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Between 2003's hugely successful ELEPHANT and 2005's GET BEHIND ME SATAN, White Stripes frontman Jack White produced Loretta Lynn's Grammy-winning VAN LEAR ROSE and contributed a handful of tracks to the bluegrass-heavy COLD MOUNTAIN soundtrack. While GET BEHIND ME SATAN certainly isn't a country album, it does highlight White's fascinatingly unpredictable nature. With the exception of a few songs (including the blistering single "Blue Orchid"), Jack leaves his electric six-string in the garage, opting to roam around with his acoustic guitar (as on the gentle "As Ugly As I Seem") or settle into a marimba- or piano-led melody. As always, Meg White is on hand with her wonderfully unpolished, cymbal-heavy drumming, providing the perfect foil for Jack's intense, mercurial presence. With its quirky narratives about ghosts, nurses, and Rita Hayworth, SATAN is a restless record, and the duo uses that energy to maximum effect, easily making this the White Stripes' most dynamic album to date.
The White Stripes' highly anticipated 2005 outing, 'Get Behind Me Satan', features songs originally conceived in an acoustic context. Recorded at Jack White's Detroit studio, the album presents 13 songs, including the first single, 'Blue Orchid'. V2.
Audio Mixers: Jack White ; John Hampton.
Recording information: Third Man Studios, Detroit, MI (02/2005).
The White Stripes: Jack White , Meg White .
Personnel: Jack White (vocals, guitar, piano, marimba, tambourine); Meg White (vocals, drums, triangle, percussion, bells).
Spin (p.63) - Ranked #18 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[The disc] feels less like a middle finger than an attempt to insulate the group from the bruising limelight." Spin (p.101) - "[Jack White] manages to make songs that sound like harnessed truths, which is why the White Stripes generally make the best records in the contemporary world." - Grade: B Uncut (p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 - "White stays true to the band's aesthetic vision, while mapping multiple paths away from stagnation..." CMJ (No. 916, p.4) - "Seems Jack and Meg have been spending time in the nursery fiddling with their old xylophones and marimbas in between their routine bloozeouts, power-pop aerobics and local band beat-downs." Mojo (Publisher) (p.60) - Ranked #14 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[L]acerating blues and stricken balladry." Mojo (Publisher) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 - "'My Doorbell' is catchier than a four-pronged trout fly. 'Little Ghost' is an Appalachian knees-up straight out of the Harry Smith handbook." Paste (magazine) - "[T]he album's focused restraint -- White wrote the better part of the record on an acoustic guitar -- achieves the heartfelt timelessness he was clearly after."
not really, Not really my favorite WS album this one is probley the worst one they put out. but all the rest are amazing. Submitted by George (detroit,mi,usa) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Nice Nicely done! Submitted by jimbob (wallington, ct, usa) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
More Like White Noise This is not White Stripes music, this is lame, boring, uninteresting melodies that sound no better than a TV's white noise. What were they thinking? Where is that Led-Zeppelin/garage band feel and sound?
Their worst album ever. I sincerely hope they will get back at their original formula that made them so great. Submitted by Matt (Somewhere, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Simply masterful. This is one of the best put-together albums The White Stripes have ever made. People (reviewers) put too much emphasis on how crappy Meg White's drumming is in comparison to others or how this album is to soft to follow up Elephant. Guess what. No one cares. It doesn't matter. Don't listen to the skeptics because they clearly didn't put enough thought into the album as a standalone piece. It's a completely different approach by Jack White (who, if you're a real White Stripes fan you know, is pretty much the brains behind the music) and is successful in every venture(track). With the exception of Passive Manipulation *yawn* every track is unique and brings a new sound to The White Stripes' already broad spectrum. Odes to oldies like supermodel Rita Hayworth or the kick-back old-timey rock sound in My Doorbell and Denial Twist make this album feel uniquely bluesy despite it's release being 2005. Real rock tracks like Instinct Blues and Red Rain kick out some good guitar (gotta love that slide) courtesy of Jack White. The other "soft" tracks are clean and pure, lending insight to what seems like Jack White's still prevalent teen-angsty feelings of love, desire, rejection, selfishness. I can't help but think Jack's participation in Cold Mountain and colab with Loretta Lynn spurred a new folky sound in his rhetoric, and it's grand. Get some studio headphones and kick back in a rocker with a sandwich to enjoy this album to it's fullest, hehe. Submitted by Brody (Austin, TX) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
review of a review if you are comparing dire straits to jack white your review is not reliable or valid - there are positive forward thinking individuals like jack and meg who explore and examine a possibly darker side and there are some who have there heads up their - oops - who give themselves a somewhat maudlin name - DIRE STRAITS...(who wants to be there?) - and try to sing dainty little songs. who's the mom, who's the dad? get behind me satan! Submitted by edward (maryland USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
not really,
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