White Blood Cells

Yeah, I mean. It's good. Is it the best of Jack White's nonsense? Probably not. Is it the worst of Jack White's nonsense? Probably not. But it's a solid, lo-fi rock album with a lot of clever lyrics (and some really stupid lyrics but that's just par for the course for ol' Jackie it seems).

A pleasant, short listen. Nothing groundbreaking imo, but good stuff still My stand outs: Fell In Love With a Girl, I Think I Smell a Rat, This Protector

Love the energy, like the vibe, but it isn't quite seven nation army yet. Still pretty darn good and as I recall shook things up a bit. I do like We're Going to Be Friends, it's sweet, sue me. 3.5

Dirty garage retro blues from Jack (and Meg) White. This was the 3rd album but the one that made them big on the indie scene. Still sounds really fresh. The sparse arrangement highlights the brilliant guitar from JW.

Tekið upp á 7 dögum og það heyrist. Flott stöff inn á milli samt.

I feel as though I'm betraying myself a little bit, but I'm actually struggling between a 4 and a 5 star on this one. Obviously those are both good scores, but I figured going in this would be an easy 5 star. However, once actually listening I do have some faults, such as despite most of the songs being relatively short, it does go on a little long, making the "oomph" of the music lose it's touch near the end, and some songs just aren't very notable and blend together. I think I'm going to have to go with the idea this is a very high 4 star, but not quite that 5 star material. Perhaps one of the other White Stripes albums on here.

Elephant is a better album. This album has a more grunge sound to it that I’m not as fond of. But I still like what The White Stripes did.

A very enjoyable listen. Hard to pick a favourite but Dead Leave and the Dirty Ground really sets the mood. The other songs that caught my attention are just the more well known ones like Hotel Yorba, and I Think I Smell A Rat but the album probably needs a few more listens.

I found the album more varied than I expected. Hard to believe the album it's over 20 years old. The songs are short, punchy and to the point. They work well and I don't think any of them overstayed their welcome. I imagine "We're Going To Be Friends" would have been tiresome if it went on and on, but it did not, so there you go. I think I liked this even more than the other album "Elephant." Good stuff.

The White Stripes third album is a strong guitar driven release that shows that sometimes the simple ways are best. Pretty much driven by Jack’s guitar / vocal combination and Meg’s drums every song on here is direct and to the point with nothing clocking in over 3 minutes and 40 seconds. I’m not even a huge garage rock fan but still really dug this album. Favorite tracks: “Hotel Zorba”, “The Union Forever”, “We’re Going to Be Friends”, “I Can’t Wait” and “I Think I Smell a Rat.”

I like the White Stripes and I like pretty much every track on this album, but after a while the garage riffs and drums get a little repetitive. Don't get me wrong, the album is a rocker, is highly creative, and deserves the accolades, I just can't give it a 5 because of the repetitiveness, even if it's good repetitiveness. It could also be that Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground starts with a ton of feedback, which I can't stand. Sets the wrong mood for me personally. These kids and their loud rock and roll!! [shakes fist at ceiling]. That said, lots of good stuff on this album. Favorite tracks: Hotel Yorba, I'm Finding it Harder to be a Gentleman, Fell In Love With a Girl (absolutely impossible to understand without the lyrics, but super-cool song), We're Going to Be Friends (I like the mood of this song), Offend in Every Way, Now Mary.

Love the raw sounds and the punk vibe. Awesome to hear this one so many years later knowing Jack White's projects have taken him all over the place physically and musically since it's release.

An excellent adventure in core rock music. Something that this world clearly doesn't have enough of! I like the minimalist presentation (though it's no minimalist when it comes to sound levels), creating good music out of rock's core constituents. P.S. Elephant is even better.

Je mets 4 parce que Elephant existe

I was surprised that I could even listen to this whole album on Election Day but I got through it. It wasn’t quite as good as elephant but it was still a nice listen from start to finish. Fell in love with a girl and I think we’re gonna be friends are standouts even though that second one is waaaay overplayed in indie movies

-Big fat guitar chugging along in "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" -"Hotel Yorba" is a very upbeat fun tune. Love the lyrical rhythm with the bug guitar and cymbals in the chorus -Very gritty version of "Fell In Love With a Girl" -"I Think I Smell a Rat" is a short, quick catchy tune with some cool distorted guitar -Lots of cool guitar riffs throughout the album -Cool dirty sound to the album

Early White Stripes is so good. Nothing clocks in longer than like 3:30. Crazy this is over 20 years old now.

Good enough

classic, many bangers

Love the white stripes sound, could listen to it all day

Mostly distorted guitar and drums but some clean tones in there too. I think I had heard most of these songs before with knowing they were all from this one album. I really enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t say it’s one of the best ever

Great album, classic White Stripes.

Very good album. Favourite track are 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground', 'Hotel Yorba'. 4,5/5

Great album, but deducting one star because it’s the second time an album of theirs has been shown.

Having seldom given the White Stripes the time of day proper before, I found myself rocking and enjoying this almost instantly, despite largely thinking of them as a band of a few hits and otherwise standard okay okay alt rock band. I was surprised how much blues and noise influence was present and cleverly executed throughout the album, all tasty and catchy.

