First Impressions of Earth

Label
RCA Records Label
Running length
14 tracks
Running time
51:58

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 You Only Live Once 3:09 719,305
2 Juicebox 3:14 546,383
3 Heart In a Cage 3:26 490,098
4 Razorblade 3:28 379,306
5 On the Other Side 4:36 347,951
6 Vision of Division 4:19 330,617
7 Ask Me Anything 3:10 330,333
8 Electricityscape 3:33 321,641
9 Killing Lies 3:48 300,347
10 Fear of Sleep 4:00 295,771
11 15 Minutes 4:33 270,023
12 Ize of the World 4:25 289,433
13 Evening Sun 3:06 276,490
14 Red Light 3:11 286,456

About this album

Their third album, First Impressions of Earth, was released in January 2006 to mixed reviews and debuted at number four in the US and number one in the UK, a first for the band. In Japan it went gold within the first week of release. It was also the most downloaded album for two weeks on iTunes. Fraiture claimed that the album was “like a scientific breakthrough”. In January 2006, the band then made their second appearance on Saturday Night Live playing “Juicebox” and “You Only Live Once”.

The album was somewhat a departure from the band’s two previous albums. One reason for this was a switch of producers from Gordon Raphael to David Kahne. Despite its initial strong sales, First Impressions of Earth received the worst reception, both commercially and critically, of all their three albums.
In 2006, the band played 18 sold-out shows during their UK tour. In February 2006, The Strokes won “Best International Band” at the NME Awards. In March, the band returned to the US with their longest tour yet. The second single off First Impressions of Earth, “Heart in a Cage”, was released in March 2006.
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