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	The Strokes: Room On Fire (2003): Reviews
		Room on Fire is a passionate, 32-minute burning effigy of the seemingly insurmountable expectations fans and critics had for the record.
		Room on Fire is the sound of a tighter, more focused band.
		The central flaw of Room on Fire is the lack of hooks.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/strokes/roomonfire (1203 words)

	Room on Fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Room on Fire is the second album by the band The Strokes.
		Radiohead, Travis and Beck producer Nigel Godrich was initially tapped to produce Room On Fire, but when the sessions were aborted, The Strokes engaged the services of Is This It producer Gordon Raphael once again.
		Although Room On Fire received warm reviews upon release and reached #2 in the UK and debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, going gold, the album's eventual US sales were significantly less than Is This It's one million units, with 575,000 sales in the US as of January 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Room_on_Fire (192 words)

	BBC - Rock/Indie Review - The Strokes, Room On Fire
		Room On Fire is a great record, and although its not a huge step forward from Is This It, its no more than you could want or ask for from a band who continue to set the standard in this genre of music.
		Room on fire is without doubt better than the tripe currently in the charts, and i would say after a few listens is as good as, if not better than is this it.
		Room on Fire is a brilliant record too, but i guess fans who were looking for a different edge to the strokes maybe disappointed.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/release/cm4h (8670 words)

	Room On Fire Music at Shop Ireland
		Room on Fire is closer to second albums like the Talking Heads 77 or the Smith's Meat is Murder.
		Room on Fire is very similar to Is This It?, but there is an immediacy on this record that is missing on the first CD.
		Quite simply, Room On Fire is better than any other album that emergered in 2003, which itself was a great year for music.
	www.shopireland.ie /music/reviews/B0000C8Y0M/6 (1009 words)

	The Strokes: Room on Fire [2003] Shaking Through.net: Music: Review
		Room on Fire is actually a smidge better than Is This It, revealing a greater stylistic diversity without resorting to overblown studio histrionics.
		Room on Fire begins with Casablancas claiming "I wanna be forgotten," and that jaded, wasted, couldn't-care-less attitude is all the reinforcement listeners need that the band hasn't changed its outlook all that much.
		Room on Fire is the sound of a tighter, more focused band: Clearly, the apathetic posturing is more affectation than internalized way of life.
	www.shakingthrough.net /music/reviews/2003/strokes_room_on_fire_2003.html (540 words)

	Room On Fire : - Music Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Room on Fire is an overwhelmingly anxious record, where the band's dilemmas are there for everyone to hear: should they make another record as concise as Is This It?
		Best think of Room on Fire, then, as an album where the Strokes plot their escape from the predictable, but are a little too cautious to make a proper getaway.
		Well Room on Fire didn't exactly set the world alight but it is a decent enough follow up from The Strokes' first album "Is This It?".
	www.24-shopping.co.uk /B0000C8Y0M/Room_On_Fire.shtml (614 words)

	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: Smoking Room On Fire!
		I grew up in the 1950s, when open fires were still the standard form of domestic heating and fire safety was drummed into us from an early age.
		I would have thought, incidentally, that this one fire in a well-attended public room presented less of a risk than the hundreds of tiny fires burning on the ends of cigarettes and cigars in a great many locations throughout the ship.
		For some time after the collision those of the stewards who were still at their duties continued to observe them 'as normal', and that would have included putting the fire out in the Smoking Room at 'lights out' (midnight), if it had not been allowed already to burn itself out.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/5664/8218.html?1111006616 (1444 words)

	Up & Coming Magazine
		The stunning follow-up release to Is This It, their debut, Room On Fire squarely places The Strokes at the forefront of a new wave of American garage rock - which includes bands like the Hives, the Vines and the White Stripes.
		Room On Fire is - though hard to imagine - even more gritty and full of vitality than Is This It.
		room on fire is really a life altering cd, so different from the other garage bands' works, like the white stripes.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1147&dept_id=483438&newsid=10643672&PAG=461&rfi=9 (1177 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Room On Fire - The Strokes at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Room on Fire isn't nearly as catchy as the mainstream press would have you believe...it's not nearly as good either.
		With Room on Fire, the Strokes see no reason to change what was so popular and successful in the first place.
		That's not to say that Room on Fire is an exact replay of Is This It, but that the general sound and production values employed on that first album are still intact.
	www.epinions.com /content_116703137412 (862 words)

