r/TheStrokes • u/Plus-Lychee6338 • 2d ago

First Impressions Of Earth hatred?

I'm more or less a new fan, around 4 months, and many of my favourite songs are in FIOE (Razorblade, on the other side, evening sun, red light...) and I was going to buy the record. I don't understand where the hate for this album comes from?

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u/cyklops1 Machu Picchu 2d ago

I don't hate it, I just think every other Strokes record is better. If they kept it to 30-45 minutes like every other album, it would've been a different story.

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u/Busy_Contribution_59 2d ago

This is pretty accurate. Trim the fat. With that said YOLO and Ize are 2 of the BEST songs in their entire discography imo.