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Emeritus
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Last Active 01-03-23 11:21 pm
Joined 06-03-16
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| The Strokes: A Controversial Ranking
You know the drill by now: I put up opinion, some get angry, some defend it, all are somewhat amused. | | 5 |  | The Strokes
Room on Fire
A bland, watered-down version of Is This It, Room on Fire doesn't really add anything new to the table. Every song would've fit easily on the previous record, albeit with a much more uninspired sound and quality. The lone bright spot is "Reptilia," which oddly enough hits just the right blend of incredible riffs and endless energy, and might be the best track of their entire career. | | 4 |  | The Strokes
Is This It
I might jam to this album if it was on, but I don't understand the wide-ranging acclaim. There are a few great tracks off of here, especially "Alone, Together" which simply just work as a combination of tight riffs and punk energy, but there's not enough variety here to make me much of a fan. I don't get the originality or excitement that this album caused, but I'd never fault someone for loving it. | | 3 |  | The Strokes
First Impressions of Earth
A far cry from the tired follow-up that was Room on Fire, First Impressions of Earth takes their trademark sound and builds upon it, adding new sounds and a more diverse soundscape to appeal to the fans of their older stuff and people like me who were desperately looking for new ideas. It might not be vastly superior to their previous efforts, but I'd gladly add this album to my collection someday, especially with riveting tracks like "Juicebox" and "Ize of the World." | | 2 |  | The Strokes
Comedown Machine
An album that would have worked as a natural transition to Angles from their previous works, Comedown Machine fuses electronic touches to the riffs and sister distortion to the energy, forming what might be their most varied and organic album period. From the eerie ballad "80s Comedown Machine" to the rip-roaring jam of "50/50," there's a little bit of everything here for those looking for old and new. | | 1 |  | The Strokes
Angles
Where First Impressions grew on their sound, Angles threw it away and replaced it with a much more eclectic and menacing outlook. Rife with explosive riffs ("Metabolism") and downright creepy atmosphere ("Life Is Simple in the Moonlight"), it's bound to piss off the die-hard fans of the first two albums. But that might just be why a lover of the strange and diverse like myself would fall in love with it. | |
neekafat
12.28.16 | And yes, I thought the new EP was really good too | Clumseee
12.28.16 | First Impressions of Earth
Is This It
Room on Fire
Future Past Present
Comedown Machine
Angles
| neekafat
12.28.16 | At least we can agree on First Impressions being the best of the first three | Snake.
12.28.16 | they stopped making music after 2006 | neekafat
12.28.16 | Such salt | ZippaThaRippa
12.28.16 | This thread is entirely salt free.
I like First Impressions the best. Angles is good too but I wouldn't call it their #1. | AmericanFlagAsh
12.28.16 | Is This It is by far the best | altertide0
12.28.16 | do you seriously think your lists are so controversial or are you just joking/trolling? | FullOfSounds
12.28.16 | Nicely put descriptions. I've personally only jammed Room on Fire and it's decent | danielcardoso
12.28.16 | Never really checked this band besides their EP this year, nice list tho. | FullOfSounds
12.28.16 | Their new EP is really lame yeah | DoofusWainwright
12.28.16 | Half of Angles is good, the other half is rancid | bloc
12.28.16 | I agree 1 is underrated. It would be ranked third for me however. | RadicalEd
12.28.16 | Congratz you're about as wrong as you could have been. | neekafat
12.28.16 | Thanks y'all,
@Full, yeah I'd call it decent just not very interesting for me
@alter, the list is my opinion, the name is joking | Sinternet
12.28.16 | I mean Room on fire is best and Is this it is aight but rest are trash so no | dreamgazing
01.07.17 | they're all pretty rad and have something to offer imo | NorthernSkylark
01.07.17 | Controversial, no. Peculiar, yes. | TVC15
01.07.17 | Everything should tied for last tbh | bloc
01.07.17 | Wouldn't that also mean everything is tied for first? | neekafat
01.11.17 | @dreamgazing, I can certainly get behind that.
@bloc, Tru |
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