The Modern Age (track)
by The Strokes
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The Modern Age appears on the following album(s) by The Strokes:
- Is This It (track #2) (this album) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/19/2026 17:30 | Robert_fripp | 811 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 15:52 | GregorSamsa | 972 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2026 06:38 | mash | 4,257 | 92/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 12:19 | Bjartmar03 | 2,889 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 21:59 | machiaj | 8,958 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.6/100, a mean average of 87.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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Truly a great track :)
Feels a bit more bouncy. Julian has amazing inflections to make those riffs even more catchy.
GandalfORiley345 05/17/2014 03:33 | #112041
What an incredible drums, and the guitar with it sounds incredible, and the voice in this song is incredible, this song makes me feel like i´m not in the modern age
Anti 04/06/2014 21:38 | #108697
My personal favorite on this album. :)
Mother Nature's Son 02/19/2013 09:59 | #65496
The "wooh" he makes at the end of the song always reminds me of "Oh! Darling".
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