This album made me realize elephant isn’t a 4. That albums is so fucking good. This a lil folkier is cool

Nice, this is far-and-away my favorite White Strips album. I've listened to it recently and it definitely holds up, though my opinion on Jack White has soured in recent years. Update: This was good still. The last few songs kind of drag, they don't seem to have the development that the first 13 or so have, but it's not a huge issue. "I Think I Smell A Rat" is still one of my favorite WS songs, and of course "The Union Forever" jams. I have a soft spot for "Little Room" in how simple and childish it is.

Þessi varð eiginlega instant klassík á sínum tíma. Svo hrátt, mikill bílskúr í þessu.

I thought they only did Seven Nation Army but they are a very talented duo! I’ve been in a bit of an album slump and I was starting to despair. This album brought me out of the depths. It was a red light at the end of the tunnel. In your face and doesn’t apologize for rocking. The very definition of a power couple, made bittersweet knowing that their marriage didn’t last, but maybe that adds to the beauty of what they created while together. I didn’t know they still made rock music like this. Would’ve been 5 stars but the singer’s scratchy voice started to get on my nerves a bit towards the end. Bonus piano duet at the very end perfectly wraps up the synergy that produced this great album. Favorites: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Expecting, the Union Forever, I Think I Smell A Rat, Aluminum, I Can Learn

thick sound for a 2 piece, interesting take on stripped back rock n roll

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It’s solid the end of the album gets a bit samey though 4/5.

2001 va protagonitzar el penúltim resorgiment del rock. I sobretot va ser de la mà de 'Is This It' i d'aquest 'White Blood Cells'. En el cas de The White Stripes, el disc és més un manual d'estil que una obra mestra del génere. Blues rock descarnat, sense cap tipus de floritura; però també és el lloc on trobar algunes de les seves millors cançons: 'We're Going to Be Friends', 'I Think I Smell a Rat', 'Hotel Yorba'... tot i que seria en el seu següent 'Elephant' quan sublimarien el seu so de forma definitiva

I really liked this - a great variety of music and really energetic.

I like garage indie rock

I actually had a good time listening to this again, which I wasn't expecting after how put-off I was by that other White Strips one that was on the list. I think this album is the beginning and end of all I need from Jack White in my life. It's really enjoyable, melodic, and varied enough to hold my attention. His voice is his voice and I find it less irritating here than in other instances. Which speaking of... I just listened to the first thirty seconds of the first track on his brand new album and, swear to God, it made me think of a Korn song without the 7 string guitars. I don't know what's going on over there. But he's playing Asheville this week and I'm sure it's long since sold out. C'est la vie.

Very fun album, some great tunes on here

Erster song schonmal banger Paar geile songs Aber auch ein weirder

Yeah liked this. Good balance of heaviness to be enjoyable

Best album from them imho.

Overrated 👍🏾

A stellar example of what the white stripes are capable of. Although it isnt my favourite album from there discography, it is undoubtedly a genre defining album Best: dead leaves Worst: aluminium

Classic!

Jack white’s tour de force. The album has all the sass and pizazz of the Detroit shows that he was brought up on. I will say however that in terms of lyrical content, there’s not a whole lot to offer. It’s clear that the chemistry between the two band members has soured quite a bit, and it’s hard to hear someone play songs about themselves. Overall, a great punch in the face or morning coffee kind of album!

We're Going To Be Friends was a nice throwback song. They've always impressed me with how much they can do with two instruments. 4/5 for the nostalgia vibes + I've never actually listened to this album all the way through until now

I like the guitar on the first song. I'm not as familiar with the white stripes other than their popular songs. I had no idea they were a duo. reading up on their history it's really interesting their dynamic and they way they presented themselves as a group. I do enjoy the guitar on this album in it's entirety. we are gonna be friends is the song for me from this album.

Solid Rock album all the way through. Great guitar, drums, and Jack White vocals

My favorite stripes album in college. On relisten it’s still pretty great. A bit long and there’s a couple tracks I don’t love but it’s a great rock album.

musically interesting

Had a few great songs mixed in with a lot of stuff I could skip.

Great album with many songs I like by the White Stripes

A little long and falls off at the end but solid album. Overall really enjoyed

Good but not their best

CD

Big guitar riffs and fun lyrics, loved it

garage rock isn’t my thing i guess but the songs i like i really like. “fell in love with a girl” is amazing and im glad i was introduced to this

High highs but some filler towards the end. 8/10

Never listened to this all the way through before. It’s enjoyable, but it peaks a bit early before losing its way a little. The singles are all absolute bangers and no album can be (or should be) all peaks, but a few tunes feel a little too much like dreary filler when compared to the raw genius of the hits.

A really enjoyable album which captures the energy of The White Stripes, creating a lot of sound from little more than drums, guitar and effects pedal. The whole project is a blast and was made fast - recording took just a week. There's something raw in Jack White's compositions, as if the tracks are just bursting out of him and he has to get them captured or another song will just push the former out of the way to be lost forever. There's an indiscipline to it which is magical. Indeed, don’t over think it - White’s whole manifesto is captured in Little Room: ‘Well, you're in your little room And you're working on something good But if it's really good You're gonna need a bigger room And when you're in the bigger room You might not know what to do You might have to think of how you got started Sitting in your little room’ This shouldn't work - but it does.

