Elephant

very bluesy, very garage-y. but why is it on this list? 3.18/5

I love the power of this album, great high energy stuff. 3.7

Now this is the White Stripes I expected. Hard edged at points, soft at others, and full of good tunes, Elephant is the entry point to the White Stripes. It may not be there best album (that to me is the unincluded Icky Thump), but it is maybe the most White Stripes album there is. If you grew up in the late 1990s, 2000s or early 2010s, you already know the album. But a stroll through memory lane does no one any harm every now and then.

Fav: The Air Near My Fingers L: Little Acorns 3.5 Almost every song was above average but barely not good enough for me to want to listen to it on the regular. Also Seven Nation Army is one of the first songs I remember being played nonstop on the radio. Cover: 4 Name: 3 Glad there wasn't a song named Elephant Minecraft Parody: Iron Golem Army, The Air Near My Glass Pane

Listened before? Yes Thoughts: - I got "Get Behind Me Satan" pretty early in the project, and was surprised to see it on the list. This one, however, is the White Stripes album that definitely deserves it's place. - Seven Nation Army is iconic, but I forgot how good the rest of this album is! - I'm figuring out that I don't really like straight up blues music (it mostly just feels boring to me), I like stuff that is blues-adjacent or has elements of blues. Maybe that'll make more sense as I get further into the list :) Favorite track(s): Seven Nation Army, Ball and Biscuit

Objectively speaking, this isn't a one star album, it sounds very similar to their other albums and indeed that's part of the problem. But having just had White Blood Cells yesterday and Get Behind Me Satan last month and more broadly thinking that there are 3 albums on the list that don't all need to be here as they're all quite similar so downgrading this as a result.

I’ve been on a very lucky streak with albums on here recently and this one continued it. I remember when this album came out and I would listen to it on repeat. It’s still as good now as it was then.

18. oktobar 2026. 16.42h sta ako je ovo cijeli izazov samo da provalim da ne volim white stripes enivejz bilo je only ok mozda nisam bila in the mood za WS

não esperava que ia gostar tanto!!? a última faixa foi a cereja do bolo

album: elephant artist: the white stripes (recommended by the 1001 albums generator) released: april 1st, 2003 date: october 11th, 2026 rating: ⭐⭐⭐ ¾ favorite song: “there’s no home for you here” favorite moment: i love the ending song “it’s true that we love one another” and how conversational it feels and classic spur of the moment, gather around the campfire vibes in a nutshell: the white stripes are a vibe, and they’re kind of there for everything when to listen: definitely gives “road tripping to somewhere you are looking forward to” music at times and commuting somewhere vibes, whether that is on-foot, driving, on a bus, or wherever would recommend? yes thoughts: i love the harder rock tracks AND the more acoustic tracks. i feel like this album is something i enjoy the more i put it on and find new elements each listen. it’s not crazy diverse, but it’s not super redundant compared to the other albums i’ve listened to. it’s a good blend. was not enough to fully pull me in, but still good nonetheless. ALSO, WHY WAS "SEVEN NATION ARMY" THE ONLY POPULAR TRACK FROM THIS BAND??? also, had no clue the female vocalist (vocalists??) existed until i listened to this album.

Super fun and nostalgic for me. I always used to listen to this on trips up to see my grandparents and at my parent's gym. It very punchy and energetic rock which is always super fun and entertaining to listen to. Some of the songs were a little weird, namely the last one, but otherwise the album was great.

Fun, energetic, unique. 4 leaning 5

Weak

Bcp de classique c’est un never mind type deal c quand même cool

Peak White Stripes. Solid rock record front to back. This is the best distillation of what the band is and sounds like. The production, the riffs, the drumming, the singing. A little blues, a little punk, a little garage rock. That’s what we love!

A real central

I always found the sound of the White Stripes to be good if repetitive. On a relisten I agree with myself.

