Comedown Machine

Tap out>>>> I listen to this in da car, very good tracks

Great, well-mixed Side A on vinyl. Rocks but chills you out.

I fell in love with this album as soon as the beat drops in Tap Out. All The Time is probably the most forgettable song on the album, but I love the chorus. One Way Trigger is one of my favorite Strokes songs in a while. Then It continues with the best song on the album, Welcome To Japan. 80's Comedown Machine really changes the pace of the album, for tje better. Just when the album slows down it jumps right back up with 50/50 which is my least favorite track on the album. Slow Animals is the Strokes song that really makes you hope that they continue with this style previously used in Life Is Simple In The Moonlight. The album again perks up with Partners In Crime, a really catchy, unique, and interesting song. The Strokes really showed their range with Chances, probably the best ballad I've heard in years. Happy Endings has a originaly unique intro, and is yet another catchy pop song. Finally, The Strokes disembark from modern music and go retro like really retro, pre-50's retro, pre-40's retro, you just have to hear it. Call It Fate Call It Karma is just, wow. I really recomend Comedown Machine from a musical perspective. This is by far (musically) the best Strokes album to date. If you think they should revert back to Is This It and do two-chord rock songs then this album is not for you, but if you actually appreciate music then I can't recommend a better current album.

the only song which resembles the "old Strokes" is "All the Time" and MAYBE "50/50". All other songs sound like 80's music, with the exception of the last one, which I don't know exactly what it sounds like. The album opens sending the message right away, since Tap Out has 80's "written" in every beat and riff. Julian is singing in high pitch a lot, sometimes sounding like a woman. The songs are very "elaborated", with more than the basic rhythm/lead guitars that were so typical of them in the first 3 albums. The best songs: Tap Out, Welcome to Japan, and Call it fate Call it Karma. Other very good ones: Slow Animals, Chances, All the time, One way Trigger and Partners in Crime. Good but not great: 50/50, 80's Comedown machine and Happy Ending.

The Strokes really moved leaps and bounds ahead of other artists in the goal of producing for vinyl. This album, even simply based on the cover, was made to be listened to on a decent record player. If you’re a fan, this is a must-have in the collection

I like quite a bit of this VERY SHORT "album". But, the Strokes aren't known for filling cd's to the brim. Probably because their songs are averaging out at 3 minutes. Lots of great new material, a couple really weird artistic songs. But hey, they are a great band and make great music! I only disliked one song to the point of not listening, so I consider that a success. Not as good as previous releases, but still worth 4 stars. Buy it.

Love the album! The review I previously wrote needs to be redone. I gave it one star because it was skipping. But little did I know it was my fault.... my record player needed to be fine tuned, so I apologize for the initial poor review of the quality of the record. It’s a great product!

Not bad at all

As a hardcore Strokes fan my opinion may be slightly biased, which I have considered before writing this review in order to make it worth reading. Despite this I cannot fault this album, and that is my honest opinion fan or no fan. This album has variety which cannot be seen on any other Strokes album, whilst at the same time keeping within an alternative 80's theme, each song flowing effortlessly on to the next. It is a joy to listen to; my current favourite songs being 'Tap Out', 'Welcome to Japan' and 'Happy Endings' however this changes on a daily basis because every song has different qualities about it, being such a diverse album. New techniques and styles are used, which is parallel to their last LP 'Angles' however, this time it feels professional and works well like it is meant to be that way, rather than almost experimental like with Angles. Overall it sounds like a band that has evolved and improved, making songs that are so different yet are so undoubtably Strokes, because of the powerful hooks and addictiveness that you can only hear from this band. It is hard for them to ever out-do 'It This It' which is the curse of a perfect debut LP, so critics are always lukewarm with any other album they put out. But I can say with certainty that this is yet another intriguing, fresh and perfect album which will remain in my collection for many years to come.

COMEDOWN MACHINE ist ein bemerkenswertes Album der Rocker aus New York. Viele Einflüsse der 80er lassen dieses Album deutlich anders klingen als die vorherigen Alben. Das Tolle dabei: Hier ist anders nicht schlechter, sondern weiterhin richtig gut! Tolle Melodien in oftmals anderem Gewand, aber es bleiben tolle Melodien. Eine mutige und verdammt gute Veröffentlichung, die jeder Fan der Strokes sein Eigen nennen sollte.

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Un groupe n'a pas le droit d'évoluer et changer de direction? Les Strokes le font depuis "Angles" et réussissent vachement bien contrairement à certains groupes de la même époque qui se sont plantés. Alors quoi, faire un 5ème "is this it"???. Arrêtons l'hypocrisie, les fans en seraient tous las. Alors on se fait plaisir et on expérimente sur d'autres horizons sonores tout en gardant le noyau (ceux qui écouteront 50/50 verront bien que les Strokes sont toujours là). Personnellement, depuis "Angles" je redécouvre les Strokes avec un son frais, déroutant mais tellement entraînant. Ces sympas new yorkais ont reçu direct sur leurs épaules l'étiquette "sauveurs du rock'n'roll" avec "is this it", super !! 10 ans plus tard, les Strokes sont toujours là avec la voix de Julian très très calée et un jeu de guitare inégalable. Un petit conseil, tôt le matin ou en fin de journée, allongez vous et fermez les yeux en écoutant "call it karma..." Vous comprendrez tout de suite que vous avez dans les oreilles un groupe qui vaut encore plus qu'il y a 2 ans, 7 ans ou 11 ans.

Un trabajo bastante polémico pero con muy buenas canciones que valen la pena escuchar, si decides comprar el álbum solo ten en cuenta que es bastante minimalista y no cuenta con grandes cosas.