Listened Before? Y Okay so.... it took me a while to appreciate this album. I actually quite enjoy it now. It's not too long, and it's pretty simple while maintaining a lot of complexity. Good stuff! Added to Library? Y Songs added to Playlist? We're Going To Be Friends, Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

4.5

More twangy then I thought it would be, but Jack really carries it with his songwriting chops, unpolished voice, and energetic riffs

Good music, know most of the songs from listening when I was a kid.

While I wasn't on the music scene in my toddler years, I can only imagine the jolt this sharp, directed LP delivered at the time. Clean-cut, searing guitar riffs pulling from both the blues and grunge over tight, effective drums - nothing more and nothing less. Compressing De Stijl's nascent lo-fi idealism into a guitar-driven gut punch, there's no instrumental or production ornamentation necessary here. Whether slow-burning or white-knuckling in their delivery, the Whites' were at their absolute prime and the result is one of the best rock albums of the century.

Solid album, like most of the white stripes work

I dig it. The White Stripes have effectively created a whole new genre of music with their frenetic musical style and sly lyrical tomfoolery. They are the perfect music for a time capsule - if you needed to encapsulate the early 2000’s in one singular sound The White Stripes would do it perfectly.

Rockin tunes

A couple rough ones on here (Aluminum??), but overall a solid album.

Garage-rock y yo creo que también grunge y algo punky... Me ha gustado.

Good album, I enjoy the white stripes but only so much. I don't understand the hype around Jack White.

This album is fantastic

Good music, enjoyed a lot of the songs. Wish the vocals were stronger but it's still good.

Highlights: I'm Finding it Harder to Be a Gentleman, Now Mary. I thought I was pretty familiar with this one, loved the singles on it, but it's very nice to get reacquainted with it like an old friend.

The album starts and ends strong! There are some tracks in between I’ll probably never warm to, but overall I enjoyed the menacing guitars and Jack White’s honest voice.

Love most of Jack White's stuff though I hadn't actually heard this album before. Good but doesn't necessarily stand out from other White Stripes albums IMO

Não reconheci o hit, mas funcionou bem. Boa condução.

I remember a lot of these tracks from the past. It’s noisy, it’s pretentious, and it’s so effing good. I think I like it now more than I did 20 years ago.

The music is very good, but the lyrics and the vocals don't match the energy.

Simple yet wonderful

Like nearly all record-collection rock, White Blood Cells is simultaneously corking fun and hugely frustrating. It also manages to demonstrate that most conspicuous of paradoxes: in its attempts to sound as authentic as possible, it serves principally to sound inauthentic. That opening may suggest that I view White Blood Cells and the White Stripes harshly. Please let me assure you that is not the case. The album is a 4-starrer and much of it is obviously great. The White Stripes were very much the diamonds of the garage rock revival, and their best songs (Fell in Love with a Girl, Seven Nation Army, yes, their most famous ones) were the best songs of that movement. Jack White has proven that he can consistently bash out a riff to rank alongside those of Tony Iommi or Angus Young. But I can't deny that I felt slightly weary listening to the album. Here's the issue, as I see it: the White Stripes don't so much declare their influences as advertise them. This is not bizarre in itself. These influences, a melding of Son House and Loretta Lynn and the Sonics and the Stooges, are extremely common; indeed, those represented genres each form a rich, deep seam of American music. Again, this is not an oddity. However, the White Stripes have clung to their predecessors so firmly that the listener wonders if the White Stripes could release a song that wasn't beholden to Muddy Waters or the 13th Floor Elevators. Isn't rock n roll meant to be about disrespecting your elders? There is an Italian concept called sprezzatura. Stemming from the late Renaissance work on civilised behaviour The Book of the Courtier, sprezzatura can be defined as studied carelessness, the projection of nonchalance in order to hide effort and make skilful acts appear easy (sprezzatura is most famously employed within fashion, where the wearer will make deliberate mistakes in their garb to show that they don't give a damn; Gianni Agnelli, the owner of Fiat, was perhaps the 20th century's greatest practitioner of sartorial sprezzatura, with the wearing of his watch over his shirt cuff becoming his signature flourish). That's what's missing from this album: insouciance. When the White Stripes bragged about recording the album in 4 days in order to sound unpolished, you couldn't help sense Jack White nerdily showing us his workings.

Very nice vibe

Most of this I quite liked. Especially Union Forever and We're Going to be friends but really disliked Aluminum.

This some really lovely stuff

Really good album, Jack White fucking rocks

3.7 - raw and less bluesy than most White Stripes I'd heard, but a nice listen nonetheless. Really enjoy the stripped down nature of "We're Going to Be Friends"

This album kinda slaps. Not much more to say besides that - all the songs just jam so hard and it works so well. It also has a good flow throughout the whole thing so it's not too exhausting to listen all the way through. 8/10

The white stripes The brown stains The endless nightmare in my brain The red blood The green eyes The eerie mood that fills the skies The purple helmet The pink hole The crippling darkness of my soul The blue moon The yellow sun The inviting trigger of my gun The black night The grey skin The rotting body of my kin

Decent colour scheme but the husband and wife pretending to be brother and sister thing was all a bit weird wasn't it?

