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The Strokes - Is This It (US Artwork, CD) classical RATATOUILLEUS Artwork CD, Reissue RCA US Is This It, the landmark debut from the Strokes, kickstarted a garage rock revolution that defined American music from 2001 through 2005. Featuring taut rhythms, frentic tempos, scruffy grooves, melodic hooks, cool toned vocals, choppy riffs, backstreet attitude, and twitchy arrangements that equally reference Motown, American punk, new wave, and funk, the album is a watershed document that takes off on the influences of