White Blood Cells

damn

00’ee garage rock, rå elguitar, Distortion, iderigt

Sounds like it used to for me. I didn't dig it then and I don't now. This album is not for me. The musicianship is solid, I just don't like it. It all feels meh

Oh man. Some tracks are all time faves (Fell in Love with a Girl, We’re Gonna Be Friends), but a lot of cruft. And those first three tracks—all time whine in his voice. Oof. A rough two stars. (And I like Jack White!!!)

This automatically loses points because there's no bass. It's fine. It sounds like a bar band. I don't really get the hype that surrounded them. Listened through without prejudice and Hotel Yorba is still very annoying.

Best Song: Fell In Love With A Girl. This is how I wish all White Stripes songs sounded. Worst Song: This Protector. It just sounds amateurish? I understand their aesthetic is this kind of street performer vibe, but this really feels like a first or second rehearsal of a song, not a recorded track. Overall: Jack White's mewling cat vocals occasionally work here, but the general simplicity of all the songs makes it blend together very quickly. Each song feels like snippet of an idea that was considered for a moment before they cranked out the song and moved on to the next one. I do like the raw vibe though, and if they just played faster and with a little more life, I would actually like the album.

Would have liked this when it was released but it feels like overrated noise. Occasionally there’s a good track but it feels disjointed.

eh... borde troligen lyssna igen men gillade inte särskilt mycket.

Jack White is the default heir apparent to Jimmy Page and the White Stripes to the Stones. Jack White has a rudimentary grasp of his instrument at best. He's an imitator, not an innovator, unless you count dumbing down the music of his predecessors, which was already roots music. Wonderful. Which leads us to White Blood Cells.Naturally, the execution is garage-y and crude--Jack White is incapable of anything else. This leaves us with the songs themselves, which is where the strength of White Blood Cells, such as it is, lies. What Jack White has done here is to create songs that are the equivalent of the platonic ideal of a stool, i.e. having three legs and little else. To his credit, he creates punchy rhythms and melodies in the style that he's indebted to, cribbing liberally from the Stones and The Who, but there's literally nothing else. No grace notes. No solos worthy of the name. No innovations. No borrowing from other music traditions. This is basic, basic, basic, basic, basic stuff. Why in God's name would anyone listen to a Cliff Notes version of roots rock when there's so much of the real thing lying around? Beats me.

not my genre but the union forever and aluminum is really good its like a dead moon plays in 2001

Jodå. Helt okej, kanske bättre än jag förväntade mig. Ett ganska starkt ointresse av The White Stripes har runnit genom mig, därav denna långa väntan sedan mitt senaste inlägg (till er många som jag vet läser detta frenetiskt ber jag om ursäkt för detta). Dock, även om albumet var okej, så gjorde det inget större intryck på mig. Det ointresse som en gång runnit, rinner nog tyvärr vidare. Det hade kanske krävts något makalöst för att få mig med på tåget när suget att lyssna varit på en sådan låg nivå. Nåja, kul med musik och mediokert med The White Stripes!

false

Mmmmmm no es mi estilo

Surprisingly rubbish.

I wouldn’t say I like this type of music very much, but I actually enjoyed some of the non-guitar riffs quite a bit. But the freestyle nature of the vocals just isn’t my thing.

1. Şarkı dead leaves and dirty ground: güzel (tek riff, 90 lar sikik rockı ama güzel) 2. Şarkı hotel yorba: güzel (bob dylan tarzı) 3. Şarkı im finding it harder to be gentleman: eh iste (bitane 90lar sikik vardı buna gerek yoktu) 4. Şarkı fell in love with a girl: guzel/eh iste (sarkı buram buram alternatif kokuyor) 5. Şarkı expecting: eh iste (begenemedim) 6. Şarkı little room: eh işte(kardes senin sesin inceyken cok tatlı oluyo 50 saniye boyunca inlesene, paragraf sonu, albümü parçaya ayırmış) 7. Şarkı the union forever: güzel (90 lar sikik nirvanası ama şarkı tek düz değil. Bu şarkıyla albümde rock n roll arayışını kenara bırakıp 3 boyutu alternatif rock gözlüklerimi takıyorum.) 8. Şarkı the same boy you've always known: kötü( kardes 16 tane sarkı yapalım aynı olsunlar biri tutar. bu şarkıya önceki dinlediğim şarkıları da göz önünde bulundurarak kötü diyorum.) 9. Şarkı We're going to be friends: güzel( chill akustik gitar ve yerinde bir vokal. okeydir bu şarkı) 10. Şarkı offend in every way: güzel (iyi be fena değil, girişi ve çıkışı harikaydı ortaları albümün geri kalanının tarzıyla aynı) 11. Şarkı i think i smell a rat: eh işte (yeter dedirtti keyif alamıyorum.) 12. Şarkı aluminium: kötü(daha fazla gitar temalı müzik iste istemiştim ama bunu istememiştim.) 13. Şarkı i cant wait: güzel ( kardes bu sarkı olmus, evet bu da albümün çoğu şarkısı gibi alternarif kokuyor ve 90lar sikik ama dinlerken keyif aldım, ve vokalin sesi baydı) 14. Şarkı now marry: eh işte ( eh işte işte) 15. Şarkı i can learn: kötü (vokal bi sus be kardesim, atlayarak dinledim) 16. Şarkı this protector: güzel (iyi bir kapanış olmuş, basit bir piyano ritmi yeterliymiş aslında, adınıza rock demenizd gerek yok, demiyoruz zaten kardes) Genel olarak albüm kötüydü. Sebebi ise benzer ve basit şarkılar olmaları. Albümün en sevdiğim şarkısı: i cant wait(oturup dinlerim)

