White Stripes
The White Stripes
Label ©  Unknown
Release Year  1999
Length  43:22
Genre  Rock
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  W-0034
Bitrate  128 Kbps
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Jimmy The Exploder  
       2:28  
      2.  
      		 Stop Breaking Down  
       2:20  
      3.  
      		 The Big Three Killed My Baby  
       2:29  
      4.  
      		 Suzy Lee  
       3:19  
      5.  
      		 Sugar Never Tasted So Good  
       2:52  
      6.  
      		 Wasting My Time  
       2:13  
      7.  
      		 Cannon  
       2:30  
      8.  
      		 Astro  
       2:42  
      9.  
      		 Broken Bricks  
       1:51  
      10.  
      		 When I Hear My Name  
       1:52  
      11.  
      		 Do  
       3:04  
      12.  
      		 Screwdriver  
       3:11  
      13.  
      		 One More Cup Of Coffee  
       3:11  
      14.  
      		 Little People  
       2:21  
      15.  
      		 Slicker Drips  
       1:30  
      16.  
      		 St. James Infirmary Blues  
       2:22  
      17.  
      		 I Fought Piranhas  
       3:07  
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      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. -- Chris Handyside
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