The StrokesFirst Impressions Of Earth

Label:

Rough Trade – RTRADCDX330

Format:

CD , Album, Limited Edition , Digipak

Country:

UK & Ireland

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Indie Rock

Tracklist

1 You Only Live Once
Artwork [Picture Of Lithanum Aluminate By]Professor Michael Davidson*
3:09
2 Juicebox
Artwork [Rocketship... By]Alex Schomburg
3:17
3 Heart In A Cage
Artwork [The Brain]Henry Groskinsky
3:27
4 Razorblade
Painting [Scout]Richard Phillips (3)
3:29
5 On The Other Side
Painting [Nativity]Guido Da Siena
Painting [The Flayed Ox]Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn*
Painting [The Pantoufles, The Slippers]Samuel Van Hoogstraten
Painting [The Pieta Of Saint-germain-des-pres]Master Of Saint-German-Des-Pres*
4:38
6 Vision Of Division
ArtworkSuperstudio (2)
4:20
7 Ask Me Anything
Artwork [Yellow Room]Milton Glaser
Music ByN.Valensi*
Typography [Music Notes]Milton Glaser
3:12
8 Electricityscape
Artwork [Image #bb1863]John Foxx
3:33
9 Killing Lies
Artwork [Artist: Etoffe & Tapis Estrangers. Plate 19]Benigno Crespi*
Mastered By [At Gateway Mastering]Bob Ludwig
Music ByN.Fraiture*
3:50
10 Fear Of Sleep
Mastered By [At Gateway Mastering]Bob Ludwig
Photography By [Photo By, West 83rd St.]Jeff Prant
4:00
11 15 Minutes
Engineer [Mix]John O'Mahony
Photography By [Loew's Paradise Theater]Henry Groskinsky
4:34
12 Ize Of The World
Artwork [Gun Barrel Eyes Image By]Milton Glaser
4:29
13 Evening Sun
Music ByJ.Casablancas*
3:06
14 Red Light
Artwork [Leopard]Mel Ramos
3:11

Companies, etc.

  • Glass Mastered AtDeluxe, Blackburn
  • Pressed ByDeluxe, Blackburn

Credits

  • Arranged ByThe Strokes
  • Artwork [Disc, Table Top]Piero Fornasetti
  • BassNikolai Fraiture
  • Cover [Album Cover: Ohne Titel]Lothar Quinte
  • Cover [Rear Cover: Mathematik Der Intuition]Günter Fruhtrunk
  • Design [Album Design For Love Police]James Bellesini
  • DrumsFab Moretti*
  • EngineerDavid Kahne
  • Engineer [Assistant Mix]Steve Sisco
  • GuitarNick Valensi
  • Mastered By [At Masterdisk]Howie Weinberg (tracks: 1 to 8, 11 to 14)
  • Mixed ByAndy Wallace
  • Music ByJ.Casablancas*
  • Photography By [Multi-flash Photography By]Dan Winters (2)
  • ProducerGordon Raphael (tracks: 4, 8, 9)
  • VocalsJulian Casablancas
  • Words ByJ.Casablancas*

Notes

Presentation:-
A six digipak, die-cut front with three inserts and a 32 page booklet including lyrics.

Printed notes:
All songs published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
℗ 2005 The Strokes Band Music.
The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by The Strokes under exclusive licence in the UK & Eire to Rough Trade Records Ltd.
© 2005 Rough Trade Records Ltd.

Recorded at Red Carpet Studios and Allaire Studios.
Mixed at Soundtrack Studios.

Artwork:
Album Cover:
"Ohne Titel" 1968..., © 2005 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Rear Cover:
"Mathematik der Intuition" (Hommage À Arp)..., 1962 © 2005 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Disc:
Table Top: "Strumenti Musicali"..., 1952.

You Only Live Once:
Picture of Lathanum Aluminate..., used courtesy of Professor Michael Davidson, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Flordida State University.

"Rocketship" from cover of Fantastic Story Magazine's Summer 1952 issue..., used courtesy of the Schomburg Estate.

Heart In A Cage:
"The Brain"..., © Henry Groskinsky.

Razorblade:
"Scout"..., used courtesy of Richard Phillips.

On The Other Side:
Samuel Van Hoogstraten, Les Pantoufles, The Slippers. Louvre, Paris, . Photo ©: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY.
The Pieta Of Saint-Germain-Des-Pres... Ca. 1500. Louvre, Paris, . Photo ©: Hervé Lewandowski/Réunion des Musées Nataonaux/Art Resource, NY.
... (1666-1669) The Flayed Ox 1655. Louvre, Paris, . Photo ©: Gerard Blot/ Réunion Des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY.
(13TH CE) Nativity. Louvre, Paris, . Photo ©: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY.

Vision Of Division:
(1966-1986) © The Continuous Monument. St. Moritz Revisited, Project. Perspective, 1969. Cut-and-pasted printed paper, color pencil, and oilstick on board, 16 7/8 X 19 1/8. Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation. The Museum Of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA. Digital image © The Museum of Modern Art/License by Scala/Art Resource, NY.

Ask Me Anything:
Music Notes And Yellow Room..., used courtesy of Milton Glaser.

Electricityscape:
Image #BB1863..., used courtesy of fotosearch.com.

Killing Lies:
Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Idustriels Modernes (1925: Paris, )
Etoffe & Tapis Etrangers. Plate 19.
Photo ©: The New York Public Library/Art Resource.

Fear Of Sleep:
West 83RD St., New York City 1996. Photo... used courtesy of Jeff Prant.

15Minutes:
"Loew's Paradise Theater"..., © Henry Groskinsky.

Ize Of The World:
Gun Barrel Eyes Image..., used courtesy of Milton Glaser.

Red Light:
Leopard, 1967..., © Mel Ramos/licensed by Vaga, New York.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 5 050159 833092
  • Label Code: LC-11945
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, 5): deluxe RTRADCD330 01
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, Mould): MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 0459
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, "MADE IN THE UK" in mould ring): deluxe RTRADCD330 01 MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2, outer ring): IFPI 04BA
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0501

Other Versions (5 of 51)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
First Impressions Of Earth (CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Digipak) Sony BMG Music Entertainment RCA 82876 76420 2, 82876 76420 2 Europe 2005
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First Impressions Of Earth (CDr, Album, Promo) Rough Trade none UK 2005
New Submission
First Impressions Of Earth (CD, Album) RCA 82876 73503 25 Mexico 2005
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First Impressions Of Earth (CD, Album, Unofficial Release) Not On Label VK 10174 US 2005
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First Impressions Of Earth (LP, Album, Test Pressing) Rough Trade RTRADLP330 Europe 2005

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