The Modern Age

EP by The Strokes

Released

January 29, 2001

Recorded

2000

Genre

Length

11:09

Label

Beggars Banquet (US)
Rough Trade (UK)

The Strokes chronology

The Modern Age
(2001)

Is This It
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A−^[2]

The Modern Age is the debut EP by garage rock band The Strokes. It was released on January 29, 2001 in the United Kingdom and May 22, 2001 in the United States, sparking a bidding war among record labels; the largest for a rock band in years.^[3]

All the songs were re-recorded for their debut album, Is This It, with slightly different lyrics and song structures.

Track listing

All songs written by Julian Casablancas.

"The Modern Age" – 3:13
"Last Nite" – 3:19
"Barely Legal" – 4:37

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Robert Christgau review
↑ Joe D'Angelo (2001). "The Strokes: "We Just Do Our Own Thing"". Retrieved 2007-01-23.

External links

"The Modern Age" Official music video on YouTube

The Strokes

Studio albums

Is This It (2001)
Room on Fire (2003)
First Impressions of Earth (2006)
Angles (2011)
Comedown Machine (2013)

Extended plays

The Modern Age (2001)
The Observer (2003)
Future Present Past (2016)

Singles

Other songs

"When It Started"
"One Way Trigger"

Side-projects

Albums and EPs

Yours to Keep (2006; Hammond, Jr.)
¿Cómo Te Llama? (2008; Hammond, Jr.)
Surfing (2008; Moretti)
Little Joy (2008; Moretti)
The Time of the Assassins (2009; Fraiture)
Phrazes for the Young (2009; Casablancas)
We Are Born (2010; Valensi)
AHJ (2013; Hammond, Jr.)
Tyranny (2014; Casablancas)
Momentary Masters (2015; Hammond, Jr.)
New Skin (2016; Valensi)
Untitled Summer Moon album (TBA; Fraiture)

Discography

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