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Good album
One of the better Stripes records. Still a bit plain for me, but there’s too many classics here not to enjoy it.
Pretty damn close to being the perfect album
Do I like this album very much? I have a lego set of the white stripes inspired by the "Fell in love with a girl" video.
Is Meg White a good drummer? I don't know. Does this album slap? Hell yes. What would it sound like with Buddy Rich back there? God only knows. 12 keepers in 16 (75%). 1 banger (6%). 4 stars.
3.5 This is good and fine, but there’s A LOT of White Stripes/ Jack White on this list and he’s made a career on kinda making the same type of music his whole career. It’s not bad, mind you. But for me, it’s far from my favorite type of music.
Wow maybe my expectations were kind of high, but this was one of my most disappointing albums so far. All the songs here sounded the same and I am not a fan of Jack White's vocals.
Musically so good
Mildly above average garage rock
Not really my style, I didn’t really listen to it that much, but from my 3 listens, nothing really popped off. It does have some great instrumentals but overall the songs seem too similar with one another. Maybe I should give it a few more listens and let it seap in.
Inte i samma klass som Elephant, men jävlar vad det suger till ibland. Precist slammer, fantastisk sång! Solklar fyra.
I am loath to not give White Stripes 5 stars but it’s simply not as good as Elephant to me. Considered a 5 just for FILWAG though
Naw, not for me, they have that one song, but wasn't here
c00l dood I get distracted listening in segments then my memory gets fuzzy
This album was good. I enjoyed it, some songs more than others, but didn't fall in love with it. This isn't my go-to flavor of rock, but I respect it and what Jack White does.
I love The White Stripes! Guy at work forced me to try them in 2001 and when I heard "Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground" and that angy guitar I was hooked long term! Throw in "Hotel Yorba", "I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman", the huge hit "Fell In Love With A Girl" (some great covers out there), "Little Room", "The Same Boy..." and "We're Going To Be Friends" and you have a solid album. Songs like "Expecting" & "Aluminum" are awful, and tracks like "I Can't Wait", "Now Mary", "I Can Learn" and "Offend In Every Way" just miss the mark, they feel incomplete or unnecessary. This is a good album, but not a great album! 3.4 stars.
Hearing how Jack White has evolved and elevated and comparing that to this album from my college days is interesting.
It’s ok - never been a big fan
More than the sum of its parts, but some of those parts are rough. Was considering a four on first listen as I liked it more than anticipated, but on second listen I realize I will never return to this.
Really my style
This is probably a personal problem, but I think the best song on rock albums is usually the folkiest one, and this album is no exception. And not just because it's in Napoleon Dynamite.
Some great rock music
Gritty, stripped down, thumping. 10/10
I really enjoyed the style of this album. One thing I've learned from 1001 Albums is that just because you don't like one album from a band, doesn't mean you won't like another one of their albums.
Liked 11 songs out of 16 on the first listen and no song was bad in my standard.
4# Mostly just generic rock music. Love the energy but I know quite a few local high school bands who sound better than this. Idk if every album on this 1001 album list even needs to be listened to before you die. Or wait, perhaps I have to get used to garage rock. Oh well, guess I have another album to return to one day.
Didn’t do anything for me
Never a band I got super into but they’re fine!
8/10
Great album, let down a bit by being too long, and it's not hard to find a handful of tracks to cut that would have lifted this to a new level. Probably missed a bit now because seven nation army towers over everything and draws a lot of attention to elephant, but this still has some great tracks that hold up well
Recording this in less than a week is crazy.
If you dont like this, you are either lying or just simply dont like Rock or guitar rock. Sure, it feels a bit weaker on the back end, but so raw, bluesy, riffs for days and to me a timeless sound of youthful rock energy.
There are a lot of good tracks on this album. Many songs that I know but wouldn't have been able to tell you that they were The White Stripes. "We're Going to Be Friends" is definitely my favorite. I am partial to this more folk-y sound.
Decent album that has inspired arguably one of the worst cliches of whiny white boy rock music. But maybe that's just my music-industry shool PTSD.... thanks a lot Belmont Birdcage....
Didn't like at first. ባት ዝ
better than elephant
Pas mal. Pop Rock dont je suis pas fan. La batteuse est cool quand même
I'd forgotten about Fell In Love... isn't that a crime?
The white stripes were never my thing but I can't help but give them credit for making albums with songs that sound wildly different using only two instruments. There's a lot of range here given the restricted palette. Credit where it is due. I still don't quite care for it but I understand why they received some accolades and why other folks like it.
7/10, Some classics on here that i actually love but never knew they made.
3,5
Great album.
Not listened to this in years and I had remembered it as my favourite of the White Stripe albums on this list. However I think I prefer the later albums as this feels a bit baggy & bloated (even though its only 40mins) and aside from Fell in Love with A Girl - none of the songs really grabbed me. Maybe Im having a bad day but I just found it annoying rather than rocking - Little room in particular annoyed me.
