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| Released | July 30, 2001 (2001-7-30) | |||
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| Producer | Gordon Raphael | |||
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Is This It is the debut studio album by American rock bandthe Strokes. It was first released on July 30, 2001 in Australia, withRCA Records handling the release internationally andRough Trade Records handling the United Kingdom release. It was recorded at Transporterraum in New York City with producerGordon Raphael during March and April 2001. For their debut, the band strived to capture a simple sound that was not significantly enhanced in the studio. Building on their 2001EPThe Modern Age, the band members molded compositions largely through live takes during recording sessions, while lead singer and songwriterJulian Casablancas continued to detail the lives and relationships of urban youth in his lyrics.
After completing the album, the Strokes embarked on a promotional world tour before its release. The album was released progressively to coincide with their tour dates, with it being released in Japan on August 22 and the United Kingdom on August 28. The album's cover photograph was deemed too sexually explicit for the US market, and was replaced there.After theSeptember 11 attacks, the American compact disc release was delayed from September 25 to October 9 and had its track listamended, with the song "New York City Cops" being removed and replaced with the newly written track "When It Started"; however, the American vinyl release still includes the track as a result of its release falling on September 11. Threesingles were released from the album: "Hard to Explain", "Last Nite", and "Someday".
Promoted by the music press for its twin-guitar interplay and melodic, pop-influenced sound,Is This It peaked at number 33 on theUSBillboard 200 and number two on theUK Albums Chart, going on to achieveplatinum status in several countries. The album received widespread critical acclaim, with many critics praising it for its charisma and rhythm, which often referenced the works of 1970sgarage rock bands. The release of the album is widely considered to be a watershed moment, and crucial in the reinvention of post-millennium guitar music. It has featured in several publications' lists of the best albums of the 2000s and of all time.[1][2][3]
In 1998, the Strokes consisted of singer Julian Casablancas, guitaristNick Valensi, bassistNikolai Fraiture, and drummerFabrizio Moretti. Casablancas's stepfather and Moretti's and Fraiture's older brothers introduced the quartet to the music ofreggae artistBob Marley,protopunk groupthe Velvet Underground, andalternative rock bandJane's Addiction. Discussing the formative stages of the group, Moretti noted, "Our music was, like, [the Doors'], but trying to be classical. We all took music classes and tried writing songs, and when we put them together they were this crazy amalgam of insane ideas that we thought was really cool." In 1998,Albert Hammond, Jr., whom Casablancas knew from his time at a Swiss boarding school, moved to New York City to attend film school and joined the Strokes as a second guitarist.[4] His arrival provided the catalyst for the band's musical and emotional evolution.[5]
By 2000, all band members had part-time jobs and were practicing new material several nights a week in a small hired recording space. In the fall of that year, their demo caught the attention ofRyan Gentles, a talent booker at New York City'sMercury Lounge. He scheduled the Strokes for four December gigs.[4] With support from personal mentor JP Bowersock and producer Gordon Raphael, the band recorded three tracks which later appeared onIs This It: "The Modern Age", "Last Nite", and "Barely Legal". British labelRough Trade Records was impressed by the songs and released them as a January 2001 extended play titledThe Modern Age. Music press reaction was very positive and the Strokes embarked on a sold-out UK tour, followed by US support slots for alternative rock groupsDoves andGuided by Voices.[6] Gentles quit his job to manage the band full-time and, in March 2001, the Strokes signed to RCA Records after a protracted bidding war.[4]
After the deal with RCA, the Strokes started working withGil Norton, who had produced recordings for alternative rock groupPixies. Although the two parties developed a rapport, the band were unhappy with the results of preliminary sessions which they thought sounded "too clean" and "too pretentious"; the three songs recorded with Norton were scrapped.[7] LikeThe Modern Age,Is This It was eventually recorded with Gordon Raphael at Transporterraum inManhattan's East Village in New York City.[8] The studio is located in a basement with poor lighting, but despite its poor infrastructure, it includes modernPro Toolsdigital audio workstation hardware. The Strokes liked Raphael's lack of ego and formed a good collaborative relationship with the producer.[9]
