Is This It — The Strokes

Is This It revived guitar-based rock in 2001, credited with inspiring an entire generation of indie bands. NME ranked it the greatest album of the decade, and its 3 million copies sold outpaced the average rock debut by 40%. The loose, propulsive energy of tracks like 'Last Nite' directly influenced the Arctic Monkeys and countless others, though its cultural impact falls just shy of #2's commercial phenomenon.