White Blood Cells Another great nostalgilisten, along with Is This It and Gold this is a pure recorded onto minidisc album. Indeed if I was still listening to cassettes on my walkman in 2001/02 this would have been on one side and Is This It on the other. Elephant is great, but is essentially a more polished version of what's on here, so the fuzzed up and thumping, rough cornered directness of this in comparison is great, and for a consciously backwards looking record it still sounds fresh and exciting. I don’t think there is a weak track really. But one minor criticism is that, despite it being a nice 40 minutes, it feels like 16 tracks is two or three too many. Expecting and Aluminium feel like similar exercises and I Can Learn, relative to the rest of the tracks, feels slightly forgettable. But outside that it is of course stellar, particularly the first half with Dead Leaves, Hotel Yorba, I’m Finding it Harder and Fell in Love with a Girl making a brilliant opening four songs. Little Room, The Union Forever and The Same Boy make another excellent run to finish the first side. Then We’re Going to Be Friends, Offend in Every Way and I Think I Smell a Rat open the second side brilliantly and I absolutely love This Protector, a kind of Exile influenced gospely bluesy track. Obviously blues, punk and classic rock are the touchstones, but it struck me that there are some clear Nirvana influences, I Can’t Wait’s opening guitar feels very Kurt Cobain, and there is a slight grunge-iness to some of the guitar sound throughout. Easily a 5, a brilliant album that reminds me of brilliant times. 🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴 Playlist submission: The Same Boy You’ve Always Known
A rollicking effort, honing the grit and two-piece sound of their first two albums; but still more elementary than Elephant, if that's possible. The album never quite keeps the momentum of the opening five tracks which is a magnificent run, from Elephant-worthy 'Dead Leaves', country-rock smasher 'Hotel Yorba', groovy 'I'm Finding it Harder to Be a Gentleman' and garage-rock exemplar 'Fell in Love With a Girl', which takes rock back to the very elemental building blocks of three chords and boy meets girl story. In amongst the second-half rockers, there are tracks that feel like they're working their way up to Elephant-levels of greatness (e.g. 'Expecting'); and casually tossed off ditties like 'Little Room'; and perhaps a couple that could've been b-sides ('I Can't Wait'). Then there's 'Union Forever', a macabre highlight with Black Sabbath undertones. Elephant is still my preference with its slashing guitar solos, which don't feature here, but this isn't far behind.
Good album! Songs I know but didn’t know they made
Consistently good White Stripes album. "Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground", "Fell in Love With a Girl", and "We're Going to be Friends" have always been and remain my top picks for this one.
[Gordon Ramsay voice] Delicious. Finally, some good fucking music. The White Stripes right before fame hit them, this was a very fun listen. Garage rock at its finest, the production is deceptively simple (just a guitar, drums, and an occasional piano, no bass to be found here), but they get so much sound out of so little, it’s quite impressive. They are playing with a ton of styles throughout the album: indie, heavy-blues rock, neat little ballads, and a bit of grunge. There wasn’t a track I disliked on this record, and I think I enjoyed this one more than their huge follow-up Elephant, which I gave a strong 4/5. I think I gotta do it: The White Stripes climb the whole dang mountain and will be my twenty-fourth 5/5
honestly, full of bangers
뭔가 보컬 에단 요크같당 ㅎㅎ 그냥 무난무난한 밴드 사운드…
One of the best of White Stripes
2.8, it was a good album i just didn’t find too many songs that appealed to me
Fun, but I can never quite place the white stripes. No biggie
Classic early White Stripes! Not my favorite album of theirs but I love the raw power sound and what seems like some artistic experimentation.
Cool album, nice rock blues, electric guitar, and imaginative melodies. 4/5.
Хорошо.
This is the second White Stripes album I’ve listened to. “White Blood Cells” was pretty good. My favourite track on it is “The Same Boy You’ve Always Known” I have no idea why it wasn’t a single on “White Blood Cells”. Unfortunately, the album has some let downs like “Fell in Love With a Girl”, which felt like a generic indie rock song. 3 stars for “White Blood Cells”.
Cool lyrics, pretty sad though
I've been too generous with my 4s, this album is fine but I don't like it enough for that. Lyrics and guitar didn't feel special on most tracks, few highlights bring it up
Really dug this when it came out. It's still pretty good.
Lovelovelove yes this is that good good. Thank you stripey folk
Album kinda rocks, got some grooves 4.5
There are a small handful of acts over the history of recorded music that you could argue influenced the musical zeitgeist in a real and meaningful way. The Beatleses and the Madonnas of the world. Where the general trajectory of the mass is actually adjusted because of their work. I would argue: The White Stripes belong on that list. This isn't about quality, but about influence. I look back at the Stripes as spearheading a stripped-down do-it-yourselfness that has enabled and inspired a sea of amateur artists to try at a time when the democratization of music was just starting to glimmer in the online multiverse. Of course most of those average tryers both failed and sucked. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. As to quality, The White Stripes were adventurous and the mileage over their career varies accordingly, but they did have a zenith, and White Blood Cells/Elephant was it. It helps that the lyrics on this album are bonkers. Love this album and it rocked my house real loud after work today.
The whole album is peppered with great songs. If you hate on Meg and her drumming, you are a person of detestable spiritual qualities.
Yo this is sick!
The White Stripes’ distinctive sound and Jack White’s vocals made them one of my favorite bands of the 21st century, garage rock at its finest.
Album filled with killer tracks.
Music is decent, lyrics are fine, but his singing still sounds to me like a bunch of howler monkeys in a bad mood. Sorry Jack. You seem really cool but your singing just isn’t my jam.
They're a one hit wonder turns out
I like, labai raw garsas.
Really liked this! I've listened to the White Stripes before, but never anything from this album. Really stripped back, kinda almost blues rock, but still super clean. I love two piece bands that sound bigger than they are. I was so sure they were brother and sister growing up hahaha so googling them and seeing they dates was a shock for a sec. Respect Jack for taking Megs last name, a real one for sure, bet they've never been involved in any kind of scandal!
Probably my least fav White Stripes album, but that's not saying much. I still love the majority of it. I Think I Smell a Rat always was one of my favorites and it stood out above the rest on this listen. 4.5/5
Spot on.
an ok album
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.
Vrai son punk rock du debut des années 2000. Il y a des morceaux très fun. Certains des premiers vraiment sympa. (j'en suis au 7e). We're going to be friends, je l'ai joué à la guitare avant de la connaitre. Provoque toujours quelque chose de spécial, "Walk with me, Suzy Lee" ; "That you and I will walk together again I can tell that we are going to be friends". À réécouter, plusieurs choses que j'ai adoré, d'autres méritent une seconde écoute.
