Get Behind Me Satan

Meg White is such an underrated drummer; she is the unmistakeable sound of The White Stripes.

Some of the artists with repeat albums on this list leave me wondering why we need all of them. The previous album from The White Stripes (White Blood Cells) and Get Behind Me Satan are pretty different, so I can see how they both coexist here. There’s a lot of piano, some always welcome Marimba, and less a 70s rock vibe than that previous album. Both albums, though, are quite great! Glad to have heard them both!

No write up in the book as it's been removed. Makes sense, two white stripes albums still in there is excessive, three would be insane. My interest was also waning considerably by this point also. The single, opener track was decent though. For a 45 minutes long album this somehow way outstays it's welcome. So many jobbing blues jam songs. Tbh I don't think I would give any white stripes album more than 6.5/10, I'm always bored partway through.

Jack White is one of my absolute favorites. The verses have such a unique groove to them that only he can provide with his guitar and vocals. The string of four songs: My Doorbell, Forever For Her (Is Over For Me), Little Ghost, and The Denial Twist is one of my favorite sets of any album of all time. Every time I’ve heard “My Doorbell” over the past 15 years, it constantly plays on repeat in my head. Great song, great album, great band.

Take this hollow sounding crap from me. I can't take this disgusting greasy rat looking incel seriously.

That was such a great listen. I had forgotten I had a healthy White Stripes phase while I was living in Nashville, which was also the same time Jack White was living there. Once, he came into J.Alexander's (it was the flagship restaurant & lots of celebrities liked it for some reason) and dude was dressed head to toe in a crushed purple velvet pimp suit complete with pimp hat & cane. It's surreal & bad ass. He was nice as hell, too. I once ate one of his onion rings...a big deal for me since he was my top crush at the time. This album, along with Meg White's drumming, is solid 2000s rock. Meg deserves far more credit than she gets. Girlfriend is talented as hell, and Jack ain't bad either. My favorites are Blue Orchid & My Doorbell, and I like the mix of garage, blues, and pop. I'm so glad this popped up. I was also a big fan of their album, Icky Thump, so I'm taking this as a reminder to revisit their catalog. 4.5 stars.

I wouldn’t consider anything by the White Stripes as being something that you must hear before you die.

The facial hair situation on this album freaks me out but it doesn't detracting from the quality tunes

i'm a white stripes fan, but this album is comfortably their shittest album. started to believe his own hype didn't he. it's like he just forgot to bother actually writing any songs so just jabbed at his guitar and when he wasn't doing that he was fucking around on a marimba. nonsense album.

Great rock album. 5 stars.

Their most complete album, and arguably their best. Which is interesting since I'm always excited when they put their stamp on cover songs, and this is all original material. At times it sounds like their White Album, which I guess stays with their whole color scheme. One also gets the feeling Meg had just about had enough of Jack's shit. That tends to happen when you're forced to hang around with your ex-husband after trying to convince the world you were brother and sister.

Excellent! So, so good. It’s my exact style of indie WITH A MARIMBA FOR GOD’S SAKE! ARGQHQ Fave songs: all of them tbh

There is no way this is objectively their best album, but it's probably my favorite. It's weird and so different from everything else that it's obviously a bit of a passion project, and that comes across. Not everybody can pull this kind of nonsense off. Best track: My Doorbell

Our last White Stripes album was White Blood Cells, which was about 650 albums ago. It seems I had to really work to appreciate that one, but certainly did in the end. This one came across as a favorite right away. Its varied styles held my interest all through, and I think it's brilliant.

If it takes listening to a thousand albums to find out I like bands I didn’t think I would, that can only be a good thing.

