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The Strokes’ 2003 sophomore album Room on Fire. The follow-up to their smash hit debut Is This It, our selection of Room on Fire presents the New York City rock quintet that ruled the aughts in an undersung, albeit peak moment.

“As a former teenage Strokes obsessive, us doing Room on Fire was a dream come true for me personally; they were the first band I felt like I could call my own, in a way,” said VMP Editorial Director Andrew Winistorfer.

“When we were talking about doing Room on Fire for Essentials, it kept coming back to this record being really underrated both at the time, and in retrospect; people didn’t know what to expect after Is This It and it was like they were prepared to throw the “Sophomore Slump” tag around, but with the benefit of hindsight, this is one of the best rock albums of the ’00s! It’s got hooks for days, the band sounds like a street gang made manifest via power chords, and it has like 8-9 songs that will make you lose your mind if they come on at the right time at the right party. Our edition celebrates an album that deserves another look, and a reconsideration of its greatness — the very purpose of VMP as a company.”

Our exclusive pressing of Room on Fire is on 180g “Meet Me in the Bathroom Tile”-color vinyl, pressed from lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound and plated at QRP. The package features a tip-on jacket with gold foil stamping on the yellow/gold of the jacket cover with a printed inner sleeve and an exclusive art print by Cynthia Alfonso.