	Room on Fire - The Strokes - Music Downloads
		Unlike many bands that release notable debut albums and then take years to deliver a follow-up, the Strokes got Room on Fire out as quickly as possible after their lengthy tour for Is This It.
		In many ways, Room on Fire is the Strokes' bid to be taken seriously, which may be why they began this album with producer Nigel Godrich before returning to Is This It producer Gordon Raphael.
		Room on Fire's best moments fight against this tendency and suggest that the Strokes are continuing to grow, perhaps beyond what their listeners want from them.
	www.mp3.com /albums/601036/downloads.html (1178 words)

	PIXELSURGEON \| Reviews \| Music \| The Strokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		While “Room On Fire” can and should stand by itself, it's impossible not to compare it to “Is This It”.
		Although not breaking any new musical ground, “Room On Fire” is still an enjoyable release for fans of the band.
		Perhaps “Room On Fire” could have been better if there were one or two more slow songs or if they did just one or two new and daring sonic experiments.
	www.pixelsurgeon.com /reviews/review.php?id=314 (1038 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - The Strokes *
		Yes, with the release of Room On Fire, their sophomore effort, the band’s combined discography now exceeds 60 minutes.
		Room On Fire, much like their first album Is This It, is built around four great tracks.
		The most noticeable improvement on Room on Fire isn’t the songs; it’s the band itself, especially the guitar playing of Albert Hammond and Nick Valensi.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/1128 (532 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Room On Fire: Music: The Strokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Room on Fire is an overwhelmingly anxious record, where the band's dilemmas are there for everyone to hear: should they make another record as concise as Is This It?
		Best think of Room on Fire, then, as an album where the Strokes plot their escape from the predictable, but are a little too cautious to make a proper getaway.
		Room on Fire is known not to be as good as Is This It and I agree but that does not mean it is bad.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Room-Fire-Strokes/dp/B0000C8Y0M (1624 words)

	The Strokes: Room on Fire: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Instead, Room on Fire is eleven songs sharing DNA with its predecessor, a follow-up of more sleepy, contagious mono-pop that doesn't sound diligently recorded so much as yawned out.
		Speaking of the originality quotient-- and not to add more historical tinder to the fire of what bands The Strokes supposedly owe a debt to, but-- lead guitarist Nick Valensi is sweating The Pixies' Joey Santiago something fierce here.
		His development is the only newish detail I can detect on Room on Fire, and it's an inspiration that lends improvement; Santiago's beautifully simple lead lines were The Pixies' secret weapon, and Valensi employs a similar humble style to lend a melodic counterpoint to the proceedings.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/s/strokes/room-on-fire.shtml (657 words)

	The Music Box: The Strokes - Room on Fire (Album Review)
		The NYC band’s second release Room on Fire doesn’t alter the formula one iota from its 2001 debut Is This It — which is pretty good news for fans.
		Weighing in at a nimble 33 minutes, Room on Fire is a barrage of straight-up blazing rock reminiscent of a polished version of The Clash or The Ramones.
		Room on Fire is a stylistically uniform album.
	www.musicbox-online.com /str-room.html (283 words)

	Room on Fire - The Strokes - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Room On Fire had, to my knowledge, 3 singles, yet none of them came close to matching the success of the debut’s Last Nite or Someday.
		Room on Fire - The Strokes : Fairwell to a Revolution.
		Room on Fire - The Strokes : The Room Is On Fire As She's Fixing Her Hair
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /music-records/room-on-fire-the-strokes (286 words)

	The Strokes’ economy of emotion - ALTERNATIVE ROCK - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		28, 2003 - With “Room on Fire,” a driven, ambitious second album that smartly distills the giddiness and tension of life in post Sept. 11 New York, the Strokes have kicked the dreaded sophomore slump to the curb.
		There’s much to suggest they’re running in place: “Room on Fire” (it’s in stores Tuesday) bears the same world-weary ennui of “Is This It?”; the same renewal of flirtation with the New Wave era; the same number of songs, the same austere, bare-bones production values, the same less than 40-minute length.
		“Room on Fire” is a great record, but it’s also one whose rifling of the past makes you wonder where they go from here.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3341474 (1098 words)

	SPIN.com: The Strokes - Room On Fire
		Room On Fire, completed with producer Gordon Raphael, who helmed their 2001 debut Is This It, is that album: instantly familiar, imbued with both a road-tested tightness and the world-weariness of the nouveau rock star, it's custom-built to hold off the haters while the band figure out the whole fame thing.
		As with Is This It, the ultracompressed sound of Room on Fire can be a liability, especially the way it makes Casablancas, an expressive vocalist, sound like he's literally phoning it in.
		But the gambit pays off: Room on Fire is the rare album you could imagine rocking college radio and storming Clear Channel's barricades.
	www.spin.com /reviews/magazine/2003/11/strokes_room_on_fire (581 words)

