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Is This It - Alternate Cover Artwork

THE STROKES Is This It (US limited edition 11-track black vinyl LP, their classic 2001 debut album containing the singles Hard To Explain, Last Nite and Someday, plus the controversial track New York City Cops. Gatefold picture sleeve with unique US-friendly alternate cover artwork, the original 'gloved hand' image being deemed too risqué for middle-America! Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve. The vinyl shows some like cosmetic 'wisps' likely caused as a result of manufacturing -not affecting play)
#Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 2014 - 10 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label BMG
Complete Stock List Go to The Strokes
Product Catalogue No 0786368045-1
Music Genre Indie, 00s Artists, NME Indie/Alternative Artists
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Arriving on a wave of well-earned hype rooted in tight chops and a confident swagger, the Strokes offer a rock and roll antidote to the plague of boy bands, teen divas, and petulant rap-rock outfits. Despite this quintet's prep-school background, their sound comes from the same primordial ooze that spawned big apple legends like the New York Dolls, the Modern Lovers and the Velvet Underground. Clocking in at 36 minutes, Is This It packs its perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map.

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.

Side A
1. Is This It 2:34
2. The Modern Age 3:32
3. Soma 2:37
4. Barely Legal 3:58
5. Someday 3:07

Side B
1. Alone, Together 3:12
2. Last Nite 3:17
3. Hard To Explain 3:47
4. New York City Cops 3:36
5. Trying Your Luck 3:27
6. Take It Or Leave It 3:16

LP RECORD  
Recording Artist The Strokes
Product Title Is This It - Alternate Cover Artwork
Product Information The Strokes Is This It - Alternate Cover Artwork USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Albert Hammond Jr., CRX, Different Strokes, Julian Casablancas, Little Joy, Nickel Eye, Regina Spektor, Summer Moon, The Voidz
Product Barcode 078636804514
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