THE STROKES : IS THIS IT [Sony]

The debut studio album by the Strokes, released in 2001. "Is This It" sets the highs and lows of being young, jaded, and yearning to a wonderfully bouncy bassline, with "Alone Together" and "Trying Your Luck" developing their brooding comedowns, while "Soma," "Someday," and "Take It or Leave It" capturing them at their most sneeringly exuberant.