The White Stripes - The White Stripes

Jack sings with a sometimes soaring, sometimes abrasive abandon that shows he really means the lyrics he's singing. Combine that with his fierce, dirty, reverb-soaked guitar playing and Meg's powerfully minimal start/stop drumming, and you've got a rock band that is primal, melodic, punk and sophisticated all at once. 17 tracks of blissful noise. Album Description

Little Did I Know Rock Was Alive And Well

Ok... I'm that guy who shows up late to the party.

I had been resisting the White Stripes for years due to the lavish and almost unfailing praise they have received by both press and listeners alike. On the surface it amounts to that type of nonsensical hero-worship normally associated with phonies like Coldplay. I mean, come on, how could anyone live up to such praise? Only insider connections or rabid flavor of the week/year journalism could produce such a uniform response, IMO.

But I was wrong. And I'm happy about that.

Anyway, what more can be said about the White Stripes that hasn't been said already? Like many of rock's greatest bands, TWS leap into the fray fulled formed and yet have plenty of room to grow. They
follow no formulaic pattern and at the same time recall many of rock's greatest moments. They take no prisoners... and are young enough to know everything.

July 1, 2008

Stripes

I wore out their other albums (Except for the first popular one...the name escapes me) like a pair of shoes...I listened to De Stijl every day for maybe six months. This album hasn't gotten worn out for me too bad. Some great stuff, some okay stuff. A good album. Cannon is the one, though. And the Robert Johnson song is almost unrecognizable. May 16, 2008

White Stripes

I bought a few of their CDs. Some songs are good. Not for everyone. April 10, 2008

Raw first album: there is a silver lining on the dark cloud.

I have to admit, listening to this gem was a bit of a struggle at first, but behold, the white stripes after a couple of listens have a ray of sunlight shine through with their first album (self titled no less).

Quite simply, through the noise, the distorted yelping and singing with off key moments, distortion on guitars and what seems to be almost teenage angst, there is a silver lining to this dark cloud.

If you have listened to the white stripes prior to this, you will notice that recording is a lot rawer then the past. I call it raw, what i really mean is quite poor quality, but thats because jack white recorded this on a shoe-string budget.

Give it a go, even if its to just finish off your collection you will be suprised with this album. two thumbs up, but not the perfect white stripes album, not by a long shot. February 20, 2008

Raw, classic, and true

Early, unpolished, and hinting at the style they'll develop. The lyrics are interesting, and uncommon. It reminds me of early gritty "classic rock", back when its roots were firmly in the Blues. January 15, 2007

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