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4.5/5. So many great songs. This was the album that made me - and I'm sure many other pay attention to the new an unique band. Yes, they had a couple albums before this one, but I never heard them and never heard of the White Stripes until this one came out. I loved it, the first time I heard it back then and it has only gotten better with age!

This was fun.

This was a great album! I was very excited to listen through this one as I have never really given the White Stripes a chance in the past. I'm sure most people are aware of Jack White or their smash hit "Seven Nation Army", but I mostly think of one of my favorite movies, Napoleon Dynamite, whenever someone brings them up as their song "We're Going To Be Friends" is used during the opening credits. That song has always been a favorite of mine, and it just so happened to be on this particular album. Overall, I really enjoyed the high energy and quick pace of this record. I feel like it had less vocal effects and a cleaner production than other White Stripes material I have heard in the past which really benefitted every song on here. While not necessarily revolutionary, White Blood Cells ended up feeling timeless in that it definitely does not feel dated in 2022 as some other albums from this time period might. It is also an album that could have worked in the 1960's/1970's as well with its loud guitars and bombastic drums. My favorite aspect of this album ended up being its short track lengths as it kept me engaged throughout the entire listen. It was a breath of fresh air when going through this list as there are many albums that are not only needlessly long but also have songs that go on for 7+ minutes. In short, I had a lot of fun going through this one, and I can see myself listening to it again soon. 4/5.

I love the variety of recorded sounds on this album. Everything sounds great, even though there's a ton of lo-fi quality types of recording technique. Highlights for me are the first half of the album; "Finding it Harder to be a Gentleman" has some great electric piano, "Fell in Love With a Girl" has a great guitar hook, and "Same Boy You've Always Known" has a really great classic rock sound. Songs like "Union Forever" are kind of clams in my mind; seems like pretentious psych-rock filler, but overall a pretty good album.

The definition of raw. Love the production on this, it's so god damn LOUD but in the best way. Also enjoy how off the performances are in some ways (guitar out of tune, Jack Whites off kilter vocals), it's rough at times but adds to the aesthetic. Really good. Meg's simplistic drumming has been a bit of a meme but it just works in the context.

Pivotal for garage rock. Minimalist but also fun.

The White Stripes' roots clearly run back to 70s classic rock, especially on songs like 'Expecting', 'The Union Forever', and 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground' but the garage rock approach really helps set them apart and breathes new life into the tired classic rock formula. Love the droning, ominous organ chords on 'The Union Forever'. Stripped down garage rock isn't my biggest jam, but this album does it well. Big early psych rock vibes to the back half of the album, such as 'I Think I Smell a Rat' and 'Aluminum', which is rad as hell.

I fucking love The White Stripes. Jack White one helluva songwriter, and White Blood Cells boasts this skill in spades. I mean, this sucker has range. Minimalist tendencies are maximized, dialing blues rock down to its bones and dialing up the volume – what more do you need than some guitars, a simple beat, and some keys? (Nothing.) 4.5/5

I seriously must have been living deep underground or waltzing in a parallel universe at the time, because for some reason I completely missed The White Stripes and then Jack White until maybe about 3 years ago. I had heard the riff from Seven Nation Army before, but just thought it was some random hook or something. This is my first listen to this album. I've also heard some of their other stuff and his other work, too. I think this album is great and, as a beginner guitarist who still sounds like I'm playing with mittens on, I am blown away by what a guitar virtuoso Jack White is. I've watched portions of the documentary 'It Might Get Loud' in which Jack White is one of the three rock guitarists featured in it (the other two are Jimmy Page and The Edge), and I find him to be an interesting thinker, too. On this album, I enjoy the simple garage-rock sound, the catchy rhythms, and their sense of melody. There's a little bit of an edge to it all but not overdone. Definitely hear some punk influences in there in addition to blues, blues-rock, etc. (I have a soft spot for "We're Going To Be Friends" for a lot of reasons, including the opening title sequence in 'Napoleon Dynamite'.) I need to explore more of their work and Jack White's stuff.

Love the simplicity of this album. As teenagers my brother and I learned nearly every single song on this album since all you needed was guitar and drums.

Not my favourite White Stripes but a solid collection of garage rock relationship tracks. Haven't listened in a while and exactly as good as I remembered in coming back

Love jack white

I liked it! Will for sure come back to this album some time. Liked the mix between short songs and the longer ones. Favourite songs: - Dead leaves and the dirty ground - Fell in love with a girl - We’re going to be friends

I really like white stripes' music. I especially appreciate that they were wholly unique in the genre. What I can't wrap my mind around is that Jack White keeps showing up on top guitarist of all time lists.

