First Impressions of Earth

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N'oublions pas non plus la voix de Casablancas, sur le fil, totalement maîtrisée malgré son ton apparemment désabusé. Elle est le véritable épicentre au beau milieu d'une tornade de guitares, le fil conducteur qui atteste d'une rage spontanée toujours présente, et ce même si tout a été travaillé jusque dans les moindres détails. On y trouve deux horreurs absolues "Razorblade", évocant les Corrs, devrait avoir un gros succès sur Europe 2, et "On The Other Side", ou comment illustrer l'adjectif 'poussif'. Oui, les Strokes ont pris du bide. True, ‘Room On Fire’ was a ‘difficult’ album done good – perhaps because there’s something strangely appealing about the sound of a band on top of the world, but at their end of their tether. Right now, though, The Strokes need something big, and you can forget those jibes about overprivilege: this is the sort of big that no amount of time at Swiss finishing school can prepare you for. Because fittingly, on ‘First Impressions Of Earth’, The Strokes are on their own. He really did leave. In 2009, Casablancas moved to Los Angeles and released his own debut solo album, Phrazes For The Young. Not only was it his name on the spine, but his face on the sleeve: a self-consciously solitary image of Casablancas sitting in a studio accompanied by nothing but a guitar, a phonograph, and his dog, Balki. The cover echoed the famous RCA logo, but it was hard to view it without also thinking of a classic quote, attributed to such lonely leaders as President Harry S. Truman and Gordon Gekko— bottom line-minded pragmatists who knew business and friendship could never mix. The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

Another small victory is that Casablancas’ falsetto has improved. What once felt like a novelty (at best) actually leads to some striking moments. The verses of “Eternal Summer” are sleek and exciting—that is, until the unfortunate Austin Powers impression of a bridge waltzes in to kill everyone’s buzz. “The Adults Are Talking,” with its steady build and soaring climax, adds to their legacy of great album openers. After his distracted performances on Angles and Comedown Machine, Casablancas now sounds tasked with keeping spirits light; from the slurred Sinatra croon in “Not the Same Anymore” to his pop-punk sneer in “Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus,” he seems up for the challenge. I’m not a huge supporter of side/solo stuff. I’m of the opinion that you’re in a band and that’s what you do. If there’s leftover material and time, then sure, by all means. But if you’re playing material that you haven’t even shown to your main band and you’re just sort of keeping it for yourself, I’m not a big fan of that. The mere mention of Angles and Comedown Machine here makes me realize something else: This is probably the last time you’ll read a 10-year retrospective on any Strokes release. For all its failures, noble or grotesque, First Impressions Of Earth, like the band itself in 2006, was an event. Angles and Comedown Machine were good albums — arguably better than First Impressions, in fact — but they were just albums, and by then, the Strokes were just a band. Ultratop.be – The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

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Heart in a Cage" was the album's second single, followed by " You Only Live Once". NME rated First Impressions of Earth at #8 in its Albums of the Year 2006 list. [23] Commercial [ edit ] The next day, a fifth song leaked. Indeed, by now the leaks had grown so commonplace that Stereogum didn’t even do a standalone post for “Razorblade.” Its arrival was announced in the comments section of a post about Britney Spears’ and Kevin Federline’s son, Preston, titled “The Mystery Of The Vanishing Sean Preston Federline Photos.” What were the commenters saying about this one? He was right to be worried; the album hasn’t aged well. In returning to First Impressions to write this story, I actually found myself astonished at how bad it sounds today — and I say this as someone who has tremendous affection for the album despite all its flaws; someone who has spent the better part of the last 10 years casually defending the album, if infrequently listening to it. Initially, the plan was for Kahne to work alongside Gordon Raphael, the Strokes’ longtime producer. But that arrangement was fraught with difficulties. Raphael recounted a conversation he’d had with Strokes frontman/architect Julian Casablancas after a month in the studio with Kahne and the band: Jagernauth, Kevin (2006-01-03). "The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth". PopMatters . Retrieved 2013-03-23.

That sort of ambition might seem gauche, but coming from the Strokes, it wasn’t unreasonable. Without the Strokes, there would be no Killers, no Kings Of Leon, no Franz Ferdinand. In a 2011 Stereogum interview, Alex Turner more or less said that without the Strokes, his own band, Arctic Monkeys, might never have come into existence: For his part, Casablancas admitted that he was finally relinquishing some degree of control in the creative process, finally allowing his bandmates to contribute more: “I used to wait until everything was done and walk in with kind of a finished product. I used to do more on my own, [but for First Impressions] I’d bring the songs in less finished and let them brew a little bit. Let them simmer and let the other guys think about them.” Ultratop.be – The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 15, 2020. On The Other Side: Samuel Van Hoogstraten, Les Pantoufles, The Slippers. The Pieta Of Saint-Germain-Des-Pres / Master Of Saint-German-Des-Pres ca. 1500. Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn (1606-1669) The Flayed Ox 1655. Guido Da Siena (13th Ce) Nativity.Austriancharts.at – The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 15, 2020. Five years after being shunted aside in favor of Kahne, Raphael offered a synopsis of the Strokes’ mindset at the time: “I believe they saw all the bands that came in the door behind the first record that were selling three times more than them and were wondering if it was a production thing. At the time, they were getting married and having children and wondering how they could go higher than they did.” Offiziellecharts.de – The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 15, 2020. a b Hermes, Will (2006-01-09). "First Impressions of Earth | Music". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2011-02-20. American album certifications – The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 20, 2022.