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Not as good as I remember, but still pretty decent. Black Math(s) and Fell in Love With a Girl are the obvious stand outs
The only White Stripes song I was familiar with was “the Napoleon Dynamite” song, which is on this album. For the most part, I really enjoyed this album, finding it eclectic but still listener friendly. I will save it and listen to it again. I see it as 3.5 stars, so I will round it up to a four.
Liked this, a lot of good songs and felt quite varied in terms of vibe
pra mim é o melhor do white stripes, tem uma pegadinha mais indie quebradeira fell in love with a girl é clássico demais AINDA ASSIM, como tudo do white stripes, é mei enjoativo do meio pro final
fell in love with a girl é uma das maiores pedradas do ROCK anos 2000. esse é bem melhor que o Elephant, né. a sonoridade dele é mais suja, garage rock mal produzido propositalmente, pica demais. as vezes o rock compensa.
This album was such a breath of fresh air when it came out. Popular music had really reached a nadir at the turn of the millennium. These two really reshaped things in a really good way. I can remember hearing “Fell in Love with a Girl” the first time and really felt like I could breathe a sigh of relief. Thank goodness for Jack White I say.
Quite a good album, although I prefer their follow-up - Elephant - more. An interesting sound though, somewhere between garage and punk.
omg ive heard of one of these songs before, never knew it was sung by this band. i liked the album partially because i already like metal/rock a lot but i thought it was an ok album. i dont rly see myself relistening to it but it wasn't my least fav
A really great album that helped revive a genre
Cock 7
not bad rock. I don't love his singing voice. some parts reminded me of a slightly worse arctic monkeys.
I think it’s rock. Personally not really my style but I could see how others like it.
Solid album but nothing spectacular that grabbed my attention.
Pretty much what I expected/remembered
Two people should not be able to make this much noise. This band was so great. Perfect blend of punk, blues and rock. 5/5
A classic. Felt like revisiting my early teens.
Bueno
A Classic loud and in your face album. Lyrics and singing are great, but the instrumentation can be a bit to barebones at times. "Fell in love with a girl" is a banger.
Stupendous. The White Stripes single-handedly revived a dying art form 🤘
can't underestimate the impact of when this came out. there was absolutely nothing else that sounded like it and it was brilliant
On the good side of alright
Solid album. I like the raw, demo feel it has. A lot of songs seem like they could fit into a 90's iPod commercial with the black silhouette and bright background colors. Fuzz. Blues. Garage. Killer.
There were a couple of fun, bluesy, folksy songs at the beginning, but I lost interest after that.
Nicht meine Richtung
First listen. Do there really need to be another White Stripes album on here? Man what is this shit??? "I think I smell a rat" is some of the worst things ive ever heard. WTF
yeah sure
Didn’t expect to like this one as much as I did! Good dirty guitar, catchy rhythms and melodies. Good stuff. The first half is Five Star quality but sadly it does drop off a bit after that.
One part of me loves The White Stripes. The other part of me will always despise the fact that Jack White somehow doesn't understand the concept of a guitar tuner.
Really good, but begins to drag by the end
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I never understood why The White Stripes were so hyped up. The sloppiness of the record is somehow cool, but the songs sound like they belong in the 60s-70s. The production is as bad as back then as well.
A breath of fresh air in 2001, which more than merits its renown. Say what you will about the chops, they come up with some great riffs, catchy songs and good ol' sense of energy and fun.
Dropping this one half way through. 4/10. It’s uninspired and mediocre, musically and lyrically
didn't think The White Stripes are THAT COOL
Just couldn’t get into it, not sure what all the fuss was supposed to be about
Thoroughly disliked this one. Don't hate the band or anything, though. I guess just having this album get recommended to me as "one of the albums that you MUST listen to before you die" is a little much.
Bangin
Familiar with White Stripes but had never really listened to album. Thought I’d like more but maybe it’s their later stuff is based this assumption off of. A solid 3.
white people need to start making music like this again.
I forgot how stacked the first half of this album is, a lot of great garage rock / bluesy songs. This is my favorite White Stripes album out of the ones I've heard. Some of the later White Stripes albums kind of lose that raw bluesy feel that makes this album sound so great. I love how simple these songs are, but are all still really unique and never gets repetitive. There are a lot of great vocal melodies too. Low 5.
Too simplistic at times
I used to really like this album when I was younger. Somewhat disappointed to hear it back & realise it doesnt do anything revolutionary. Still a couple tracks that are bangers
A third white stripes album on this list just seems like overkill, especially with some of the stuff missing
Was pleasantly surprised how much I liked most of the songs on this album! Everytime a song seemed like it was going off the deep end a bit of melody happened and sucked me back in.
“I never said I wouldn't throw my jacket in the mud for you / But my father gave it to me so maybe I should carry you / Then you said ‘You almost dropped me’ so then I did / And I got mud on my shoes” So badass. Also this album made want to play guitar like Jack White. Among White Stripes’ best.
The feedback to start Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground is a perfect start to an album...similar to the hiss/echo effect with LZ on "Immigrant Song"...I respect bands who think about "how should we make the first seconds of this album cool". There are some awesome musical ideas on this album and I give Jack a ton of credit for all of these songs being 2-3 minutes. He distills the song idea...rocks out...finishes the song. I find this album quite listenable but it doesn't get to the heights of making it a "classic". I love the spirit of Meg but at points her splashing away on the crash cymbal gets tired after 16 tracks
I'll give it up to them for Fell in Love With a Girl and We're Going to Be Friends. Great songs. That said, I don't like The White Stripes. Sad! I pondered why I'm hating for a while this weekend. I think we got off on the wrong foot (but my critiques are also still valid). When I was deep into classic rock in my pre-teens they blew up and I felt it was a sub-par rip off of my favorite bands. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground sounded like a worse version of Dear Mr. Fantasy to me. My main issue is the decisions they made to stand out were just that, and not artistic decisions to create better music. Not having a bass guitar makes this record worse. I hear a lot of music that is derivative of classic rock songs and some power chord/riff hacks. I also enjoy those songs MORE than the truly original ones (The Union Forever). The red and white theme is also off putting. I want to like this band and compared to their contemporaries, they are objectively good. I'll try to keep an open mind.
