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I'm not emo enough to truly appreciate this album but I can appreciate that guitar!
Ok
This is the best one
I know this band and I know this record. Straight garage/punk rock. I really enjoyed White Stripes and Jack White as soon as they came out. This is a great record.
Raw. Good.
Nice sound
I love the raw emotion of this album. They do a lot with mostly two instruments. I actually like the way Meg White plays drums. I think she adds lots of emotion in her playing. Jack's a master! Liked songs added: - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground - Hotel Yorba - Fell In Love With A Girl - We're Going To Be Friends
The most white stripes of white stripes album. I don't get the rules of minimalism, but I assume Jack black does.
And here i thought the song was created specifically for Conan’s podcast.
Man Jack White is so talented. Great songs here and Meg White is a perfect compliment to Jack White's guitar playing. Would give this a 5, but the album is pretty top heavy and has less memorable songs sprinkled throughout. High 4
It’s fine, some nice chunky guitar parts and I like her simple drum parts. Overall it’s not my favorite but it is not the worst thing on the list of 1001 albums.
What a great album. So many fun, eclectic hooky songs. Didn't appreciate it when it first came, I'm sorry to say.
Solid Album, good reminder to go back to listen to more!
Liked it - wouldn't likely listen again but there are some bangers on there.
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground Hotel Yorba Fell in Love with a Girl We're Going to Be Friends
Pretty good. That being said, Elephant is easily their best on the list.
Pretty cool - I’m definitely going to listen to this again. I’m a fan of the minimalism
Good, but not for me really
Very nice
Not fond of the vocals. Guitar and piano have no subtlety. Not for me.
Love the punk aesthetic of the Stripes but I gotta admit… I’m not a fan of Meg’s drumming. I know she started in the band at Jack’s behest and they leaned into making her “style” as a non-drummer a feature not a bug, and that alone speaks to a certain creativity that crackles with the Stripes but in reality… her playing to me is a indeed a bug.
Already listened, bangin
zu spät geboren für richtigen punk .. aber trotzdem eine tolle abwechslung
White Stripes, die Band hinter der Fussballhymne. Spannend mal ein Album zu hören.
who doesnt fucking love the wbc's
Their other album was so much better, this was cringe, some songs sounded like they are part of a musical. Stand-out: The Same Boy You've Always Known
Minimal, but usually with a sound that is fuller than two people ought to have. Always creative and interesting, if not always great.
Not my favorite of theirs but pretty solid.
Good stuff. Fell in Love with a Girl and We are Going to be Friends are both excellent little tunes.
Remember, it’s just two people doing this….
The vocals are too nasal and whiny for me, and something just seems a bit... empty? White Stripes have always felt a bit Emperor's New Clothes-y to me, this audition didn't change that for me.
3 out of 5. No hate and it's a solid rock album but for some reason I've never been able to get into Jack White or his music even though it feels like I should.
True music
Why is this on a 1001 albums to listen to before you die list? Can't say I liked it.
Good record from a good band. Nothing really memorable about this one, but it’s a quality rock record with plenty of variety to keep me engaged.
It’s just relentlessly rocking, amazing stuff. I could listen to these guys again and again.
This was ok. Didn’t enjoy it as much as the other white stripes album I have reviewed so far - Get Behind Me Satan. There are a few good tracks to my ear - Fell in Love with a Girl and We’re Going to be friends to name a couple but there is also a few duffers for me, Aluminium and Expecting… but overall I enjoyed it. 3
Yaaaaaas
Take or leave it
didn't really get into it although I do think he's very good at writing a catchy hook
I’m trying to figure out how I know almost all the songs on this record, but have never owned it, can’t remember ever listening to it and don’t really know anyone who is a big enough White Stripes fan to have played it for me. One explanation is that I’ve heard this a lot at bars over the years. Which would make sense, since its release coincided my bar hopping years. The other possibility is that a lot of White Stripes songs kinda sound the same after a while. Not a dig necessarily: there’s only so much you can do with just a guitar and drums.
Always struggled - Jack Whites solo stuff always resonated with me more - not a terrible album though
Still my favourite white stripes album
Their parts I can appreciate but overall, no. 2
Probably haven't listened to this one in 15-20 years. This was *huge* in 2001 and while I loved it back in the day, I'm surprised at how well it holds up versus, say, The Black Keys. More polished than De Stijl, perhaps not quite as triumphant as Elephant, but the beginning of their reign as Garage king and queen. A diverse and well rounded album with not single a bad track.
8/10 <333 SAID IT ONCE BEFORE BUT IT BEARS REPEATING NOW (ᴬᴬᴬᴬᵃᵃᵃᵃᴬᴬᴬᴬᵃᵃᵃᴬ) Nisam znala da je We're Going to Be Friends njihova pjesma. Favs: Fell In Love With a Girl, The Same Boy You've Always Known
Cool rock songs, Fell In Love With A Girl is amazing. I’d recommend. :)
Screaming and loud. High and low. Sometimes masterful, sometimes mostly strong volume.
STANDOUTS: Fell In Love With A Girl We're Going To Be Friends OVERALL: 3/5; those two ^ songs sound NOTHING alike, and I kind of dig it.