	FIRE - Class(room) Warriors
		FIRE is a national civil liberties group that does what the American Civil Liberties Union should be doing but usually won't.
		FIRE said: "Brooklyn College must confirm that it tolerates dissent, that it is not conducting another secret investigation of one of its own professors." FIRE says the college has "disavowed any secret investigation."
		In both the Johnson and the Swan cases, the colleges backed down when FIRE went public, but neither agreed to avoid using dispositions theory for apparently ideological purposes.
	www.thefire.org /index.php/article/6343.html (762 words)

	The Strokes: Room on Fire - PopMatters Music Review
		On Room on Fire, the band's sound has indeed evolved a great deal, but what's most ingenious is the way they went about doing it.
		There's so much more musical depth on Room on Fire, that it makes most of the band's earlier songs sound stale in comparison, as the band eschews the Velvet Underground influence, in favor of a more '80s pop feel.
		Room on Fire doesn't bowl you over, more than it sneaks up on you.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/s/strokes-roomonfire.shtml (1025 words)

	Room on Fire: triple j music reviews
		My first impressions from listening to Room On Fire were that the NY lads had adopted a more dance-beat style and mellowed out a lot.
		Althought Room On Fire's not a HUGE departure from their debut - they still have their signature sound intact and the Moretti's rhythms are as tight as ever - it's obvious they've found a more melodic groove with greater use of synthesiser/guitar effects.
		In what is quickly becoming the traditional Strokes sound, 'Room on Fire' delivers hard hitting 70's rock 'n' roll style tunes that just blast from your stereo.
	www.abc.net.au /triplej/review/album/s963612.htm (1646 words)

	Room on Fire - The Strokes - Alachofa - Ricardo Villalobos - New York Pop Music Review
		The Strokes’; Room on Fire is more fizzle than sizzle, but on his first album, D.J. Ricardo Villalobos breathes life into minimal techno.
		And while no one should expect sonic innovations from the Strokes, their wiry sound has become ossified (they could be modeling themselves after a monochromatic band like the Ramones, but the invention at the heart of the Ramones was obviously a lot more radical).
		The same can’t be said of Room on Fire; I struggled to detect signs of life within its flatness and found myself congratulating the band for minor risks.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/arts/music/pop/reviews/n_9415 (764 words)

	Amazon.com: Room on Fire: Music: The Strokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		"Room On Fire" could've very well been considered a brilliant stand-alone album, if it wasn't for their stunning first album, "Is This It".
		"Room On Fire" has somewhat failed to meet general expectations, being that it is evident that the band is really capable of more.
		Still, "Room On Fire" appears to have lost some of the freshness and pep that was present in their first album.
	www.amazon.com /Room-Fire-Strokes/dp/B0000C9ZLD (1876 words)

	The Strokes - Room on Fire \| Album Review @ Music-Critic.com : the source for music reviews, interviews, articles, and ...
		Room on Fire is very much a continuation of Is This It, albeit a much more concise continuation.
		But the difference here, and what makes Room on Fire so engaging is that The Strokes truly mesh as a band now.
		And since Room on Fire is about as perfect as this reviewer could imagine their current sound, let's hope next time around there's a bit of evolution.
	www.music-critic.com /rock/strokes_roomonfire.htm (714 words)

	Amazon.ca: Room On Fire: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Room on Fire- the sophmore flop everyone says it is?, March 3, 2006
		What it did was set the fantastic media machine to overkill and rest the entire weight of retro rock coolness squarely on their shoulders.
		The problem with Room On Fire is the same problem that plagues their live shows: their first few songs really catch you and dig you in but then it dies.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000C9ZLD (1132 words)

	Room on Fire price comparison at MSN Shopping
		And the Strokes sound like they have a lot to prove on Room on Fire, not to their naysayers, but to themselves.
		Likewise, the album opens with "What Ever Happened?," on which Julian Casablancas snarls "I wanna be forgotten/And I don't wanna be reminded" -- not exactly the likeliest start to what should be a triumphant second album from one of the most celebrated rock bands of the 2000s.
		In many ways, Room on Fire is the Strokes' bid to be taken seriously, which may be why they beg...
	shopping.msn.com /prices/shp/?itemId=2820216 (222 words)

	Music : Room on Fire
		But 'Room On Fire' is a different story altogether.
		Many bands would be afraid of the follow up album and they probably were, but when room on fire came out, some strokes fans didn't even buy it because of some awful reviews.
		I honestly don't see how Room on Fire is any less superb an album than Is this It was.
	www.africanism.info /ItemId/B0000C9ZLD (608 words)

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