If it wasn't for seven nation army this would be entirely forgettable

Seven nation army is epic but the rest is kind of mid. Last song is cute

Terecht hun grote doorbraak, moddervet op alle fronten. Gitaarspel van formaat, en divers qua nummers

Seven nation army y poco más

I sometimes wonder whether Jack White had any idea what he had written when he came up with the riff to 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘆. Plenty of songs have great riffs; very few escape the song itself and end up being chanted by entire stadiums. It is hopelessly overplayed by now, but it was also the reason I bought 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵, so I can hardly complain too much. What matters is that the album around it still holds up. The guitars are raw and enormous, the arrangements are stripped down without ever feeling empty, and Jack and Meg manage to make very simple ideas sound exciting. There is enough variation in mood and texture that 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 never feels like one famous single surrounded by filler. Most importantly, it still sounds to me the way it did when I first bought it: immediate, loud, strange, and ridiculously fun. I came for 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘆 and ended up with an album I still love.

Starts off with one of the most recognizable riffs on the planet, and showcasing the musical talent of this duo, in always impressed with how this record sounds.

It seems I may have been an unknowing fan of The White Stripes / Jack White all along. This is another really good album. It's quite sparse musically, by that I mean it's not overloaded with instruments / sounds which makes it all the better in my opinion. Catchy riffs aplenty. Yeah, I can give credit where it is due and this is a very good album.

7/10

Hell yeah!

Banger rock album

developed in a lab specifically for guitar hero

A band that became so popular off a certain song that I refused to listen to them back when that song came out. While I still feel that "Seven Nation Army" is way overplayed, there were some surprises on this one. I liked most of the guitar tone and back to rock basics, it was just Jack White's voice I'm still not crazy about. Album was a fully realized offering and you can tell they loved what they were playing.

Decent start but gets boring very quickly.

Pre Listen: The day I got this album, I also was scheduled for emergency life-saving surgery due to appendicitis. Somehow, I looked forward to listening to this album *less* than a surgery that'll leave me in a great deal of physical pain. I disliked the last White Stripes album I listened to that much. Bottom-of-the-barrel expectations here. Notable Tracks: Seven Nation Army - Wow, the big hit of this album. Worlds most simplistic bassline that appeals to all the fruit flies of the world. I think this song is so fucking overrated. Overplayed to hell and back. Little Acorns - I made it to this song before checking out and just giving up. I just can't do it. I hate this band so fucking much. Post Listen: I gave the last album by The White Stripes I got on here (Get Behind Me Satan) a 2/5, because while I hated the sound, I recognized them as talented enough musicians, and figured I shouldn't let personal bias influence my decisions. I've since remembered this is *my* damn project, and if *I* fuckin hate it, fuck em! Their sound is just so goddamn annoying on a deeply personal level. They're so....theater kid coded? It's hard for me to describe why I dislike them so much because again, as musicians, there's not anything necessarily awful about the way they play. No glaring mistakes, no asinine musical decisions, but when their sound hits my ears it's causing psychological damage. Everything about them just draws out negative feelings from me. Maybe it's cause this shits Hipster Music. Not Hippies like the peace-and-love psychedelia loveable dirtbag type, the despicable consumerist Hipster new-gen iPhone and Starbucks with a beanie and cat stickers type. Buzzwords! 1/5

solid

I would've said I didn't like The White Stripes, and it's possible I won't like any of their other albums, but I thought this one was FANTASTIC. I'm very surprised.

3, carried by the riffs

Some songs a bit too intense for me, i like the ones that are more ballady

Solid album

It’s alright.

Solid indie rock.

This is truly a great rock album. It took me a while to get around to Jack White and the White Stripes. I had to listen to a lot of their references to appreciate it as much as I do now.

Obessed with the drums on seven nations

Very good yes. Brilliant, well not for me. Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed this album and all the songs are good. That gets it a 4/5

I knew the radio songs from this album, but the style of the remainder don't really appeal.

Probably Jack White's commercial and artistic magnum opus. Not only does it have "Seven Nation Army" that everybody knows even of they have no idea who he or the White Stripes are. It also has a very diverse set of covers and originals and a really consistent quality all over the set.

I really like the riff-heavy rock tunes. There are too many divergences from that formula for me to be completely on board upon first listen, but I there’s a good possibility that those tracks will grow on me. Added to my liked list: Seven Nation Army, There’s No Home For You Here, and Ball and Biscuit.

nenhum grande comentário nenhuma música se destacou pra mim (fora seven nation army que é super conhecida mas também não foi ruim de escutar

Pretty darn good. Was this the album they did a week long residency on Conan’s show? I should look up those TV appearances, regardless of which album they were for.