not my jam - I'd heard Fell in Love With a Girl and We're Going to Be Friends before and they're good songs but the rest is meh

Eh. Not awful but probably won't listen again. 5/10

Que toque el boli... a no aquí no viene esa. Insisto en que debería haber una reseña del por que están los discos en la lista, no siento que aporte mucho el disco, tal vez sea la transición entre lo que eran y lo que fueron a partir del elephant. Escuché 3 rolas que me hicieron mover pero lo demás es puro relleno .

4

Didn't like his voice. Noisy.

Ok, very harsh/stark.

Every indie movie song is on this album. i don't like the white stripes though.

This album sucks. It's not fun. It's not interesting. It's not clever. It's dull. It sounds like shit. Jack White tries out different sounds on his guitar while Meg White stretches herself to the limit for the same song over and over again in different clothes. The lyrics are universally fucking insipid and the high point, Fell In Love With a Girl, just does not hit the same as it did in 2001 when I was just discovering my own taste. Turns out the Michel Gondry video was doing all the heavy lifting. This album's deficiencies are innumerable and all-encompassing. I hope to never listen to this again.

I listened to the first 2 songs and was so not into it… skipped the rest. Sorry Jack White

Что я только что прослушал?.. 40 минут невнятного, скучного и раздражающего шума

This is my 8th album. This is the second time i have had to listen to jack white's voice. i am so tired of jack white Half of the songs are just weird about women or are overt whiny incel shit AND it doesn't even sound good Jack White is such a freak

I was so excited to find a White Stripes song I actually like and then it ended up being only good song on the album. I'm just gonna address the biggest thing that bugs me about this, what the hell is the album cover supposed to be? It looks like seven shadow people threatening the Whites, but neither of them are really conveying any emotion other than "ugh" and one of the shadow people like he's proposing to Jack White. It's a pretty decent representation of the album, to be fair. I pretty often found myself making that same faces as both of the Whites at a good few points and I'm about as confused by the music as I am by the cover. It just sounds so empty and unappealing.

shit

muy comun para mi gusto

Kinda just the same semi-punk, whiny, off-putting sound.

Not a favorite of mine. Seems bad pretentiously

what an awful way to start this challenge, this shit sucked LMAO Apparently even the most pure, non-distilled indie rock still amounts to nothing but extremely simplistic riffs, irritating vocals that would sound better screamed, and Lars Ulrich level drumming (at least to me). This is so annoying that the genuine bangers (Fell In Love With A Girl, The Same Boy You’ve Always Known, We’re Going To Be Friends) are extremely jarring and don’t fit the vibe of the album at all. Almost all of these songs feel like they were made in an hour, and the ones that aren’t actively obnoxious are just absolutely nothing. Skip this and listen to literally any rock from the 70’s, it’s what they shamelessly stole from anyway

n senti vontade de escutar mais, é mto barulhento e seila, punkzão? HardRock? Vou tentar escutar outro dia.

Not my fav

Boooooo

Most of the songs sounded the same to me. I know this makes me sound old as hell, but everything just blended together and became noise.