At times the simplicity of the song structure and the spare arrangements on this album are part of the appeal (fell in love w a girl, dead leaves on the dirty ground, hotel yorba) and make the sound feel fresh and original. But in other places, the playing (especially the drums) feels a bit too bare-bones, less intentional and more like a demo than a fully realized song (I can learn, This Protector). I think at this point, Jack White was still more an artist than a musician - it's not until Elephant that he really merged the two and reached his full potential. Still, this album breathed life (if only briefly) back into the genre (rock) that's given me more joy than almost any other art-form in life, so for that it gets 4 starts.
Im always impressed with how Meg and Jack always find a way to make complete sounds with their tiny arrangements…. And short song ideas. I think I liked the other white stripes album that we had already more There were a few times throughout the album that I found myself saying “OO that sounds like nirvana” or “that harmony mustve been inspired by alice in chains”. Favorites: Now Mary - beautiful vocals This Protector - love Jack on the piano Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground - great riff and has that classic white stripes drum feel. Hotel Yorba - fun track
More than half of the songs are classics, but stuff toward the end feels like unfinished filler tracks. Still in my top Jack White projects.
The spark of a generation. Not a bad track.
Fuck yes forever and ever
No skips
So good. Almost a 5. Jack White is a beast on the guitar. Probably my favorite album from them.
1. dead - 2 2. yorba - 1 3. gentleman - 1 4. girl - 2 5. ezpecting - 1 6. little - 1.5 7. union - 2 8. boy - 1.5 9. friendz - 1.5 10. offend - 2 11. rat - 1.5 12. aluminum - 1 13. uuait - 1.5 14. mary - 1 15. learn - 1 16. protector - 1
"If you can hear a piano fall, you can hear me coming down the hall" is such a cool line from an awesome song on a fantastic album. I don't know if this is my favorite White Stripes record, but I love it and I don't know if there are any others on the list, so 5 stars it is.
Good album, with some real classics and some less iconic but really good songs like The Union Forever
i really like how they combined a folky sound with rock or like a punk rock. very good!!!!
something about this style of 2000s rock has never been my favorite, and honestly I feel like I can attribute a lot of that to Jack White. Highly influential and feels like the parents of Arctic Monkeys, but felt bloated even at the 40 minute runtime. 1. the union forever 2. we're going to be friends 3. fell in love with a girl
Undeniably one of the best rock bands of the 2000s, if not the best. 6 albums and only 1 i would say is a little less than excellent (and that 1 is on this list for some reason, and De Stijl isn't!). Such a fun and easy listen, the riffs and production are so raw and bluesy you can't help but love it. 'Fell in Love With a Girl' is an all time classic tune.
I’ve had this album since roughly around the time it was released. I was a HUGE White Stripes fan in high school but haven’t kept up with them (or really, Jack White) ever since. I loved this album and still do.
I was mostly bored, there were 3-4 bops that weren't even that good but I'm feeling generous so I'll increase my rating to 3.
I really enjoyed this a lot. Every track is something different than the last. Jack and Meg just know how to write a great song. Some blues, some folk, some loud alternative garage rock bangers. Jack's vocals, though they may be a bit nasally, are awesome. The way he snarla the chorus on 'I Think I Smell A Rat', he just sounds cool as fuck, as does his harsh sounding, back to basics, stripped down guitar. 'Aluminium' is a perfect example, it's a loud and heavy hitting instrumental. I know people slate Meg's drumming. It's fine. It's simple yet effective and works in the context of the music. 'Union Forever' was my favourite. Really heavy in places, trippy sounding that turns almost into a creepy nursery rhyme in the middle. 40 minutes of music would be a good length if there's 8-10 tracks, but there's actually 16 here which works out to two and a half minutes per song on average. They clearly wanted to pack as many ideas in here as possible. Great album and I hope there is more.
A great album. I have all of their CDs from back when they were popular.
eh some were ok most were mid to bad
I always found white stripes sound enjoyable. Some songs hit better than others. This album, which I hadn't previously listened to in its entirety, felt the most together
An unholy mix of The Doors, The Rolling Stones with hints of The Velvet Underground. This will undoubtedly grow on me if I let it. Levels on the album are way too high with excessive clipping. Loudness wars write large. It's a pity. 4/5
76% Best: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground; Fell In Love With a Girl; We're Going to Be Friends; Aluminum; I Can Learn Must-Hear? Not quite
Favourite songs: Fell In Love With a Girl, Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman, Offend in Every Way, I Can't Wait, Hotel Yorba, We're Going to Be Friends Least favourite songs: Expecting, Aluminum 4/5
Always been a fan of the White Stripes but mostly through their singles and never really delved deeper in albums. I found myself drifting in and out of this album with the more popular tracks being the songs that pulled me back in. Lyrically interesting and always been a fan of the efficient, driving drums and the spitty, bluesy guitar work and this album is a great example of how those two elements make The White Stripes unique and (sometimes) attention grabbing.
Very varied
Gear: Abyss DIANA MR Artwork: 🔴⚪️+🥷 Production: 🎧🥩🤌 Music: 🎸🥁🥩⚡️🤘 Rating: 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️(🥷)/5
Good album
interesting. hit or miss on song to song
When the White Stipes hit I had moved out ofy parents house and was barely making ends meet. I couldn't afford the CDs and while downloading music was definitely a thing, I didn't download this. So I kind of missed the boat on the White Stripes. I heard a few songs here and there and they were great though. Going back now, I find that this album, as well as the others are super inconsistent. The bangers are top tier bangers. But there is a lot of filler. I love the moxy of this album. But I was bored between the bigger set pieces and the end of the record just sort of trails off.