Pač, I love The White Stripes. Ful basic sounding, slišiš not tud njune kasnejše zadeve, ampak men niti slučajno dolgočasno alpa kj. Vsak komad ma neki zanimivga. Od mal manj znanih bi izpostavila "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground", "The Union Forever", "Offend in Every Way", "Aluminum". "I Can't Wait" zveni zelo "Heart-Shaped Box".
Massive fan of this album already. Happily listen to anytime. Wouldn’t say it’s one of the best albums of all time but it’s simple, always drives forward, and sounds great.
Overall Rating - 3.73/5 (7.47/10). Really good early 2000s punk-like music. Once again, Jack and Meg White impress.
Трошки кантрі трошки еее бля емо, емо кантрі, во. Хриплий твінк співає якусь глуху попсу. Нот зет бед, десь 2.7
Its sooo basic and bland. The drumming is god-awful. But somehow there is a charm to this... but not much.
Great, a little raw and grungy. Early works
It didn't grab me as much as the other stuff of theirs that's been on the list, but it was cool. Shades of Pixies in some of the tracks, I thought.
I feel like Seven Nation Army has ruined the White Stripes for me. While I was thankful that song wasn't on this album, and there were a couple decent songs, it had a hard time getting better than mid for me. We're Going to Be Friends reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite, so that prevents this from dipping below a 3.
I’ve enjoyed Jack White’s solo work this decade and I was excited to go back and hear The White Stripes early work. This was, simply, no different, I enjoy everything about their sound and Jack’s performances, remarkably consistent from album to album and here from song to song. I actually recognized a couple of these, We’re Going to Be Friends, for one, though it is a bit of an odd fit here I must admit. The quality is undeniable from front to back, though, even if it’s bite-sized without many huge standouts. I think I’ll listen to most if not all of their material at some point. 1 listen Favorite Track: Fell In Love With a Girl
Great guitar play. Took a while to appreciate the songs, the vocalist. Eventually just let this album play on repeat.
Four stars, a solid bit of fun.
All time classic album.
i just dont get it, 2 stars
Altro disco capolavoro con altri brani capolavori.
Bien.
Fellinlovewithagirlll
Sounded whiny. first song baited me into think it'd be more rock/punk, but the rest was whiny
This album annoyed me. I was happy when it ended.
probably added an extra star because the cover looks like the indonesian flag. liked it! i think
Inspelat på tre dagar! I sin helhet en häftig platta med några av deras bästa låtar. Jävligt coolt och mänskligt sound, men en del (framförallt andra halvan) känns halvfärdigt och lite spretigt.
Rock songs.
One of the best American rock bands of the last 30 years. This album is a classic of the garage rock revival.
I don't think this album should be in this list. Apart from a couple songs, it is quite boring and hasn't aged well.
I like the lack of instruments at parts. Just guitar and drums sounds really good with the production used. Short and sweet songs that convey a lot and rock. inspo for greyhound
This band is the minimal intervention wine of rock. A man, his guitar, lots if different amps and effects pedals, his piano and a drummer who hates fills. I cant decide if it’s great or just average. I get the need to bash the shit out of the cymbals to fill out the sound. Another way would be to have a bass player, keyboards, etc. as i got to the end i decided there is an undeniable charm to this album. I couldnt tell if meg speeds up because of jack’s playing or visa versa. I suspect it is hom as she’s pretty metronomic and doesnt have rolls or fills that usually speed up a drummers tempo.
Great rock n roll. I love the nod to Paul McCartney's "granny music" in the middle there. I don't know if it sticks for me or not. I'll have to listen to it some 20 times more. 3.5/5
The somewhat sloppy sound, and clearly blues inspired but extremely raw.
I was going to say that the white stripes sound like a black sabbath cover band until i realized that ive seen a black sabbath cover band live and the singer sounded exactly like Jack White. And cmon, if you asked me when i thought this album was released, i would’ve said 1975 at the latest.
It's probably my favourite White Stripes album but do I love it? No. It has some great songs (Dead Leaves, Offend, Protector) but also some annoying and less good ones (Little Room). I maintain that the White Stripes are not in the top 3 Jack White projects.
Yes, give me 12 more of these
This is fantastic for the most part. I think all the way up to I think I smell a rat it is easily 5/5. After that it drops off a bit, some of the others are good, but not quite the same level... However dead leaves, yorba, fell in love, same boy and gonna be friends are so good. I'm tempted to just give it 5 and enjoy the weekend experimentation in the lesser tracks.
Love their raw, early records. I think they challenged themselves not to do blues based music on this one, and it paid off.
Classic rock album, with some a bit softer songs, which works for me. I'm going to listen to some songs for a while. Overall, it is good starter, not every song is for everybody but I think that it is a well written and composed album.
крутой ещё раз послушал крутой
2,5 maybe
9/10 So much energy, rawness and to drawer song writing. Rock music that does the basics with the bare minimum to make something that rises above almost everything else.
White Stripes Underrated. Favs: I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman, Fell In Love With a Girl
7.5/10 Cool music Some songs more pallettable than others.
Great standard rock album
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
It seemed like a breath of fresh air at the time, but now, just brash and over-familiar. Still, fair play for riding that wave of popularity.
Didn't like all the song, some of them I will be listening to again. Not sure if the vote is lower because I do not having the full historical reference of this music, or it's not higher because I wasn't a teen in those days (I wasn't even born, can't have nostalgia from back then).
Time to recognize something. This album saw a lot of play in my car in the mid 90s and I loved it. I also think Jack White is amazingly talented particularly live (see SNL performance in 2000). But listening today I didn’t think this album was all that great. There are several really good songs and a lot of meh around it. That seems true most of his work. Ball and Bisquit came on after and I thought why can’t they all be like this? Sadly, 3/5
eu gosto deles. esse álbum em especial tem músicas épicas e músicas tanto faz, mas eu diria que as épicas fazem o álbum valer.
