The Way It Is (track) by The Strokes

The Way It Is by The Strokes
Year: 2003
From the album Room On Fire (track #9)
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77/100 (from 249 votes)
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The Way It Is appears on the following album(s) by The Strokes:


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77/100 (from 249 votes)
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From 04/27/2020 02:22
This song just sounds terrible. Especially the drums, wtf happened? Were the drums recorded with a laptop camera?
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