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    The Strokes’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

    Feb 16, 2023 4 minutes

    20. Meet Me in the Bathroom (2003)

    The Strokes rushed their second album, Room on Fire, in the belief that their initial success would soon be over. The result frequently boasted song titles that were better than the songs – such as You Talk Way Too Much, but Meet Me in the Bathroom’s cocktail of lyrical ennui and a suitably wearier take on the sound of Is This It clicks perfectly.

    19. Drag Queen (2016)

    One of the more satisfying results of the group’s quest for a different musical direction, Drag Queen sounds like a homage to New Order, topped off with vocals that suddenly, and entirely unexpectedly, go into warped Auto-Tune overdrive even as they are delivering a despairing political message.

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