Elephant

Don't remember ever listening to this album but I know most of the songs. Is really good.

Nostalgic Garage/Retro Rock from the turn of the century.

Amazing variety of musical styles. Just Jack & Meg White! Seven Man Army is way over-played (still), but the rest of the album is great too!

Cracker

Such a great album that brings backs a lot of mems. There was a good couple of years when these guys were my favourite band and it’s nice to re-listen to it with fresh ears. Still sounds fresh. The sound they created was massively unique. Some classic White Stripe tracks on here. Love it.

A handful of really amazing tracks (Seven Nation Army is an all time classic that will be listened to for the rest of time), but equally a handful of slightly unremarkable ones particularly towards the end. I enjoyed the album, but I'm not sure how often I'd actively listen again in its entirety. Awesome duo with great songs and fantastic live, but as an album it's a 7/10

7 nation army komt van dit album. Het heeft verder ook wel een paar goede nummers maar ook nummers die veel lawaai zijn

Nice to listen to this album again. Still find it bonkers the sort of sound they make with just two of them.

Love Jack. Great way to kick off. One of my favorite albums.

Has aged like a fine wine. Still amazes me the breadth of noise and creativity that Jack and Meg produced. Top of my list of "bands that should reform" alongside Pulp and Pavement

Super enjoyable, just find the white stripes missing something a bit though

Great album. Some songs are a bit whiny tho, maybe a bit cliché and overplayed at this point

Really liked this. Heavier and more consistently good than White Blood Cells, which is also on this list. Seven Nation Army an absolute classic - must be song of the decade for the 2000s given the presence of the riff in popular culture and the public consciousness.

Excelente, totalmente de mi gusto

Not listened to this for years. Still sounds brilliant and fresh.

Jack White is pretty cool

Pues me ha gustado más de lo esperado

8

Damals wie heute lässt mich das ganze Konzept kalt. Damals, weil lieber im Postrock versunken, heut irgendwie drauf gefreut und dann doch recht ausgeblichen vorgefunden. Das Genie Jack Whites erkenne ich leider nicht, aber vielleicht ist er einfach der guitarists‘ guitarist. Beginn krachgeil, Abschluss charmant-quirky. Dazwischen ist mehr Material als erwartet, aber haften bleibt nicht viel. Es ist referenziell, ausgebufft, smart und straight durch den Rock‘n‘Roll Garten gepflügt, aromatisch aber wie Holland Tomaten. Durchwachsene 2.2

Zum Kartons und Möbel auspacken nicht geeignet. Klingt weder nach der Rettung des Rocks für mich, noch ist/war Meg White die neue Maureen Tucker. Kurz: hat mich nicht überzeugt.

I loved it

Buenos acordes. Rock sin estridencias. Fácil de escuchar

Quite good.

The sound of the 2000s. Its iconic. duh. In the cold cold night is a good one. ball and biscuit has serious hendrix envy

¡Un álbum buenísimo!

Uno de los grandes clasicos.

8/10 si ta gueno ya no me acordaba jejeje

Seven Nation Army is on the album. Mostly alright though I never cared for Jack White. 5/10.

Aye

Can you see this Chris?

8/10 me recordó la prepa, hay canciones que se oyen muy bien, otras pues son desechables, como paja en el disco.

Elephant is massive and has long tusks. Thundering through the forest right off the bat with Seven Nation Army, this album has no gaps but does allow room for breathers. In The Cold, Cold Night is a beautifully chilling song that was on bedtime mixtapes I made for my girls when they were little, and You've Got Her In Your Pocket is a heartbreaking love song of insecurity and control that somehow is still tender and sweet. However, the heartrate isn't lowered for much time as Ball & Biscuit, The Hardest Button to Button, Little Acorns, and subsequent followers strike hard like a voltage surge with Meg-n-Jack signature grinding grooves and beats that trigger electric joy. Sometimes when spinning this album, organic dance spasms have been known to induce. Elephant is definitely one of my favorite rock albums of all time and the one that caused me to step back to their prior 3, and never lose sight of what these two were up to moving forward. May we all follow in the footsteps of Janet, who allowed the squirrel to teach her about breaking this sometimes-overwhelming life down into piles and take one acorn at a time! ***I'll never forget Jack's innovative 2014 set at Bonnaroo. Ben and I were jumping like kids for a VERY long time.