I don't really like the White Stripes, but two songs here, 'Fell In Love With a Girl' and 'Hotel Yorba,' I have in constant rotation. The former is an incredible song—it's short, punchy, witty, and catchy, something the rest of this album is NOT. That song feels like a punk song where the band's stripped-down, two-piece, minimalistic sound actually works in their favor. Almost everything else here though sounds like that bastardized blues sound the band goes for. 'We're Going to Be Friends' is the least guilty of this album's worst tropes, and while it sounds as cheesy as a 2000's indie song can possibly sound, I never minded it - it's cute. I find it funny that people dissed Meg White's drumming a lot back in this band's heyday, she does a great job laying down these very simplistic albeit punchy drum patterns - it certainly fits the blues-rock sound the band goes for. And there are some decent riffs here for sure, like on 'Offend In Every Way' and 'I Think I Smell a Rat'. It's just, most of the time, I can't stand Jack White's awkward lead vocals and it soils almost every song here. I did like him on 'The Union Forever' though, where he sounds sort of like Jim Morrison of all people. And with no discernable bassline, things end up sounding flat, and skeletal. There's so much unused space in the mix in most of these songs. It's a unique aesthetic and sound, and if there's something I'll praise The White Stripes endlessly on it's that they certainly stuck out in the 2000s indie scene...but just not in a way I particularly ever cared for.
Was going to give it a four since it isn't my usual taste but it was so good so 5. I love We're going to be friends, I'm listening to it again after finishing the album. My favorite of all for sure. I can't remember where I first heard it, tried figuring it out it feels soooo familar.
Very good
A powerful album I have trouble sometimes finding an emotion core but some great songs and urgency to the playing.
Whiny-voiced lead singer, terrible listen. Not a fan but I actually really like We're Going To Be Friends so I begrudgingly give it a third star.
A favourite.
decent garage rock album (with some blues sprinkled throughout) but ultimately nothing compelling
Loved the sound of this album, great listen and will add to my library
Knew this one and love this one! This really has been an iconic duo and had great influence on a whole genre imo.
I liked this one better than the other albums of theirs. They had some good songs on here so I’m being generous and rounding up to a 4.
I think I still like Jack’s voice. Nothing too bad or good about it. It lands right in the middle.
Very solid album, I didn't know that they did "We're Gonna Be Friends" til now so that was a fun little revelation. Really like their sound, very stripped back, garage band feel which I really dig. Reminds me of "Get Free" by the Vines for many of the songs. Great album loved that the length of the songs varied and none were obnoxiously long.
guess it's expected to feel like there's a lack of consistency among the tracks. some great ones & then some very meh ones (Aluminum). when they're on, they're great 3.5 stars
I like them so this will be a pleasant listening experience
Hotel Yorba ....tears
Really enjoyed dead leaves and the dirty ground
its ok
Great opener, probably better than Elephant which is their more popular album.
Garage rock with a waning blues influence. Just guitar, drums, vocals, and some piano. Big rock n roll energy. Simple, catchy songs with some fuzzy riffs slapped on it. Feels somewhat haphazard and thrown together, which is the way it needed to sound. Not always consistent (first half is a good deal stronger than the second half), but the best songs are great and the worst songs are still fun.
This is one of those "right place at the right time" albums. The sound was shockingly different at the time. Add in the visual red, black and white marketing gimmick and you had something that quickly became a cultural phenomenon. After their next album even the Simpsons had riffed on this band. It hasn't really stood the test of time though. They inspired many other bands that just did it better, leaving the Stripes in the shade.
Grew on me and then grew off me
Right, the one White Stripes album that has any case for being here, in my opinion. Also the only one I think I genuinely liked most of the way through. Let's see if it holds up. Scanning the reviews while I listen, someone says this is the least good of their albums, that just stopped me in my tracks. After this Jack White never made another record with more than like three good songs on it. Still, people have enormous capacity to be hideously wrong about all sorts of things I guess. Hmm this does start to go awry after Fell in Love With a Girl. I remember this feeling from when I last listened to it regularly 20 years ago or so. Yeah, there's a few half decent songs after that but nothing really good. I Can't Wait is probably the best song after Fell In Love with a Girl, its just there's so much that sounds like it but just a bit shitter preceding, it's harder to stand out. So that reviewer may not have been as wrong as I blithely stated above. This record simply follows the same pattern as every record Jack has ever released, it just does it earlier. And yet again, it's 40 minutes long but feels like an hour. How does he do it? Remarkable, the consistency.
This is pure, rough energy. There’s no polish, just raw rock that’s perfectly messy. It doesn’t rely on flashy production; instead, it’s all about that rare, authentic feeling. The album is a reminder that rock, at its heart, doesn’t need any frills to make an impact.
It's the White Stripes so you know it's good, but it still lacks the magic that later WS albums would grab onto, but a great album by all metrics
Was ik erg benieuwd naar, ik weet dat The White Stripes kneitergoed zijn maar kende deze niet. Heb weer veel interessants gehoord, voor nu 4 sterren en gaat op de lijst om nog eens te luisteren. Jack White blijft echt een baas.
good
This is the one. My favorite White Stripes album. The album that introduced me to one of my all time favorite artists/bands beyond just the big hits. I can never get tired of listening to this album. Something about it just hits so perfectly and I’ve been obsessed ever since my first listen. One of my favorite albums of all time.
Lot of variety on here, well worth the listen
I have probably heard this album too many times - I listened to it a lot when it came out, and it was a breath of fresh air, not least because it sounded like two people playing live, in a room, having fun making stripped down rock and roll. The songs are not as strong as I remembered them being, but the playing is still vibrant.
Wasn't too bad. Some good tunes, some familiar tunes. 4/5.
Kick ass album that combines the best raw elements of punk and rock.
This was pretty good. I will say that I definitely prefer the more rock based songs rather than some of the more folky ones, as the vocals and instrumentals are better on those. Low 4.
