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 | Title : White Blood Cells
Author : White Stripes
Release Date : 20020129
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $11.97
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Editorial Reviews :
Rock & roll is constantly splintering into multiple personalities. Big radio players layer thick slabs of studio shine on their albums, while back-to-the-basics rockers keep the sound so raw it rubs calluses on your ears. The White Stripes fall in the latter category. The duo strips down to the fundamentals of Meg White's simple drumbeat and Jack White's garagy guitar and pleading vocals. While the elements are sparse, the Detroit act create a noisy, hip-grinding batch of punk R&B, displayed again on White Blood Cells, the Stripes' third full-length. While it's hard to pick favorites from such talent, this band only gets better with time. White's vocals were sounding like a young Robert Plant on De Stijl--definitely not a bad thing--but on Cells, he's developed his own persona. He throws musical fits on 'Fell in Love with a Girl,' gets almost loungy on the piano number 'This Protector,' and keeps the blues vibe running on 'Now Mary.' The album is so rich with basic variations on a simple theme it's hard to believe such soulful energy comes from just two people. White Blood Cells is an amazing piece of work, a benchmark that ought to inspire new legions of garage rockers for years to come.
Buyer Reviews :
I know this may look like a bad review, but it isn't. Everyone on Amazon just goes to their favorite albums and gives them five stars and ruins the whole system for objective shoppers.
White Stripes' White Blood Cells is ballsy, edgy, and spectacular... in places. If you start on track two you can count on every other song to rock your socks off, but the others well they are just mediocre. As far as garage bands go I think it's incredibly difficult for a band to record good fast songs, but mediocre slow songs should prove simple, like on this record. I think White Blood Cells is a magnificent accomplishment for rock n'roll. It has several mix CD worthy tracks (Hotel Yorba, I Think I Smell a Rat, Now Mary), but it lacks the good go-between songs that make a good album (like this one) great.
(by Owen Shiflett)
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