There were not a lot of really exciting proper rock and roll bands in the 2000s, and so the White Stripes were a breath of fresh fucking air. You could argue that they are the last twitch of a dying corpse, looking backwards to the roots of rock in blues and country, with their two-piece line up, technical limitations, love of constraint and fetishization of cheap guitars and analogue technology. But it rocked, which is more than can be said of nearly anyone else working the genre in the past 25 years. And I really dug it! I like a ropey band playing as if their lives depend on it, and the rough-edged charm of the White Stripes really did it for me. But, five albums in and following the massive success of Elephant, they could either crank out a series of carbon copies. Instead, Jack and Meg decided to switch things up a bit by making a largely piano-based album. this seems like a shame, given that Jack White is a pretty exciting guitar player. And I curse the person responsible for leaving a fucking marimba in the studio where he could see it -- that was a terrible idea! I read that they wanted to keep things "spontaneous" by setting a very short recording sessions and not bringing much in the way of developed material, developing songs on the spot in only a few takes. And it fucking shows; these are like demos of proper songs. But demos that are too long. I mean, tell me honestly, the 2-minute songs here are far more compelling than the 4-minute versions here. I don't think any of these songs have enough in them to support a 4-minute running time. I don't mind the loose playing or the rough sound quality or a quick-and-dirty recording ethos, but the songs need to be a bit more developed. Don't get me wrong, there are some strong songs here -- Blue Orchid, Mr Doorbell, Denial Twist, Instinct Blues (with a judicious edit), red Rain, I'm Lonely -- but there are a lot of bloated filler tracks and borderline novelty songs, too. I really like the Stripes, but this feels like their least essential album. I think this is a failed attempt to reinvent their sound. Jack White had backed himself into an artistic corner. This really the beginning of the end for the White Stripes as a unit. I don't think the scale of their success sat well with them; Jack White retreated into playing a character, and Meg just retreated. But I would still rather listen to this than almost any other album from this list released this century. 3.5 stars, rounding down because it could have been better, with just a bit more thought and work.

I was debating to give either 1 or 2, but it got worse as it went on. His voice sounds very congested with a bubble in his throat that he’s had for days. I am not a fan. Of the music either- got too radical in a bad way.

I was very deeply into this record. From the more headbanger-ish tracks to the more acoustic tracks.

I just love the sound of this band and the variety of styles on this album. Lots of great songs.

Blue Orchid is the type of catchy and rocking song I want and enjoy from The White Stripes. The rest is not. Pretty solid 2.

A few good singles, but the rest isn't particularly interesting as an album

Favourites: • Blue Orchid

Great!

Jack white is cool

Outstanding

Great songs (3)

Probably my 4th or 5th choice of a White Stripes album for this list. Is it good? Yes. Does it need to be on this list when there are for sure 3, maybe 4 better White Strips records? No.

Get Behind Me Satan I listened to White Blood Cells and Elephant a shit ton, and although I still bought this and Icky Thump, my interest had dwindled by then and I didn’t ever really get into either of those albums, aside from Blue Orchid and My Doorbell on here. Love the riff on Blue Orchid though, very White Stripes but it also sounds a little different from Elephant, a little more shiny and robotic perhaps, in the way Elephant sounded a little different and more polished after White Blood Cells (which sounded different from De Stijl etc etc). My Doorbell is great of course as well, I love the melody matching the piano. I guess I wasn’t that into the album back in 2005 due to not really liking stuff like The Nurse, but I quite like its non-typical WS calypso marimba riff and slightly idiosyncratic and creepy feel. In fact that behind closed doors old-timey spookiness permeates the whole album, maybe it’s the focus on piano throughout, with the contrasting tropical sounding marimba accenting the ominous feel in an off kilter way, that gives it a nicely unusual feel. In fact I like a lot of the songs on here, particularly the first half, from Blue Orchid to White Moon. Forever for Her is superb, a lovely ballad with a very delicate melody, nicely picked out by the marimba and augmented by Meg’s cymbal thrash. And White Moon is also excellent, the mournful piano really does have some spooky moonlight atmospherics. There are perhaps a couple of tracks in the second half that don’t work as well for me, Instinct Blues and Red Rain are a little too close to a bit of aimless thrash and a kind of unnecessary throwback to their first album or two, although the slide is pretty nice on Red Rain. It really picks up though with the vaguely familiar but great As Ugly As I Seem and the fantastic piano led country-blues of I’m Lonely. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this and appreciated it far more than I did 20 years ago, it’s a nice little side step from WBC and Elephant, exploring different sounds and structures while expanding on the country and country blues elements they’ve always had and adding a bit more Appalachian spookiness. Perhaps a bit uneven and a track or two too long, but it’s a simple and enjoyable 4 from me. 😈😈😈😈 Playlist submission: Forever for Her

Not their best work but solid WS album nonetheless. 8/10

Such a great album. Loved the move towards more piano heavy songs. 4/5

The White Stripes at their best.

Brilliant

Listen. I respect the hell out of Jack White as a talent, but he joins the ranks of John Mayer and Dave Grohl where I just don't like their music. And a lot of it for me is Jack White's vocals, feels like a tin can on my ear. Overall, this album was pretty simplistic. Some intriguing arrangements but overall a snooze cruise for me.