Nice.
Can't say Jack White's ever been my favorite
Good
I like Jack White and the White Stripes. He is unique and different, but in a way that works. They are Gothically playful....like Now Mary is this weird little interlude that is fun, yet sad. The only thing I would say is it is a little pretentious (in a good way) and its not cohesive. Each song is its own little work of art, but they would belong in different wings in the museum.
Hotel Yorba and Fell in Love w a Girl are my favorites. Dead Leaves & Offend in Every Way are pretty good. The other 3/4's of the album is okay. I appreciate that they are doing a very stripped down instrumentation thing but I think all of these songs could've been better with some bass. Pretty sure there are a lot of bass players out there. Are the White Stripes so difficult to work with that they couldn't even get a bass player?
This was a fun listen, lots of good rock songs.
good album. a classic. 6/10
Overall a solid album. Jack White has a distinct style that you either like or hate and I like it most of the time. Most of the songs are varied enough that his nasally singing style doesn’t grate on my ears too much. A lot of foreshadowing here for what their next couple albums would sound like and that is a good thing.
I love everything White Stripes, it's the rawness and the authenticity, not the musical perfection! Even though Jack White is a fantastic guitar player. The band definitely belongs in the list - not sure about this specific album, I think there are some I like more.
The White Stripes rule. From the first chords, you know it's going to be an experience. Everything has the same stripped down sound, in less talented hands every song might have sounded the same, not here though. Fell In Love With a Girl was the hit and the video was awesome. Fell In Love With a Girl is one of my favorite rock songs of all time, Joss Stone's cover of it is great too. There's a stripped down metal sound to this, like a garage band Black Sabbath feel. The lyrical conceit of The Union Forever is corny, but the music is cool. We're Going to Be Friends is a great song too. This album has everything: hits, sleeper singles, great album cuts.
Not too bad Vocals kinda poor Recognised some songs I didn't think I'd hear Inoffensive listen Wouldn't listen again, don't understand the whole "essential album" narrative Songs saved: 0
My least favourite of the White Stripes albums featured on the 1001 albums list. I found this seriously underwhelming compared to their other albums I’ve heard. General consensus suggests I am wrong, however I just couldn’t warm to this.
not bad, fun and diverse sound between songs.
Jesus Christ with this fucking band. "Our drummer is barely competent and we recorded in a bathroom using a dictaphone!" The American music buying public: "YES!"
Jack and Meg killing it again.
почему-то такой знакомый (а знакомый = приятный), но жанр всё-таки не мой
That's not my taste in music. But ok.
Great alt rock album featuring Fell In Love With a Girl and We're Going to Be Friends. 16 songs all under 4 mins resulting in a 40 minute album of somewhat brief songs but they mostly flow. The Union Forever is a cool song I hadn't heard prior.
This CD, with the faces of Mr. and Mrs. White, would be in the dictionary next to "Garage Rock". They define it, both because they're incredibly stripped down and basic and because they manage to be pretty good while doing that. The "pretty good" part is mostly from Mr. White, who has gone on to have a further career as a musician. Someone needs to inform Mrs. White that there's an "-and-" beat in between the four main beats in each bar. Their template is basically Ramones, it's a bunch of really short 2-3 minute fast rockers with one or two 2-3 minute slow acoustic rockers. But they bring a ton of raw energy to it. My rule of thumb is if you can't be good, at least be fast and fun, and this is a great example of how to execute on that strategy. It's fast and fun! Not virtuosic, not groundbreaking, but fast and fun. There's no backing vocals of any kind and extremely limited instrumental depth (Jack White seems to play a little keys on a couple tracks - I think Meg could've played the piano part on "Union Forever"). And as mentioned there's zero variability in the rhythm. But they've got some cool riffs ("Fell In Love With a Girl" stands out), and JW's not a good singer, but he brings a lot of energy. Solid B. I don't usually like to mention influence, but since I was around when this came out and felt it, will give a quick shout-out. The early 2000s were the peak of corporate music, CD sales peaked right about the year this came out (led by the likes of Britney Speaks and NSYNC). The White Stripes, and this CD in particular (plus "Elephant" and the work of a few other bands) blew that whole thing up, both in terms of what kind of music was made and how it was disseminated. I happen to think the later indie rock bands that had 2-3 extra coats of polish were better. But White Stripes were first.
Fun rock album, guitar playing is awesome
The most exciting and enduring collection of songs the Stripes ever put to tape, to my ears.
Well this is not very enjoyable. I have respect for Jack White and everything he does for the music industry, namely actually pressing decent quality vinyl records, but dear lord is his voice ever annoying. He’s got this weird whiny early Beatles John Lennon style that I just can’t seem to enjoy listening to. Musically it’s.. fine.. nothing groundbreaking. Meg Whites drums continue to be the bare minimum. The guitar riffs are full of boring powerchords and again, very boring. Full disclosure: I had absolutely no idea that “We’re Gonna Be Friends” was a white stripes song. It’s perhaps the only redeeming part of this record. Delightful little folk track that, despite being overused in every indie movie of the era, is still really fun to listen to! I won’t be listening to this again. 2* but only cuz “We’re Gonna Be Friends” is catchy as hell.
I was a huge White Stripes fan in middle school and then kinda forgot they existed, so this was a fun throwback for me. It’s not quite as good as I remember - things start to fall off after “Fell in Love With a Girl” - but it’s not bad. Lots of songs kinda sound the same. 7/10
This high energy album reminded me that you can still rock during a time boring techno dance music.
I've always found the White Stripes to be a little too "garage rock" and unpolished for my taste. That said, this is still a rocker of an album with some classics from my high school days that instantly take me back.
machtig...
Detroit guys get an extra star. Deal with it.
Dead leaves and the dirty ground is a bloody amazing opening for an album!
I think this may have been the third Jack White centric album I've listened to during this exercise and it may have been the least annoying. Probably won't ever know for sure as I'm never going to listen to the other two again.