I am a late convert to the White Stripes and have bought a few of their albums recently but not this one - yet. I was always intrigued how a duo could produce such loud and full sound. Only seen them on TV but i liked to watch Meg White’s nonchalant manner when performing which belied how her drumming drove the overall sound along. So I was interested but never enough to buy their music until I bought a later album to this one cheap at a charity shop. Playing White Stripes music loud on your own hifi really does make a difference to casually catching it on the radio. Listening to this album for the first time in such circumstances does not disappoint. It’s full of compelling and melodic riffs which is what I like. You need to be in the right mood to stick a White Stripes album on but when that mood comes along it’s a fine album to satisfy it. 3/5 22/7/24
Napoleon Dynamite song
This is my favorite White Stripes album, and Same Boy You’ve Always Known is one of my all-time favorite songs. Some tracks come across as a bit of a novelty now, but it’s still a really solid punk album.
Overall good. I like the rawness of this record, and I'm always down for some Jack White guitar. There's some big hitting songs in here, and I like some of the softer songs too like "We're going to be friends". There's a bit of bloat in there, and it doesn't all hit for me.
I don’t love The White Stripes but I very much respect Jack White as a musician. I love his work with The Raconteurs, but for some reason the White Stripes never quite landed for me. Had only previously heard about half of the songs on this album, but the rest was pretty much what I expected. Some great riffs and a unique sound, but doesn’t quite land as a whole for me. Didn’t hate it, but also don’t see myself going back to it often.
I've enjoyed revisiting this album. There is a small part of me that finds it slightly of its time, but it is nonetheless excellent.
Another one with one great song and lots of mediocrity
Ugh, loud and boring. Are they married or brother and sister? Who knows, who cares. Black Keys wanna be, I know that!
The album has a few good songs and a few that I don't like.
Should have recruited a vocalist.
Perfectly adequate rock from 1964-1977 made in 2001.
I love this chunky sound. A perfect album all around in my opinion. Accomplishes everything it wanted to. Great production, not that the production itself is necessarily quality across the board, but that this is the perfect style of production for this album. The whole project feels original and uniquely loose and messy in the best way possible. Jacks voice is fantastic, especially when juxtaposed against his guitar and Megs blaring drums. The writing and lyrics are everything they need to be. There’s enough range on an album with sixteen songs. Even though they aren’t incredibly long, they each have their own personality that sets them apart from each other. Great work, Whites. 5/5
Very strong album and where they really started to define their sound
It’s no seven nation army but it was good. We’re going to be friends was a standout and I feel like the lyrics were creative
The White Stripes would go on to make great records, but did not do so this time out. A lot of the parts that they would later put together to great effect are here and the album has its moments, but overall I think this is skippable. That being said, even not-that-great White Stripes is pretty darn good.
Dynamic, rough, varied and one that's in my vinyl collection
I enjoy the raw electric simplicity of The White Stripes, but unfortunately a lot of their songs sound alike. This was good, but I can't elevate it past 3.5, so it will likely get a 3/5 for me.
Repetitive, boring, whiny vocals..... All the things I just love to death. This is occasionally OK.
There's a lingering aftertaste of immaturity, but it's still a decent album.
I burned this album UP in high school
Jack White is only just barely, barely not a good enough musician to make up for being such a goddamn weird person. Razor thin.
good and feels kind of timeless
Their sophomore effort (?), a great rock album showcasing their unique sound.
There are some riffs in here, but the garage rock aesthetic isn't working for me. Neither are Jack White's vocals which can get a bit too strained. Overall more misses than hits unfortunately. Offend In Every Way is my favorite song, a vaguely country rock sounding riff with the right amount of groove. Some others like Aluminum or This protector see just weird. It's not good.
This album is really good until it isn’t. Something about the second half is just draining which is a bummer because that first half is excellent stuff.
I can remember the moment I was introduced to the White Stripes, they appeared on Jools Holland on BBC2 and banged out "Hotel Yorba" and I was all in, 2 minutes of insanity. The acoustic version on the single I bought days later sealed the deal. Simple garage rock that somehow sounds amazing. And this is a Meg White appreciation post
# Playlist Track - Fell In Love With a Girl # Notes - I do love The White Stripes, but I don't think this album is great. - Love the fact that they shove 16 tracks in under 40 minutes! There are a lot of things happening, bunch of interesting tries, but just a few stick the landing.
Obviously I know The White Stripes were huge and I knew that at the time, but I never got in to them and don't think I ever consciously listened to one of their records. I figured I'd recognize a handful of these songs for sure, but was not expecting to recognize pretty much every song on the album as instantly being recognizable. I guess I didn't realize how truly ubiquitous they were. They always leaned a bit more bluesy than garage for me, but clearly this is a great rock record from a great band.
I knew a couple of the songs, but this was kinda hard to listen to. I'm sure there is a time and a place but the production is rough.
Classic White Stripes.
I've always had a soft spot for this era of garage rock revival. I guess the simplicity mixed with the crashing drums and focus on unique guitar play draws me in. The White Stripes were among those in the forefront of this revival in the early 2000s and I'd wager that nearly every human knows at least one of their songs. For the album itself, there's quite a bit packed into the 40 min of playtime. "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is a great opener, the feverish pace of "Fell In Love With a Girl" always entertains, and even some of the slower, less-known tracks such as "I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman" and "I Can't Wait" were standouts to me while listening. Jack White isn't the greatest vocalist, and I don't think he is setting out to be, but I think his style, mixed with the drums of Meg White fits the garage rock energy sound well. Now I wouldn't say that this is the greatest White Stripes album, as I think their best stuff is yet to come from this point, but this was a good entry for them to enter the mainstream rock world with.