5/10

Ganska bra album men tycker the white stripes kan vara lite tråkiga.

Some decent songs. Its a white stripes album, sounds pretty much like every other one. One thing I'd like to say is that meg white absolutely stole a living in the industry, she cannot drum and her singing voice is just awful. Thank god she knew jack!

I assume there are other white stripes albums on this list? This seems like one of their less essential ones? Still decent though I guess

Blue Orchid is good, but the next few songs sound like filler dross that could have been on their last album. Then it picks up and becomes a pretty catchy blues-infused rock album. It's better than White Blood Cells, and it has some genuinely good songs. Yet again, I wish I could rate in half stars, but I think This one deserves a 3.

Quite an average album from The White Stripes. Their crazy garage rock image was replaced by quirky garage drum and vocal, which was pretty fun, but not for the whole record. You can just listen to "Doorbell" 12 times or so, and I would have the same effect as listening to Get Behind Me Satan. I think I might mix a song or two into my daily listening list, but probably I won't come back to this album anytime soon.

Mastered like crap. Anything higher than 3kHz sounds muted and dull, the bass guitar sounds like its being played from the next room over. The music is a weird mix of country and hard rock, not a horrible mix but the songs themselves are really bad

I hate it when great musicians make music that sucks. Worse still is everything these two make sucks. ⭐⭐

I never got into The White Stripes when they first came out (I generally liked my dose of Jack White in the form of The Raconteurs instead) so had only heard the singles from this. Songs like The Nurse are a weird experience wearing earphones - Meg frequently sounds like she's in a different room off to the left, playing a completely different song. I don't like the production on a lot of this album - it sounds quite empty and the tone on the drums is very thin. Highlight for me is My Doorbell, mostly due to the piano. I can't say I really love anything else on this album. And much has been said of Meg's drumming, but it pales in comparison to her singing (I hope she's happy somewhere well away from the spotlight living her best life). Should be 2.5 but... 2/5

I like My Doorbell, but that doesn't mean the album needs multiple songs with the same piano rhythm and this is coming from someone who loves piano rock. Multiple songs sound like they got inspired by classics, but failed to do anything interesting with it. Overall, this was quite boring.

This is a White Stripes record, there are others like it, but this one has marimbas.

Not quite the heights of White Blood Cells or Elephant, but an okay effort that has a bit of shit filler. Shouldn't be on this list. Are they husband and wife or married though, the creepy incestuous weirdos.

algo así debe en el inodoro una vez

I just got Elephant before this and really didn't enjoy it, and this one was even more of a step down to me. Between Jack White's shout-whining voice and boring instrumentals that seem to be trying to do some sort of quirky, slightly experimental thing but are ultimately just tryhard and repetitive, I didn't get a single ounce of enjoyment out of this album. I straight up couldn't even finish a single song on the whole thing.

Begnadete Musiker, aber die Stimme von Jack White ist einfach nicht meins. Selbes Problem wie bei den Smashing Pumpkins.

en tarvinnut tätä tänään en tarvinnut tätä tänään, eilen lähti moderaattoreille viestinvilutusta että huomiselle jotain kivaa, huomiselle jotain hyvää ottivat ilmeisesti semmoisena vittuiluna että lätkäytti tämmöstä EI USKALLETA ENÄÄN YY VEESEEN PISTÄÄ POSTIA... tämä parivaljakko huhuillut vilkuillut pitkin projektia pikku pirulaiset alkaa pikku. hiljaan. vituttaan. tämä. as ugly as i seem

Coming off their commercial and critical high point in Elephant, The White Stripes took the time honored tradition of taking their time to come out with their most experimental album. In fact, this might be Jack White's most experimental album period (other than maybe Boarding House Reach). Instead of the straightforward, almost punk DIY sound, the duo comes out with a record full of piano, marimba and even xylophone. As a superfan of the group, it should come as no surprise that because of that, this is easily their worst album IMO. And as a superfan of the group it should also come as no surprise that I'm still giving this 5 stars. 10/10

See my comments on last week's White Stripes. :)

Great live band, love the aesthetic - LOVE A FEMALE DRUMMER Can't get Ring my Doorbell out of my head now !!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A departure from the heavier guitar riff driven songs of their previous records, mostly piano driven songs. Still really enjoyable

Not my favourite of theirs, of course, but still excellent.

Ja die White Stripes. Toll c

any hand raised against Meg white shall fall

Have listened to this album many times. Excellent. They don’t make good albums like this anymore.