PLONK PLONK PLONK PLONK PLONK
I listened and liked some of the vibes but my mind started drowning it out cause it was too much of the same for me
Something of a modern classic and another one that featured prominently in my university years. Not all of the experiments paid off so it has a few misses to go with the likes of Hotel Yorba and Fell In Love With a Girl, but overall it was great to see the blues-garage-rock crossover at the time and at a time when minimalist production was peaking. It's hard not to love the style and aesthetic as well. They were just so damn cool.
Love the guitar tones on this. Jack White's range of distortion varies widely across the album and there's a lot of great hits through out. A few of the twangier cuts don't hit as hard for me.
i think i just missed the boat on the white stripes. if i had listened contemporaneously, I'd probably be able to appreciate it more or at least have some nostalgia, but coming to them fresh in the 2020s, having already listened to plenty of blues, 70s garage rock and proto punk, I don't hear anything from them i wouldn't rather get somewhere else. not bad but just doesn't do anything for me. minus 1 point for jack white's nasally voice that feels even more untempered than on later albums (and not in a good way)
Rock n roll.
Some solid songs.
For me, Elephant is the best White Stripes album, but this is a close second.
Another classic album I own. Lots of familiar sounds and songs. ‘Hotel Yorba’ is a particularly good, non-single track.
Best white stripes album. Favorite track: We’re going to be friends other picks: dead leaves, hotel yorba, fell in love with a girl, offend in every way, i can’t wait
The White Stripes at the debut is the peak 2000's indie rock. It would change forms a few times after 2000. But its raw, barebones, simple, distorted, authentic. So good.
good shit
Jack White is very talented and I want more of we're going to be friends + this protector and LESS of fell in love with a girl... big strokes or artic monkey vibes. Album has experimental moments which shouldn't be discounted but at the same they are extremely disjointed and ruin the flow so drastically i found it off putting sometimes. It's not bad by any means, the bluesy notes opening Offend in Every Way are such a treat but then you get I think I Smell a Rat which sounds like a wanna be fell in love with a girl or I can't wait which sounds like Red Hot Chilly beta... HARSH yes but this genre deserves more criticism. So much talent without the execution and trying too hard
A beautifully structured album, with great contrast in styles, while there are elements that make the White Stripes the White Stripes, there is definitely some experimentation of sounds in this album. Some really standout tracks too. Would absolutely give it another listen and buy it if I saw it. Ironically the most popular song (Fell in Love with a girl) is the worst song on the album. It is the generic 2000s style that I cant stand the you see with the strokes and the Arctic monkeys etc
3 par endroits, 2 par d'autres
Love it! 5/5
THIS IS SO GOOD!
White Blood Cells is a great album; it's at the cross intersection of folk, shoegaze, and blues. The fact that you hear only guitar, vocals, drums, and even piano, as in This Protector, is mind blowing. The songs seem to have much more substance and layers than one realizes until you actually do.
This era of Jack White is on the short list of my favourite guitarists. The tone is perfect and he’s not bored by it and trying too many effects or showy solos yet. Back half not as good as the first half but a great album.
3.3
I’ve never known what genre The White Stripes really fit. They’re edgy, punk almost, with some songs leaning heavily on a metal sound; and then there’s the bluesy rock, ballads and anthem tracks. Im here for it all. Jack’s a master craftsman.
I've had three of their albums now and I really don't get the hype? Fell In Love With A Girl is their best song and even that can't save this album. It's not bad as such - just so boring. Something about them just doesn't click for me 3 ⭐️
Jack white kinda has a samey sound to me and this album has its ups and downs but I just cant find myself relistening to the whole thing. The singing voice is a mix of that 2000s punk and showtunes and it just does not sit well. I like songs like I think I smell a rat the instrumentation is what shines here and the iconic songs hold up but its the filler that does not sit with me
In hindsight, I can see how people could see this album being pretty cliche for garage rock, but given that it was a trailblazer of its time, I can really appreciate the tunes. I think this album plays it pretty safe, and doesn’t try to overdo it. Some of these classic albums just try too much, and it kills the replay value, but I think the white stripes hit the nail on the head here. Opening track is really fun, and how could I forget about the seemingly most popular movie track of all time, we’re going to be friends? If we had half stars it’d be 3.5 for me.
Favourite song - fell in love with a girl 3.5 stars
I do love listening to the White Spripes best songs in a mix. I really struggle with listening to their early albums including this one. One problem is just how it sounds. They go for the lo-fi indy sound, which is OK, but the lack of bass and mediocre drum playing makes this sound grating to my ears. I really wish Jack had made those early albums feel and sound better.
Rating: 9.5/10 One of the best albums of the 2000s and my favorite White Stripes album. The guitar riffs are infectious, the songwriting is consistently excellent, the dynamics are amazing, and the production is so raw. The definition of power in simplicity. Favorite songs: pretty much all of them. Least favorite song: Union Forever.
not for me, though it came out exactly a week after the day of my birth
yeah this one i like. worth listening to again/finding their other albums
Good stuff
This album shows off JW's ability to write a catchy tune. And there are some great ones here. However, others seem like he has just one part of a song, and that's all we get here. 3.5/5 is probably the right number, but can't do that here. I'll lean to 4.
Ok - first few songs were good. Fell In Love With A Girl is a fun song + nice melody Last half of the album bit boring. Just a lot of plain rhyming, “rat” “at” “bat”; “stay” “way” etc
Not his best work - but I’m just a Jack White fanboi
Good stuff from the White Stripes—sometimes a little raw, and I catch myself wishing it were polished just a bit more, but I guess that rough edge is the whole point.
Been a lot of White Stripes coming up last few weeks. I am constantly struck that despite the talent the end product is less than the sum of the parts. Consistently. Not sure why that is with this group because other Jack iterations not so much.
My favorite version of White Stripes.
Meh. Not a fan. Jack Black’s guitar always sounds to be slightly out of tune.