Ei ihan nyt iskenyt. Rumpali on vibojen vuoksi matkassa, kappaleet kuulostavat demoilta ja Whiten kitarointikin kuulostaa jotenkin vaivalloiselta. Vähän vaikea ymmärtää, että miksi tämäkin levy on tällä listalla.

aturdida.

koja kurčina. mislio sam da sam bio prezloban prema prošlo preslušanom albumu (razmak između ovog i prethodnog albuma činila su svega četiri albuma!), ali ovo je na neku foru još gore. nepodnošljiv vokal, generično dosadne gitare, a bubnjeve kao da svira pračovjek, samo nabija sve što mu se nađe u blizini u najjednostavnijem taktu. a glavni majmun zavija i zavija. sve zvuči kao da je snimano u nečijem veceu. ljudi ističu središnju pjesmu "we're going to be friends" kao dobru; nije dobra, ali je daleko najbolja jer je zapravo slušljiva i nakon pola albuma čistog smeća dođe kao kratko osvježenje prije nego što vas udari drugom polovicom đubreta. sad sam otvorio vikipediju i vidio da je ovo njihov TREĆI album, a zvuči kao demo s kazete koji javnost ne bi trebalo da čuje. jebale vas bijele lajne da vas jebale: jebao vas mlaki meket, jebale vas dozlaboga dosadne gitare, jebalo vas nepostojanje bas-gitare, jebalo vas pračovječje dobošarenje. jedva čekam kad mi dođe treći njihov album, nadajmo se što prije da se riješimo i te muke

not my thing

Overrated, en gimmicky Ze zijn dat imperfecte helemaal aan het uitmelken en we zijn het met z’n allen puur en rauw gaan noemen. “Het album is in minder dan een week opgenomen” no shit.. z’n vrouw, vriendin, ex of zus wordt geprezen om haar onkunde en slaat elke maat die hele crash kapot. Jack White is een enorm overgewaardeerde gitarist, slordige techniek, rommelige sound, maar heeft natuurlijk wel een sterk imago opgebouwd met vintage, lo-fi en cheap gear achtige esthetiek wat zijn spel doet camoufleren. Ze speelde elk festival op het grootste podium en worden erg gewaardeerd maar we worden in de maling genomen. Alle Duitsers zijn homo vind ik dan wel weer een topper!

Not my cuppa tea.

Highly overrated album. Without any charm really. Very self aware. Annoying vocals and plodding delivery. Steer clear.

It’s not bad, but it’s not really anything. And I hate that.

Wasn't really my cup of tea.

love this guys voice but nothing special going on here. the album just gets more boring as it goes on. didn't hate it, just kinda blegghhh. saved: fell in love with a girl.

not for me tbh

Whiny vocals kind of punky with some Sabbath vibes amateur drummer I can’t support a band without a bass player (except the Doors and they eventually used one)

Not for me

How this made it onto a "most influential" list beggars belief. It's a smorgasbord of elements of rock, punk, Americana and The Beatles. A short (thankfully) and instantly forgettable album.

Starts off strong. Catchy, but not deep. Didn’t finish. After a while the music becomes noisy. The lyrics do absolutely nothing for me, the music neither.

Man. I despise Jack White. I can not with this band.

This band always bored me.

Just strange

I guess I just don’t get it

Fuck this

One dimension, tuneless, boring shite.

Not my thing. Repetitious

I just had to listen to Jack White’s solo album yesterday, curse this algorithm. I know this was so popular but I just can’t, never could with this band. I didn’t get the appeal in the 2000s and if anything their sound and lyrics and vibe have gotten even more cringy with age. Not for me.

Really great songs - but the choice to not have a bass makes it sound gimicky, pubescent and unfinished to me. Primitive, and not in a good way

Good riffs, repetive. One and done.

I can't wait for this record to be over. I really don't like the white stripes

I get why people like them, but to me the sloppy instrumentation is just annoying

I just can't get into The White Stripes, I've never heard a song that I would want to listen to again

40 minutes shouldn't be daunting, but this 40 minutes was. Found this difficult to listen to. Lackadaisical drumming and guitar playing throughout. Very few albums have I stopped, but only got half way through this before I felt I’d heard enough and wonder how they managed to become as big as they did. The musical version of Napoleon Dynamite.

‘ In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 497 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ says Wikipedia. On one listen, I’m surprised it was that high. I’ll admit, I’ve never heard of this band til now and I didn't need to. It says nothing to me. But I’m increasingly convinced how consequential you think an album is depends on where you were at in your life when you first heard it. Meaning anything you heard in your teens and 20s will probably seem more consequential than when you’re older. I’m probably far too old for it cos it just sounds like the same stuff the neighbourhood boys were bashing out at the local hall in the 70s.

Crap. And shit crap at that.

