The White Stripes

Artist	The White Stripes
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Third Man/V2
Producer	Jim Diamond, Jack White
Release Date	2002 06 11
Song List	1: Jimmy the Exploder (2:29) 2: Stop Breaking Down (2:20) 3: The Big Three Killed My Baby (2:29) 4: Suzy Lee (3:21) 5: Sugar Never Tasted So Good (2:54) 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 (1:54) 11: Do (3:05) 12: Screwdriver (3:14) 13: One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) (3:13) 14: Little People (2:22) 15: Slicker Drips (1:30) 16: St. James Infirmary (2:24) 17: I Fought Piranhas (3:07)
Style.Categories	Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock, Blues-Rock

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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, All Music Guide