A classic that I would have loved more back in High School, had I given their whole discography a shot. It's good. Good songs. But I do think they went on to do better things. Jack has put out much more interesting stuff in his solo career. But it's a solid album
Pretty good. I like Elephant a lot more, for nostalgia reasons.
I expected way more...
Not great, not terrible.
The White Stripes have some good singles, but the album overall isn’t something I connect with. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground and Fell in love with a Girl, and Expecting are the tracks that hit. 3/5
classic. Every song was something novel and cool. None of the individual songs were ear worms, but the whole was amazing.
I cant explain it but this is a country album? 10/10 attitude. Stripped down, simple, rock. Pure.
If you can hear a piano fall, you can hear me coming down the hall... Weird, angsty early 2000s masterpiece. Back when they were brother and sister and only wore white and red. This was a true album by a true band from a real scene. Doesn't happen much anymore.
Kyllä tää on tiukka garagerokkilevy! Tykkään kovasti bändistä ja tää on hyvä pläjäys. 4/5
Hyvä garage-levy! 4/5
-Went into this expecting it to be like Seven Nation Army, but I was pleased by some of the variety in these songs. Even some of the shortest ones packed quite a punch, largely due to Jack White’s voice I think. There were quite a few forgettable songs in my opinion though, so I’d give it like a 3.5 -Favorites are Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Fell In Love With a Girl, and We’re Going to Be Friends
This is a lazy set of songs. Half formed jamming riffs with terrible lyrics. Really terrible lyrics.
The Good: the medical reference to the album The Bad: the white blood cells are incapable of doing their job. The Ugly: again I need to wonder why certain albums are included in this list.... A wasn't a huge fan of the White Stripes when they emerged on the scene, and after listening to this album I can understand why I am still NOT a fan. So many indie bands that are million times better. Don't get me wrong, you can have this album playing in the background and you'd not notice... which is good and bad. Still, not to my liking. 2*
I forgot how much I enjoy the raw stripped back sound of The White Stripes.
Not too bad of an album, there were a couple of pretty okay songs but none that were absolutely amazing. I would say that this particular album was a bit mid, but maybe a bit more towards a 3,5-star rating.
They're a bit formulaic, I'm on to them...
Quite edgy but had some nice tunes in the middle of the album. The guitar pieces throughout some the tunes tied it well, one song about cats or something was weirdly rhythmic and just trapped the snare drum. Overall above average
Great rock album
good rock album with lots of catchy sings
Fell in Love with a Girl - so good Early album for them
A very fast and loose album filled with a couple songs that I enjoy and others I just don't really care for. It doesn't blow away, but it didn't bore me either. Overall, not bad.
I absolutely loved this album when it came out and for years afterward. Lately I’ve begun to feel like maybe I’ve moved past it, but I still think it’s great and deserves to be on this list. That said, I think De Stijl is better, so it’s a 4 star for this
Partly heard before Saved 10/16 Top track: Fell In Love With A Girl
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes (2001) Simples e eficiente. É um disco composto por músicas simples e diretas (o garage rock?), que em sua grande parte são bem divertidas e prendem a atenção, tem uma ou outro que é meio esquisita como “Hotel Yorba” e “Little Room”, mas em contraposição temos “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”,“Fell In Love With a Girl”, “Expecting”, “Offend In Every Way”, “Aluminum”, “I Can Learn” que são músicas que mantém o nível bem alto. Vale destacar que todas as músicas são bem curtas por volta de 2~3 minutos, então não tem nenhuma música que seja um sofrimento de ouvir, mesmo as esquisitas. Melhores Músicas:Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Fell In Love With a Girl, Expecting, I Think I Smell a Rat, Aluminum, I Can Learn Piores Músicas: Hotel Yorba, Little Room, We're Going to Be Friends 3.75/5
Yeah good
Really surprised by how unliked this was in the review section. I feel like people forget how big of a number 1001 really is and for a time in musical history, Jake White was the biggest rock icon out there. This album is solid garage rock. It might not break new ground in a big way, but the White Stripes sound was highly influential. Idk how it was around the world, but i suspect Seven Nation Army (not on this album) made Jake White a house hold name internationally.
Great
The thin vocals paired with minimal instrumentation somehow result in a sound that is greater than the sum of its parts. I think the Whites could have shaved off 3 or 4 songs to maximize the punch of these particular Blood Cells.
eles sao o momento mesmo, puta que pariu me lembra arctic monkeys (fell in love with a girl) n gostei de the same boy... A MUSICA DO TIKTOK (we're gonna be friends) i think i smell a rat fav se voce gosta de indie e rock voce definitivamente vai almoçar esse álbum.
White Blood Cells was a pretty enjoyable album. I always love a rough guitar sound in indie rock albums and this album had it in spades really having that fun little garage rock style. Also, some of the songs just went far harder than i was expecting from their names. Like I Think I Smell a Rat had such a goofy title yet ended up going so hard which i just find so funny and the fact that the song, of course, sounds really good. My only real issue with this album is the fact that some of the songs don't go on for long enough in some cases but other than that, this is a fun album i can easily recommend. Best Song: The Union Forever Worst Song: Little Room
++: Fell in Love with a Girl, We're Going to Be Friends +: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Hotel Yorba, I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman, Expecting, Offend in Every Way, Aluminium, I Can't Wait, Now Mary, This Protector +-: The Union Forever, The Same Boy You've Always Known, I Think I Smell a Rat, I Can Learn -: Little Room 6,9/10
Meg White is my generation's Ringo Starr
the rambling slew of half-formed songs here appeal a lot more to me now than back in the day...that being said i still think it lacks the unique punch and memorability of Jack's best albums 8/10
OK, not outstanding, but not background music. probably improves on multiple listens
Low 3 for me
5/5
Second half dragged on and some of it is just noise. But enjoyed the first half. Not in a rush to listen again, if I did there would be plenty of skips.