"I just wanted to write music that could touch people. [As] a songwriter, you play a fewchords and sing a melody that's been done a thousand times, and now you're a singer-songwriter. I think it takes a little more than that to do something that matters. And I wish I could write a song where all the parts work. When you hear a song like that, it's like finding a new friend."[4]
Before recording started, the Strokes and Raphael organized a listening session with the musical material Hammond and Casablancas had brought to show the tone and energy they liked. At the meeting, the band said they wanted to go in a different direction than contemporary music. Casablancas wantedIs This It to sound like "a band from the past that took a time trip into the future to make their record". The approach for the album became more studied than that ofThe Modern Age. The group wanted the majority of songs to sound like them playing live, while they requested a few others to be like "a weird, in-studio production with adrum machine, even though no drum machine was used". The songs of the latter type were done track-by-track and were crafted into non-standard rock arrangements. Raphael's background inindustrial music played a large part in the album's conception.[8]
During six weeks in the studio, the Strokes' gritty sound became the emphasis of the sessions.[9] The band usually recorded songs only once, based on Casablancas's preference for "raw efficiency".[10]RATeffects pedals andoverdrivingamplifiers were used at times, "taking sounds, disintegrating them and then bringing them back". The band wanted things to be only slightlystressed, with no heavy-handedness in terms of studio effects; onlydistortion andreverse echo were widely used. Throughout the process, Raphael improvised according to the reactions that he got from the group. At one point, he had to cope with the threat of eviction from his Transporterraum studio, but once the Strokes received backing from RCA, time and money were no longer pressing concerns. The label'sA&R delegate initially did not like what had been recorded and felt that the album was not going to be professional enough. The producer and the band were given complete control only when Casablancas persuaded the delegate by playing him some of the new material on aboom box.[8]
Inspired by the Velvet Underground's production and the direct approach ofpunk rock bandRamones, the miking scheme for the drum kit included only three microphones: one above it, one for thebass drum, and one in the corner of the studio.[11] It was crafted to capture "a compressed, explosive sound". On Moretti's advice, the transfer from the two loud guitars and the rumble of the bass picked up by the drum-kit microphones was not eliminated. The guitars were recorded more simply; Hammond and Valensi both usedFender DeVille amps on opposite sides of the room, while Raphael positioned a mic on each. The sound was then fed directly into apreamp with noequalization.[8] Valensi commented that guitar teacher and mentor Bowersock was invaluable because he was articulating things to the producer that the group could not.[10] While the rest of the Strokes played to aclick track, Casablancas sang through a smallPeavey practice amp to retain a sense oflow fidelity on the album. Raphaelmixed as he went along to maintain control of the record until the finalmastering stage; the producer aimed to show the Strokes a final product as soon as the band finished performing a track.[8]
Casablancas's writing discusses life and relationships of young people in New York City. Exemplifying this theme, "The Modern Age" is a rant about the oddness of modern life.[13] "Barely Legal" concerns a girl who has just arrived at theage of consent. Discussing its risqué nature, Moretti has stated, "It should be taken the way you interpret it. The lyrics mean different things to different people."[12] "Alone, Together" continues the sexual theme by dropping hints aboutcunnilingus,[14] while the yelp at the start of "New York City Cops" was created as apastiche of rock bandAerosmith. "Soma" takes influence from the fictional drug inAldous Huxley's 1932 novelBrave New World. Here Casablancas is discussing drug use to fit in with the cool crowd.[15] During the studio sessions, Casablancas introduced tracks with comic lines and some quips were used when the album was mixed.[16]
