Strokes LP named album of the Decade!

[Iceman]

NME magazine has named The Strokes' debut record Is This It its 'Album Of The Decade'.

The New York band won the title after a number of music industry figures were surveyed by NME for a new poll to find the best album of the last ten years, which also featured entries from The Libertines, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arctic Monkeys, Jay-Z, The Streets and Queens Of The Stone Age.

The Strokes released Is This It in 2001 to worldwide critical acclaim.

Lead singer Julian Casablancas said of the accolade: "It's totally crazy! I don't know what that means. Does it mean it's a good musical decade or a bad musical decade? I don't know, I'm such a bad judge of my own stuff. But I thought it was great when I heard.

"I'm restraining myself now, I don't want to get carried away, but I'm pretty damn psyched with myself. Mental high five!"

The full list of albums is in this week's issue of NME, on sale from November 18.



will be good to see this list!

[Shaun]

LOVE that album, but I'd say there's better.

[Ramsay]

It is indeed a great album

[Iceman]

LOVE that album, but I'd say there's better.

*coughs* arctics debut *coughs*

yeah thought it is a great album, wonder who'll be in top 10....?

[King Gizzard]

great album but arctics first album shoulda got it

[Iceman]

I mean, they had a great album that is still the fastest selling debut album by a band and still is the second fastest selling debut of all time...(**** you leona)

[Shaun]

The Killers - Sam's Town. *humph*

[Iceman]

The Killers - Sam's Town. *humph*

yeah has to be in top 5....i think jay z will do quite well with one of the blueprints....

[MrGaryy]

I hate NME.

[Iceman]

I hate NME.

It has lost a lot of credibility over the past few years. The way they over hyped the arctics was ridicolous, to do that to a band really could destroy them in terms of releasing a follow up....luckily it didnt :spin:

[MrGaryy]

I just find them so hypocritical. They blast artists for years on end until it becomes cool to like them again and then make them out to be some sort of saviour of music.

[Tom4784]

I've shockingly never heard much of The Strokes but I do love Julian Casablancas' album.

[arsenalforever]

1.the strokes-is this it?
2.the libertines-up the bracket
3.Primal scream- exminator
4.Arctic monkeys-WPSIATWIN
5. Yeah yeah yeahs-Fever to tell

it was voted by the writers not by the public

[arsenalforever]

I just find them so hypocritical. They blast artists for years on end until it becomes cool to like them again and then make them out to be some sort of saviour of music.

This.

NMe's list's are made up by writers

[Stu]

I just find them so hypocritical. They blast artists for years on end until it becomes cool to like them again and then make them out to be some sort of saviour of music.
Amen. They are bandwagon hoppers and scenesters with journalistic degrees, nothing more.

[Tom4784]

1.the strokes-is this it?
2.the libertines-up the bracket
3.Primal scream- exminator
4.Arctic monkeys-WPSIATWIN
5. Yeah yeah yeahs-Fever to tell

it was voted by the writers not by the public

I'm glad that YYY made the top 5, they're tragically underrated.

[arsenalforever]

I'm glad that YYY made the top 5, they're tragically underrated.

agreed but if it was by the public would they have made the top 5, i doubt it sadly.

[arsenalforever]

Amen. They are bandwagon hoppers and scenesters with journalistic degrees, nothing more.

yep they will knock bands one week and big 'em up the next

[Tom4784]

agreed but if it was by the public would they have made the top 5, i doubt it sadly.

Ah but at least it could result in more exposure for them though.

[arsenalforever]

Ah but at least it could result in more exposure for them though.

Nme have always bigged them up along with The Libertines

[King Gizzard]

Just found my Is This It CD

Going to go through it now

brilliant album, especially someday, hard to explain, and the obvious choice Last Nite

[Tom4784]

Nme have always bigged them up along with The Libertines

Yeah but lists like these from magazines always get covered by websites and such, may not be much but i bet it helps a little.

[Iceman]

arctics making top 5 :)

[Damaris]

****ing well deserved

[arsenalforever]

is this it? you got to remmeber came around the time when rap metal and pop were ruling the charts as were The stereophonics ands Travis.It was a fresh of new air coming over Rock along with the White stripes, the strokes bought sadly it was tough for them to live up to the first album but damn it was a great album and still is.

[NettoSuperstar!]

Its up there I guess, Yeah Yeah Yeahs better