Phoenix, and at number ten by Kludge. [60] [61] The record featured at number two behind Bob Dylan's Love and Theft in The Village Voice 's 2001 Pazz & Jop critics' poll, which aggregated the votes of 621prominent reviewers. [54] In 2002, Is This It was named Best Album at the NME Awards and Best International Album at the Meteor Music Awards. [62] [63] It was nominated in the latter category at the Brit Awards, where the Strokes won Best International Newcomer and received a nomination in the Best International Group category. [64] The same year, the quintet won Band of the Year and Best New Act at the NME Awards and was nominated in the latter category at the MTV Europe Music Awards. [62] [65] Commercial [ edit ]

The Official UK Albums Chart: 2001". ChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: Musiqware (Special Issue, January 2002): 5.

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The Strokes Artist Biography by Heather Phares – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014 . Retrieved December 11, 2013. I'm not even trying to exagerrate this might be one of my most clear, amplified sounding version of this classic album I have ever heard. Its not just my surround system that this sounds amazing but just through the record player speakers it sounds so livid and lush Cohen, Jonathan (October 25, 2003). "Different Strokes as Band's Sound Evolves". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012 . Retrieved November 20, 2009. The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: The Strokes, 'Is This It' ". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012 . Retrieved August 27, 2012. D'Angelo, Joe; LeClaire, David (February 14, 2002). "The Strokes Won't Be Shaken Or Stirred By Critics' Praise". MTV. Archived from the original on February 20, 2002 . Retrieved November 20, 2009.Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B etched, STERLING stamped): MPO 07863-68045-1B RJ STERLING RTRADE LP 030 B a b Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric (September 21, 2001). "Dave Matthews Band, Strokes, Sheryl Crow Rethink Their Music". MTV. Archived from the original on February 2, 2002 . Retrieved November 20, 2009. New Zealand album certifications – The Strokes – Is This It". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved June 2, 2019. a b c d "100 best: Albums of the Decade". FACT. November 30, 2009. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013 . Retrieved December 13, 2011. a b Miles, Barry; Scott, Grant; Morgan, Johnny, eds. (2008). The Greatest Album Covers of All Time. Anova Books. p.251. ISBN 978-1-84340-481-1.

D'Angelo, Joe (November 5, 2003). "Outkast Reclaim The Throne; Strokes Make Big Debut On Albums Chart". MTV. Archived from the original on June 24, 2004 . Retrieved November 20, 2009.Ashare, Matt (December 28, 2001). "Traveling music: Pop that made the grade in 2001". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013 . Retrieved December 15, 2009. Meteor Ireland Music Awards: Past Winners". Meteor. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009 . Retrieved November 25, 2009. My copy reads: “WWW.THESTROKES.COM | The RCA Record label is a unit…” but is otherwise identical in every way. The album was released during the Summer of 2001 on different dates in different territories to coincide with or capitalise on live performances: Australia (July 30, 2001), Japan (August 22), UK (August 27). Japanese album certifications – The Strokes – Is This It" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2003年11月 on the drop-down menu

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The bonus DVD portion of the reissue contains the music videos for the album's three singles and two previously unreleased live performances of the Strokes on MTV2. Kravitz, Kayley (December 23, 2015). "Revisiting the Post-Punk Revival". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on October 28, 2012 . Retrieved August 5, 2015. a b " "Top of the Pops" Episode dated 6 July 2001". NME. June 14, 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016 . Retrieved November 20, 2009. I just wanted to write music that could touch people. [As] a songwriter, you play a few chords and sing a melody that's been done a thousand times, and now you're a singer-songwriter. I think it takes a little more than that to do something that matters. And I wish I could write a song where all the parts work. When you hear a song like that, it's like finding a new friend." [4] a b "The Strokes 'Explain' All". NME. April 27, 2001. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011 . Retrieved December 7, 2020.