Musically,Is This It has been described as agarage rock revival,[17]indie rock,[18] andpost-punk revival album.[19] All songs on the album were mixed using 11 or fewer audio tracks.[8] According to Valensi, the album contains "no gimmicks, no tricks" to try to get the listener to like the compositions.[20] It opens with the title track, which features a simple,metronomic drum line, a recurring feature in the rest of the record. Containing one of the slowesttempos, "Is This It" is the Strokes' attempt at aballad.[14] "The Modern Age" follows and includes a guitarriff accompanied by a complementary drum line. Itsstaccato verse is followed by an upbeat, singalong chorus and aguitar solo.[12] Discussing the album's simplicity and measured approach, Valensi has commented, "We don't put in a guitar solo just to have one."[20] "Soma" incorporates jerky rhythms and starts and ends with the same guitar and drum chimes,[14] while "Barely Legal" contains some of the album's softer guitar melodies inspired byBritpop as well as drumming patterns that evoke the sound of primitive 1980s drum machines.[12]
The fifth track on the record, "Someday", is infused withrockabilly elements and interlocking guitar lines, the latter a recurring element ofIs This It. "Alone, Together" is driven by a staccato rhythm, and climaxes first with a guitar solo, then a repeat of the central guitarhook.[14] "Last Nite" is also a guitar-driven song, but leans towards pop music influences. At its core, there are reggae-inspired rhythm guitar lines played by Hammond, and studionoise effects. Therhythm section plays simple interlocking notes and beats.[12] Like "Soma", "Hard to Explain" contains processed drum tracks usingdynamic range compression and equalization studio techniques to make them sound like adrum machine.[8] The song incorporates splicedad-libbing extras from Casablancas, a feature also used on "New York City Cops". "Trying Your Luck", the album's mellowest point, follows and shows more melancholic vocals. The last track onIs This It, "Take It or Leave It", is the only song in which Hammond used thebridgepickup of hisFender Stratocaster guitar.[16]
The internationalcover art ofIs This It is by Colin Lane and features a photograph of a woman's rear and hip, with a leather-gloved hand suggestively resting on it.[21] The model was Lane's then-girlfriend, who explained that the photoshoot was spontaneous and happened after she came out of the shower naked.[22] Lane recalled that a stylist had left the glove in his apartment and noted, "We did about 10 shots. There was no real inspiration, I was just trying to take a sexy picture."[23] The result was included in the bookThe Greatest Album Covers of All Time, in which Grant Scott, one of the editors, noted influences from the works ofHelmut Newton andGuy Bourdin. Scott concluded, "It's either a stylish or graphically strong cover or a sexistSmell the Glove travesty." Although British retail chainsHMV andWoolworths objected to the photograph, they stocked the album without amendment.[21]
For the American market and the October 2001 release, the cover art ofIs This It was changed to a psychedelic photograph ofsubatomic particle tracks in abubble chamber. The image first appeared on new age artist Bruce Becvar's 1988 albumThe Nature of Things. The same image appears on the cover ofThe Scientist as Rebel by theoretical physicistFreeman Dyson. A portion of the image also appeared onPrince's 1990 albumGraffiti Bridge. RCA product manager Dave Gottlieb commented that "it was straight up a band decision", while Gentles indicated that Casablancas had wanted it to appear globally. According to the band's manager, the frontman phoned him before the Japan and Europe release and said, "I found something even cooler than the ass picture." At the time, the Lane photograph was already at the presses and was included in the July and August 2001 versions.[24] The Strokes' 2003 biography mentions the fear of objections from America's conservative retail industry and right-wing lobby as reasons for the artwork's alteration.[16]
The group deliberately left out the grammatically correct question mark from the album title because aesthetically, "it did not look right".[16] The booklet insert contains stylized separate portraits of the Strokes, Raphael, Gentles, and Bowersock, all photographed by Lane.[10]
Following the album's completion, the Strokes performed at Philadelphia music venues every Wednesday of May 2001.[25] The band revealed the track listing ofIs This It on May 15. A June headlining tour of the UK and Ireland was also confirmed, and almost immediately after the announcement, some venues sold out.[26] "Hard to Explain" was named as the album's first single with a release date of June 25 to coincide with the tour.[25] At the time, Moretti stated, "In Britain, people are much more responsive ... I'm so psyched to be going back, every show we played people were enjoying it. There's a lot of people here in America who think we've had it too easy, but they have never really heard the music."[26]