Some really, really iconic songs I've loved my whole life + a bunch of songs no one cares about.
feels a little repetitive after a bit but pretty decent!
New album for me, although I know others by the White Stripes. Great mix of alt rock with a pinch of punk here and there. Shows how big a sound you can have while stripped way back instrumentally. 4/5
I really liked this. There's some variety and a wide range of emotions. A very strong album overall.
Little Room FTW
3.5
A lot of great rocking tunes
Every once in a while in this album project, I loudly exclaim “fuck yeah!” to myself when the album is revealed. That definitely happened with this one. Along with Elephant, this is one the Stripes’ two masterpieces. It’s some of the best rock and roll produced this century. I Fell In Love With A Girl is one of the all time bangers. Hotel Yorba is a man earworm, and who doesn’t love We Are Gonna Be Friends. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground is a perfect opener. Amazing.
4☆/5 07.05.2024
Very good and exactly what I like. You can hear the instruments clearly and everything hits hard. Best song: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
WELL YOU’RE IN YOUR LITTLE ROOM
Great lyrics
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Great album, great range- 4.5
Heard bunch of times already
Not sure what this album or band are doing in a collection of all time greats. I'm sure it was fine at the time and it still is. But a must listen before I die? Laughable.
Fantastic record. The White Stripes are one of my favorite bands! This is 6 stars out of five!
I’m very biased towards anything Jack White does. 5 stars.
Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground // Hotel Yorba // Fell In Love With a Girl // Offend In Every Way // 3.5/5
I love the raw sound, how he contorts his voice, the brutal beats, the feverish lyrics, and their style. That being said, they aren't a go-to for me.
I respect it all. The songs. The process. The sound. The look. The energy. I just can't seem love it. I know the White Stripes. I recall downloading many of these songs from Napster or a similar platform upon its release. Hearing the songs on that ala carte "singles" format enhanced the feeling I get from listening to this album. And why I never loved it. It's not that they play this minimal rock n roll that still manages to sound huge. Its that in various songs they reduce various bands - the Yardbirds Zeppelin, Stones, Black Sabbath, even the already bare bones Kinks - to their bare essence. It's amazing they are able to generate so much sound while capturing the essence. But I respect it more than love it. Happy they exist. The music word is pretty bably better for it. But I just don't connect in a way I feel I should.
garbage rock里怎么藏了首小甜歌
I've heard the album before. I love Jack White's guitar playing and vocals. There is a lot of diverse things going on than might appear at first glance. They achieve a pretty amazing sound with just a guitar and drums. "All they got inside is vacancy"
I just really like what Jack White does.
Classic
Not my favorite of Jack's work, but still good, and Meg drives pretty strongly. Interesting that Jack wanted it to sound rushed, and told the engineer "not to make it sound too good." There's definitely a rawness to it.
Solid. Enjoyed it...but not quite enough for a 4.
Its a good album. I feel like they got better but this is still an indie classic.
The White Stripes reeled off an impressive run in their all-too-brief tenure, but this is their best. It's cohesive, but without compromise. Play it loud and stand back.
One of my all time favorite albums. I was going to say "I'll spare you most of the rhapsodizing" - but who am I kidding? I've sang along to "Fell In Love With a Girl" and "Hotel Yorba" and "We're Going to Be Friends" and "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" hundreds and hundreds of times and never get sick of them - the perfect marriage of economical songwriting and playing demanded either by limitation, circumstance, choice, or maybe all 3.
love how rough it is in some spots, but its a little underbaked in others
Nostalgic album, really enjoyed revisiting this after so many years. Woo white stripes!
fUN
A bolt of lightening when I first heard it. I love how Jack White goes for broke on these songs. Great record.
2.5/5
There are some great songs on here, such as I Can't Wait and Fell In Love With a Girl. The White Stripes have always been quite impressive with how simple yet interesting their songs are. It takes skill to make basic compositions sound somewhat different and have a recognisable sound. The only criticism really is that I'm not always a massive fan of the vocals, though I usually like Jack White.
I think Jack White is a talented guy, and parts of this sound great. I bet they were sensational live. But after a while I found I wasn't connecting with it and the tracks sounded like demo versions tacked on to a normal album as bonus material.
Fun lyrics, also some folkier sounds at times. Cool chords at times
Great album. I liked 3 of the tracks, the popular ones: Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground, Fell In Love With A Girl, We're Going To Be Friends. But I came close to clicking a bunch of other tracks.
Before listening to this I was all "auto 5 star." But in revisiting it, there's a few songs I'm less fond of, and I was tempted to go 4 star. Still, I really love this crunchy, fuzzy blues rock album overall.
Shades of blues, metal, folk - and somehow it all hangs together. Plus, that Lego video was rad.
i never listened to this album all the way but jack white is pretty cool. the fact that white stripes are a duo is pretty crazy ngl. so far im liking it, very varied sound, but it still feels like a cohesive project. generally what i expect from the white stripes tho. almost reminds me of green day sometimes wit the percussion and certain riffs. final thoughts- its good i liked it, nothing special but generally enjoyable and clearly influential for garage rock
Great album.
They ain’t like us.