Starting in the late 60s, music started to become more heavily polished with heavy production and state-of-the-art sounds. With the rise of heavier blues rock of Lynard Skynard-clones, punk killed this trend. It revived in the mid-80s and spiraled out of control, until grunge killed the trend again. A few years later, post-grunge and nu metal tried to revive this act but even more over-the-top that before. This album, alongside Is This It, started the garage rock revival movement of the early 2000s that unfortunately did not take over the mainstream industry, but there was a wave of relief among rock fans and critics. The White Stripes are by far the most influential and true-to-form of the bunch. This album is entirely raw, with studio imperfections littered everywhere and an amateur drummer who never does anything crazy. Jack White gives it all. His writing is strong. His riffs are melodic yet like no other, despite how simple they may be. Tracks are short to never tire you of a unique idea. Of course these songs are mostly rooted in blues, but they range in many styles, from the fast-paced punk of "Fell in Love with a Girl," the campfire folk of "We're Going to Be Friends," the square dance optimism of "Hotel Yorba," the gothic experimentalism of "The Union Forever," and not to mention songs like "I Think I Smell a Rat" or "Little Room" that I can't even fathom to describe. Perhaps this isn't Jack's most consistent effort, but it certainly extends the furthest and shows just what is capable with a talented musician and songwriter, and a whole lot of spirit. Glad this took off... I only wished it was able to fully do what punk and grunge had done before.

Really enjoyed this stripped back blues and rock album. Often the weak drums are just left off altogether and are not missed. Great singing, better than later years when they appear a bit more affected/pretentious. Not so many recognisable hits, but all strong songs.

Gave it two listens, much better on the latter one. Surprised how good it was despite it having two musicians. Gets a bit long by the end but still a good time. Fell In Love With A Girl and We're Going To Be Friends were the best of the singles and I Can't Wait was my favourite album cut.

Saved Prior: Hotel Yorba, Fell In Love With a Girl, We're Going to Be Friends Off Rip: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman, The Union Forever Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Back to basics baby. Saw Jack White live in a tiny concert hall (shoutout The Atlantis in DC) and yes he really is That Guy. Meg kills it on here too. I prefer the complexities of Elephant but this still goes down as a 3.5 rounded up.

Fell In Love With a Girl is a rare song that I'd always listen to whenever it came on shuffle. It's a lovely booster shot of adrenaline to complement all moods. And also too short to bother skipping. Speaking of which, Little Room is ace too. Dunno if it's just the limitations of a 2-piece band but listening to this I noticed l that Jack White reuses a lot of stuff. Like, there are really specific guitar parts that appear again in later songs. Can't say it ruined my enjoyment though. Feels like there's some filler between the gems but it's good filler, you know?

Great start, boring end

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Not a huge fan of jack but have a lot of respect for him. This is solid

The sound of the Kinks for the 2000’s.

Still a great listen, I remember why I listened to them so much back then

Fades a bit toward the end but deserves a 4

I don't have much experience with the White Stripes apart from learning to play Seven Nation Army on a shitty key board in Year 8 music lessons and pissing about. So this will be interesting. "Hotel Yorba" is obviously very fun and a bit of a tune and I love "We're going to be friends". Turns out there's more big bangerz they have which I didn't tie with the band or something. I don't love all of the tracks and after an entire album, this does get a bit much with the tone of the vocals and the punchy guitars. Not something I'd really want to listen to all the time but it does include some bangerz which are cool to listen to now and then.

Really enjoyed this. Not sure I've ever listened to a White Stripes album in completion! There were some classics in here, like "We are gonna be friends" (which reminds me of J-Cress) and others I didn't know that were punky and fun. Liked the one about a rat

first time really listening to the white stripes. More punk rock than I thought they would be. I like them. Definitely worth listening to a second time.

Garage-rock y yo creo que también grunge y algo punky... Me ha gustado.

Guays. Detroit garage rock de los 2000's

This album is another good one from the White Stripes. Features some classics like Dead Leaves, Fell in love with a Girl & We’re going to be friends

As you'd expect, there's loads of energy in this, vis a vis pounding drums, distorted guitar mayhem and in-yer-face vocals. But there are some more playful movements for contrast.

Rough rock, little bluesy. Had some songs I’ve heard before that I didn’t know were the white stripes.

It's like Van Halen in the opposite direction if U think about it

I have finally listened to this band

This isn't my favorite White Stripes album but I appreciate the intentionally spare style on display. I love Jack's youthful, crackly voice straining to hit the higher notes and Meg's steady volume on the drums. There's the perfect punk song Fell in Love With a Girl, the too short Little Room, the melancholy and melodic Same Boy You've Always Known, and Offend in Every Way somehow evoking gunslingers in the old west. A couple of the songs are relentless with the guitar, drums, and vocals all keeping the exact same rhythm pretty much the whole time (Expecting and Aluminum). My two favorites are This Protector (good lord, I am a sucker for a rock and roll piano) and the unexpected We're Going to Be Friends, which only a monster could dislike. ("Teacher thinks that I sound funny but she likes the way you sing.")

Stripped down, raw, unadulterated rock. These are simple, original songs played and sung passionately in a way that makes them timeless as if they could have been contemporary at the invention of blues. Favorite track: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

ну неплохо, думал хуже будет, не скучно, драйвово, дисторшненько в меру

Good beats

A great album, cantbuy believe I've never listened to this one. Pushing it in all directions. Great energy.

Love it! 4/5

Classic Jack White, can't go wrong. Not my favourite album overall though but some great songs.

