It's okay but I'm not crazy about it. I was one that got fooled by Blue Orchid (which I was addicted to for awhile).

No not really....

This album was way too rushed... I know that was what they were obviously aiming for, for this paticular prodject.. but damn.. there isnt depth in these songs.. I love the home demo type albums.. like Paul McCartneys "McCartney" which was a rushed album, but kept its edgy appeal and had clever moments that made the album a breathe of fresh air compared to the over produced things that were floating around at the time..

I think Whites concepts are great for this album.. but doing something this spontanious leaves the album feeling week and gave it that "bottom of the barrel" quality. Its an albums worth of demos that arent worth their salt.. thats my opinion of it..

The first track is deliciously badass.. and they released it as their first single, which misled just about everyone including longtime fans that this album was gonna be in the same great heights as Blue Orchid.. very misleading...


Bottom line.. just go to iTunes and download their Blue Orchid for 99 cents.. it will save you 15 dollars of worthless material that should have been left as demos...



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Sdldawn said:

Wow you really think it's weak? I'll agree with you that when I first heard Blue Orchid I was blown away and thought to myself I have to get this album. I was disapointed when I first heard it and thought the songs were too weak. After a few listens it slowly started growing on me and now I love it! Blue Orchis is a stand out track but there are some other gems as well.

I was iffy on it at first, but I like it more & more. Actually I think Blue Orchid is one of the weakest songs on there (other than Meg's song). All their music grows on you, and this record is no exception.

I think it was intended to be just another record, rather than the "much anticipated follow up to..." They must have felt the pressure.

It doesn't try too hard and it's not too long and there's not a bad song on it. The comparison to "McCartney" is apt, except that "McCartney" has much more filler.

"White Blood Cells" is still my favorite, followed by "...Satan," then "Di Stijl." I never loved "Elephant" as a whole for some reason, though it has some great stuff. Maybe it's too much of a mainstream big rock star album. Not the new album. It's very bold for them to have released something so sparse & simple at the moment they had the most attention.




So you would recommend white blood cells? The only albums I own by them are Satan and Elephant.

I just caught their DVD "Under Black Pool Lights" I think it's called. It's excellent. I used to call for Meg's dismissal and for Jack to just get a real band, but seeing the concert you get a better sense of what they are doing. It's more like performance art than an actual band.

dancerella said:

I think its the fact that I listened to it and said to myself.. "damn, this sounds like they wrote and recorded in their first takes"

Then come to find out.. they basically did.. I just think there is more of a "spirit" in these songs that wasnt able to surface.. due to the acceleration of the recording process.. bad move in my opinion

Sdldawn said:

you wait...it'll be one of your favourites of theirs in a few years. juliana hatfield released a similar kind of album (in terms of starkness) a few years ago consisting of mostly first takes, no effects, etc which took only a week to record...at first i thought it was underproduced, etc...now i think of it as perhaps her best, least dated album (that album was "Bed"). i still haven't gotten around to listening to the whole of "get behind...", so i have to admit i haven't completely warmed up to it myself either, but i can tell from hearing 3/4 of it a few times that it's not a complete stinker.

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Though I try my best to keep it
There really was no secret
Must have looked like I was dancing with the wall
No one else could see this apparition
But because of my condition
I fell in love with a little ghost and that was all



i like the album

I just wanted to get that off my chest.

Anyone else dig it?

Raine said:

that's my jam!

andyman91 said:

dancerella said:

<--does a jig dance

DiamondGirl said:

"The first moment that I met her I did not expect a spectre must've looked like I was dancing with the wall..."

I love how I can listen to it all in one sitting. Leaves me wanting more instead of me leaving bored.

andyman91 said:

Same here. It's short enough and eclectic enough to not be bored with it.

"come on get wiht it..." Instinct Blues.


This is a great, great record.

DiamondGirl said:

"kept its edgy appeal and had clever moments that made the album a breathe of fresh air compared to the over produced things that were floating around at the time.."

This quote from SDLDAWN is about the album "McCartney" as opposed to "Satan" but it describes "Satan" as well. There's nothing around today that sounds so intimate and casual, yet it's not sloppy. Even the U2 record, which is pretty basic stuff, sounds way over-produced. Everything you hear on the White Stripes record is how it would sound if they were at home playing just for themselves.

Still, I don't think it will ever be a choesive whole of an album even after repeated listens. i.e. unlike white blood cells you won't be able to put it on and let it play straight through whenever you damn feel like.

I like it quite a bit and I'm only a casual fan.

dancerella said:

I was baffled at first. Then disliked it. Now its brilliant. Jack is doin his thang and doing it well. I think I disliked it intially because the songs seem to be unfinished and just ideas and though heralded as recorded on the cheap, sounding like it as well. But dang me if overall and afterall this is pure inspiration and talent. Take! Take! take!

I love it!
I respect Jack White for just doing his thing and not worrying about keeping up with the jones's.right on for him!
A breath of fresh air in a music buisiness filled with emo "rock" and hip-hop.
Hat's off to White Stripes!