obsessed with White Stripes when this came out.

a masterpiece on how to turn silly songs into classics

Aparte del Seven Nation Army este disco me gusta pero no me entusiasma. Lo escuché en su época con muchas ganas y me decepcionó. Hoy sigo opinando lo mismo. (el tema 11 Hypnotise o Hypnotize no estaba disponible en Spotify pero si en Youtube y por cierto es otro de los interesantes de este disco)

It’s a great garage rock album. Unique and memorable from the early 2000s.

Muito mais que um vício Muito mais que amor Não é o puto do grêmio É o Rolo Compressor

Excellent

Good album, maybe has too much hype but it’s good

I was never a big fan. I know they covered up for their lack of bass in the studio with clever EQ and layering of guitars, but their live sound was dismal. I believe Jack White has made much better music post-White Stripes. Giving them three stars because they still had some nice riffs and rocking tunes here and there.

Very White Stripes.

I don’t know - maybe I just wasn’t in the mood, but holy crap this record felt like it was about six hours long. I had the band’s album that came out before this one and remember liking it quite a bit at the time. Now I’m wondering if that will still be the case or if we all got collectively seduced by their entire aesthetic in the early 2000s, and were way too forgiving of the actual songs themselves? Because with all that hype in the rear view there’s not much on here that’s doing anything for me in 2021. I’ll just listen to “We’re Going to Be Friends.” If Jack White ever makes a record that’s just variations on that one song, I’ll be on it like white on stripes. Until then…

Used to listen to this a lot! Highlights include ‘I just don’t know what to do with myself’, ‘you’ve got her in you pocket’, ‘the hardest button to button’ and of course the epic ‘7 nation army’. Cracker!

Excellent, brash, swaggering, bluesy garage rock. So many great tracks, but have to go with "Seven Nation Army" as a fave!

i know seven nation army and icky thump. that’s about it.

Never expected to like 80 percent of this album

Make me feel like a badass

This has an unfinished sound, which is kind of interesting. I’m also not sure if some of the songs are covers of earlier songs? At any rate, I don’t hate their sound, but I’m not in love with it. And some of the songs toward the end were definitely just too hard for me.

A record for which I am very familiar given the number of singles released. I had never listened to it completely or in running order. Somehow it all works magnificently. Meg's drumming actually accents the sound on this record giving it just enough garage with the simple pounding beat. Like a clock.

Almost missed today. This album is awesome. Got lots of Jack White on my phone. I hope Meg is well. There are at least 2 covers covers for the album. 1 with a black dress and one white with flipped image.

Not my favorite WS album, but it's got some of the biggest hits.

Nice rock

Great album

Most songs worth listening to. Gets repetitive in the middle but finished strong!

Always a classic. Fantastic all the way through

Solid rock. 7NA is obviously a banger.

10/10

Was okay

I love this garage rock masterpiece

It's fine. Singles are 🔥

Hard riffs, stripped back blues. Simple drums that complement the brilliant songwriting. Another classic. Jack white is a legend

Reminds me of youth. When Jack White was at the height of his powers - excellent choruses and hooks.

Very raw and full of energy, a good listen and some great tracks on there

The album started of with a famous Darts intro song. I think the cover of 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' does right to all the other covers of this song. Did not know that that song was first recorded by Chuck Jackson in 1962. I think this Album is alright although I don't know The White Stripes to much. 'In The Cold Cold Night' made me think of the sound of the Doors, 60 70 sound. Very nice. After these songs the album got me. And the use of a slide gitar makes it even better. The loud hardrock passages are not my favourites. I could endure them as I was intreged by this abum.

Jack takes the blues to another place. I love everything he does

Holds up ok. I like the earlier stuff better. 3.5

Some ho-hum B-sides and gratuitous noodling here and there can't detract from the absolute classics on this one. A highlight of early '00s rock for sure.