Great album
Excellent
A pretty good listen but maybe 3 stars or C+ would be my rating. An album that might seem grow on me with more plays.
A couple good songs, but overall I just don't like The White Stripes. 2.5
What an excellent album. I had no idea so many iconic songs came from this album, with a couple that I didn't even realize were the Stripes. Excellent all the way through. Love Jack White's fuzz. Everything is simple and rockin'.
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Jack White is someone I always wanted to find time to listen to more. Glad this came up today. Strong performances with soft points and straight out thrashing garage rock.
Simple stripped down rock n roll with a blues flair from the ground up. I could listen to this album multiple times in a row and not get bored with it.
I've never understood what all the fuss is about.
Coole Gitarrensounds, Gesang sehr "Grage"
white stripes - they haven't done one bad album...
Pretty good, would listen again.
Fun.
I started out vibing to this album. I liked the garage rock-y sounds and was head bangin' along. However, as it went on, I was losing interest and a lot of the songs started sounding the same. Not a bad album, and I think if I were to listen to a couple songs here and there, I'd dig it. But, the cramming of all these songs back to back made for a meh listen.
The vocals started to bother me toward the back half of the album. There are a couple really good tracks on here, but the stinkers brought it down for me.
❤️🤍❤️
Lekker album, goeie instrumenten, eerlijke emoties
Proof that you don't need a large group of musicians to make a catchy noise. Every once in awhile an artist comes along and deconstructs the pomposity of the music industry. This is one of those moments. Keep it simple.
Innovative for its time, instantly recognisable as the white stripes
You can't go wrong with Napoleon Dynamite music
Hotel Yorba was the first song I heard from the white stripes on the radio. I thought. "Okay, another indie band like The Strokes". Then I listened to the full album. The recording is loud and powerful, it hit me in the chest likeThe Stooges' Raw Power...just blew me away. The guitar is something special.
A solid album with some real high points. The entire album is quite listenable.
We have arrived, once again, at another band I know very, very well. We’ve had The Beatles, The Who, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Talking Heads. Now we finally can add The White Stripes to this canon. This album is definitely front loaded. I love it, but there’s two distinct levels of quality on what I assume are the two sides of this album. The first half is phenomenal. Signature songs like “Fell In Love with a Girl” and “We’re Going to be Friends” stand out amongst other amazing tracks (see below). There’s variety, from straight up punk-inspired rock (“Fell in Love with a Girl,” “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”), to almost rockabilly type stuff with “Hotel Yorba” and quiet, gentle stuff like “We’re Going to be Friends.” You even get something irreverent like “Little Room.” But that first half ends and what we get is a collection of what feel like unfinished or underdeveloped tracks and ideas. Nothing is bad by any means, but it doesn’t inspire like the first half. Regardless, the quality is 1,000% here and that first half is nothing short of genius. They were a force to be reckoned with and I hope they play together again one day. 4 stars. Standout Tracks: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Hotel Yorba, I’m Finding it Harder to be a Gentleman, Fell in Love with a Girl, Little Room, The Union Forever, We’re Going to be Friends
Still overrated.
Yeah it's OK isn't it. They weren't worth all the attention they got at the time, it was a bit like people had forgotten what raunchy rock or blues actually sounded like at that point, so when they heard some they got a pleasant surpirse. I'd broadly lump this in as Junkyard Blues, you know, noisy blues by white people, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, and Jon Spencer have all been there before but the White Stripes do have a charm of their own. A breath of fresh air, but really just a modish re-tread, and as usual despite success and acclaim they went mostly downhill from here. It's fine, I like it.
Formative.
Total classic for my taste. I remember being taken completely off guard by 'We're Going to Be Friends', possibly the most unique and best song on this already great album. Also, look up the video for 'Fell In Love With a Girl'. It might seem quaint in today's age of CGI and AI, but at the time, it was really something, especially for a then more or less indie band.
Not their best
Ich finde, es ist ein spannendes Album. Es ist keinesfalls langweilig, hält die Spannung hoch. Selbst, wenn ein Song ertönt, das mir gar nicht gefällt, man hört weiter, weil man könnte was wichtiges überhören. Nicht alles ist mein Geschmack. Aber es finden sich grandiose kurze Lieder darauf, die es allein schon wert waren. Nein, ich werde das Album nicht in meine Sammlung aufnehmen, aber einige Songs nehme ich in die Playlist auf.
First time listening to a full White Stripes album and it was a great experience! What an awesome album!
I actually liked this more than expected
Ick
i often feel like i "should" like the white stripes, in the way that you "should" eat your vegetables and floss your teeth. it feels like a good-for-you obligation that everyone just kind of tolerates because it's better for you in the end if not enjoyable in the moment. but hannah, you might say, they're *real* rock in a sea of schlocky pop! their lead singer is a notoriously private genius who eschews the mainstream - not like all those autotune fakers! (/s) this is what real music sounds like!!!!!! well it sounds bad. so. okay, okay, not really - this is aggressively fine. the white stripes are fine. it's just all varying degrees of fine. i just can't help but be irked by jack white's nasally couldn't-be-bothered voice and the crunchy guitars. it's cool they have a female drummer i guess? but this is the most 3/5 music i could imagine existing. also, unrelated, but i just looked up jack white on Wikipedia, and as recently as 2022 he was moaning and groaning about the evils of video games like it was 1999. ("White thumbed his nose at the music games genre last year as well, decrying games as a way to introduce people to music.") dude, shut the fuck up and play some DDR and maybe you'll calm down. sorry, i just irrationally hate his old-soul luddite kids-these-days bullshit when he's one of the most successful and famous musicians of all time and got there in part to inclusion in mainstream culture (gasp!) and, yes, music games. ANYWAY!!!! the big songs are good. I liked Now Mary too. that's all.
