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The White Stripes - Icky Thump Audio CD

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The White Stripes Band: The White Stripes
Title: Icky Thump
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Release Date: 2007-06-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Icky Thump 2: You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told) 3: 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues 4: Conquest 5: Bone Broke 6: Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn 7: St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air) 8: Little Cream Soda 9: Rag And Bone 10: I'm Slowly Turning Into You 11: A Martyr For My Love For You 12: Catch Hell Blues 13: Effect and Cause

I Rediscovered Music with the White Stripes and I Adore This Album
I am now 61 and I still listen to them every day. I first heard the WHITE STRIPES when I was in my late 50s. I also listen to the Raconteurs (also Jack White) and now Dead Weather (ditto). As someone who went to college in the late 1960s, this is the freshest music for me which has come out since that time period. ICKY THUMP is right at the top of all of these albums for me. Expanding their instruments, eerie bagpipes and Flamenco horns are added to this album with great effect. I loved their inclusion. There are many musical influence in this music but garage rock coupled with blues certainly are always at the forefront. Having listened to Jack White now play with other musicians, I must say that his playing with Meg has been consistently underrated. The two of them bring out the best of one another musically. Good as Jack is on his own or with other musicians, when he plays with Meg it as as if he is playing with his soul mate. I usually don't appreciate the instruments as much as the singing on any album but that is not true on these albums. I love the great thought that has gone into the use of each instrument and to the uniqueness of each one and to the softness or hardness of its sound. Jack's vocalizing is terrific and fits seamlessly into every arrangement. My only hope is that this is not the last White Stripes album since Jack now has so many other musical irons in the fire. I don't have the technical expertise to comment on each song as other reviewers here have done. I just know I love the whole album. There is no greater pleasure than driving in my convertible with the top down through the nearby national park and listening to this album during the summer time. This album also won two Grammys.


What a great album
I liked it right away. I remember when I first heard the track Icky Thump on the radio. One day, after hearing it for about the 10th time or so, the DJ comments after the play, "It must be tough to be the best band in the world. " And right at that moment, I had to agree. What a great song and what a great band.

I really don't have a favorite band ever. It fluctuates. Sometimes I like Led Zeppelin. Sometimes Pink Floyd. Sometimes Coldplay. Sometimes NIN. Sometimes Radiohead. Sometimes System of a Down. But on that day and on many days, it's The White Stripes.

I think of Jack White as a pure, old-fashioned songwriter. If he lived in less modern times, he'd probably be a very successful wandering minstrel. He captures raw emotions in words and music and crafts a completely enjoyable experience. Icky Thump is just the latest in a long string of fantastic albums.

Viva The White Stripes.


This isn't your parent's music
I feel like i've missed a lot, must have been hiding under a rock. Well, i'm a bit embarrassed to have just heard of this band less than 3 weeks ago. I love this band! I bought this CD right away after hearing "Little Cream Soda". I was shocked to find out this CD came out 2 years ago, i'm a bit taken aback, the music is familiar, but different. They definitely have classic music, garage, metal, & folk all wrapped into one great package. Being born in the late 70's, I don't recall jamming out to 70's music, but it kinda reminds me of the old style rock n' roll, but this certainly isn't your parent's music! I also have heard GBMS & Elephant as well, also just as brilliant! What can I say? I'm hooked!! .


Unfortunately no zero-star option
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I saw these people on the final Conan O'Brien show. I'm still not certain they aren't a joke. They were the worst-sounding group I've ever heard presented as professional musicians. Just abyssmal, ear-killing, retarded crap. Possibly a sign of the approaching nadir of all culture. .


WOW!
I loaded all WS on my Zune MP3 in my BMW MINI and hit the road. All i can say this album KICKS A!! I went on a 6 road road trip to check out the cherry blossoms here (location classified). DAMN!!!!! Too bad I could not crank up the volume more on this album with the sunroof open flying down the hiway at over 100 mph. My Harmon Kardon stereo will never recover. I may have shredded my tweeters! HAHA. I look forward to the next WS project as always. . . . these kids rock and will kick u in the head when u least expect it. . . . . . . and I love it!.


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