Room On Fire (studio album) by The Strokes

Room On Fire by The Strokes
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 268th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 1,192 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2003 (4th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 2000s (39th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (268th)

The Strokes bestography

Room On Fire is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by The Strokes on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Strokes is Is This It which is ranked number 24 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 33,309.

The Strokes album bestography « Higher ranked (24th) This album (268th) Lower ranked (454th) »
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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80/100
From 03/29/2023 00:20
Sort of sounds like a sequel to 'Is This It'. There's plenty of top notch tracks but unlike its predecessor it's not as consistent. But that was always going to be a hard ask. Still a great album though.
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From 02/20/2023 00:35
As most people have already pointed out before, this is a weaker version of Is This It but that shouldn't take away from the quality that is on here. Their style is so simple yet it is almost impossible to replicate its originality. They just seem to have a gift at creating genius hooks and choruses that just get stuck in our brains and we can't get them out of there. This is demonstrated best on Is This It but there are loads on here which show it as well. A few examples would be 12:51, What Ever Happened?, Reptilia and I Can't Win. When I think about it there isn't that much on here that isn't great or fantastic. There are only a few skippable tracks that keep it from being up there with their debut. Overall, this record goes a little under appreciated due to its similarities with Is This It when actually it is still a fantastic release and has so many songs which are instant Strokes classics.
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From 07/17/2022 20:26
The songs come across as simple, which raises the question of why more bands can’t create music this good. The Strokes have a signature sound and it works.
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From 02/22/2022 04:50
84.09

Is This It 2.0
Acá The Strokes se mantienen en su género, tras explotar como las mega estrellas que le faltaban a la escena del rock y que dejan en claro en las letras de What Ever Happened? o Reptilia. No está para nada malo el disco. De hecho, muchos lo prefieren por encima de Is This It? Por ahora, personalmente no estoy de acuerdo, pero eso no me ha limitado de gozar este disco. Por supuesto, tiene a Reptilia, el hitazo y la canción más reconocida de la banda, pero el disco es más que eso, tiene otros grandes temas como Automatic Stop, The End Has No End, incluso What Ever Happened? la canción que abre el tema es mi segunda favorita después de Reptilia. Muy disfrutable, y probablemente se quede justamente con el título de Segundo mejor album de The Strokes.
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From 01/25/2022 21:24
Not as consistent as Is This It, but it contains my favourite Strokes song, 12:51. Reptilia and I Can't Win are great too.
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From 07/09/2021 20:38
Álbum pipocão.. Bom com uma cerveja gelada!
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From 02/10/2021 15:15
Not only the best Strokes album but the best album of all time
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From 01/15/2021 17:14
Efficace, comme souvent avec les Stokes
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From 01/03/2021 14:51
They follow the same successful formula as in their debut, but the original is simply better.
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Best Albums of 2003
1. Elephant by The White Stripes
2. Hail To The Thief by Radiohead
3. Absolution by Muse
4. Room On Fire by The Strokes
5. Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins
6. Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie
7. Give Up by The Postal Service
8. De-Loused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta
9. The Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia
10. Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
11. The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place by Explosions In The Sky
12. Michigan by Sufjan Stevens
13. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast
14. Ghosts Of The Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon
15. Velocity : Design : Comfort by Sweet Trip
16. Quebec by Ween
17. The Black Album by Jay-Z
18. Meteora by Linkin Park
19. Deja Entendu by Brand New
20. Think Tank by Blur
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