i'll preface this by saying that i think the white stripes are one of the most boring, bland, average, mediocre, three-star bands of the last 50 years. and jack white and his fans are even worse. however,,,,,,,,, I did enjoy this album. it probably helps that I was really into Fell In Love With a Girl in middle school, most likely after I heard it in Weird Al's Angry White Boy Polka. to this day, that song rocks. i wish the rest of the album could capture that level of intrigue and energy, but it wasn't too bad, all things considered. favorites: dead leaves and the dirty ground, hotel yorba, fell in love with a girl, we're going to be friends, offend in every way, I think I smell a rat
not loving the instrumentals but overall enjoying this
I have never understood the attraction of The White Stripes, and still don't
Cool sound, most songs sound kinda the same. Stompy, splashy drums without any real carrying rhythm, but awesome guitar tone and cool bluesy arpeggios. Vocals range from slick and badass to whiny and weird. Overall a solid listen with a bunch of relistenable tunes, but definitely some skips in there. Four stars.
This was the first White Stripes album I owned. I saw the Fell in Love with a Girl video on MTV2 and went to a record store the same day to buy the CD. And that is what life was like in 2001. And the album still holds up.
Probably my favorite and most listened to White Strips album
bluesy filtered rock, such heavy riffs and drums, I like this album but remember it being more poppy and easy to listen to, there was a lot of noodling
Fell in love with a girl is a JAM! I used to vilify this album because I thought it was too popular. I will admit that it is pretty good.
I know there are many White Stripes fans. But they have never really done it for me.
Love Jack and his sister! Appreciate their genius in melody/writing. Unfamiliar with this album and I enjoyed listening/getting to know it.
pretty cool, i think the opening track was my fav
2.5
It was good.
Not for me!
Rocking garage sound and some good tunes but not all the way my style
What an interesting listen for me.... I have been lowkey curious about The White Stripes for a bit. I of course know Seven Nation Army and am a fan of that song but never got around to exploring more (or so I thought). I did not like the beginning of this album. I was convinced it was going to be a 1 star for me for probably the first 8 tracks. Then it hit We're Going to Be Friends and unearthed a memory I had completely forgotten about. There was a period of time I DID try to get into The White Stripes, I believe around the time Elephant came out when I was 14 or 15. Overall my reaction had been "??? ok? well I'm going to save a couple of these and go back to my other music." We're Going to Be Friends was one of the ones I liked, but when my dad swapped streaming services (either Rhapsody to Napster, or from Napster back to Rhapsody. He did this a few times.) I lost all my liked songs. I never got back to it and somehow The White Stripes remained filed in my brain as something I had never really tried to get into. Anyway, triggering long forgotten memories aside, I think I still react like "??? ok?" at least to this album. The second half of the album I like much more than the first but is still not a love other than We're Going to Be Friends. So at least I can bump it up from my initial reaction of 1 star to 2. I feel like I see seeds of music I could really like but it feels like it hasn't ripened yet to me. I think there is at least one later album by theirs on the list so very curious if I will like that more.
Very much enjoyed fell in love with a girl and a few other tracks, but overall it didn't wow me...
Own
This is a fine album of blues and metal infected garage style music, though in my view possibly edged by its predecessor, De Stihl. It's one of a run of great albums by Jack and Meg White. The sleeve is rather menacing!
Enjoyed. Would listen again. Hotel Yorba is still a cracker.
Sounds like yelling. Not my kind of music.
love it
Guays. Detroit garage rock de los 2000's.
Gritty
Thanks (not!) for the discordant guitar feedback screech at the start. Put me in bad odour for the whole album really. Sounds to me like what a group of schoolboys in their parents garage would produce. Nothing new or musically fresh or groundbreaking is in this album.
Great! Just great!
- Starts strong with "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," but I personally find the rest of the album having a hard time living up to that, with the exception of "I Can't Wait" (my favorite track). - Honestly a bit disappointed because I love "Elephant" so much, but this feels safe in comparison? I do detect much of the kineticism that defines that album.
I live in the Detroit area so the White Stripes were a huge deal here. This was the album that put them over the top. It was great when it came out and still sounds fresh today.
I expected much more for this album. I knew "Fell in Love in a Girl" and I listened to it waiting to find songs like that on the album, and no song surprised me too much. But maybe I should dedicate more time to listening to the songs much more quietly
A more well polished sounding white stripes than on previous albums but still raw, simplistic and hard hitting.
While TWS’s first two albums established their career and sound nicely, it was on this record that they fully found their footing. This album balances the band’s hard-hitting, sometimes grittier, sound with cuts like the intro or “I Think I Smell A Rat,” and juxtaposes that usual sound with their goofier (“Hotel Yorba”) and softer (“We’re Going to be Friends”) sides. This all culminates into an album that may not conclude as strongly as it begins, but nonetheless paints a defining portrait of who Jack and Meg White were and who they were going to be for the next few years.
