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Is This It (Music)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Is This It is the debut album by American rock band The Strokes, released on July 30, 2001. After recording a demo in 2000, The Strokes caught the attention of future Strokes manager Ryan Gentles, who scheduled them for four gigs in December. Encouraged by this opportunity and supported by associates, the band released The Modern Age EP and attracted the attention of multiple record companies. A drawn-out, pricey bidding war ensued before RCA Records won the rights in March of 2001, inducing attention and hype for the band within the music industry.The sound featured on Is This It came about as protest against the then-mainstream sound of music, since the band focused on making a raw, gritty and energetic sound. Many techniques used in production, inspired by The Velvet Underground and The Ramones, emphasized distorted, low-fidelity noise - singer Julian Casablancas sang through a Peavey amp - and a compressed drum sound which retained the pickup noise from the guitars and bass. The result was a bare, minimalistic sound that eschewed the heavy clipping present in many rock albums in favor of unrefined pop sensibilities. Executive Meddling, however, pressed the band to forgo the original album cover, and the band replaced the track "New York City Cops" in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Upon its release, Is This It earned rave reviews from critics and major commercial success. It proved to be massively influential within the next few years, with its sound being considered a fresh alternative to Post-Grunge and Nu Metal, and inspiring a wave of Garage Rock bands. The album would open the floodgates for a New York scene that would come to be a centre for 2000s rock music, with bands like Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and LCD Soundsystem bursting into the world later, while also serving to inspire the UK indie rock scene; Bloc Party's Silent Alarm, The Libertines' Up the Bracket, and Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not would follow in the wake of this record's success, introducing further elements into the genre. | |
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Alternate Album Cover | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_1779f10e | type |
"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_1779f10e | comment |
"Well Done, Son!" Guy: "Is This It" and "When It Started" both reference Julian Casablancas' father, who gave him a privileged upbringing but wasn't often there for him. The lyrics describe having to follow in the wake of a father's success while acknowledging one's own privilege. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_23b0d78 | type |
Title Track | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_23b0d78 | comment |
Title Track: The band thought of naming it after "Take It or Leave It", but felt that going for "Is This It" sounded less pretentious. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_27690f66 | type |
Literary Allusion Title | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_27690f66 | comment |
Literary Allusion Title: "Soma" is a reference to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, where a drug called soma is used to keep the population docile and complacent. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_58510e2b | type |
Sexy Packaging | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_58510e2b | comment |
Sexy Packaging: The cover is a crotch shot of a naked woman (the photographer's then-girlfriend), touching her own hip with a leather glove. Hence the US had to change it for the much less racy psychedelic photograph of subatomic particle tracks in a bubble chamber. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_5ade32d1 | type |
Metal Scream | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_5ade32d1 | comment |
Metal Scream: "I said just TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, AND TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT..." | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_5e835a41 | type |
Gratuitous Panning | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_5e835a41 | comment |
Gratuitous Panning: Done to an extent, predominantly with Nick Valensi's guitar mixed in the right channel, and Albert Hammond, Jr.'s in the left, although occasionally this is inverted. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_87317385 | type |
The Jailbait Wait | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_87317385 | comment |
The Jailbait Wait: "Barely Legal", obviously: | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_99699561 | type |
Questioning Title? | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_99699561 | comment |
Questioning Title?: The album is a subversion, since the band felt that the question mark "didn't look right." This hasn't stopped some critics from placing it in. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_ac69f953 | type |
Lyrical Shoehorn | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_ac69f953 | comment |
Lyrical Shoehorn: "Barely Legal": "For the record, it's between only you and I". | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_cb9dc500 | type |
Perishing Alt-Rock Voice | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_cb9dc500 | comment |
Perishing Alt-Rock Voice: Once a staple of Post-Grunge, the lo-fi voice featured a revival thanks to this album. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | type |
One-Word Title | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_d0f0a80d | comment |
One-Word Title: "Soma", "Someday". | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_d40b9465 | type |
Title-Only Chorus | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_d40b9465 | comment |
Title-Only Chorus: "Is This It", "Take It or Leave It". | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 | type |
Lyrical Dissonance | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 | comment |
Lyrical Dissonance: "Someday". | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_dbfe8427 | type |
Intercourse with You | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_dbfe8427 | comment |
Intercourse with You: "Alone, Together" drops not-so-subtle hints of this. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_de7b7cbf | type |
Drugs Are Bad | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_de7b7cbf | comment |
Drugs Are Bad: "Soma": | |
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Garage Rock | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_e700dad1 | comment |
Garage Rock: Easily the biggest album to come out of the garage-rock revival. | |
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| Is This It (Music) / int_fdbd6162 | type |
With Friends Like These... | |
| Is This It (Music) / int_fdbd6162 | comment |
With Friends Like These...: "Is This It" | |
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