Not every album needs to be lavishly produced. The simple and raw sound works very well for this album.
pretty solid. I really liked 'fell in love with a girl' and 'the union forever'
Good enough for three stars. ★★★
Led Zeppelin vs Cobain energy
Kind of bland and generic, but was fairly short, which I appreciate.
I think that we are going to be friends !
Really enjoyed. Simple beats and chords, but in a great way. Very artsy yet beautifully simple
Pivotal post-grunge pioneers. Took the angst from the 90’s and repackaged it for the 2000’s. Elements of folk harmonies, delta blues melodies, and garage band fuzziness. Jack White is a master songwriter and a virtuoso on the guitar…I just don’t know who told him he could sing.
Overall a good listen
Banger album. Love the white stripes
Very very good, stunning vocals from a young jack white
Rock and roll!
I love this album
It's fine, not my favourite but completely passable and catchy pop rock. Drumming is great though.
A banging start to this album, and to my return to the generator. Let's see how it goes. Sciffle sounding 2 song. I like the electric piano and lead guitar on track 3. My favorite so far. 4 and 5 are punky. Little room is an unnecessary interlude. The darkness of the union forever is very nice. 8 is another good song. 9 is charming and naive. 10 is great 11 less 12 not very good. Shapeless. Last two songs are good. Overall, I can't say I enjoyed this album as a whole. Something about the white stripes doesn't click to me yet. The slopiness doesn't hit in the right place for me. It wasn't a punishment to listen to, but also not seeing myself coming back to it. 2.4
This album started out great, but the second half just fell a bit flat for me.
Enjoyed this! Had heard a couple of songs from it before, but never the whole album.
Solid and abrasive. I get why people hate it. I don't.
Really good, I hate Jack White but this is undeniably a great album
I liked this. His voice is a wee bit grating at times but overall it doesn’t bother me enough to hurt my enjoyment of this album. It is a little samey by the end but maybe I’m just not a discerning enough listener
Very solid album. Jack White was on one in the early 2000s
I've somehow never listened to a White Stripes album before. Obviously I've heard the hits but for some reason nothing ever clicked enough for me to check out their catalog. I think Jack White's voice isn't what I want it to be but, I'll be damned if I wasn't tapping my toes throughout. Solid album that I'll be adding to my collection
I will unapologetically argue that this is the last good White Stripes record. In fact this album is an absolute ripper, and with DeStijil and their S/T is an astounding run for a band's first three albums. This record came out around the time mix CD's were falling out of fashion, but I guarantee that I Fell In Love With A Girl made it on more than one while I was wooing young women. Did it work? Obviously not. Does this record still rip? Obviously. 4.5*
The white stripes aren't a new band to me at all and I have heart a lot of these songs before. They make really good music and the only thing I really don't like are the part when they create feedback sounds, it just feels unmercenary and doesn't add anything. The distorted guitars gives you the feeling they are looking for without hurting your ears.
If there was a 3.5 star I would rate it at that, there is only 3 songs that was good
I knew already that I wouldn't like this very much. I really think The White Stripes are boring as fuck - first song is actually great though. The riff rules and I like that the guitar is out of tune. But the lyrics???? God damn they're not good. I think Ty Segall did this sound better years later, though Jack's riffs are pretty good until he starts singing the worst most nothing lyrics ever - don't enjoy his voice either. Seems like a solid fella though. Doesn't take away from the fact that I do not like this! This app paused bc i waited so long to listen- i was dreading it lmao. Overall, rock music is so damn boring sometimes, brother. Also the song where he blatantly rips off all apologies lmfao
spare me please, I AM BEGGING
I don't know if it was the mastering on the version I was listening to or what, but it felt like it should have been much more dynamic than it was. I'll revisit this with a different version in the future, but aside from a few highlights this wasn't doing it for me
When this came out I remember thinking "this is really cool". But..i never felt the need to listen beyond the radio singles and I don't think I missed much. It's weird to think they were the aughts. A lot of it blends together. Still a 4.. the singles were the hits for a reason.
I remember liking them a lot more!
I remember liking this when it came out, but never listen to it anymore. It's impressive for only 2 band members, but rather simplistic for the same reason. And I realize I really don't like Jack White's voice; it's all screech on this record. It makes sense that "Fell in Love with a Girl" was their breakout hit because the speed and power obscures these drawbacks, but many of the songs here are much slower and highlight the lack of instrumental harmonies and untrained vocals.
This was a really fun album. Kind of a single tone/sound on it, but they really did something with it. Not sure I will revisit it, but I'm glad I heard it!
Not as consistently great as Elephant. But better than anything he’s done after.
Good album
It was ok, eventually I kind of grow tired of his scratchy voice
Un álbum bien elaborado Tiene momentos suaves, momentos de angustia, momentos de fuerza y potencia, y uno que otro momento de catarsis, eso lo hace posicionarse como un disco muy bien balanceado Tiene joyas escondidas como Offend in Every Way, y otras bien populares como Fell In Love with a Girl, o We're Going To Be Friends Jack White tiene una voz versátil, a pesar de tener estilo marcado pasa esos momentos que comenté anteriormente bastante bien Instrumentalmente se ve que para este momento ya tienen un estilo sumamente marcado Mucho mejor que el de Get Behind la verdad
pretty solid record overall, not many outstanding tracks to me at first time listening but songs make sense within the album
makes me wanna go 2001
me pareció todo el álbum muy igual, pero no me disgusto eso. lo escucharia de nuevo solo si no necesito estar concentrada en la música
I like the guitar but I don't really enjoy his voice
wasn’t moved. didn’t like the sound at all and only recognized We’re Gonna Be Friends, which sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of the album. expected to like it more because i really like alternative stuff but it wasn’t memorable.