Great production and some memorable tracks.

Best album by one of the most overrated bands ever

FANTASTIC. LOVE THE WHITE STRIPES

Just as you'd expect

Forgot that I liked this album.

Me trouxe lembranças

What a great album. I forgot how much I enjoyed early white stripes.

Great album with a few exceptional songs.

Never listened to one of their album, no regrets, was really good. I'll dig deeper in it

This album was foundational for me in high school. It's nice to know it still holds up as a fantastic visceral listen from start to finish.

5/5

Weird stuff

Here's another band that has been commercially popular and objectively great but never really did it for me. This album, though, does have some pretty nice licks and a cool groove overall, despite me not liking Jack White's voice very much. 3 stars.

eww

Great blues hard rock album, gotta love seven nation army and hardest button to button

Sounds like Scott Pilgrim music. Also bluesy

Nice rock

Interesting album, highly acclaimed but looking at the songs specifically, nothing stands out that warrants a 4 to me

Still sounds good.

loved it

The Sound of garage rock This is how to write ‘stripped back’ rock songs Guitars and drums are rarely flashy but work for the song 100% ‘Deep cuts’ are probably even better than the hits Guitar tones manage to sound classic yet heavy as hell and somehow up to date Ball and Biscuit is a rock classic One of the 2000s best rock albums

Kokonaisuus ei yllä lähimainkaan kärkibiisin tasolle, mutta ei tämä paskakaan ollut.

Seven Nation Army = love. Disco todo é um rock muito bem tocado.

Not bad. Good background for relaxing. 4.5

Enjoyable, heard many tracks on it before. The other songs outside of the classics are ok but not too memorable.

Some are good. Seven Nation Army is of course too iconic to not mention.

4Jack White is an undeniable talent and this album is mostly enjoyable but there are several moments where you can tell ol' Jackie Boy is just being wierd for the sake of weird. That's the thing that's made him the darling of the East Nashville scene but I personally find it annoying. Not so annoying that I can't enjoy the album but annoying nonetheless. The thing that really makes this album interesting to me is also the thing that makes Jack White interesting to me despite his eccentricities: the mixing. It deviates significantly from the established norms of "how to mix an album" and it stands out as very different from its contemoraries. I believe that unorthodox approach to mixing is what has made Third Man Records such a powerhouse in the industry in such a short time. A Jack White joint just ... feels different. It stands out.

Compelling from start to finish. A couple of annoyances that I could nitpick, but it's a great album. Best track: Seven Nation Army

Really like the grittiness of white stripes despite their simplicity

Tuttu entuudestaan ja ei todellakaan haitannut kuunnella taas. White Stripes on vaan kova!

Solid and you know seven nation army is a pump up song!

This is the album that allowed the band to break through and become the legends they were destined to become. Jack White became the guitar god of a new generation and deserved the status. A hard blues rocking album, but with Jack's twists that gave blues rock a new sound and opened up the ears of the pop-drenched culture. He could be responsible for the vinyl and classic rock resurgence, but also gave hope to many that rock was far from dead.

I mean it's The White Stripes. Of course you love them.

A fun, rebellious, heartbroken album. I'm not (currently) heartbroken so maybe it doesn't hit that hard at the moment, but I like the more rowdy and rebellious tracks. Standout Tracks: Seven Nation Army, In The Cold, Cold Night, Ball and Biscuit, Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine

Excellent album!

I like the increased diversity in the style of the songs on the album. A lot of energetic badass songs, but there is also a lot of subtly in the songs. Closer to a 4.5

Never outright listened to this full album but I know Peppa used to listen to it all the time when we lived together... interested to see if I like it 15 years later haha. I've always kinda had an admiration for their style/weirdness etc, even if I never liked the music much. Ok, way better than I gave it credit for at the time. It's got a cool energy to it. Meg can't sing, but she bashes the drums good. Jack has shit together. Songs are varied and it doesn't seem to drag. 4/5 will probably even listen again someday haha.