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{{Infobox album <!--See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = The Modern Age
| Name = The Modern Age
| Type = EP
| Type = EP
| Artist = [[The Strokes]]
| Artist = [[The Strokes]]
| Cover = The Strokes - The Modern Age.jpg
| Cover = The Strokes - The Modern Age.jpg
| Released = 29 January 2001
| Released = {{Start date|2001|01|29}}
| Recorded = 2000
| Recorded = 2000
| Genre = [[Garage rock]], [[indie rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[indie pop]]
| Genre = {{hlist|[[Garage rock revival]]|[[indie rock]]|[[post-punk revival]]}}
| Length = 11:09
| Length = {{Duration|m=11|s=09}}
| Label = [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]] <small>([[U.S.]])</small><br />[[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small>
| Label = {{unbulleted list|[[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]] <small>(US)</small>|[[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] <small>(UK)</small>}}
| This album = '''''The Modern Age'''''<br>(2001)
| Producer =
| Last album =
| Next album = ''[[Is This It]]''<br>(2001)
| This album = '''''The Modern Age'''''<br />(2001)
| Next album = ''[[Is This It]]''<br />(2001)
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews

Revision as of 22:31, 21 January 2016

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Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA−[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.

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

References

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

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