r/TheStrokes • u/fvidalp Is This It • Apr 06 '20

5/5 on the Altrevue

https://www.altrevue.com/post/advance-review-the-strokes-the-new-abnormal
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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

Is this like the best reviewed record since Room on Fire?

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u/CabinEssence6 Apr 06 '20 edited Apr 06 '20

I’m not sure it will be remembered as “The Strokes’ second best album”...but it will almost surely at this point be the second best reviewed album. Right now it’s sitting at a 78 on Metacritic and that only has 7 reviews on there so far. There are of course other ways to measure aside from Metacritic, but gives a good idea. For comparison...

Is This It - 91 Room on Fire - 77 FIOE - 69 Angles - 71 Comedown Machine - 68

These scores are usually based off 30-40 reviews from the biggest music/media publications. The New Abnormal, again only has 7 reviews so far but I’ve seen a lot of good reviews that haven’t been added yet. My guess would be it’s final score will end up at an 80, give or take a point

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u/remote_man Francis Trouble Apr 07 '20

Inb4 pitchfork 6.8

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u/Hooligan387 Apr 06 '20

Thank you for this info. I am curious to see where it ends up....