First Impressions of Earth
Studio album by The Strokes
Released	January 3, 2006
Recorded	January - May 2005 in New York City
Genre	Garage Rock, Indie rock, Post-punk revival
Length	52:19
Label	RCA
Producer(s)	David Kahne Gordon Raphael
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The A.V. Club (B+) 1/4/2006 Blender (3.25/5) link Guardian 12/16/05 The Music Box Jan 2005 NME link Pitchfork 1/3/06 Playlouder 12/28/2005 PopMatters 1/3/06 Prefix 1/3/06 Q magazine Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone 1/12/06 Slant Magazine link Village Voice (Mixed) 1/9/06
The Strokes chronology
Room on Fire (2003)	First Impressions of Earth (2006)

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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. Gordon Raphael is a record producer and musician from Seattle, Washington. ... Albert Hammond, Jr. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... David Kahne is a music producer having worked on MTV Unplugged, the 1995 Grammy Award winner for Album of the Year. ... For other persons named Tony Bennett, see Tony Bennett (disambiguation). ... Sublime was an American band from Long Beach, California. ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is an iconic Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...

First Impressions of Earth is widely seen as an expansion beyond The Strokes' first two albums, Is This It and Room on Fire. However, the album received mixed reviews from critics, unlike their previous material which was 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.^[1] Is This It is The Strokes debut album, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Room on Fire is the second album by the band The Strokes. ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ...

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 expectations. As of October 2006, the album has sold 271,000 units in the US, falling short of gold certification.

Track listing

All songs written by Julian Casablancas, except where noted. Julian Casablancas with fellow band member Albert Hammond, Jr. ...

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

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Samples

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References

1. ^ NME: Albums of the Year 2006