First Impressions of Earth

Infobox Album
Name = First Impressions of Earth
Type = studio
Artist = The Strokes


Released = January 3, 2006
Recorded = January–May 2005 in New York City
Genre = Indie rock Post-Punk Revival
Length = 52:19
Label = RCA
Producer = David Kahne, Gordon Raphael
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qifjzfa5eh7k link]
*"The A.V. Club" (B+) [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/44141 1/4/2006]
*"Blender" (3.25/5) [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3690 link]
*"Guardian" Rating|3|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/critic/review/0,,1668082,00.html 12/16/05]
* "NME" (8/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-strokes/7836 link]
*Pitchfork (5.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22084-first-impressions-of-earth 1/3/06]
*Review-Christgau|hm3|name=The+Strokes
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/8951383/rid/9130404/ 1/12/06]
*"Slant Magazine" Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=706 link]
*"Spin" Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.spin.com/reviews/strokes-first-impressions-earth-rca link]
Last album = "Room on Fire" (2003)
This album = "First Impressions of Earth" (2006)
Next album =

Misc = Singles
Name = First Impressions of Earth
Type = Studio album
single 1 = Juicebox
single 1 date = October 2005 (U.S.)
single 2 = Heart in a Cage
single 2 date = March 2006 (U.K.)
single 3 = You Only Live Once
single 3 date = September 2006 (U.S.)

"First Impressions of Earth" is the third album by the American rock band The Strokes. It was released in January 2006 (see 2006 in music), having been preceded by lead single "Juicebox" some weeks earlier. It is also the first album by The Strokes to have a Parental Advisory Label.

The album was recorded over a ten-month period. The Strokes initially set out to record it with Gordon Raphael, the producer of their first two albums. Later on, guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. introduced them to Grammy-winning producer David Kahne (Tony Bennett, Sublime, Paul McCartney), who stepped in to collaborate with Raphael. However, the collaboration was not working out and so Raphael stepped down. As a result, the majority of the album was produced by Kahne.

"First Impressions of Earth" is widely seen as an expansion beyond The Strokes' first two albums, "Is This It" and "Room on Fire". The album received mixed reviews from critics, unlike their previous material which were generally acclaimed. "Heart in a Cage" was the album's second single, followed by "You Only Live Once". NME rated "First Impressions of Earth" at #8 in its Albums of the Year 2006 list. [ [http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear NME: Albums of the Year 2006] ]

"First Impressions of Earth" entered the UK album chart at #1, The Strokes' first one at the top spot, while it reached #4 in the US, with an entry sales week of 88,000 units, somewhat below the performance of its predecessors. As of October 2006, the album had sold 271,000 units in the US, falling short of gold certification. Although the album was the band's first release to reach #1 on any chart worldwide, it is the only one not to reach UK platinum status, and spent much less time on the charts than the previous albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Julian Casablancas, except where noted.

# "You Only Live Once" – 3:09
# "Juicebox" – 3:17
# "Heart in a Cage" – 3:27
# "Razorblade" – 3:29
# "On the Other Side" – 4:38
# "Vision of Division" – 4:20
# "Ask Me Anything" (Casablancas, Nick Valensi) – 3:12
# "Electricityscape" – 3:33
# "Killing Lies" (Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture) – 3:50
# "Fear of Sleep" – 4:00
# "15 Minutes" – 4:34
# "Ize of the World" – 4:29
# "Evening Sun" (Casablancas, Fabrizio Moretti) – 3:06
# "Red Light" – 3:11

ingles

References

succession box
before = "" by Eminem
title = UK number one album
years = January 8 2006 – January 14 2006
after = "Back to Bedlam" by James Blunt