I mean it’s a pretty much perfect rock album. A few songs shine brighter than others but the whole thing rocks.

I’ve historically been a pretty big white stripes fan, so I knew this would be at least a 4. Then, Ball and Biscuit hit and I don’t know why I was pretending this was less than a 5.

It’s blues modernised, but stripped of subtlety. Riffy, simplistic and with a lot of push, the songs stand out for the most part. Very well made garage rock may be an apt description.

Artists often try to balance out monumental songs with something else. Take, for instance, the pairing of "Smoke on the Water" with "Highway Star," or "We Will Rock You" alongside "We Are the Champions." Here, however, right from the very start, you hear absolute greatness — the definitive guitar riff of the 21st century — and you realize that nothing else on the record can possibly measure up to it. Yet the rest of the album holds up brilliantly, too! Jack White carves out fierce blues tracks — some so authentic you wouldn't immediately guess they were recorded in this century (especially the hypnotic "Ball and Biscuit") — as well as gentle acoustic numbers. The rhythm section is incredibly minimalist: if, in your youth, you didn't think Meg White couldn't play, you have no heart; if, now, you don't think she was the only one who could have played these songs, you have no head. A magnificent work — the creative peak of a band that, alas, had only a few years of existence left.

Elephant by The White Stripes is garage rock at its best. It’s raw, simple and absolutely packed with great guitar riffs. Jack White’s guitar playing is superb throughout, the lyrics are great, and I really enjoy the moments when Meg takes over on vocals. There’s something about the simplicity of The White Stripes that just works. The album starts ridiculously well. “Seven Nation Army” has one of the most recognisable riffs ever written and still sounds brilliant, while “Black Math” and “There’s No Home for You Here” keep that energy going. Their version of “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself” is also fantastic and genuinely one of my favourite cover versions of any song. There’s plenty of variation as the album goes on, but it never loses that rough garage rock sound that makes The White Stripes so distinctive. It doesn’t need to be overly complicated. Great riffs, great songs and loads of energy. This is a really good album. Favourite tracks: “Seven Nation Army” is obviously iconic, but “Black Math” and “There’s No Home for You Here” are also great. Honourable mention to “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself”, one of my favourite covers. Least favourite track: Nothing. Everything on the album is worth a listen. Album artwork: Classic White Stripes. Simple, strange and instantly recognisable. Album artwork: Iconic album cover. Instantly recognisable.

a wholly average album. Sure, it had a few hits, but it is overshadowed by its mediocrity.

I love the White Stripes, and I've listened to this every day since it came up in my feed, trying to convince myself that this, probably their opus, is a 5. Alas, it's a 4. I can't really identify any real flaws with it, and while the highs are very high, it just don't quite have the sort of ecstatic feel that I associate with the very best albums. And yet, even as I write this, I think about how much "Ball & Biscuit" rips, muttering the lyrics to "Hardest Button to Button" to myself when I was dating a girl who was bad for me, or those last yelps on "I Don't Know What to Do With Myself." Every sports crowd forever chants "Seven Nation Army" for a reason. My kids love that song, and they hate stuff I like! Fuck it, it's a 5!

Classic really. Jack White in his purest form

When I saw this appear on the website I audibly went "heck yeah!!" This album has been one of my favorites ever since the first time I heard it. It's among some of the best alternative rock I've heard so far, only beaten by Radiohead's "OK Computer" and Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged in New York." The songs here are simple but still amazing, comparable maybe to bands like The Kinks in the late 60's. Well-written pop songs across a few different genres, with the occasional weird chord or instrument thrown in. That's certainly true of "Elephant." Just with early-00's distorted guitars. Jack and Meg White never added too much to a song. They gave it all that it needed, and then let it speak for itself. I also just love how much cool stuff there is on here. The harmonies on "There's No Home for You Here," the organ (and really the entire of) "In the Cold, Cold Night," the spoken-word intro to "Little Acorns," the silly closer that is "It's True That We Love One Another," etc etc. Definitely a good listen for fans of alt rock. ----- #0011 Heard on: 25 Sep. 2026 Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ (25 / 331) Favorite track: There's No Home for You Here Least favorite track: The Air Near My Fingers

Me gustó muchísimo más que el otro álbum de The White Stripes que escuché. Tiene muy bueno temas y un manejo instrumental impecable.

