Track Listing

1. Jimmy The Exploder
2. Stop Breaking Down
3. The Big Three Killed My Baby
4. Suzy Lee
5. Sugar Never Tasted So Good
6. Wasting My Time
7. Cannon
8. Astro
9. Broken Bricks
10. When I Hear My Name
11. Do
12. Screwdriver
13. One More Cup Of Coffee
14. Little People
15. Slicker Drips
16. St. James Infirmary Blues
17. I Fought Piranhas

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2577 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-26
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Their self-titled debut, The White Stripes, is probably the rawest album to date from Meg and Jack. With their own stomping version of blues classic "Stop Breakin' Down" (Robert Johnson), the passionate railings of "The Big 3 Killed My Baby" and the sudden blues breakdown of "When I Hear My Name", this is the Stripes in their most shambolic, inspired state. Much of the album may be Jack launching full tilt into Robert Plant "whooping" mode (see "Jimmy the Exploder" in particular), but there are also a couple of slow, dark ballads such as Dylan's "One More Cup of Coffee" and the eerie tale of "St James Infirmary". Culminating in one of their most popular songs, the childlike "Little People" ("There's a little girl with the red shoes on/hello!") The White Stripes is yet further evidence that if you want to take rock music forward you really don't need to spend your time fiddling with samples or drum machines. --Caroline Butler

Customer Reviews

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From the pounding drum intro to opening track 'Jimmy the Exploder' this album is a winner. Check the liner notes; they even give credit for the loan of the 18" floor tom that helps to make this massive racket. Zipping through 18 songs in 45 minutes, these selections are stripped down, raw and full of energy. The reverb is cranked up high, the playing is intense, and the attitude is ferocious.

I've been a bit of a latecomer to the White Stripes, but I've almost caught up now. I think De Stijl is still my favourite, but this one comes close. It's what the White Stripes are supposed to sound like.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Garage rock!
The reason I like the white stripes so much is because it's so raw and emotional.
I love the way jack sings and I love the way meg drums.

"The Big Three Killed My Baby" is the best track on the album and "Broken bricks" is amazing too.

and, btw, the songs on this album isn't like "Seven nation army", you may have to listen to them a couple of times before you're really starting to like them.

RICHARD
It's hard to imagine that this raw, powerful and bluesy album never sold millions when first released in 1999. From the garage rock stomping first tune 'Jimmy the Exploder' to 'I fought pirahnas', this album is electric blues, reminiscent of the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. But electric blues with The White Stripes very own unique twist. Be sure to buy it, it will not dissapoint.