Yesss. I'd known some of those songs already, and liked them, too. Not my vibe completely, but I like me some White Stripes now and again.

Classic?/10 40mins goes by fast.

Excellent from start to finish.

4.0 - I've always respected the complete White Stripes aesthetic backed by a unique sound that's modern, direct and stripped to its essence. Meg White thrashes with primitive simplicity and Jack White's voice and guitar duel with squeals, roars and bellows. There are counterpoints to the giddy chaos like "We're Going to Be Friends" that offer sweet levity. Of all their "great" albums, this one may be slightly weaker but there are enough bangers to propel the enterprise forward. In my opinion, their follow-up “Elephant" boosts them to higher highs.

Muy bueno, pero Fell in love with a girl supera por mucho al resto de las canciones del álbum

Loved this, haven't heard it all the way through for quite some time. Still good.

Get in! Love a bit of the White Stripes. Thumping drums, stonking gurt riffs and agro vocals with a touch of whimsy. Lovely.

Raucous. Enjoyed it more than I thought.

Discazo de rock, con intensidad, guitarrero, no excesivamente conocidos, pero con riffs agresivos y canciones bien elaboradas. Simples, pero directas. Buena voz igualmente

Fell in Love With A Girl is a big tune. I like the White Stripes, I think I rated their last album a 4/5. In reality this is a 3.5, it's not as good as their other one but it's still good and I saved a couple tracks. 4

Pretty much an album of garage rock perfection the only issue is the sequencing. It's a top heavy album. Best Tracks: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground; Hotel Yorba; Fell In Love With a Girl;

There are elements of the more unique bluesy garage rock that would come to define the White Stripes in this debut, but Jack and Meg White hadn't quite shaped their sound on "White Blood Cells." There's a lot to like here. "Hotel Yorba" is such a fun little romp, "We're Going to be Friends" is adorable, and "Fell in Love with a Girl" is just flat-out amazing. But revisiting this album I was surprised to notice what felt like hints of late-stage grunge. I've always liked "Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground," but realized that until Jack starts singing, it is fairly uninspired grunge crunch. It actually weirdly reminded me of Silverchair... I don't know why, but that's the band I thought of. Don't get me wrong, Silverchair is actually vastly underrated. But it's not the eye-opening opening-track punch of "Seven Nation Army."

Pretty much peak white stripes

Really great to hear this one again. Classic.

Great Album, tho not as great as Elephant.

For being such a big part of my 20s this album held up well as a gem. Guitar and drum rock with no bells and whistles.

The song "We are going to be friends" is really good.

Great!

Absolutely solid album. A great example of 2000's rock. Fell in Love With a Girl and We're Going to Be Friends are my favorites on the album.

dirty bite size rock

Classic. Garage rock revival that destroys with simple guitar and drums. Love this. Favorite Tracks: Fell in Love with a Girl, The Union Forever, Aluminum

A great listen, so raw and full of energy

Great album! Cannot believe it’s 20 years old! Whole album is a banger, nothing you’d skip as part of the experience! Definitely one for vinyl too I reckon!

Not my favorite Stripes album, but very good nonetheless.

Remember when this first came out. Very original and quite simple but very good for a 2 piece.

esta buensiimo

9. Love this stuff. White stripes were one of the first bands I got into back in 6th grade listening on my ipod touch. Great to revisit it and see that it's not just nostalgia, shits solid to the core

Absolute Bangers in hotel yorba, Fell in Love With a Girl etc... I love the simplicity of it. It is just a bit too long.

I felt that I was carried along and that Jack and Meg took good care of me while listening to this album. With some hits especially Fell in love with a girl, you get a diverse album that can do almost anything without feeling boring. Simple yet powerful storytelling packed into 40 minutes worth giving a listen.

That's a bit more like it. Love the vibe of this; great listening on a walk under the blue sky. Vocals in Hotel Yorba reminded me of early Beatles weirdly. Tasty electric throughout. Fell in Love with a girl is such an UNBELIEVABLE TUNE. Those rough short songs like Little Room and The Protector in contrast with I can't wait and The same boy you've always known make for an interesting holistic listening experience. A fan.

A classic.

Why is there something about these albums that shouldn't be as good as they are? Wish I could inject these vibes straight into my soul on a rowdy pub day in the sunshine.

some great songs - not as complete as get behind me satan. pretty raw, and snappy songs

Garage-rock zoals het hoort. Blijft me ook verrassen hoe veel volume ze met 2 kunnen produceren. Sommige nummers vind ik wel een stuk minder op dit album

Great album that I had not heard in a while.

My childhood

So evocative of that time period, with great songs.

Loved this album. One star knocked off as it sounds a bit quaint these days

"But I'm so tired of acting tough And I'm gonna do what I please" (Hotel Yorba) "I said I must be fine 'cause my hearts still beating" (Fell in love with a girl) Estoy poquísimo inspirada para escribir cosas muy repensadas últimamente pero este disco me gustó bastante.