Seven Nation Army still slaps idc if it's overplayed. Brilliant second half to the record. Slightly all over the place vibes wise, but some of the songs are really good. 7/10

Overrated, only a few good songs on a inconsistent project

eh. Alright Album..mid ngl

Elephant sounds like an album that could easily have been made in the 1970s. It is raw, simple and full of that old-school rock and blues feeling, but without sounding like a copy of the past. Jack White barely has to touch a guitar before it sounds great, and that is a huge part of what makes this album work for me. The riffs, the tone and the stripped-down production all fit perfectly together. Elephant is simply a great rock record. Dirty, direct and full of personality. Definitely one of those albums where the simplicity is exactly what makes it so strong. 5/5

Gode minner tilknyttet denne plata, men har sjeldent hørt på den de siste 20 årene. Snill firer.

Faen, det her er bra! Koser meg stort sett gjennom hele plata. Nesten litt frista til å dra fram femmeren.

It's a 5 and I don't need to listen to it. Seven Nation Army has probably surpassed Welcome To The Jungle and Enter Sandman as the song that's been played most at a sporting event. That riff, everyone knows what the fuck to do...from baseball fans in the States to soccer fans in Europe, it doesn't matter. Do I feel the need to hear it again? No. I f it somehow comes on in the car, do I turn it up? Absolutely. But this album is way more than that. And, quite frankly, I just remember the time the White Stripes came out and their first few albums blend together for me, they're just all mashed up and I have a hard time keeping them straight. But this is the one with Black Math, There's No Home For You Here? Oh shit, Cold Cold Night is on here, that underrated Meg song? And Hardest Button to Button might be my favorite White Stripes song ever. They really were spectacular and this album has everything. Meg's simple, yet heavy drumming. Jack White's fuzz tone and huge riffs. Simple melodies in a soft/loud/soft presentation that'd make Cobain blush if he could have heard them. Heartfelt lyrics delivered with meaning and urgency and then something nonsensical and silly in the very next track. Is it their best album? Hell if I know, it probably depends on the day for me...but this is a good excuse to enjoy every minute of it.

I definetley like the high base and the electric guitar rhythms of many of the songs, I wouldn’t rate any of the songs as lower than 8/10, I feel like it would definitely be a good album to listen to while running, and the music is so badass too

Me gusta

Some parts of this really shined like the tracks "Ball and Biscuit" and "Little Acorns." If the album was more filled with songs like that it would be so good. I just think this could've been better or maybe I'm simply not a White Stripes fan. I feel this is - in my mind - an in-between album of White Blood Cells and Get Behind Me Satan (in regards of my rating,) the latter I thought was terrible and the former being not half-bad. I personally don't think this is a must-hear album. I just think I don't like it but it doesn't mean it's a 'bad' album, it's just not for me. Highlight Song/s: "Ball and Biscuit" and "Little Acorns"

solid album, good variety in sound with some hard hotter

One of the few 100% approval rate songs and it's just the same riff for four minutes and no one really knows what he's on about except a seven nation army can't hold him back and that sounds pretty cool and I think he said he's headed to Wichita. So yeah, 4.5/5

There are some pretty cool riffs here, but it is just missing that extra oomph for me.

I really appreciate that this brought garage rock to a whole new generation. The songs are good, the lyrics are bad, but Jack White isn't a one t ick pony. He's just a trick pony - everything is a gimmick or trick, he just happens to pull them off more often than not.

I’ll never understand why people enjoy this overrated garbage.

Bleh

It's that album. I Just Don't Know What To Do By Myself is a belter.

This is the second White Stripes album in here and it's ok, but it's not my thing.

