THE STROKES Is This It (2020 UK/EU limited ediiton 11-track black vinyl LP a welcome reissue of their 2001 debut studio album recorded at Transporterraum in New York City with producer Gordon Raphael during March and April 2001 built on a deliberately unadorned sound captured largely through live takes rather than heavy studio enhancement. The album peaked at number 33 on the US Billboard 200 and number two on the UK Albums Chart going on to achieve platinum certification in several countries and has since appeared on numerous publications lists of the best albums of the 2000s and of all time widely credited as a formative influence on the alternative and post-millennial rock scene that followed. Three singles were released from it: Hard to Explain Last Nite and Someday. The albums original cover a black-and-white photograph by Colin Lane depicting a leather-gloved hand on a womans bare hip sparked controversy for its sexual content and was replaced for the US market at the time. Lane who had been photographing the band ahead of the albums release has said his girlfriend agreed to pose in the glove on impulse after emerging from the shower and that he shot only ten frames on film before recognising hed captured something simple straightforward graphic and just so sexy. This edition reproduces the original glove jacket photography with a red spine and die-cut inner sleeves. Recommended) Track Listing: Side One 1. Is This It 2. The Modern Age 3. Soma 4. Barely Legal 5. Someday Side Two 1. Alone Together 2. Last Nite 3. Hard To Explain 4. New York City Cops 5. Trying Your Luck 6. Take It Or Leave It Key Features · Widely regarded as a foundational album for post-millennial alternative rock · Reached number two on the UK Albums Chart platinum certified in several countries · Reproduces the original glove jacket photography by Colin Lane · Retains New York City Cops dropped from the US CD edition after 9/11 · 140-gram black vinyl red spine jacket with die-cut inner sleeves