Following the Strokes' June 20 show in Glasgow, Moretti suffered a fall and was hospitalized with a broken hand.[27] Two of the last five UK gigs were canceled and a friend of the group, Matt Romano, flew to England to replace the injured drummer in the remaining concerts. In a press release, Gentles explained, "They will only carry on if they feel that they are 100% after rehearsing with Matt, as they wouldn't offer anything less to their fans."[28] With Romano as a substitute, the band managed to satisfy the outstanding commitments.[29] Live recorded versions of "Hard to Explain", itsB-side "New York City Cops", and "Last Nite" fromThe Modern Age aired on the UK music showTop of the Pops on July 6, 2001.[30] The Strokes were added to the main stage at theT in the Park festival in Scotland on July 7 after alternative rock groupWeezer pulled out.[31] A large part of the month of July was spent performing in cities in the West Coasts of America and Canada.[30]
Is This It was released in Australia on July 30, 2001, to capitalize on the Strokes' recent tour of the country. The record was streamed on Australian websites by the band's distributorBMG and remained available for listening even after the CD release.Geoff Travis, head of the Strokes' UK labelRough Trade, commented that the Australian continent had "special dispensation" and that an export ban was put in place to ensure no interferences with release plans in the rest of the world.[32] The Japanese release date of August 22 was timed to occur after two one-off shows by the band at theSummer Sonic Festival,[33] while the UK release of August 27 coincided with theReading and Leeds Festivals.[34] TheSeptember 11 terrorist attacks in New York City postponed the group'sCMJ Music Marathon performance, and shifted RCA's US release ofIs This It from September 25 to October 9. The Strokes chose to replace the song "New York City Cops" on the CD version of the album with a newly recorded song, "When It Started", after they witnessed the "valiant response" of thecity's police department during the tragedy.[35] The vinyl release retained the original track list, as a result of its release falling on September 11.[36][37]
The song "Last Nite" was released as the second single from the album, in November 2001. The single was the group's first to enter the American charts, reaching the top five on theU.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart in late 2001. Meanwhile, the single obtained moderate success in the UK, peaking at number 14 on theUK Singles Chart.[38][39] The song "Someday" was released as the third single from the album. It peaked at number 17 on theU.S. Alternative Songs chart[40] and at number 27 on theU.K. Singles Chart.[41]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 91/100[42] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [43] |
| Blender |  [44] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[45] |
| The Guardian | [46] |
| NME | [47] |
| Pitchfork | 9.1/10[48] |
| Q | [49] |
| Rolling Stone | [50] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [51] |
| The Village Voice | A−[52] |
Is This It received widespread critical acclaim; aggregating websiteMetacritic reports anormalized rating of 91, based on 26 critical reviews.[42] Joe Levy ofRolling Stone explained that the record is "the stuff of which legends are made", and summed it up as "more joyful and intense than anything else I've heard this year".[50]Robert Christgau, writing inThe Village Voice, described the Strokes as "a greatgroove band", and noted that "the beats implode, clashing/resolving withpunky brevity and gnarly faux simplicity".[52] In a perfect 10 review,NME reviewer John Robinson indicated thatIs This It was one of the best debut LPs by a guitar band during the past 20 years.[47] In contrast, Jon Monks ofStylus commented that its shallowness prevents it from ever being called a "classic".[53] In his favorable A− review,David Browne ofEntertainment Weekly conceded that he did not know whether the Strokes would have a long-term impact, but noted that, at the time, the record "just feels right, and sometimes that's enough".[45]
Mark Lepage ofBlender claimed thatIs This It is similar to the works of 1970s bands the Velvet Underground,Television andthe Feelies.[44]Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber suggested that, while the work of the Velvet Underground is an obvious inspiration for the Strokes, the band's only similarity to the other groups is the confidence with which they perform.[48]AllMusic's Heather Phares concluded, "Granted, their high-fashion appeal and faultless influences ... have 'critics' darlings' written all over them. But like the similarly laudedElastica andSupergrass before them, the Strokes don't rehash the sounds that inspire them—they remake them in their own image."[43] Rob Bolton ofExclaim! gave the album a mixed review, stating, "it’s really too bad that this album is such a bore. Sure, there’s a couple of somewhat catchy songs, but not only does this album not live up to the excessive hype (in fairness, no album could), it is completely uninspiring."[54]
