General Article name: White Stripes
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: XL Recordings Number of tracks: 17 Tracklist LP - 1 White Stripes, The - Jimmy The Exploder 2:29 White Stripes, The - Stop Breaking Down 2:20 White Stripes, The - The Big Three Killed My Baby 2:29 White Stripes, The - Suzy Lee 3:21 White Stripes, The - Sugar Never Tasted So Good 2:54 White Stripes, The - Wasting My Time 2:13 White Stripes, The - Cannon 2:30 White Stripes, The - Astro 2:42 White Stripes, The - Broken Bricks 1:51 White Stripes, The - When I Hear My Name 1:54 White Stripes, The - Do 3:05 White Stripes, The - Screwdriver 3:14 White Stripes, The - One More Cup Of Coffee 3:13 White Stripes, The - Little People 2:22 White Stripes, The - Slicker Drips 1:30 White Stripes, The - St. James Infirmary Blues 2:24 White Stripes, The - I Fought Piranhas 3:09   Description Description

Minimal to the point of sounding monumental, this Detroit guitar-drums-voice duo makes the most of its aesthetic choices and the spaces between riffage and the big beat. In fact, the White Stripes sound like arena rock as hand-crafted in the attic. Singer/guitarist Jack White's voice is a singular, evocative combination of punk, metal, blues, and backwoods while his guitar work is grand and banging with just enough lyrical touches of slide and subtle solo work to let you know he means to use the metal-blues riff collisions just so. Drummer Meg White balances out the fretwork and the fretting with methodical, spare, and booming cymbal, bass drum, and snare cracks. In a word, economy (and that goes for both of the players). The Whites' choice of covers is inspired, too. J. White's voice is equally suited to the task of tackling both the desperation of Robert Johnson's "Stop Breakin' Down" and the loneliness of Bob Dylan's "One More Cup of Coffee." Neither are equal to the originals, but they take a distinctive, haunting spin around the turntable nevertheless. All D.I.Y. punk-country-blues-metal singer/songwriting duos should sound this good. [White Stripes was also released on LP.] ~ Chris Handyside

Chris Handyside

Contributors Artist: The White Stripes Record Label: XL Record Label: Third Man Records Record Label: Warner Bros.