Bande kojarze, bo kto nie zna seven army nation, ale samego albumiku nigdy nie przesluchalem, a warto bylo, rockowanie mocno garazowe, sa kawalki z mocna gitarka i waleniem po garach, jak w I think I smell the rat, ale sa tez spokojne kawalki, z akustykiem i okazjonalnym wyklaskiwaniem rytmu, we are going to be friends, a na takim hotelu yorba mozna ulsyszec bluesowe inspiracje, bande stanowil duet whitow, ale baba chyba nie dawala wokalu w ogole na tym albumiku, wiec multi instrumentalna parka, sporo kawalkow trafi na plejke, bo poza tymi ktore wymienilem wrzucam jeszcze the same boy u have always known oraz offend in every way, mocno trafil w moje gusty rokerskie, takie polaczenie strokes i green daya z odrobina czili

ja tinha ouvido

Not as cool as I expected

The White Stripes 3rd studio album released in 2001 was what made the DIY rock band gain notice. With contemporaries like The Strokes who wanted a more authentic sound, Jack White and Meg White made a fantastic throwback to the blues influenced rock of old. Nothing was overly fancy and everything was simplicity in its finest form. It’s got 16 songs in 40 minutes time, so quick songs but memorable none the less. This spawned mega hit “Fell in Love With a Girl” and the Napoleon Dynamite featured “We’re Going to Be Friends”. I really enjoyed the opener “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” as well as “Hotel Yorba”. The only gripe I have is with the back half having some similar sounds, but gripe is being extreme. Out of 10 I would give it an 8.6.

A great one to listen straight through. Love how they mix in some short rocky ones with the longer lyrical ones

Sehr nett

I'm always impressed at how full of a sound they get with 2 (occasionally 3) instruments. The songs were pretty varied, and while I felt like the last half of the album lost a bit of steam, it was a good listen.

Hotel Yorba was the first song I heard of White Stripes. Offend in Every Way very Neil Youngish. Easily the best album of the list so far - Sack

More or less the same album as Elephant but a good rock album nevertheless!

Tres bon rock, grunge, blues. C’est tres pur comme son, drummet guit mais le son et les tounes y sont! 4.25*

Dope

Classic. Was in my high school rotation. Fizzles out a little towards the end. 4.5.

Sehr gutes Album 4

I've listened to this album multiple times, and it is always fantastic.

Wow

Favorite Songs: Hotel Yorba, Fell In Love With a Girl. The Same Boy You've Always Known, We're Going to Be Friends, I Can't Wait

A classic. Nothing else specific to say here.

Have listened to this many times. Enjoyed it again.

Brings me back to 2002 when the video for "Fell In Love With A Girl" came out and I first heard of the band. Great collection of songs, even if the production and instrumentation make them feel a bit samey and the less intense songs feel a bit twee. Lots to appreciated outside the songs that everyone knows; "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is a great opener and the "The Union Forever" is also a standout

I should probably listen to more of The White Stripes. I definitely enjoyed this. I like Jack White's vocals in general, and some of the jammy/off-kilter instrumentation at times was up my alley. Hotel Yorba reminded me of a rocky Bright Eyes. Definitely fun. I have definitely heard of "Fell in Love with a Girl". It's good. Not much else to say. I liked Little Room a lot, simple fun. The Union Forever might be one of my favs on this album. Goes a lot of places. Love the plain vocals/smacking of drum sticks after 2 minutes. Reminds me of that jam where I used the drumsticks against Tom's metal beam. :) I Think I Smell a Rat. I mean RCE cover lol? In my mind I was dreaming up a businessman music video for this song. Aluminum is enjoyably sort of experimental/off-tempo. I could see people giving this a 5. But it's not my favorite style to listen to all the time, it's a time and a place for me. It was fun to walk to for suuure.

Cuando mencionan el término "Garage Band" me vienen a la mente bandas como The Killers, Jet, Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys, etc.... diría que ese género llegó a su apogeo entre 2005 y 2010. Me llama la atención que los White Stripes hayan estado ahí desde finales de los 90´s, y también que varias canciones de este disco, que es de 2001, tienen ese sonido característico de "garage" que se volvería tan popular un poco más adelante. Este disco me enseñó que tengo que escuchar más de los White Stripes.

Some annoying tracks

Good stuff. 4 stars.

Pretty awesome what a guitar and drums can accomplish

Really strong, album is coherent as a whole piece

Loved the singles. Some of the non-singles felt kinda ehhh to listen to more than once. Overall felt kinda tame.

Great album!

Oh boy! What can I say... amazing all the way through.

A wonderful effort who's first half more than makes up for it's lackluster flipside. Every track up to "Aluminum" is solid gold. Everything that follows is filler, but its still decent. 4/5 stars. This album can do no wrong.

Lovely album.

Dec nr

I'm not sure this album needed 16 songs, even at only 40 minutes. Still a hell of a ride, though. Best track: We're Going to Be Friends

Great rock album with some songs that really got me hyped. Felt like a FIFA soundtrack

Good, solid, bluesy garage rock. No real frills about it. I don't think there's a bad song on here, but they do all kind of blend together after a while. I did listen thru it at least twice. Favorite tracks: "I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman", "Fell In Love With a Girl", "We're Going to be Friends"

This isn't my favorite album to listen to as an album. It's definitely an achievement in garage rock sound and history, but it's a bit slow for my taste in rock and I don't think that all the songs are equal in quality. A couple of White Stripes classic songs are on here, but also are some not as interesting ones where Jack White's voice sounds squeaky and annoying. When they hit it, the result is incredible, but there are a lot of meh songs here too.

mieux dans mes souvenirs : (

Really dug this when it came out. It's still pretty good.

