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│ The Strokes - 12.51 │
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│ Label......... Rough Trade ││
│ Year.......... 2003 ││
│ Genre......... Indie ││
│ Street Date... 06/10/2003 ││
│ Release Date.. 07/11/2003 ││
│ Size.......... 5,2 MB ││
│ Tracks........ 02 ││
│ Length........ 03:45 min ││
│ Source........ Vinyl ││
│ Encoder....... Lame 3.93.1 ││
│ Quality....... 192KBps / 44.1Khz / Full Stereo ││
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│ R E L E A S E C O M M E N T S │┐ ││
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│ Heres the rip of the 'cheapo' red vinyl single :) ││
│ Its been run through the noise cleaner and declicker so its ││
│ as good as its gonna get, also theres a dip in sound on the ││
│ b-side, this is on the *home* recording itself and not the ││
│ rip, anyways enjoy..! ││
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│ Heres some more info from someone who can write a better ││
│ review than yours truly: ││
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│ The Strokes : 12:51 ││
│ About bloody time n' all. ││
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│ The thing about The Strokes is, they're just so damnably ││
│ perfect as a pop group that it can make all the other ones ││
│ seem a little, well, extraneous. I mean, two of them have ││
│ got curly hair and half of them are posh, a couple of the ││
│ all-time great pop crimes, and still the world falls at ││
│ their socks-n-sandaled feet to beg for the merest crumb from ││
│ the corner of their mouths, the tiniest fleck of lint from ││
│ their delicately haired belly buttons. ││
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│ Two years have passed since 'Is This It' blew up in our ││
│ faces and itÆs sometimes easy to forget what a climactic ││
│ change The Strokes have affected. Like punk, like acid ││
│ house, like grunge, the NYC five-piece and the bands, ││
│ attitudes and ideals theyÆve propelled in their wake have, ││
│ frankly, reinvented music. It's the Year Zero factor and the ││
│ imminent release of 'Room On Fire' can only reinforce the ││
│ feeling that The Strokes can do whatever the fuck they like ││
│ right now and we will love it. Thankfully, whatever the fuck ││
│ they liked turned out to be making the album of the year. ││
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│ Anyhoo, the first glimpse of 'Room' many people will get is ││
│ '12:51', but it doesn't want you to fall in love with it on ││
│ contact. No, that would be way too easy. Instead it ││
│ approaches you sideways, Julian's voice way down in the mix ││
│ as he complains about how, 'Friday night's a bit lonely', ││
│ but when you look closely you see the real beauty in the ││
│ half-hidden handclaps, the counter-melody guitar line youÆll ││
│ be humming in your sleep and Fab's Ringo-like cymbal-abuse ││
│ which sends the whole thing hurtling skyward. ││
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│ Two minutes thirty four seconds later it's over, not an ││
│ ounce of fat on its bones. God, we've missed you, boys." ││
│ -nme.com ││
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│ [01] 12.51 (Album Version) 02:30 ││
│ [02] The Way It Is (Home Recording) 01:15 ││
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│ Total Playtime : 03:45 min ││
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Updated: 06/11/2003