Mostly didn’t really enjoy except for union forever which was really good
good, definitely one of those albums where the popular ones are the best and are actually popular for a reason. i think i smell a rat is probably my favourite
This does not resonate with me at all. Not bad, but I feel completely meh towards this.
Pretty good. Not amazing, but pretty good.
I do love this album. 4/5
Very good. I listened to this album a fair amount when it was first released. Overall the album holds up rather well. I almost saw them perform on their tour for this album. Unfortunately the small club they were booked to play in Kansas City went out of business a week or two before their concert and it did not get rescheduled/relocated from what I could find. Then they became huge. You’re welcome.
A nice blast from the past! I haven’t listened to this one since the early 2000s. Good stuff, but I’m probably good for a while.
Man, this band hit when I was in college. I loved them. And I still do.
Pretty good
The first one on the list I did was better but this is still good
Perfectly pleasant listening, but nothing that excited me or really seized my attention
Fine
I mean, obviously.
I loved this album and it might even be my fav White Stripes album. It's so raw, genuine and imperfect that it's beautiful. I listened to it about ten times this weekend and loved every spin.
I love The White Stripes, even though this isn't my favourite album of theirs I'd give it 5 stars for Fell in Love With a Girl alone (which has an awesome Music clip directed by Michel Gondry). Some other great tracks on here too (and some slightly meh ones) but I've always enjoyed their pared back approach to rock. Their red/white/black aesthetic particular appealed to me when I first started listening to them while in design school in the early 00s. I know lots of people love to hate Jack White, but I've always enjoyed the twangy raw grittiness he brought to the White Stripes music and Meg's solid yet sparse drumming. Uncomplicated and fun music
They have a pretty good sound, but don't really do anything interesting.
It was ok. I’ve heard better heard worse. It’s a 3
4.1/5. listened 1x catchup on 5/8/24.
Discazo
Not my favorite album Top tracks: Fell In Love With A Girl, We’re Going To Be Friends
The bad washed out the good.
Best White Stripes album, and I thought it would be a clear 5 star, but modulo the occasional song had not listened to the whole album in at least 10 years or so and some of the less stonger songs on it now sound a bit exhaustive.
Another solid album from The White Stripes.
Very energetic & raw. Just short of full marks in my current judgement.
Die Rezension müsste ich schreiben können, ohne das Album nochmal anzuhören.. Ich war im Sommer 2007 absoluter Fanboy von den White Stripes, wobei Seven Nation Army vielleicht die Tür geöffnet hat aber nicht der Grund war, warum mein damaliger mp3-Player (oder sogar schon iPod touch? lange ist es her:D) prall gefüllt war von den super simplen aber doch wieder einmaligen Songs der White Stripes. Ich habe dabei "White Blood Cells", "Elephant", "Get behind me Satan" & "Icky Thumb" einigermaßen gleich bewertet und gehört. "I Can't Wait" finde ich absolut geil! Von "I think I Smell a Rat" habe ich alle 2 Monate aus dem nichts einen Ohrwurm. Wenn ich nun heute nochmal dieses Album höre, kann ich wieder ein wenig nachvollziehen, warum die White Stripes heute nicht mehr regelmäßig bei mir laufen. Trotzdem ist das Album klasse, macht Spaß und hat viele Erinnerungen in mir vorgerufen:) 2007 hätte ich sofort 5 Punkte gegeben. Heute sind es 4,499999, wodurch ich bei 4 von 5 abrunden muss..
- Hab mich sehr über ein White Stripes Album gefreut, frage mich aber mal wieder, warum von allen WS Alben jetzt genau dieses? - Ich war (bei aller rawness, die die WS ja auch ausmacht) ziemlich erstaunt, wie unsauber der Eröffnungstrack eingespielt war. Als ich dann gelesen hab, dass das Album in weniger als einer Woche aufgenommen wurde, habe ich eine Ahnung bekommen… Das hat sich in meiner Wahrnehmung auch ein bisschen durchgezogen. Nicht die technischen Fehler, sondern das Gefühl, dass man mit etwas mehr Zeit mehr hätte rausholen können. - „Fell In Love With A Girl“ ist einfach ein richtig richtig geiler Hit - Auch sonst sind natürlich ein paar geile Tracks drauf - Die 1001 Alben haben ja auch immer etwas mit Erwartungshaltung zu tun und insgesamt muss ich leider sagen, dass ich „Icky Thumb“ und „Elephant“, die ich beide sehr liebe, einfach sehr viel stärker finde. Hier hat mich doch auch vieles kalt gelassen oder manchmal gelangweilt Rating: 3,25-3,5/5
- Gilt für viele glaube ich als bestes White Stripes album, weils für seine Zeit einfach revolutionär war (und vllt sogar nach wie vor ist?) - Für mich persönlich sind Elephant und Satan die besseren Werke, weil ich das Gefühl habe, das die White Stripes da wirklich "vollentwickelt" waren und ihren Stil perfektioniert haben. - White Blood Cells ist grungy, progressive, avantgarde, alternative und einfach unangepasst. Hin und wieder steigt mir das regulierte Chaos dieser Platte jedoch etwas zu Kopf und lässt mehr Verwirrung als Begeisterung zurück. - Nichtsdestotrotz sind natürlich auch hier einige Schmankerl dabei. 3,75
- Wat soll man sagen? White Stripes gehen eigentlich immer - Kannte bewusst glaube ich keinen Song von der Platte, aber gerade in der zweiten Hälfte hat mir Einiges gut gefallen
Boom 7 nations
Simple bluesy rock that works on so many levels.
