The White stripes have the uncanny ability to transition between soft, playful, school tunes like “We’re Going to Be Friends” and face-melting rock/punk/blues a-la “Fell In Love with a girl”. The a capella numbers like “little room” and the break down in “The Union Forever” are a very cool touch. This album would be a five if it stopped at “Aluminum”. The final four tracks struggled to keep my attention and sounded like more of the same.