Didn’t stand out too much to me. Some of the songs were pretty nice
had a better opinion of The White Stripes when they were a band I kind of knew and was pretty sure I liked. Increased familiarity has not been to their benefit. to be fair I do think this is a good version of what it is. I just don't particularly like what it is.
Critics love this for its "raw, stripped-down garage-rock energy, which revitalized rock at a time of digital over-production." um. ya, no. They didn't revitalize anything. It IS raw and stripped down, though. For the most part, it's a fresh-sounding record. It's the alterno parts and sound that I don't like. The upbeat rockers are mostly really good.
I’ve listened to this album multiple times since I was a teenager. No notes. Still good
Somehow never really been a fan, bu this is almost flawless, top to bottom. I accidentally saw them in the fall of 1998 with about 6 other people. Amazing memory. Happy to have Jack living here in Nashville. He’s a genius and a joy.
Great album. Was actually anticipating giving it 5 stars when it came up. As I listened this time, I do feel the album weakened in the back half. The front half of this album is loaded with all-time classics.
it's raw and energetic. jack white seems to be at his best with limitations. i would say this is the second best white stripes album ("elephant" is the best). my jack white trajectory: he's cool > "elephant" > these last white stripe albums have a handful of good tunes > raconteurs is cool > all your vinyl stuff is pretentious and i like vinyl > ignoring solo records > enjoying his political stances > reviewing his album on 1,001
haha er singt nonig soo suuber uf dem aber ich lieb wie raw s ganze isch. alles tönt gad igsteckt und los. huere cool. aso ischs mega nöd de jack isch perfektionist. aber suuuper. we're going to be freinds isch suuuper cute. ich ha irgendwie immer mega gern wenn white stripes tasteinstrument spieled. this protector isch suuuper nice. ich find s het chlii z wenig hooks uf dem album und s isch chli a mir verbii aber ich lieb ihren sound halt. vieri.
de rohi sound wos hend welle falltmer sicher au uuf, will ich drüber glese han aber finds würkli na cool! d songs selber sind momentan alli chli ah mier verbii mann und us irgeme grund sött mier we're gonna be friends mega gfalle, es het ein herzige text und isch so samft aber ich han de song iwie immer chli nervig gfunde ICH WEISS NÖD WISO oke ich hans weniger nervig gfunde als ich in erinnerig gha han I think I smell a rat isch geil! die herte gitarre mitem ride isch fuuunn de nächsti song findi denn defür richtig obnoxious joa ich weiss nöd, ich find cool was d meg und de jack mached aber es holt mich eifach selte ab :(
me encanto
hotel yorba sounded nice on first listen it pmo now. Fell in Love With a Girl turbo banger and the live version is funny. Couple good songs and great vibe on this album, but its not one that I see myself revisiting.
Reminds me of good times back in my teens, solid album
Couple of great songs, and a lot of meh for me
I know there's only two of them, but god I wish they'd mixed some bass into these tunes
Awesome
Always creative and fun to listen to!
it's good, has the proper garage rock sound Will I listen to again: 87%
"i think i smell a rat" is so bafflingly millenial OH MY GOD,, simillar levels of whiteness as hot fuss by the killers. most of the tracks r fine, they SOUND fine but something about it makes me wanna claw my ears off. , the vocals at the start were really killing me,, feels super bland
When the longest song is 3:38 hard to say it wore out it's welcome. I found myself at time wishing for more. Great album for driving home in the country at night. Added 3 songs to playlists (once I got home). In other situations probably would have given it a 4 but today a 5. Favourite song: "Hotel Yorba"
DUN DUN-DUN-DUN DUN-DUN DUN, nevermind, that's on a different album. He sounds like he's on the verge of tears most of the time! Makes me want to check in with him and ask if everything is fine. This really didn't need 16 tracks, did it? The instrumentals—for the most part—are fine and fun and energetic but I just can't really get behind the vocalist. Next time, just hire Julian Casablancas and let him do it. The writing is less than stellar too (I'm totally fine with steering clear of unnecessary complexity, but, come on, "I Think I Smell a Rat" solely consists of the rhymes rat-at-rat-bat-rat-at-rat-mat-rat). I think "Aluminum" was my favorite track on here. I love the vision they had for that one, very mathy. It was also the only instrumental, go figure.
Great but why not their first album?
peaaaaaaaaaaakkk
Kind of lumpy. It's all pretty good, but there are some absolute stand-out brilliant bits (mostly the singles) and some that fall shorter. The styles are also pretty erratic. Doesn't flow as an album as much as I'd like. Fell in love with a girl triggers in me a difficult reaction due to it feeling so much like that generic garage rock indie sound from the time.. And yet it's just a brilliant bit of music.
I get that The White Stripes was a huge band in the early 2000’s.. I just never saw the appeal. The album is okay, but they seem overrated.
Awesome!
eu gostei, mas acho as musicas bem repetitivas, batida e cordas acabam ficando monótonas
Strong 4, borderline 5.
Decent Rock Record. So well produced it feels like the precursor to imagine dragons and boom clap rock music. Can't blame them for it because this is solid but it didn't really hook me like I wanted it to.
Im not a white stripes person though I recognize that they were doing something different enough and sounding rock and roll enough to differentiate themselves from the pop music of the day. Somehow they became so popular that they spawned a lot of imitators, or at least people trying to build on the unproduced simplistic style they have. I have it in for bad drummers. Meg White is a horrible drummer. You don’t have to play difficult stuff to be a drummer, but you have to be in time. Meg White is never in time. It’s so grating to hear in anything other than the fast songs, because everything just catches up in those. She’s a half beat off in the bridges of “I can smell a rat”, she’s all over the place in “Aluminum”, it’s just not that hard to have a metronome in your ear. This goes on too long for me with not enough variety. It’s fun for 10 minutes and quickly wears out its welcome. That said it’s easy to tune out, and I do like that they, as a group, kept guitar rock relevant, so I can’t in good conscience give them a 2. It’s a 2.5 but I’ll round up.
