Great debut albums! (music and lyrics, bass, jazz, psychedelic, rock)

**Janszoon** · 11-19-2008, 12:27 PM

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The Strokes - Is This It?

Perfect blend of rock and pop. Perfect song writing. Perfect voice (for the band). Absolutely perfect. This was the album that defined my high school years. It was the album that broke me away from the Taking Back Sundays and Dashboard Confessionals polluting my brain. Is it a hipster album? Yes. Was it "cool" to like The Strokes? Sure. But that doesn't take away from the beauty of it. The song writing was perfect; you never knew what Julian Casablancas was talking about, but you knew what he was feeling. The guitar riffs were as plentiful as they were catchy. The bass lines were gorgeous, yet simple. Is This It, the title track, remains my favorite bass line of all time. The sound of the album could have been mistaken for something written by The Velvet Underground yet it was still uniquely original. Every track is a standout, but Hard to Explain would be my favorite.

Also: good choice Roygbiv.

Yeah. People like to crap on the Strokes but that really is a great album. There's not a bad song on it and it has this hard-to-explain bittersweet vibe that permeates the whole thing. "New York City Cops" is probably my favorite song on that album.

dac · 11-19-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Yeah. People like to crap on the Strokes but that really is a great album. There's not a bad song on it and it has this hard-to-explain bittersweet vibe that permeates the whole thing. "New York City Cops" is probably my favorite song on that album.

Yeah it kinda sucks how they took that song off after 9-11. I had to order the European version online to get it, but it was well worth it.

**Janszoon** · 11-19-2008, 12:34 PM

"Murmur"—REM

REM's first full length may quite possibly be their best album. There's something about this album, sort of like what I said about the first Strokes album, that's very bittersweet. And somehow this album has always felt old to me, like some vinyl you dust off in the back of a record shop that brings back nostalgic feelings through the crackles and pops. I first heard it only about four years after it came out, but even then it still somehow sounded old.

11-19-2008, 12:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	"Murmur"—REM REM's first full length may quite possibly be their best album. There's something about this album, sort of like what I said about the first Strokes album, that's very bittersweet. And somehow this album has always felt old to me, like some vinyl you dust off in the back of a record shop that brings back nostalgic feelings through the crackles and pops. I first heard it only about four years after it came out, but even then it still somehow sounded old.