Not my favourite album of theirs, but definitely some bangers.
That was a big no. His voice sound like a teenager whining so hard his forehead veins starts to pop and his face turns red. His voice didn't irritate me as much in Elephant, probably thanks to the effects added.
You don’t listen to this album for the great musicianship, but for fun, unashamed garage rock. And the first four tracks sleiver in spaden. In my opinion, the band work best when they turn up the punk, like in Hotel Yorba and their (imo) best single ever, Fell in Love… However, after the first four great tracks we get three okay- tracks, and that was not what we asked for. We’re going to be friends starts another streak of quality, only abrupted by the unecessary instrumental Aluminium. All in all it’s an uneven album, but the good songs make it a 7/10
No
yup
Classic
This was a fun rockin album. Great guitar work.
Allora raga giuro che ci ho anche provato ad ascoltarlo, ma questi suoni mi fanno venire il mal di testa sorry
4/5 perché ho preferito Elephant, però rimangono dei grandi.
Very nice
This one influenced me a lot as a new guitarist in high school. Simple, raw, catchy.
Great album if you’re in the very specific mood to listen to White Stripes for a long time. I don’t get how people do it if I’m being honest.
Now this is the best white stripes' record. This was easily the best record of 2001. Grunge/alternative had slid all the way over to Nu Metal (;｀0´)═゜。 Jack black got us all back on track, just a beat up old drum kit and one kick ass guitar. I love this record.
I this wasn't by a band that I am reasonably well acquainted with, I would have no time for some of it. The good here doesn't outweigh the not so good. Middle of the road, bang on 2.5.
increíble vale que rico rock
Pretty middle of the road album with one outstanding song in each direction. It was fine to listen to, but I have a feeling the more you listen to it the better it gets, so hard to judge just on one run through.
I approached this album with some hesitation and apprehension. Having heard it many times in the past, it evoked memories from a period of my life I'd rather forget. However, upon listening, I found it surprisingly enjoyable. Revisiting the album made me appreciate its quality and relevance during its time.
still good
I remember when we first heard “Fell In Love With A Girl” my friends and I thought “This sounds like a Gap commercial.” It still does. I like the first song. The rest ranges from mildly irritating to skillful and not unpleasant but rather derivative.
Four stars
I mean it's gotta be an essential listen for anyone imo, such good entry rock in its purest form and just so fun.
Powerful Duet
very energetic, very rock, lots of velocity! overall fun and the vibe never stops
Enjoyed it, grungy, good clean drums, simple, nothing fancy beat wise
This isn't the White Stripes best album.
I was a little late to this when it came out and I wish my brain had latched onto it in the way that makes you lock yourself in your room with a guitar an amp and headphones but I guess I went the Sims and IMDb path instead.
2 people? that sound?
nemam nis pametno za rec ali nice
i'm having a hard time with his voice. definitely the type of rock i don't like. but it must be great when you feel angry.
I enjoyed this album more than I expected to. Really good work here
Pretty solid rock and roll listening.
Notes: Jack’s voice and guitar is always a highlight for me, but I’m not exactly vibing with this album.
Honestly never got into The White Stripes or Jack White. I like it just fine, but I don't find it transformational in any way. 3
Some great riffs, interspersed with some nice melodic strumming. Snatches of songs hinted at Small Faces/ Blind Faith late 60s rock. But nothing on here to compare with seven nation army say and quality of songs a bit patchy
#190. Tolerable, but nothing really there that draws you in and makes you want to listen to it a second time 3/5: acceptable Song added to playlist: Fell in Love With a Girl I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
This is a solid album right here. The White Stripes are, in fact, a band I've heard of, but I had really only heard one of their songs before, so getting to experience an album of theirs was an intriguing experience. This is not the album with Seven Nation Army on it, but it is the album that truly kickstarted their career, so I'd say it deserves to be on here in addition to their other album Elephant. If it was just this album, then I'd have some questions, but the two of them both being on the list is something that I can accept. The sound of this album is quite nice. One interesting thing that this album does that I haven't really seen a ton of is that this album goes for more of a quantity over quality approach with the songs. That's not to say that the songs are bad, it's just that there's a higher focus on making more short songs rather than fully fleshing out ideas for specific songs. Fortunately, each song is short, so an album with 16 songs ends up being a tight 40 minutes rather than a 70+ minute slog. I like the singing. I think it fits the overall feel these two were going for. The songwriting is decent. There's a very unique feel with this album that I'm not sure how to put into words. It feels raw, but not too heavy. I guess that's garage rock for you, and this album spearheaded the 2000s revival of garage rock in addition to other albums like Is This It by the Strokes. I don't like this album quite as much as that one, but this one is still pretty good. 4/5.
Feels like a 2000s angsty teen movie soundtrack. Would be good for cleaning music, and Dad would like
There are a couple of interesting tracks, but the overall sound is too similar and detracts for the musicianship. I was glad the album was over in the end.
Classic album very of it’s time. Brought back some good memories.