Cookie-cutter rock music if I've ever heard combined with some egregious vocals. Best - everything is MID Worst - Little Room and Aluminum 2/5
I've said it before, I like this sound but I don't know the songs well enough to tell one album of their from another. 2 stars
Short songs. Upbeat, over-saturated and low-fi
BL: I am aware of "fell in love with a girl", from this album but have not delved further. I remember receiving "Elephant" on this generator before and absolutely loving it, so going back further now in the discography will be a case study of whether rawness and low fidelity captures the essence of a garage rock band more-so than pristine recording. AL: I thought this album had some creative twists and turns, it highlights a formula which would become commonplace by the release of Elephant, cacophonous explosions of garage rock, combined with quieter ballads and spoken word segments. I think this album feels better, but this is likely only because it is a more recent listen, I would have to compare side by side to truly know. I liked this a lot and will certainly be coming back to a lot of the tracks FT: "Fell In Love With A Girl", "The Union Forever", "We're Going To Be Friends", "This Protector" 4/5
objetivamente sé que es bueno pero creo que no es mi estilo y ya. no lo volvería a escuchar, no me engancha, me suenan todas las canciones iguales. se salvan 2-3. me hubiera encantado en mi época Green Day pero eso fue hace mucho...
Jack White is a Detroit treasure.
Decent, but a bit too samey without really going anywhere. Enjoyed it though, especially Fell in love with a girl, 3/3.5
Tough to not give it 5 stars, so many great songs. Although I find myself consistently skipping a few.
Un pugno in faccia, un esercizio di stile senza regole, libero e splendido.
After checking out the follow-up Elephant, this will be the second White Stripes album I've listened to on this journey. I've already heard the first two songs before - "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" and "Hotel Yorba" - and between those two and "Fell in Love with a Girl", this album starts pretty strong for the garage rock revival that the pair were going for at the time. As far as the pacing goes, I think this album drags a bit toward the end, particularly the instrumental "Aluminum" which I did not care for with the distorted wordless screaming over the droning guitar riff. There are fun tracks sprinkled throughout like "The Union Forever", "Offend in Every Way" and "I Think I Smell a Rat", but at the same time, this effort could have benefited from a trimmed-down tracklist. White Blood Cells may not be as strong as Elephant would follow, but it is still a solid album and gets a light recommendation if you're curious.
norm
The album starts out great and is interesting. I have of course heard some of these songs before. By the end of the album I was definitely ready for it to be over. They could have cut the last five or so songs off and the album would have been even better. I'm sure I will hear the hits again but I don't think that I need to listen to the whole album again.
I've always thought they sounded like the annoying middle school garage band next door
Very solid offering from the Whites
I remember listening to this a long while ago. Throughout school, one of my closest friends was a bit obsessed with the White Stripes, which naturally made me extremely dismissive of them. Then I watched Napoleon Dynamite and fell in love with We’re Going To Be Friends, so decided to give it a listen. I love how big they can make the sound with minimal instruments. There are so many fantastic songs to be found here that I think this may be my favourite album of their’s. That’s a tough call though. Also, if you like this, try out The Inspector Cluzo too. They are also a duo on drums and guitar and are fantastic.
Lightning in a bottle!
Not my type
Not bad
Wow
Went into this with kinda low expectations because I’m not crazy about the garage rock era but damn. This album was actually such a good album. It had the perfect amount of rough but put together sound. The guitars and other instruments all sounded great and there wasn’t any song that felt out of place. No song felt like a filler. Just an overall great album. 9/10
Lovely analogue retro sound…
Loved Hotel Yorba when John Peel played it as a sample from a new unknown band. Some very good songs (Hotel Yorba, Fell in Love with a Girl). Some average songs.
I preferred the more up tempo and less grungy sound of Get Behind Me Satan
Alright, not the best white stripes album
To be young again. Not their best album, but good nonetheless.
4/5 but gets an extra star because I’ve actually listened to this one before lots of times. And since this is my list I’m allowed to show partiality
I'm not emo enough to truly appreciate this album but I can appreciate that guitar!
Ok
This is the best one
I know this band and I know this record. Straight garage/punk rock. I really enjoyed White Stripes and Jack White as soon as they came out. This is a great record.
Raw. Good.
Nice sound
I love the raw emotion of this album. They do a lot with mostly two instruments. I actually like the way Meg White plays drums. I think she adds lots of emotion in her playing. Jack's a master! Liked songs added: - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground - Hotel Yorba - Fell In Love With A Girl - We're Going To Be Friends
The most white stripes of white stripes album. I don't get the rules of minimalism, but I assume Jack black does.
And here i thought the song was created specifically for Conan’s podcast.
Man Jack White is so talented. Great songs here and Meg White is a perfect compliment to Jack White's guitar playing. Would give this a 5, but the album is pretty top heavy and has less memorable songs sprinkled throughout. High 4
It’s fine, some nice chunky guitar parts and I like her simple drum parts. Overall it’s not my favorite but it is not the worst thing on the list of 1001 albums.
What a great album. So many fun, eclectic hooky songs. Didn't appreciate it when it first came, I'm sorry to say.
Solid Album, good reminder to go back to listen to more!
Liked it - wouldn't likely listen again but there are some bangers on there.
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground Hotel Yorba Fell in Love with a Girl We're Going to Be Friends
Pretty good. That being said, Elephant is easily their best on the list.
Pretty cool - I’m definitely going to listen to this again. I’m a fan of the minimalism
Good, but not for me really
Very nice
Not fond of the vocals. Guitar and piano have no subtlety. Not for me.
Love the punk aesthetic of the Stripes but I gotta admit… I’m not a fan of Meg’s drumming. I know she started in the band at Jack’s behest and they leaned into making her “style” as a non-drummer a feature not a bug, and that alone speaks to a certain creativity that crackles with the Stripes but in reality… her playing to me is a indeed a bug.
