The Strokes: Room on Fire poll

So many fish here in the sea, she wanted him, he wanted me.

end has no end

Automatic Stop

as i've grown and my tastes have moved more towards pop than rock i've started to think that "12:51" is actually the best song on this album, but since it's a single i'm not going to vote for it

"what ever happened?" is a fav for the being a kick-ass album opener & for having maybe their best guitar solo, "under control" is probably one of my 5 fav songs by them

i used to think the middle songs ("you talk way too much" thru "meet me in the bathroom") were kinda weak but they're real hooky & kind of have a great tossed off quality about them

the last three songs are also mad underrated two, "the way it is" & "i can't win" kind of have this... it's not a sheen to them necessarily but they're definitely much "brighter sounding" (i know) then lots of strokes songs, esp the end of 'is this it'

i voted for 'whatever happened'

you can really trace all the shitty vague conspiracy theorist/wack political lyrics on 'first impressions' back to "the end has no end"

really it's a shame that they tried to become a big & famous alt rock band with their third album (this is funny too seeing as it happened to king of leon which is a weird 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' turn of events) because they really should've just become the cars & done a fun, summery album with keyboards cuz the songs on 'room on fire' with guitars made to sound like keyboards are all amazing

597,000 sales and certified gold in the US as of October 2006.

does anyone know how many copies this album has sold to date?

597,001 copies.

haha

Hoo boy I absolutely hated this album.

man this is pretty tough, great album.

lol i think i've posted that exact post in like 120 album poll threads.

my fav album of theirs. probably automatic stop, especially for the "waaaait, ima gonna give you a break" part.

"reptilia" slightly over "under control" but there is a lot to love here

Glad someone finally said Reptilia.

end has no end

4:51

what ever happened

You Talk Way Too Much for the VU riff. Great album though, incredibly underappreciated.

Yeah love this album, voted for Reptilia. First Impressions of Earth was fucking unlistenable. What happened?

i guess they thought they had to change?? would have been so happy if they'd just kept on putting out the same album

Yeah love this album, voted for Reptilia. First Impressions of Earth was fucking unlistenable. What happened?

They're a minor band, always were? To me it's a miracle they coughed up two excellent albums. I didn't expect much from them.

Reptilia

Reptlia or You Talk Way Too Much.

I like this album best than the first one. Now let me listen to some Little Joy

I still have hopes they can put out another good record soon. Just see that FIOE was a giant fuck-up and just bang out some more tunes (maybe with added keyboard but 'lol experimenting away from solid formula' should not be allowed again anytime soon.)

maybe with added keyboard

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/video/offbeat/2009/05/06/moos.keyboard.cat.cnn.576x324.jpg

'Reptilia'. Obviously.

it's "12:51", "between love&hate" and "end has no end" for me.
I loved the synth/guitar sound and riff on "12:51" and "end has no end" has a personal meaning but listening to the album for the first time in years recently, the one I had the most pleasure hearing was "love&hate" which I had kinda forgotten, so maybe that one.

Under Control

What happened?

A musician friend of mine said the rumor was that First Impressions of Earth was their "democratic" record, where they all had a hand in the songwriting. Before that it was all Julian Casablancas songs.

also, diff producer from the first two recs, which i think made a big diff - i hate the more generic rocksound production of that third alb

as for the poll, today im going to pick meet me in the bathroom, but i love almost everything on here apart from under control, after someone (correctly) said it sounded like the red hot chilli peppers

JC's new song btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtlpAGs04Dg

I liked it when I heard it; sounds like old Strokes.

i cant win.

its not your fault, thats just the way it is.

some things'll never change

finally had a chance to listen to this today and it wasn't as good as i remembered. it was just alright...

voting for "The End Has No End."

Is This It went platinum? Really?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Two things I don't understand:
1. Reptilia winning this
2. Under control sounds like RHCP????

Ignored this record at the time, but heard it the other day and thought it sounded pretty damn good. Not quite as fresh & immediate as Is This It?, but not far from it, either.

Jadedness is part of the appeal imo

so pissed u did this while i was on holidays btw

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wiA1Mqv-XMA/TVmBJWvPWiI/AAAAAAAABis/7SqDQwjc7F4/s1600/The_Strokes-Room_On_Fire-Trasera.jpg

<3

is that new york in the background?

also i think i'd def say this is my favorite album of theirs now, but it's v close

mm my fave picture of them i guess it's NY? i still bloody LOVE this record. LOVE it.

Jules sounding a tad T. Zedek on "Whatever Happened"

still holds up. almost as good as the debut IMO.

agreed and because of this bump i'm going to get out the old CD and play this tomorrow.

Agreed also, though it is let down by the very boring last three songs. "Under Control" = their finest moment.

the strokes look right knackered on the back of room on fire

boring last three songs? "the end has no end" >>>>>>

best strokes album

the riff on reptillia >>

i got lost looking for the rap thread

Surprised automatic stop didn't do better. This is a good album

Brilliant album. Easily my favourite of theirs.

Agree with Freedom that Under Control is their finest moment. The only song that isn't great is The Way It Is.

"meet me in the bathroom" is also not great. i agree about "under control", though, and about the goodness of this album.

i really disliked 12:51 at first but it grew on me, maybe due to hearing it in the context of the album or something

Same here. I remember listening to it for the first time and being so gutted when it ended. Love it now though but still don't think it should have been the first single.

I wore out Is This It, but I can always listen to Room on Fire. However, on the rear occasiouns when I'm okay with ITI, it's obviously the best thing they ever did.

Rear Occasions sounds like a great unreleased REO Speedwagon album.

wouldn't it be REO Occasion?

'Reptilia', as a backing track/piece of music, is better than anything on the first LP. Unfortunately, the vocal melody/vocal in general is so unremarkable I can never remember anything about it.