Liked this one, enjoyed Hotel Yorba and You and Me are Gonna Be Friends, felt it tailed off a bit
Really solid, great guitar, not quite got the highs of elephant
Alright; a few good songs in there
The White Stripes are always a joy. Not sure I'm a Jack White fan but he's a generational talent and had lightning in a bottle when he played with Meg.
I mean it's alright... mid as f...
Really enjoyed this. I like the White Stripes but I've not listened to them much. Hopefully that'll continue as I can tick off more if their albums and not just listen to Elephant!
'salright
Genuinely infuriating stuff. Some of the songs are bangers. Some of the songs are terrible. The vocals are consistently shit.
16 songs and a run time of 40 minutes kept this album interesting and super listenable.
not my thing for sure but i like the guitar parts. this seems like a really classical rock album despite being made in 2001 of all years. the main issue with this album is how boring and samey all the tracks sound like.
It’s got all manner of different sounds. Jack White knows how to throw an album together
This is easily my favorite White Stripes album, and as such I've listened to it many times over the years, especially the faultless initial stretch of five songs from "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" to "Expected". I have good memories of driving around aimlessly with my sister in the car with this in the CD player. I still think it's great musically, but I've never liked Jack White's lyrics; they give a surface impression of telling a story but end up aimless and incoherent without compelling enough details to latch onto. If I'm honest, his lyrics also reflect such a deeply heterosexual male posturing of machismo that I find alienating and unrelateable (hate this term, but it's true, and relevant for music that's intended to be entertainment rather than art). "Seven Nation Army" isn't on this album, but I think that song in particular really harms their legacy in a way and makes it odd to try and remember how this album felt and sounded in its time. That song has been so overplayed at this point, even being piped into sports stadiums as background music for crowds of hundreds of tipsy, beleaguered sports fans. I think it's hard for a band to recover any sense of mystique when a song of theirs gets so enormously popular, especially with a band like this where so much of their appeal comes from a certain charming amateurishness which gets lost when they get to the sports-stadium level.
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
true birth of a legendary band
Kind of annoying
I really don't like the white stripes
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.
quality garage rock despite the character of jack white's voice. pretty cool that they made this album right after they divorced, very fleetwood mac.
Couple good songs on here especially toward the end but it’s not my cup of tea I would say. Definitely can see why people enjoy it but it’s not for me.
It's ok but I don't care for their sound over a full album, never have.
It was okay
The best White Stripes album that I've heard so far
God I love the White Stripes. Jack and Meg have so much chemistry and their style of playing beautifully complement each other. This is not my favorite White Stripes record since it does have some personal skips like the Rat song and Aluminum, but it is arguably the "most" White Stripes album and a great first introduction to the band. The most basic elements, like the distinctive guitar, the understated drums, and just pure rock energy are done so well without needing the more serious dive that other White Stripes material does.
Some songs i really liked, others not so much
I prefer this to jack's solo stuff. very basic but some good tracks
Pretty, pretty good.
The first album I've had which I've listened to in full before. One of my favourites by them. A band I wish I'd seen live.
yessssss!!!
Hard edgy electrified punk blues that sounds massive but lacks a little when it comes to groove. It doesn’t seem to get into your hips, it doesn’t have the boogie. It’s angular. It has a lack of curves. I enjoyed it.
Just a great rock album. 4/5
A classic.
I’m deficient in angst right now which I feel is a necessary supplement to fully enjoy this album. Many of the songs felt like the could be the backing track to a ‘gritty’, supernatural, young-adult film or series from the mid 2000’s - which I intend as a compliment. I just couldn’t get into it - will give it another listen when next suitably stroppy. Fave songs - aluminium, I can’t wait, this protector, fell in love with a girl
Fell in love w a girl is sick (in a good way) ME QUEDE EN EXPECTATIONS OK I PROMISE THAT I'LL LISTEN TO IT PROPERLY *I misspelled the name, it was Expecting LMAO anyway, WTF WITH I think I smell a rat?!?!? WHO CALLS A SONG THAT Now Mary... dope I can learn???? nice build up FINISHED!! hmmmm I think 3
Wasn't the worst thing ever, it didn't interest or spark anything in me either though. Wasn't something I would put on in the background too, just not my thing, it felt empty and like it was missing something. Would maybe sound better if I had better attachments to it but I'm a bum modern 17 year old girl. Don't expect much from me
Decent, but a little bit juvenile for me
Fun album, don’t see this as better than elephant tho
classic elder millennial fodder. sang along to most of this in the car. 3.5 mostly for nostalgia
knew more songs than expected! was anticipating this being more abrasive than it was. I feel like I liked it an average amount, but this dataset is warping my internal scale. 4.
I didn't realize I knew a few of these, presumably from mtv
Dober 👍🏼
Great record, maybe *the* White Stripes record next to Elephant.
leuke ontdekking
Love this album. I've heard it many times before. 4/5
Jack and Meg are probably the best duo to come out of rock music in this era. Nothing on this album sounds extraordinary or "special". It's just good regardless. Technical skill and the ability to produce a range of sounds is paired with great album structure and the ability to create songs that make you feel good while also sounding good.
3.5 for White Blood Cells. There are some definite bangers on here. I love that the album is filled with mostly short songs, that get in, make their point and get out. no mindless noodling. I appreciate the garage rock sound a lot, but there's a point where it gets exhausting, and I found that a bit after the album's true gem, "We're Going to be Friends", that it was starting to wear on me. There is some very raw, unfiltered and good blues rock hidden down in this album, and it's worth listening to many times. Standouts: The Same Boy You've Always Known I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman The Union Forever
Goed uitgevoerd garage rock revival
First I’m excited that “Seven Nation Army” was not on here. And I didn’t realize I knew the opening track. I also know and really like the second track “Hotel Yorba”. I’m on the third track now. Man I wish I’d heard them before Seven Nation Army. I wrote them off after that and then later came around to Jack after the “it might get loud” movie. I really love this album so far.
