The Strokes – First Impressions Of Earth

Excellent release. Great dynamics on the output and the music/vocal separation is fantastic. Mastering was done by Gateway so it makes sense that it sounds so damn good.

Take these reviews with a grain of salt. Half are likely from people listening on suitcase players with a $2 stylus talking about how it sounds on their "set up"

I am looking for a specific release for this album. Does anyone know where I can find images for this specific release. I want to find the specific on so I can add too collection

Noisy and silly sounding mixing. It's a shame because I love the album.

Oh man! Love this album a lot despite its reputation of being the most controversial Strokes record. The guitar composition on this one is amazing and this is the group at their peak aggressiveness.

In of the sound quality, it’s fuller and more dynamic than any other pressing of this record and what you will hear on any streaming platforms. Finally can hear the rumbling bass and the snare doesn’t sound like small tin can. With so much music cramped in one disc, it’s very important to crank the volume up (it was cut at a low volume).

However, it’s still an ear fatiguing experience. I have a strong feeling there was clipping even during recording (guitar sounds clipped in some loud parts). This could be also due to brickwalling in the mastering stage but clipping is very audible.

This is cut from the same lacquers MOV used in 2013. This is still readily available so grab this if you can.

The poster and artwork inside is 100/100!

Way, way too long to have on one disc. Makes buying this a non-starter

Second guitar parts very quiet on my press otherwise solid

Anyone knows if this series of UO releases use the MOV stampers?

I dunno man there’s nothing wrong with my copy. Maybe I got lucky

Cool looking vinyl, free of pops/cracks/sibilance, sounds fine to my ears. You do have to turn it up a little bit as it is ~52 minutes crammed onto two sides.