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 4 / 5 I’ve never heard this album before. I’m familiar with the White Stripes and have heard songs here and there and it all sounds pretty much the same. I guess you could say that about a lot of bands. They have a very stripped down guitar, drum and vocal sound. The drum kit sounds minimal as well. Jack White has crossed over and become somewhat of a pop culture figure. I read this is their 3rd album and there’s no covers on it. Sounds like they’re mining the same Blues as Led Zeppelin. There’s high energy rockin’ songs and some mello folky numbers. For just guitar and drums this album sometimes sounds huge. They also sound quaint on the mello numbers. Which is good, this isn’t a continuous blast in the face. That wouldn’t be bad either. I would probably prefer that, but Jack White wouldn’t be the celebrity he is today if that were the case. Whiny vocals that work well.There’s keyboard on a song and piano on another. The songs are relatively short. Only a few surpass 3 three minutes. This album came out in 2001. It’s post grunge retro classic rock garage blues and really catchy. I suppose there’s a punk influence underlying everything. Bonus points for the song “We Are Going To Be Friends” being on the opening credits of the movie “Napoleon Dynamite”. Also the standout rocker song on the album is “Fell In Love With A Girl” it’s a catchy one and most people know as “The Lego Video”. This album flows really well from rockers to mellow tunes; everything seems like it belongs here. Overall the production of the album sounds great. It’s effective.
right banger
We're Going to Be Friends was the redeeming song for this album
great
While Elephant was the album that fostered my obsession with the White Stripes, White Blood Cells introduced me to their genius. It is a really great album.
Lots of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath influence, still prefer the musicianship of the former and overall style of the latter.
3.5
Guays. Detroit garage rock de los 2000's
That this whole album was recorded in just three days is absurd.
Guitars YEAH!! It's pretty incredible how much they get out of just a couple of instruments, plus the odd piano part. What's also notable is the variety on this album, White Stripes have a lot more going on than just crunching riffs. You never get bored with something different around the corner.
Whilst it’s become a very familiar sound now, it was awesome and fresh when it was new. Still a good album.
Not for me
Nice
Had no clue this album was on here... glad it is. Well deserved.
I think this might be my favorite album by this artist. Lots of very approachable rock and roll tunes.
I missed this one at the time - I was well into my seventies music phase. Even the singles didn't really appeal to my musical sensibilities, so I had no interest in the album. I was hoping to have my mind changed this time around, but (after admittedly only one full listen) I don't have any desire to go back and revisit the White Stripes. I still think they're mostly about a 'sound' and a look, which is fine but the songs aren't there in my opinion.
First time I’ve listened to this (although tons of songs I’d heard before no realising they were from this) - it was great, the first half especially.
Is this still brilliant or did I happen to have it when I was 16? I'm second guessing myself but I think brilliant
I've always been fond of The White Stripes, even though I'm not usually a fan of loud, brash music.
This is a great album and it is raw and a wonderful sound. And all this with a scaled back production.
I dunno it's pretty good but not something I usually seek out. Definitely higher than a 3
My kind of music. Jack white, such a creative weirdo.
Quintessential album that along with the Strokes helped spark the garage rock revolution of the early 2000s. The beginning of Jack White's impressive career.
por aqui camina la muerte. las paredes se me acercan pero nunca he tenido tanta suerte pues estas se detienen al ver que yo soy la misma persona que prendio el fuego que incendio el puente. el bosque esta quemado y ardiente, para poder cruzarlo deberia estar armada hasta los dientes pero tengo tensa la mente y desprecio como se siente estar tirada en la cama como siempre, tan impotente. very enjoyable album
Not my type...but they have a place in music history
It is weird to listen to an album with no bass guitar. It’s still quite good though
👎
3/26/24. Been on a hot streak with good albums as this is another all time favorite of mine and can play at any moment in any situation. Jack White is amazing, and the White Stripes will always bring me happiness. Yes, this is an extremely subjective review.
Unfortunately do not like these guys
Enjoyed this more than another one of their albums I listened to on this list. Some familiar songs, and just overall a good album. 3.5/5 Might listen again
Love it. Wish I could find new bands with a similar sound.
"fell in love with a girl" is probably one of the first songs i downloaded
Surprised by the number of songs I knew. Would relisten.
i quite liked it! knew a lot more songs on it then I thought i would
Charming, slightly kitschy. Meg Whites drumming is killer, it embodies the spirit of the project as a whole. Interesting if you’re into post 2000’s rock, but doesn’t necessarily reinvent the wheel. “I Think I Smell a Rat” sounds strangely like an MCR demo
Heard it before. I enjoyed it.
I really like the Stripes energy and integrity however I think we should temper this against the passage of time. Will this be considered so highly in 30 years time? I think not. It's this attachment people of a certain age group have with the records they grew up with.
Chunky garage blues
You wouldn't think that just a duo would work but the White Stripes put any doubts to rest. Garage band music, raw and spare at its finest.
What an album. Everything in this album worked for me. There's the hits I've heard a ton, like Dead Leaves, Hotel Yorba, and We're Gonna Be Friends. But I was really focusing more on the deeper cuts that I haven't really listened to before. Standouts for me are The Union Forever, Offend in Every Way, I Can't Wait, and This Protector. Nostalgic, hard rocking, and just flat out an awesome album that I really gravitate towards.
Some of the songs are well known, but the music is simplistic and I don't like the singing.
A beautiful banger
Just quality work here, guitar is sounding great and some cool songs on display.