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.

Трошки кантрі трошки еее бля емо, емо кантрі, во. Хриплий твінк співає якусь глуху попсу. Нот зет бед, десь 2.7

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.

Fellinlovewithagirlll

Rock songs.

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 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

Good enough for three stars. ★★★

Kind of bland and generic, but was fairly short, which I appreciate.

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

Rock and roll!

It's fine, not my favourite but completely passable and catchy pop rock. Drumming is great though.

This album started out great, but the second half just fell a bit flat for me.

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

"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

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.

eu gostei, mas acho as musicas bem repetitivas, batida e cordas acabam ficando monótonas

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

I mean it's alright... mid as f...

'salright

Kind of annoying

It was okay

Some songs i really liked, others not so much

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

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

I didn't realize I knew a few of these, presumably from mtv

Dober 👍🏼

Goed uitgevoerd garage rock revival

"Does it matter if Jack White recycles guitar riffs from album to album or whether that is just what I perceive?" - Yann Martel - Me

Twas alright, nothing really grabbed me.

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!!

Liked it more, than Elephant

Wonderful alternative rock highlight.

You can’t even hear the didgeridoo

I thought this was pretty good. Kind of fun and funky.

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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.

Not their best, but solid early-2000s rock

Some good fun tracks, nostalgic.

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

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?

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

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.

mid

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

This album has quite a few strong "4" songs, but even more 3s. I do appreciate the simplicity of the drumming, very unique. But overall, not earth shattering by today's standards. 3.3/5 -> 3/5

Some nice rock songs. I liked it overall.

3 de 5 Disco minimalista del garage rock que consolidó su estatus de culto y lanzó al dúo al estrellato internacional. Fue aclamado por la crítica que destacó su originalidad y además, por demostrar que se puede hacer rock complejo y emocionante con mínimos elementos. A destacar: Track 1 - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground Track 2 - Hotel Yorba Track 4 - Fell In Love With A Girl Track 6 - Little Room Track 9 - We're Going To Be Friends Track 11 - I Think I Smell A Rat Track 13 - I Can't Wait

Fine, not that good of a band but still okay

Listened to this quite a bit when it came out but lost interest pretty quick. The singles still hit but pretty hit or miss otherwise. Minus points for the Rat song that comes off as a bad show tune.

Um bom album

Not bad for a bunch of demos 3.4

Je suis étonné qu'on n'ait pas eu l'album avec Seven Nation Army, peut-être que Robert Dimery a eu une absence et a choisi un album sur autre critère que sa popularité ? Soit ça, soit il y a deux albums du groupes dans la liste, va savoir. Bon, trêves de moqueries envers ce bon vieux Bob. Parce qu'en fait, je pense qu'effectivement les White Stripes sont un groupe assez important des années 2000 et il est représentatif d'une époque et probablement aussi de son genre. Je n'ai jamais trop aimé les White Stripes, en fait. Ils étaient inévitables dans les années 2000 et j'ai un peu écouté quand j'étais au lycée, mais ça ne m'a jamais particulièrement accrocher. En revenant dessus 20 ans plus tard, je vois que mon appréciation n'a pas tellement changé. Par contre, je dois admettre que ça reste un groupe franchement cool. C'est très énergique tout en étant assez dépouillé. Ce qui fait la force de cet album, c'est son côté brut. La prod est rugueuse, on est très loin des prod gentillettes. Et ça, ça fait que même si les compositions ne sont pas particulièrement agressives, elles ont beaucoup de punch et sont très accrocheuses. Donc je vais mettre 3 parce que ça m'accroche pas plus que ça, mais je dois admettre que c'est vraiment cool. Peut-être que d'ici demain matin, je changerai d'avis et je passerai à 4, mais je n'y crois pas trop.

I liked it a lot. Not my favorite style though

全然好かない

Good rock album.

The singles are extremely nostalgic on this - in particular Hotel Yorba, which I used to do busking (in retrospect, a quite mad song to do on just an acoustic). However, sadly, the rest of it doesn't quite match up. It veers out of 'endearingly scrappy' and into 'actually unfinished' at times, and is probably a little longer than it needs to be. An enjoyable trip down memory lane, but not one that's going to get repeated 2026 airings.

não tava muito na vibe desse álbum quando ouvi, mas ele é bom

Didn't love it, the production is a bit rough and the songwriting is nothing to write home about.

Has all the hits bar a couple. Things get a bit samey snd one thing runs into another but not bad.

Not really my taste of music. It is cool tho

Ok

Was ok, didn’t love it. Some fun rock stuff

To my ears this is THE definitive sound of the White stripes, less blues more garage and recorded on a low budget in 3 days. The freshly divorced couple continued as work colleagues and started to satirise the music industry in their artwork. One feels immersed in their world for 40 minutes and, despite not hearing any justification to call this one of the greatest albums ever made, I can see why they became darlings of the DIY indie scene in the early 2000s