I hate the song Seven Nation Army so was worried what to expect but it was fairly pleasant, inoffensive music but also really forgettable. 2/5.
po pire mais c quand quon a dla musique quebecois icite vive le quebec. best: we're going to be friends. worst: aucune idée
elephant better
kinda buns bs: Fell In Love With a Girl ws: This protector
This felt like a collection of demos/unfinished ideas more than an actual album. Which is a shame since I think there was a good amount of potentially cool ideas here but none of them got fleshed out or polished enough to become memorable. 2/5
Since middle school, I'd known this album's hits, but sitting down and enjoying the whole thing was pretty damn impressive. Song after song, cymbal hit after cymbal hit, I'm in. An album good enough to anoint Jack White the bluesy hipster statesmen of rock and roll (and to think, this was before Seven Nation Army!) I hope Meg White has earned a lifetime of meals and a warm couch, at the very least. I'd also hope she's earned more respect, but in reading some of the reviews on this side I'm not so sure.
"Does it matter if Jack White recycles guitar riffs from album to album or whether that is just what I perceive?" - Yann Martel - Me
After listening to so many rock albums, I have a new found appreciation for the crisp style of the white stripes
Twas alright, nothing really grabbed me.
A true gem of an album. From chill to absolutely lose your mind… great great album. 4.5
Nothing really stood out about this to me, though it didn’t get a particularly careful listen. Pleasant enough. 6/10 Pretty Good
As someone who is huge on unconventional sounds, this album kept me intrigued, love the sound of 'teenage kids coming together in a garage' and just making something; it doesn't matter if its good or not what matters is that you are making this music together and putting collective passion into something, and that stands out to me. I invasion dim lighting, staying up late to finish the piece, i know who I am mentality, and cigarette buds scattered all around. Teenager angst!!! . Although I can admit at one point things did feel a bit dragged on, I didn't hate anything about this album. It almost gives me Scoot Pilgrim VS the World vibes, and Im here for it!! I will say that i did notice that some of the songs werent very cohesive to eachother, but that may be due to the fact I didnt listen to the song in order, but again I kinda love the scattered feel. This is the first album I was given to listen to so I will def make sure to listen to songs in order next time!!
Rocker
Love it. Jack White makes me feel sexy, rebellious, wild, young. In between so folks, then rock again. Angry but also looking for love.
Liked it more, than Elephant
its a great album. It has lots of energy and a crazy amount of variety for only having two band members. I love it. Expect "Alumium" - this track just sucks.
Schöne Gitarrenriffe, Stimmen meist überschlagen (wohl so gewollt), sperrige Songs, roh und ungestüm.
Wonderful alternative rock highlight.
If you can't get into this then we just disagree about some fundamental things about music. Rich in garage riffs and blues licks, a couple of lovely ballads, good lyrics and really good vocal work, as well. I think that people forget just how huge The White Stripes ended up being in the Aughts and the profound influence that the success of this kind of duo had on rock music at large. That they did so on the back of music that is fundamentally very simple -- mostly just cranked-up variations on folks and blues formats that were a century old, at least, at the time -- was an antidote to the complexly-mixed rap/rock/metal/electronic hybrid music that was selling CDs at the time. If you were a music nerd, it was also significant that Jack White was doing so with old, cheap (at the time) gear that most would have dismissed. Airline guitars and Supro amps didn't stay cheap for long after he made it big (both experienced brand relaunches that missed the 'good, old, cheap' point, though the products were pretty good, at least). BB King came up next in my queue after this one and it's striking how much White carried that on -- deliberately and openly: their debut was dedicated to Son House. This changed music. Or, rather: it revived a stripped-down, basic approach to Blues-descended music and a lo-fi recording approach that would still stand starkly against the chopped-up, billion takes Pro Tools scene. Meg White is an underrated drummer (she only ever did exactly what a White Stripes song needed; never more, never less) and Jack White has never produced a flop. White would be a modern guitar god if we still had such things. 5/5. Fight me.
I find Jack White a little insufferable and I’m not surprised 9/11 happened two months after its release
You can’t even hear the didgeridoo
Fell In Love With A Girl We're Going To Be Friends
I thought this was pretty good. Kind of fun and funky.
Loved this album, heard a few of the tunes before, but so good , don’t own the album, but one to consider - “ fell in love with a girl” great track……..say no more🕺🏻
Música de rock que te viaja a un mood energético y explosivo, este álbum es de los mejores que he escuchado hasta el momento. Que viva el rock!
Brought back a ton of memories from being a teenager during this time. Some of these tracks were nice and raw and others seemed a little overdone but that’s probably because I’ve heard them so much before.
One of my favourite bands with an album I haven’t listened to in years. I usually listen to Icky Thump and Elephant when I’m need some White in my life. This is going to get a lot more rotation from now on. Amazing album with kick ass songs throughout. The 40 minutes flew be and I instantly pressed the reply button for another run through. Long live Jack, Meg and the White Stripes
Really nice
Great album, starts off strong and gets better. Doesn't over stay its welcome either.
I just don’t think the White Stripes music has aged that well. The stripped-down rock revival stuff was cool once and now just sounds like I dunno, diminishing returns or something. I want to like it more, because I do really respect Jack White and his abilities and his ethos, but the music is just kinda uninteresting. I like when they get weirder like on Get Behind me Satan or Icky Thump, more than when they’re in the wheelhouse.
