I must protest!
[forgot to respond to this the other day]
The 1st album was the only good album they produced imo. same for The Killers [1st wasn't even that great tbh], Coldplay and most of the indietrendsters from that era. While I'll admit i'm a bit of a first album queen, there's possibly a reason for that. it's hard to recapture that genuine attitude and sound of a band who obviously have no other influence or pressure to do anything but produce songs with no agenda other than just because they need to, or because it's just 'there'. I hate it when a band becomes a 'lite' version of who they were. The Strokes epitomise that for me unfortunately
I think every track on the 1st album romps anything they've ever made since
The Strokes - Someday
The Strokes - The Modern Age
The Strokes - Is This It?
The Strokes - Barely Legal
The Strokes - New York City Cops
I like the first Strokes album. All the songs are classics...It's like The Strokes incarnate. But when I got into The Strokes, I got all their albums at once save for Angles...I'd type Strokes into my itunes just listen to it on shuffle...So I sort of know which songs go with which album cover...But I've never listened to the first three albums start to finish. My favourite tracks all come from different albums and I have no real opinion as to which is the best album...However I don't like Angles much. Under Cover of Darkness is my favourite song, but the album as a whole feels kinda awkward/disjointed to me.
Killers -I don't see what all the fuss is about. They're alright, but I feel like they're one of a few bands who got elevated beyond their worth during the last decade because there simply wasn't anything better at the time. Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, The Fratellis, Scouting For Girls, The Pigeon Detectives, The Kooks, Orson, Razorlight, Hard Fi, Snow Patrol, The Enemy, The View, The Hoosiers, Fall Out Boy...I dunno bout anyone else but for the most successful contemporary bands around, they're...not that great, I feel. Even after years of relentless exposure to their music I'm still left cold by pretty much all of it.
Coldplay are a cut above the rest...Their new happy happy songs make me cringe but the talent behind them is solid...I still can't tell whether Kasabian are genuinely good or just a bit lucky. Muse I have a lot of love and respect for, although I think they're past their prime...And Radiohead just emerge every once in a while,
release something beautiful and slide back into the ether.
