Is This It?

Is This It? is The Strokes debut LP, released on September 25, 2001 (see 2001 in music). The Strokes were the first band to break into the mainstream as part of the turn-of-the-millennium garage rock trend. Hyped by the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, The Strokes' auspicious debut garnered them critical and popular attention, as well as a backlash from listeners turned off by the hype.

The track "NYC Cops" was pulled from the album in the US following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack.

The album cover shown here is from the US release; the UK artwork was completely different.

Table of contents

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart positions

Track listing

Is This It (Casablancas) - 2:35
The Modern Age (Casablancas) - 3:32
Soma (Casablancas) - 2:37
Barely Legal (Casablancas) - 3:58
Someday (Casablancas) - 3:07
Alone, Together (Casablancas) - 3:12
Last Nite (Casablancas) - 3:17
Hard to Explain (Casablancas) - 3:47
When It Started (Casablancas) - 2:57
Trying Your Luck (Casablancas) - 3:27
Take It or Leave It (Casablancas) - 3:16

Personnel

Greg Calbi - Mastering
Gordon Raphael - Producer
Steve Ralbovsky - A&R
Fabrizio Moretti - Drums
Nikolai Fraiture - Bass
Julian Casablancas - Vocals
Nick Valensi - Guitar
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Guitar

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

2002	The Billboard 200	                No. 33
2002	Top Internet Albums	                No. 11

Billboard (North America) - singles

2002	Last Nite	    Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 5
2002	Hard To Explain	    Canadian Singles Chart	        No. 7
2002	Hard To Explain	    Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 27
2002	Someday	            Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 21