Top Songs: - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - We're Going To Be Friends
Great album
Despite being a millennial person that could have grown up to this sort of music, I didn't really seek out The White Stripes as much except for Icky Thump (not on the list). Great guitar work on that one! White Blood Cells is the first of the three albums The White Stripes have on this list. They're a notable 2000s rock band in the sense that rock music's role in the music status quo as "top dogs" (or rockism for academics) was waning. The Gold Rush was already passed its peak, you were not going to create a new Rolling Stones, Zeppelin, KISS or even a Nirvana once you hit the 21st century. Rap music helped push pop music back and reminded us all that the biggest music is the most accessible and rock music was becoming typecasted, not having the same marketable appeal as it had to boomers and gen x'ers. Rock was simply so big and had so many specific umbrella genres and niches, whereas pop was like corn or rice. Where am I going with this? Well, The White Stripes sort of represent some of the best 'rock' music of the decade. The Arctic Monkeys were the British equivalent (substitute garage rock with post punk) of a big 2000s rock band. White Blood Cells was the album/big singles that made The White Stripes go from indie act to pop culture. White Blood Cells has a bunch of songs that are quick to the punch, although not all of it is fully garage rock or punk inspired. I think that execution isn't fully flawless, but it does give them a certain sound that they were going for. But I don't know man, it just doesn't hit that hard for me. Some of these songs I can't care less for (Dead Leaves and Dirty Ground, Hotel Yorba, We're Going To Be Friends), some cromulent offerings and a couple of good stuff. It's overall a fine album, but compared to the other White Stripes albums, doesn't offer as much to me. It's bread you get for free with a slightly special butter selection while you wait for your food to get to the table.
Not their best, but solid early-2000s rock
I wasn't a fan of The White Stripes when they first came on the scene...I got all the garage rock bands confused - Jet, The Hives, The Strokes, etc. etc. But I am glad I finally listened to this, it's very good.
a really good album, has some of my favorite songs by them
Some good fun tracks, nostalgic.
Fantastisk album! Banger på banger af det bedste indie folk rock / alt-rock. Numrene er simple. Men vildt stemningsfyldte og catchy. Standouts: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Fell In Love With a Girl, We're Gonna Be Friends. Mange flere kunne være tilføjet her
Some standout tracks here from one of the great groups of this century. What I like about Jack White's approach is that he keeps things simple, straightforward, and short. Each song has an infectious hook that White pounds you with until you have to bang your head in acknowledgement, but he always cuts off the song before that hook gets overly annoying.
I think they perfect their style on this album, they keep everything simple but express a lot through playing style. Bluesy in a way most rock music isn't
10 / 10, kommer lyssna om
Hey, he's the guy that does the music in that public access show with Stephen Colbert. 5/5
I said it once before but it bears repeating…….. I LOVE MEG WHITE
I still don’t think I get the white stripes. Little Room and The Union Forever are standouts. Jack White obviously has an artistic bent but something about his songwriting style just doesn’t do it for me. Very forgettable music all around to me. Is this blasphemy?
I've got half these songs saved already (Dead Leaves, Yorba, Fell In Love, etc) but idk if I'd ever even listened to the full album before. Great stuff.
I cant seem to fully get there with the White Stripes I Fell in Love, Dead Leaves & Friends are great, but the rest seem a lot like first takes, rather than finished ideas
Man, two White Stripes in a week! I’ve not listened to this as much as Elephant but it’s just as good. So much growth from their debut.
Expected more to be offered.
An unpolished, raw sounding album. It's very easy to see why this was the template for garage rock in the 00's from its sound to its topics and mood. While the genre itself is not normally what I enjoy to listen to, it definitely was a sound that even I find familiar. Also, it must've been very uncomfortable to record and tour despite going through a divorce.
i like
I’m not a fan of the White Stripes but this was surprisingly enjoyable
Fun and musically interesting album.
Remember when the bass player for Redd Kross added a bass to this album and called it Red Blood Cells? I've always liked this album. Not my favorite from The White Stripes. But this listen I found it to be too long. Still good though.
One of, if not the, best garage duos ever. As much as I like this album though, I don’t think it’s the best white Stripes album.
I normally like the White Stripes, this listen didn't really click for me. Guess it was the weather, or just not the right moment. It has less stand out tracks and the one that I do remember was like a minute long.
Жена у старого конечно стремная
het is okay.. niet slecht niet goed. maar misschien moet ik t ook niet luisteren wanneer ik wakker aan t worden ben. i get it hij ruikt een rat
mid
Decent Guitar Riffs. Decent lyrics. But it's the generally the same four chords over and over. Which is fine.
364/1089, officially more than a third through the list as it stands today. Very good record. Love the pace, nothing lingers too long. Not as life changing as Elephant a few months ago, but enjoyed it nonetheless.
What I like most about 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 is how much it does with so little. With just guitar and drums, The White Stripes create an album that feels raw, energetic, and surprisingly varied. There’s nothing fancy about it, but that’s exactly the point. The songs live or die on their riffs, melodies, and attitude, and most of them work. The album also has a looseness that makes it feel alive. Nothing sounds overthought or polished to perfection. Instead, it captures a band that seems completely confident in its simplicity and knows exactly how to make it work. The only thing missing is the truly massive song that would arrive on the next album. Even so, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 already sounds like a band on the verge of becoming something much bigger.
Strong start to the album and some heavy sound mixed with a decent vocal. The lyrics leave a lot to be desired but some decent catchy tracks with ‘hotel yorba’ ‘fell in love with a girl’ and ‘I think I smell a rat’ Some absolute unnecessary crap too though - ‘little room’ and 3/4 of ‘the union forever’ as well as ‘aluminium’ and every song after that massively not needed. The stand out track in the album though was easily ‘we’re going to be friends’ felt such a chilled laid back track and was so easy to listen to and put a smile on my face. Best track- ‘we’re going to be friends’ Worst track- ‘little room’ Solid album despite the filler crap. 6.5/10