Is This It was named the best album of 2001 byBillboard,CMJ,Entertainment Weekly,[8]NME,Playlouder,[55] andTime.[8]Magnet,Q, andThe New Yorker included it in their respective unnumbered shortlists of the best records issued that year.[55][56][57] It figured highly in other end-of-year best album lists: at number two byThe Herald,[58] at number three byMojo,[55] at number five byThe New York Times,[59] at number eight byRolling Stone and byUSA Today,[55][60] at number nine byThe Boston Phoenix, and at number ten byKludge.[61][62] The record featured at number two behindBob Dylan'sLove and Theft inThe Village Voice's 2001Pazz & Jop critics' poll, which aggregated the votes of 621 prominent reviewers.[55] In 2002,Is This It was named Best Album at theNME Awards and Best International Album at theMeteor Music Awards.[63][64] It was nominated in the latter category at theBrit Awards, where the Strokes won Best International Newcomer and received a nomination in the Best International Group category.[65] The same year, the quintet won Band of the Year and Best New Act at theNME Awards and was nominated in the latter category at theMTV Europe Music Awards.[63][66]
Is This It was a commercial success and entered the UK Albums Chart at number two after first week sales of 48,393 copies.[67] The record was listed at number 71 on the UK Albums Chart for 2001 and was certifiedgold by theBritish Phonographic Industry after charting continuously from its release in August to the end of the year.[68] In the US,Is This It entered theBillboard 200 at number 74 after selling 16,000 units in the first week.[69] 20,000 copies were shipped in America per week from October 2001 to January 2002, when a performance by the Strokes on the nationwide TV showSaturday Night Live caused a temporary rise in sales.[70] A 60% increase allowed the album to reach a peak of number 33 on theBillboard 200 from its previous high of 63.[71]
Is This It was certified gold by theRecording Industry Association of America in February 2002 for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US,[72] and by theCanadian Recording Industry Association in April for 50,000 units in Canada.[73] In 2002, the album attained platinum status in the UK and in Australia for sales of 300,000 and 70,000 copies respectively.[74][75] The average US weekly sales were 7,000 by October 2002, when the reissue of the album with a bonus DVD caused an increase.[76] By October 2003, the record had spent 58 weeks on theBillboard 200 since its release two years earlier, selling 900,000 copies in America; two million copies were sold worldwide.[77]Is This It was certified platinum in Canada in 2004 after 100,000 units were shipped there.[73] By the start of 2006, the album had sold over 600,000 copies in UK and over one million units in the US.[67][78]
"Probably the most important rock album of the past 10 years: it prised thezeitgeist away fromnu-metal, restored the pre-eminence of rattlingneo-new-wave, and was the chief catalyzing influence on Arctic Monkeys."[79]
Gary Mulholland ofThe Observer considers the release ofIs This It a "world-changing moment" and notes that its impact was "immediate and dramatic" on both music and attire.[80]BBC Radio 1'sZane Lowe suggests that the album moved popular opinion from DJs and pop music to "skinny jeans and guitars", "the template for rock 'n' roll in the modern day".[81] Tam Gunn ofFact agrees and explains that it "caused a sea change" in mainstream music in the US and the UK,[82] while Anthony Miccio ofStylus points out that the Strokes' success created the commercial context for "other new-wavers" to flourish.[83]Rolling Stone writes thatIs This It inspired "a ragged revolt" in Britain, led bythe Libertines andArctic Monkeys, and continued its influence in the US on the success of bands likeKings of Leon.[84]The Observer shares a similar view and concludes that "a fine brood of heirs", like the Libertines andFranz Ferdinand, would not have existed and been successful if the Strokes had not reinvigorated "rock's obsession with having a good time".[85]Jared Followill of Kings of Leon notes that the album was one of the main reasons that he wanted to get into a band; he states, "The title track was one of the firstbasslines I learned ... I was just 15 at the time."[86]