Already listened, bangin
zu spät geboren für richtigen punk .. aber trotzdem eine tolle abwechslung
White Stripes, die Band hinter der Fussballhymne. Spannend mal ein Album zu hören.
who doesnt fucking love the wbc's
Their other album was so much better, this was cringe, some songs sounded like they are part of a musical. Stand-out: The Same Boy You've Always Known
Minimal, but usually with a sound that is fuller than two people ought to have. Always creative and interesting, if not always great.
Not my favorite of theirs but pretty solid.
Good stuff. Fell in Love with a Girl and We are Going to be Friends are both excellent little tunes.
Remember, it’s just two people doing this….
The vocals are too nasal and whiny for me, and something just seems a bit... empty? White Stripes have always felt a bit Emperor's New Clothes-y to me, this audition didn't change that for me.
3 out of 5. No hate and it's a solid rock album but for some reason I've never been able to get into Jack White or his music even though it feels like I should.
True music
Why is this on a 1001 albums to listen to before you die list? Can't say I liked it.
Good record from a good band. Nothing really memorable about this one, but it’s a quality rock record with plenty of variety to keep me engaged.
It’s just relentlessly rocking, amazing stuff. I could listen to these guys again and again.
This was ok. Didn’t enjoy it as much as the other white stripes album I have reviewed so far - Get Behind Me Satan. There are a few good tracks to my ear - Fell in Love with a Girl and We’re Going to be friends to name a couple but there is also a few duffers for me, Aluminium and Expecting… but overall I enjoyed it. 3
Yaaaaaas
Take or leave it
didn't really get into it although I do think he's very good at writing a catchy hook
I’m trying to figure out how I know almost all the songs on this record, but have never owned it, can’t remember ever listening to it and don’t really know anyone who is a big enough White Stripes fan to have played it for me. One explanation is that I’ve heard this a lot at bars over the years. Which would make sense, since its release coincided my bar hopping years. The other possibility is that a lot of White Stripes songs kinda sound the same after a while. Not a dig necessarily: there’s only so much you can do with just a guitar and drums.
Always struggled - Jack Whites solo stuff always resonated with me more - not a terrible album though
Still my favourite white stripes album
Their parts I can appreciate but overall, no. 2
Probably haven't listened to this one in 15-20 years. This was *huge* in 2001 and while I loved it back in the day, I'm surprised at how well it holds up versus, say, The Black Keys. More polished than De Stijl, perhaps not quite as triumphant as Elephant, but the beginning of their reign as Garage king and queen. A diverse and well rounded album with not single a bad track.
8/10 <333 SAID IT ONCE BEFORE BUT IT BEARS REPEATING NOW (ᴬᴬᴬᴬᵃᵃᵃᵃᴬᴬᴬᴬᵃᵃᵃᴬ) Nisam znala da je We're Going to Be Friends njihova pjesma. Favs: Fell In Love With a Girl, The Same Boy You've Always Known
Cool rock songs, Fell In Love With A Girl is amazing. I’d recommend. :)
Screaming and loud. High and low. Sometimes masterful, sometimes mostly strong volume.
STANDOUTS: Fell In Love With A Girl We're Going To Be Friends OVERALL: 3/5; those two ^ songs sound NOTHING alike, and I kind of dig it.
I am a late convert to the White Stripes and have bought a few of their albums recently but not this one - yet. I was always intrigued how a duo could produce such loud and full sound. Only seen them on TV but i liked to watch Meg White’s nonchalant manner when performing which belied how her drumming drove the overall sound along. So I was interested but never enough to buy their music until I bought a later album to this one cheap at a charity shop. Playing White Stripes music loud on your own hifi really does make a difference to casually catching it on the radio. Listening to this album for the first time in such circumstances does not disappoint. It’s full of compelling and melodic riffs which is what I like. You need to be in the right mood to stick a White Stripes album on but when that mood comes along it’s a fine album to satisfy it. 3/5 22/7/24
Napoleon Dynamite song
This is my favorite White Stripes album, and Same Boy You’ve Always Known is one of my all-time favorite songs. Some tracks come across as a bit of a novelty now, but it’s still a really solid punk album.
Overall good. I like the rawness of this record, and I'm always down for some Jack White guitar. There's some big hitting songs in here, and I like some of the softer songs too like "We're going to be friends". There's a bit of bloat in there, and it doesn't all hit for me.
I don’t love The White Stripes but I very much respect Jack White as a musician. I love his work with The Raconteurs, but for some reason the White Stripes never quite landed for me. Had only previously heard about half of the songs on this album, but the rest was pretty much what I expected. Some great riffs and a unique sound, but doesn’t quite land as a whole for me. Didn’t hate it, but also don’t see myself going back to it often.
I've enjoyed revisiting this album. There is a small part of me that finds it slightly of its time, but it is nonetheless excellent.
Another one with one great song and lots of mediocrity
Ugh, loud and boring. Are they married or brother and sister? Who knows, who cares. Black Keys wanna be, I know that!
The album has a few good songs and a few that I don't like.
Should have recruited a vocalist.
Perfectly adequate rock from 1964-1977 made in 2001.
I love this chunky sound. A perfect album all around in my opinion. Accomplishes everything it wanted to. Great production, not that the production itself is necessarily quality across the board, but that this is the perfect style of production for this album. The whole project feels original and uniquely loose and messy in the best way possible. Jacks voice is fantastic, especially when juxtaposed against his guitar and Megs blaring drums. The writing and lyrics are everything they need to be. There’s enough range on an album with sixteen songs. Even though they aren’t incredibly long, they each have their own personality that sets them apart from each other. Great work, Whites. 5/5
Very strong album and where they really started to define their sound
It’s no seven nation army but it was good. We’re going to be friends was a standout and I feel like the lyrics were creative
The White Stripes would go on to make great records, but did not do so this time out. A lot of the parts that they would later put together to great effect are here and the album has its moments, but overall I think this is skippable. That being said, even not-that-great White Stripes is pretty darn good.