Nicht meine Richtung

First listen. Do there really need to be another White Stripes album on here? Man what is this shit??? "I think I smell a rat" is some of the worst things ive ever heard. WTF

Thoroughly disliked this one. Don't hate the band or anything, though. I guess just having this album get recommended to me as "one of the albums that you MUST listen to before you die" is a little much.

objetivamente sé que es bueno pero creo que no es mi estilo y ya. no lo volvería a escuchar, no me engancha, me suenan todas las canciones iguales. se salvan 2-3. me hubiera encantado en mi época Green Day pero eso fue hace mucho...

Not fond of the vocals. Guitar and piano have no subtlety. Not for me.

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.

скучно

I've never understood what all the fuss is about.

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.

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.

No

Allora raga giuro che ci ho anche provato ad ascoltarlo, ma questi suoni mi fanno venire il mal di testa sorry

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.

👎

Unfortunately do not like these guys

yuck

Had a headache when I went to listen and it definitely was not a good idea

With the exception of "You and I Are Going to be Friends", the rest of the album feels like nothing more than a bunch of half baked ideas that almost approach demo level, but are not remotely album ready yet. I respect the stripped down sound, but come on, this is ridiculous. The most fun you can have with this album is to imagine what each song could have been with a producer and song arrangements that included more instruments. An album that I think does not belong on this list.

Not my style

Jack White vocals just aren’t my fave. Read up on garage rock and know this is the style, but not for me I guess. I know it’s great music, and it’s like nothing I’ve listened to, so there’s that. I liked side b more, not sure why Fave Track: offend in every way Runner up: aluminum Least fave: most of it

The album starts by ripping off the riff from “25 or 6 to 4” and heads down the road of screechy teen-angst vocals. When does the guitar phenom show up?

It's somewhere between 1960's Kinks and my son's high school band, without any physical or emotional ties (for me)....... meh. Gonna head back to Ryan Adams and Killers.

couldn’t finish - never been a fan and all the songs sound the same

Never played an album of them before. Some songs were interesting and some not so much.

The White Stripes are an American band who sound like a British band trying to sound like an American band. After diving in the mid-Atlantic searching for treasures, The White Stripes return with a pathetic bounty of scraps and discarded tat, the pearls having long already been plundered.

crap

Didn't enjoy personally. 1.5

Thought I liked The White Stripes. I do not.

Niet veel soeps, veel geschreeuw, weinig inspirerend...

Nunca le pillé la gracia a esta banda

Pretty shitty, very basic and low production value

Painful, hard to believe someone put this together as an album of their work.

Todo ruido. Solo ruido. Y más ruido. Feíto, feíto. Saqué dos temas para la lista, pero no merece ni un 2.

Meh

just sommone albumi josta en oikeen tykkää... 2000-luku alkupuoli rock hei lets rock guys! we are going to rock the house tonight yell ROCK when i yell LETS you yell ROCK! ei käy.. ei käy mulle. bändin vokalisti on malliesimerkki lauluäänestä joka minulle kuulostaa aivan vitun paskalta,, eli ei hyvä ääni mutta ei hyvä paska ääni vaan paska paska ääni. albumin keskiosassa instrumentaatio alkaa olla vähän parempaa, löytyy tasapaino, ssielu, mieli mutta laulun lyllerrykset pilaa senkin...... ja loppuosa on aikalalilla yhtä paskaa.... ajattelin ensin että kaksi tähteä, mutta ei, ei, nämä ovat 1001 albumia jotka on pakko kuunnella, ja jos kultti ei ole täällä tarkoittaa se, että nämä albumit kuuluu olla kaikki parempia,,,, SAATANA!! tänään en armoa anna...

Very noisy and clashy. Bit bangy. Not my fave to be honest.

noise

12/06/2021 Today's Album: "White Blood Cells" by The White Stripes - I don't like this album. Usually I can deal with post punk and older punk rock because of some sweet instrumentals or some redeeming quality from the whiny vocals, but with this album, it really is just blown out and shitty. The only song I liked was one I already knew prior to hearing this album and thats the only highlight on this album in my eyes. I think this band obviously has talent because they have a crazy good reputation, but either this album is some of thier worst material or their sound is just not for me Score: 2/10 Didn't like Highlights: We're Going to be Friends

By the end it was barely listenable. Hated it. I can hear the good intentions and enthusiasm, but they didn't make up for the bad songs, awful and intrusive drumming, grating vocals, overbearing harsh sounding guitar. I appreciate the idea of a 'back to basics' stripped down sound, but get a producer for God's sake.

3

One of my favorites.