Notable Textzeile: Take all your problems and rip 'em apart Carry them off in a shopping cart Another thing you should've known from the start The problems in hand are lighter than at heart Der kurze Moment, als ich mich gefreut habe, das eine Melodie einer doch zu der Zeit noch nicht weithin bekannten Band im Stadion gesungen wurde... Was würde ich dafür geben, es wäre nicht geschehen. Wie viele weitere Alben dieser Art hätte es dann noch geben können? Es gelingt hier zumindest noch einmal, dieses Gefühl, dass jede*r diese Musik hätte erfinden können, aber nur die beiden den Vibe haben sie zu machen. Das ist insgesamt ein großes Album und ein Abgesang zugleich.

Gutes Album. Aber nicht so gut wie White Blood Cells. Was schon auf dieser Liste war, verdientermaßen. Macht dieses Album etwas anderes? Nö. Die Hitsingles sind hittiger, die Filler weniger füllend. Unnötig für die Liste, aber gutes Album.

Seven Nation Army is a classic and one of the few White Stripes songs I actually really enjoy, except for when sports fans choose to do it while hammered at sporting events, then it's annoying. The rest of the album is good, not great

Avausraita ehdoton 2000-luvun rockklassikko. Loppualbumi jokseenkin yhdentekevää kitararockia. 2/5

Not these fuckers again

I detested this band back then. HATED them. The pretentious art-rock hard-rock thing just PISSED me off. They SUCKED. Just SUCKED. Right? Then I heard "Seven Nation Army" and was wowed. That's an impressive fretboard display and cool bass sounds (made by a guitar). Loved it. Still do. Don't love this "band", but I've gained an appreciation in the ensuing decades. They're much better than my visceral hatred... ish. I do like what he does with a guitar.

Apparently I have listened to two other albums by these striped gentlemen previously on the list. They made no impression. This has the big famous song and then nothing but FLUFF following it.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Great guitar riffs. Very raw but still really catchy. Good album.

A record i. loved back in the day......relistering now the love hasn't faded much, but I wouldn't be upset if I never heard 7 Nation Army ever again. Still very good, but not something I'd go out of my way to.put on these days....Gotta love Meg though.. Have always liked the Dusty cover. In a word; Crunchy. 3 stars, point removed for 7NA

Wore this CD out in high school!

It’s a really good album, much like the White Stripes other albums. 8/10.

RATING: 8/10 HIGHLIGHT: The Hardest Button to Button LOWLIGHT: I Want to be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart

Great album, really enjoyed listening to it again as I haven’t for many years. A couple of classic songs in Seven Nation Army and Ball And Biscuit. Only one really weak song in Black Math. Recommended for those who like punchy guitars

A classic from back in the day. I recall the lengths they went to in order to get that warm analogue production quality reminiscent of recordings from the late 60s early 70s, and there they truly nailed it, this album sounds great, the drums really sound like drums, not bass infused explosions, the guitars warm and fuzzy, the vocals clear and crisp. Why it was touted by the critics as the saviour of rock music I've no idea given the quality of music coming out in the late 90s early noughties. Maybe they just missed the charts being dominated by it? Well Seven Nation Army certainly caught the imagination, if only on the terraces, and it still holds up just about, but the rest of the album meanders a bit. It certainly doesn't make me want to go back to it, even though i loved it back in the day. Good but probably overhyped, influential without, you know, influencing much as music became far more eclectic in its references as it moved forward rather than rooting itself in a bygone past, where this album now resolutely sits.

Come onnnn another belter, I knoe this album does via off abit boring but come on. So iconic

Very unique album, there's nothing like the white stripes what a duo with a powerful sound!

The middest mid that has ever midded.

Fav song: Seven Nation Army

Love it. Love it. Love it. Love it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Some iconic rock right here.

Fun and inoffensive

OK it's got that song, with that riff, which was huge, aside from that I'm not really enjoying it. There's a Bacharach/David cover which is mildly interesting.

Fine

Wish it was just a smidge more to my liking. The strongest possible four.

Used to be an utter fixture in my listening habits. Now returning to it I see how much I have grown out of Jack White since. His guitar wizardry still does marvel me a fair bit, but I sorta think the greater artistry suffers + Meg brutally stripesmogs him on In the Cold Cold Night