The White Stripes - Icky Thump
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Free Music Review: the White Stripes are baaaaack!!!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
For a while, I was worried about the fate of my beloved Stripes. First, Get Behind Me Satan was released, which was a good record but not up to par with their previous records in my opinion. They went with a new direction,using more pianos than guitars. I thought this path was interesting, but it just didn't have the usual gusto for a White Stripes record. Than Jack White decided to start up a new band, the Raconteurs. They were great, but I was worried that the Stripes might never release another record.
Then I heard they were releasing the new album Icky Thump, and I waited with baited breath for it to come out. It finally did, and I couldn't be happier with the results. This could be their best album yet! Jack White is back shredding his guitar (yay!), Meg is back pounding her simple beats(yay!); but this time they've thrown in bagpipes and horns to make some awesome songs (triple yay!). Every song rocks (except in my opinion, Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn). My favorite songs are Conquest, St. Andrew, and Rag and Bone. I recommend this cd to anyone who enjoys alternative music, and of course White Stripe fans.
Free Music Review: Icky? No. Thump? Yes! (4 1/2 stars)
Hit: 5 Stars
Counting this album, I own the last three White stripes albums, and this one is my second favorite, after Elephant.
What I like about this band is that they aren't afraid to experiment. What other popular band do you know would use a trumpeter from a mariachi band for a Patti Page cover song? Or use bagpipes on not one, but TWO songs?! None -- except the White Stripes!
My favorite song, and the one I can't get enough of is the title track. The only bad song on the album is "Saint Andrew (This Battle is in the Air)". The instuments are so loud, they drown out Meg's voice and you can't hear what she's saying, so I took off half a star for that song.
Jack White is a good songwriter, and this album is no exception. My favorite lyric on the whole album: "You can't take the effect/and make it the cause"!
Overall, this is the loudest, thump-iest White Stripes album ever. Old and new Stripes fans will like this album, so buy it!
Free Music Review: What a great album
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember when I first heard the track Icky Thump on the radio. I liked it right away. 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
Free Music Review: They are back.
Hit: 5 Stars
I own every White Stripes cd. Each one that I have, I think of in a different way and when I get in the mood to listen to the White Stripes, I get in a mood for a specific cd. I don't always like every single song on the cd and this one is no different. However, the songs I do like usually make up for the ones I could give or take. If everything they released was exactly alike, I doubt I'd give them as much credit. What I find though is that the songs that I'm not fond of when listening at home are the songs that I begin to love when I see them played live.
This cd is light-hearted to me. There aren't as many crushing riffs as previous releases. I love a band that is progressive in its exploration of art, whether its influences are more retro or it is aiming at a futuristic sound. It is definately worth picking up if at you ever at any point liked anything the White Stripes released.
Free Music Review: Jack and Meg's Revolver
Hit: 5 Stars
Like the Beatles seminal Revolver [UK], Icky Thump is a diverse album that shows that the band is moving in a new direction. The leadoff song Icky Thump is the bands typical leadoff blast of rock. The difference being that the song shows a newfound social awareness on the part of Jack and Meg. From there, you never know which way the album is going to go. From the Latin sounds of Conquest, which sounds like it belongs in a Quentin Tarantino movie, to two songs that feature bagpipes (back to back no less), Icky Thump is diverse and eclectic but maintains a consistent flow and never feels like a hodge podge of sounds thrown together. I think it's fair to say that Icky Thump might not be the White Stripes best album, but it's certainly a blast to listen to. Recommended.