Is This It

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Casablancas's stepfather and Moretti's and Fraiture's older brothers introduced the quartet to the music of reggae artist Bob Marley, protopunk group the Velvet Underground, and alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Joe Levy of Rolling Stone explained that the record is "the stuff of which legends are made", and summed it up as "more joyful and intense than anything else I've heard this year". By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. A routinely great artist, much of Sufjan's universal appeal comes from his skills as a gifted narrator, pairing personal musings on love and devotion with commentary on American culture, whilst welding folk and electronica, the ambient and existential. In 2006, Is This It was ranked at number48 by The Observer in the publication's list of The 50Albums That Changed Music, [84] while Mojo featured it at number33 in its list of 100Modern Classics, 1993–2006.

Is This It was named the best album of 2001 by Billboard, CMJ, Entertainment Weekly, [8] NME, Playlouder, [54] and Time.The Japanese release date of August 22 was timed to occur after two one-off shows by the band at the Summer Sonic Festival, [33] while the UK release of August 27 coincided with the Reading and Leeds Festivals.

In 2007, Q included the record at number21 in its editorial staff list of the 21Albums That Changed Music. Among the many highlights are Last Nite with its insistent motown backbeat and choppy johnny thunders-like guitar solo, Barely Legal, sounding like 1980s-era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly Someday with its hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break-up. While frontman Julian Casablancas (son of elite models founder john) drawls like Lou Reed through a busted intercom, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr do Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd proud as their sinewy chords intertwine to great effect on the angular The Modern Age and equally neurotic Alone, Together.Yet It was banned due to the cover - Then a bunch of air planes flew into the world trade centre on 9/11 on this record drop date and the song "Nyc Cops" Became Taboo- The world was never the same again. The RCA Records label is a unit of BMG Entertainment TMK(S) ® registered | Marcas registrada(s) [RCA logo] ® General Electric Co. Due to inventory and accounting purposes, we do not exchange items received for different items than originally purchased. But like the similarly lauded Elastica and Supergrass before them, the Strokes don't rehash the sounds that inspire them—they remake them in their own image. Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jalen perform live knows that he is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene.

At the time, the Lane photograph was already at the presses and was included in the July and August 2001 versions.

I bought the CD because of the cover alone when it came out in 2001and I just loved the music from that day. i have the UK original, the later US pressing with the NRP-cut side A and welcome to 1979-cut side B, and this EU pressing from the MOV plates. In a perfect 10 review, NME reviewer John Robinson indicated that Is This It was one of the best debut LPs by a guitar band during the past 20years. Valensi commented that guitar teacher and mentor Bowersock was invaluable because he was articulating things to the producer that the group could not.