White Blood Cells |
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Released: July 3, 2001 Peak: 61 US, 55 UK, -- CN, 36 AU Sales (in millions): 1.11 US, 0.3 UK, 1.41 world (includes US and UK) Genre: garage rock revival |
Tracks: Song Title [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.
Total Running Time: 40:25 The Players:
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Rating:  4.240 out of 5.00 (average of 34 ratings)
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About the Album: “Despite the seemingly instant attention surrounding them – glowing write-ups in glossy magazines like Rolling Stone and Mojo, guest lists boasting names like Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson, and appearances on national TV – the White Stripes have stayed true to the approach that brought them this success in the first place. White Blood Cells, Jack and Meg White’s third effort for Sympathy for the Record Industry, wraps their powerful, deceptively simple style around meditations on fame, love, and betrayal. As produced by Doug Easley, it sounds exactly how an underground sensation’s breakthrough album should: bigger and tighter than their earlier material, but not so polished that it will scare away longtime fans.” AMG “Across the board, the album is doused in the kind of powerhouse performance that proved The White Stripes to be the real deal. This album would prove to be a seminal moment for the group and launch their career in earnest. When you add that to the potency of the songs at hand, you have a concoction that could knock over a whole town.” FO The “cocky opener Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” AMG illustrates “the band’s unique songwriting talent, then makes way for a charming indie-pop bop that wouldn’t look out of place at a Violent Femmes show. It’s the perfect example of the album’s duality. One side showcases Jack and Meg as lovelorn romantics, trying to make it in a tough world. At the same time, the other side offers glimpses of the duo holding Molotov cocktails and ready to burn this chapel to the ground.” FO “White’s growth as a songwriter shines through on virtually every track” AMG from “Dirty Ground” “to vicious indictments like The Union Forever and I Think I Smell a Rat. Same Boy You've Always Known and Offend in Every Way are two more quintessential tracks, offering up more of the group's stomping riffs and rhythms and us-against-the-world attitude.” AMG “White Blood Cells lacks some of the White Stripes’ blues influence and urgency, but it perfects the pop skills the duo honed on De Stijl and expands on them. The country-tinged Hotel Yorba and immediate, crazed garage pop of Fell in Love with a Girl define the album's immediacy, along with the folky, McCartney-esque We’re Going to Be Friends, a charming, school-days love song that's among Jack White’s finest work.” AMG “Few garage rock groups would name one of their most driving numbers I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman, and fewer still would pen lyrics like ‘I'm so tired of acting tough/I'm gonna do what I please/Let’s get married,’ but it's precisely this mix of strength and sweetness, among other contrasts, that makes the White Stripes so intriguing. Likewise, White Blood Cells’ ability to surprise old fans and win over new ones makes it the Stripes’ finest work to date.” AMG |
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First posted 3/24/2008; last updated 5/1/2022. |
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