The Strokes: Comedown Machine Yellow Marble Vinyl

Why you'll love it

This yellow marble pressing puts a bright spin on the album's famous RCA tape-box cover. Comedown Machine reached the top 10 in both the US and the UK, and NME ranked it No. 41 among the 50 best albums of 2013.

This edition

Yellow marble vinyl
Limited edition
Pressed in the EU

About the album

Most bands promote a new album with interviews, TV spots and a tour. For Comedown Machine, the Strokes did none of it: no interviews, no photo shoots, no live shows, just a sleeve dressed up as an old RCA tape reel box and the music left to speak for itself.

It speaks in a lot of accents. "One Way Trigger" sends Julian Casablancas up into falsetto over a bright, synthy gallop, "All the Time" is classic Strokes guitar interplay, "Welcome to Japan" struts with funk-rock confidence, and "80's Comedown Machine" slows everything down to a hazy crawl. "Tap Out" opens the record with a groove, and "Call It Fate, Call It Karma" closes it like a crackly old jazz-age ballad. "All the Time" also came out as a 7-inch single. Gus Oberg produced, and critics heard echoes of OMD, New Order and Echo & the Bunnymen.

BBC Music praised its unexpectedly wide range of styles, and Clash called it their most thought-provoking record yet. Not one interview to promote it, which, frankly, is the kind of sales strategy we can respect.

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