First Impressions of Earth

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studio album
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Dec 30 2005

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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 for not being quite the same standard as their previous material, which was universally 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.

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.

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82876731772
Release dates:
  • Jan 3 2006 in United States

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Alternative Rock, Indie, Rock, Alternative, Garage Rock, New Wave. Vote on Genres

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4 stars 4.5 Stars... Strokes issue early challenge to best album of 2006
The Strokes came on the music scene ablazing with 2001's "Is This It", one of those perfect "once-in-a-blue-moon" debut albums. 2003's "Room on Fire" was a far too predictable sequel to "Is This" and thus a disappointment, while pleasant in its own right at times. But it was clear that the Strokes needed to expand their musical pallet. And that, they have!

"First Impressions of Earth" (14 tracks; 52 min.--and that's not a typo!) feels like the first really full album of the Strokes, and not jus…
Written by Paul Allaer
2 stars Agree with most of the rest
I agree with most of the people saying that this cd was a disappointment. It is. I first heard juicebox, and although its a good song, it was an odd choice for a single. I've listened to this cd all the way through about 5 or 6 times, and just can never get into it. I have their first two cds, and love them. They're last 2 are genuis compared to this. Now, its not an awful album, its just not nearly as good as their last 2. About 4 songs are great, 7 are ok, and the rest are awful. A lot of the …
Written by chopsuey "ryan"

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First Impressions of Earth 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: RCA Victor
catalog number: 82876731772
release dates: Dec 30 2005 in Austria, Dec 30 2005 in Germany, Dec 30 2005 in Switzerland, Jan 2 2006 in United Kingdom, Jan 6 2006 in Japan
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