It was a surprisingly good recommendation. I was pleasantly surprised

I never fell for the White Stripes like my friends did at this time but this album really cemented the band as an “it” band for the era. The album showed the rare growth as songwriters and not just dicking around for pretension.

Amazing. Nostalgic, but as good as I remember.

Less than 100 albuns in and this is my second The White Stripes album. And what abpleasant listen, way better than The White Blood Cells. It took me to 2005 when I used to watch "Blue Orchid" and "Doorbell" videos on MTV, I used to hate "Blue Orchid", but what a fantastic song. Them switching to piano and experimenting with marimbas is so so cool. It stll feels fresh after 20 years and, honestly, this is the wxciting White Stripes I remeber. I don't know if Elephant is on the list, but well, ai am giving it a 5. For the innovation and yep, nostalgia as well

Always slays

The temptation to give this five stars is great, because it's the White Stripes, and all their singular energy that feels at once modern and alsolike listening to some old blues song for the first time. Is it just a bit all over the place, and not an album though? Ah helll, it is five stars. Why not. Dances from aggresssive riffs to childlike wonder with naught but a piano. Happily would listen to on repeat all day.

love my doorbell, nostalgic, groovy, who was he pining for? She was literally haunting him. Was it Renee Zellweger? Apparently Rita Hayworth and ‚truth‘. I love the White Stripes and I love this record. Shoutout to Meg, first woman for me in this very male 1001-lineup…

Very good

I've always considered this to be a tightly orchestrated masterpiece. My opinion has not changed.

I’m amazed at the music that this duo produces. The songs are all rock yet they don’t all sound the same. Great album. Favorite songs: The Nurse, My Doorbell, Little Ghost, The Denial Twist, Passive Manipulation, As Ugly As I Seem

own

I’ve been listening to The White Stripes for about 25 years, and they’re still my favorite band. On Get Behind Me Satan, I love the raw garage rock energy in songs like Blue Orchid and Instinct Blues—that buzzing Jack White guitar sound always gets me. But at the same time, tracks like Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) really blow me away. Even when the electric guitar disappears and the piano takes center stage, Jack’s unique rock spirit still shines through.

Perfect record

10 stars would be my choice!

Pop rock that’s a lot of fun and that belongs to an era of music that deeply shaped my musical tastes and interests.

Aside from the great hits (including Denial Twist), this has some good beat poetry that I think my mom would like too.

I loved this???? Dramatic pop. With so much variety. I loved the Marimba. I would listen to this any day of the week and that shocks me bc I've never thought of myself as a White Stripes fan. I don't know if it's a 5 for me but it's DARN close. I think it might be edged out for me by I'm Lonely but I aint that lonely yet. This is emo theatre kid music and I'm not afraid to say that that's right up my alley.

oh hell yeah!

Great album

Always consistant is Jack White and this album paved the way to future solo projects

It’s The White Stripes. They’re a little different this time, but they’re still Jack and Meg White, and they’re still great musicians.

I've always loved Jack White and his various bands, and this is no exception.

Great album! Each song is strong. Love this album!!!

Pioneering indie rock album with blues, country, gospel, and rock ‘n’ roll influences among others. 10/10

wow, this is great. lots of variety.

This may be too generous, but the White Stripes are always welcome music to my ears.

This may not be as consistantly strong as "Elephant", but it starts off with absolute bangers and I appreciate all the different instruments used and the mix of acoustic songs and electric songs. Pretty cool album

Bendecida por los dioses

Brilliant band, brilliant album.

8/5/25. I can't leave a fair review since the White Stripes are one of my all time favorite bands, and this album in particular is one I've listened to plenty of times previously. Really loved how they expanded their sound and songwriting, including more piano and percussion elements. Love this one!

best album so far. loved every bit of it

White Stripes rock!!

The White Stripes trade their post punk revival sound for blues. I quite like it. 9/10

An easy 5/5 for me and maybe The White Stripes most interesting work? A little of everything on here. White Moon was really soft and lovely. Little Ghost brought on the bluegrass. The Denial Twist sounds like a lot of what Jack would make years later. As Ugly As I Seem is now my favorite stripes song. So real. Lovely 44 mins

I was not familiar with this White Stripes album, but wow, what an extraordinary journey.

Instant 5, I grew up on this album and will always love it.

Bewildered

Great album. Simple can often be better.

Yeah, I'm already a White Stripes fan. This five star rating is, naturally, biased as hell.

All time classic.

A classic that aged like a fine wine

Epic