Somehow, The Strokes manages to create an album with three or maybe four whole tempos, and still create one of the best debut albums I've ever heard. It such a tight album with simple great riffs and, just soooo good. Julian's singing feels like he belongs so well with the band, and there're so many memorable songs. "Is This It", "Someday", "Last Nite" "Hard to Explain", are so great and catchy. I could see why someone would feel like it's repetitive, but I feel like it all works so well, and while their later works don't top this, I'm still glad they kept going, releasing a lot of great songs.

Quite crazy that the average score on all songs are an 88/100, though the album only has an 85/100 rating...

Overall: 9.7/10

Top Tracks: "Someday", "Last Nite", "Hard to Explain"

Great guitar interplay and vocal processing, and catchy as fuck.

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A shining example of a perfect album

The Strokes come out of the gate strong with 2001's "Is This It". Often regarded as one of the best albums of the 2000's, the album marked the resurgence of garage rock with catchy guitar hooks in songs like "Last Nite", "Someday" and "Hard to Explain".

A must listen for any fan of modern rock.

Great album. Every song is amazing and just comes and goes, no messing around. One of my favourites.

Its ok I guess. Solid modern rock album, but isn't really as substantial as I expected. A little repetitive

What an incredible album! Every song top to bottom is great. One of the most consistent albums I've heard.

A nice and simple rock album.
Haven't heard it since but they are a pretty solid band.