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The Strokes - Is This It

Steve Lamacq celebrates twenty years since the release of The Strokes' debut album Is This It by playing the record in full.

Steve Lamacq celebrates twenty years since the release of The Strokes' debut album Is This It by playing the record in full.

Acclaimed as one of the best and most culturally significant album of the noughties, The Strokes' first album was released twenty years ago in the USA, on 30th July 2001. It proved to be a watershed moment an influenced guitar music on both sides of the Atlantic in the subsequent years. Featuring the huge singles Last Nite, Hard To Explain and Someday, within five years it had sold over 600,000 copies in the UK and over a million in the USA.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Flamin’ Groovies

    Shake Some Action

    • Polygram TV.
  • Matilda Mann

    Bloom

    • Arista Records.
  • Johnny Lloyd

    Close To 91Èȱ¬

    • La La La.
    • Xtra Mile Recordings.
  • The Strokes

    Is This It

  • The Strokes

    The Modern Age

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 2.
  • The Strokes

    Soma

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 3.
  • The Strokes

    Barely Legal

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 4.
  • The Strokes

    Someday

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 5.
  • The Strokes

    Alone, Together

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 6.
  • The Strokes

    Last Nite

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 7.
  • The Strokes

    Hard To Explain

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 8.
  • The Strokes

    New York City Cops

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 9.
  • The Strokes

    Trying Your Luck

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 10.
  • The Strokes

    Take It Or Leave It

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Jul 2021 18:00