Jed Gottlieb of theBoston Herald argues that, althoughIs This It provided substantial musical influence, its biggest success was in revamping the music industry and making A&R delegates scout and promote alternative bands.[87] Gunn links the success of alternative music in British charts throughout the 2000s to the album, but notes that "the copyists" could never match the attention to detail and heartfelt emotion of the Strokes.[82] Mulholland adds that even the pop stars of that decade who rediscovereddisco,electro, andsynthpop owe a debt to the record, because its commercial success "made every forgottenart-pop experiment of the late 70s and early 80s instantly hip and ripe for reinvention".[80] Hamish MacBain ofNME writes that "the western world has moved on, and is now swinging to the tune ofIs This It",[88] whilePitchfork's Joe Colly suggests that "you only capture this kind of a lightning in a bottle once".[89] Gunn concludes that, while the status of the album as the 2000s' most influential guitar record may be "a double-edged sword" because of poor quality copyists, its status as the decade's best pop album should not be in doubt.[82]
In 2003,Is This It was ranked at number seven inNME's editorial staff list of the 100 Best Albums.[90] In 2005,Spin placed it at number 100 in its list of the 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005,[91] whileStylus included it at number four in its list of the Top 50 Albums of 2000–2005.[83] In 2006,Is This It was ranked at number 48 byThe Observer in the publication's list of The 50 Albums That Changed Music,[85] whileMojo featured it at number 33 in its list of 100 Modern Classics, 1993–2006.[92] In 2007,Q included the record at number 21 in its editorial staff list of the 21 Albums That Changed Music.[93] In 2008,Entertainment Weekly ranked it at number 34 in its list of the 100 Best Albums, 1983–2008.[94]
In 2009,Is This It was ranked as the best record of the 2000s byNME, ahead of the Libertines'Up the Bracket,[95] and at number two byRolling Stone, behindRadiohead'sKid A, in their respective lists decided by the publications' staff and music industry members.[84]FACT placed it at number two behindBurial'sUntrue in its editorial list of the 100 Best: Albums of the Decade,[82] whileBillboard featured it at number three in its critics' picks of the 20 Best Albums of the 2000s.[96] The same year,The Observer includedIs This It at number four in its Albums of the Decade list,[80] whileUncut ranked it at number five in its list of The 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century.[97]The Times placed it at number six in its list of The 100 Best Pop Albums of the Noughties,[98] whilePitchfork featured it at number seven in its staff list of The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.[89] In 2010, Stylus rankedIs This It at number six in its list of the Top Albums of the previous decade.[99] The record is included in bothThe Guardian's "1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die" and the book1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[79][100] In 2019,Is This It was ranked second onThe Guardian's 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list.[101]Rolling Stone ranked it at number 367 in its 2003 list ofThe 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, significantly raising the album's ranking to number 199 in the 2012 revision.[102][103] In the 2020 reboot of the list,Rolling Stone raised the rank ofIs This It higher to number 114.[104] In 2024,Apple Music ranked it at number 68 on its 100 Best Albums list.[105] The following year,Rolling Stone placedIs This It at number ten in The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far list.[106]
All tracks are written byJulian Casablancas
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Is This It" | 2:31 |
| 2. | "The Modern Age" | 3:28 |
| 3. | "Soma" | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Barely Legal" | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Someday" | 3:03 |
| 6. | "Alone, Together" | 3:08 |
| 7. | "Last Nite" | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Hard to Explain" | 3:44 |
| 9. | "New York City Cops" | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Trying Your Luck" | 3:22 |
| 11. | "Take It or Leave It" | 3:16 |
| Total length: | 36:28 | |
Credits adapted from liner notes.[107][108][109]
The Strokes
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Weekly charts[edit]
| Year-end charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[133] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[134] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[135] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
| Japan (RIAJ)[136] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[137] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| Sweden (GLF)[138] | Platinum | 80,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[139] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[140] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia[32] | July 30, 2001 | CD | RCA |
| Japan[33] | August 22, 2001 | ||
| United Kingdom[34] | August 27, 2001 | CD, vinyl | Rough Trade |
| United States[36][35] | September 11, 2001 | Vinyl | RCA |
| October 9, 2001 | CD |
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