albums of the decade - 39. The Strokes - Is This It

39. The Strokes - Is This It (US Version) (2001)

Everything. From the great ambiguity of lacking a question mark in the title, to a culturally groundbreaking band, to dressing the kids like they used to dress yesterday, to the lo-fi, tinny recording, to thinking I was king of the world on a speedboat with 'The Modern Age' playing in my head, to seeing The Strokes play 5 days before this came out in the UK and meeting Julian, Fabio and Nick to dancing nearly 100 times to 'Someday' in Indie discos, to been the perfect band to grow up to, to experience teen angst to, to winning NME's album of the decade and everything, everything, everything and they were to get even better still.