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their best album to me. it's similar to is this it but casablancas became a better songwriter and the band grew stronger as performers. the hype and insanity of the time was stupid and the media just wanted to knock the pins down after setting them up by hyping them as the saviors of rock
The best way to enjoy Room On Fire is in two ways: 1. Look at each song individually and not as a collective whole. It makes each song better when not having to be pushed together and in an order. 2. Don’t look at it as in the shadow of Is This It, and appreciate it as it’s own thing.
I've always said it: This is the best possible follow-up an artist could write after a debut as well-regarded as Is This It (and there aren't many debuts like that in the history of music). Not only is Room On Fire a great follow-up, it's a fantastic record in its own right.
"He want them to sound old-fashioned and at the same time futuristic " It means the idea of the voidz was always there, jules tried in his first solo, then he accomplished that sound with the voidz . Maybe the voidz is the band he always wanted to be with. Sounds heartbreaking but maybe the strokes was always a base and the first stage to get what he really wants.
I hold "Is this It' and "Room on Fire" as two sides of the same album. I always considered Gordon Raphael to be the common denominator therein. Had The Clash released London Calling as two separate, consecutive records they probably would've received similar criticism.
For the 20th anniversary this year the Strokes need to reissue RoF with the bonus tracks "Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men" and the three tracks they did with Godrich and scrapped.
I still love the quote about the 12:51 video, regardless of the song itself(I think it's great), "'The video is not good enough.' He goes, 'Because the band didn’t want this song and you see it on the screen.' And he was right. You watch that video and they are bored." - Meet Me in the Bathroom, 2017
i feel like if the latter half of first impression of earth was just slightly better, room on fire wouldn't be my favorite strokes album. its so close, and heart in a cage is my favorite song but room on fire is just so amazing to me. is this it and new abnormal are tied in 3rd for me, but their whole discography is just amazing its hard to decide on hard rankings.
@@jn1346 don't get me wrong i love the second half, but i feel like juicebox, heart in a cage, and razorblade is the best 3 song lineup in their whole discography. i love a majority of the songs in the second half so much but some of them are just a bit repetitive, which puts it just below room on fire for me.
Both 1st and 2nd albums are equally awesome. In my opinion you cannot compare the two. Each album is in a class (separately) by itself. The first album was like one song immediately after the next. The second album is like 32 minutes long but not edited as fast as the first one. If that makes any sense. If Gordon Raphael never produced The Strokes, it may not have had the impact that those first two albums had.
Incredible to read reviews saying this is a sub par Is This It, to me Room on Fire is an amazing 2nd album, it goes a bit farther than the sound of Is this it, but you can feel some songs could have been on the first album
I love both but Room On Fire is definitely a bit darker and perhaps more uncertain of itself. Is This It is just pure unbridled confidence - in a way that only a debut album can be!
Absolute nonsense Room On Fire was an incredible album full of hits. I do not understand the criticism and never did. It's only fault is Is This It was new and fresh and impossible to follow up (that is not a fault really now is it).
I think if you review music as a professional you should be critical but also you should look for something good in the music. Give a ome positive feedback because too often are we going back and giving credit to old music when it should’ve gotten the credit it deserved from the beginning.
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It is a better album to Is This It. Most love Reptilia and say its THE strokes song, I mean it is a good song but its not the Strokes definitive sound. Under Control and Whatever Happened i think come to mind first. Hard to Explain and Someday from this is it too Reptilia is kind of like New York City Cops and Juicebox where its a standout. Many will point to these songs as being classic strokes. When those songs are a bit different from what the strokes were really doing. Kind of like Radiohead and Creep or The Killers with Mr. brightside.
