Elephant

Music is of course subjective and I loved this record the moment I heard it playing in a record store at the time of its release 20 years ago. That feeling has never waned. I have however, struggled to get a decent pressing, with others being rather noisy, lacking dynamics and one having horrid sibilance distortion on some vocals. These 20th anniversary White Stripes releases are what should have been released all along. Apparently mastered from the original analogue tapes, they are much better than anything I have heard before and I have a very revealing vinyl system. The discs are heavy, flat and have great dynamics, with clear highs and lows. Vocals are sensitively reproduced and natural and showcase what a good vocalist Jack White actually is. Surface noise is minimal and there are no surface defects. With only around 3 tracks per side, there is plenty of room for the grooves. The jacket is also lovely, being a thick card, tip-on style. You will want to add some proper anti static inner sleeves and save the paper ones provided. It is wonderful to have this (and the other) White Stripes releases on great quality vinyl at last.

No doubt this is one of the greatest albums of all time. This 20th anniversary release is fantastic however be warned that some of the records shipped sound distorted with crackles and pops… just awful across all four sides. The first I received was terrible and I mean really really bad. This is why I would recommend buying this one from Amazon as you have a hassle free option of returning and replacing. My second copy is fantastic great sound dynamics massive soundstage just awesome. It is the best version in my opinion, it looks beautiful too. My only other gripe is with the paper stock used for the inner sleeve’s, it is of poor quality and let’s things down a little. I have replaced with poly lined inners keeping the original sleeve’s. 100% recommend this to anyone … it’s pot luck good luck.

Jack White used a traditional analogue workflow to record this album and it shows what a fabulous sound it can be. I could do a track by track review but really if you want to buy this album on vinyl the important information is how good the sound and pressing is. As mentioned the sound is fabulous and the pressing is also very good, my copy is clean without annoying crackling, straight out of the sleeve, no pre-play cleaning needed. The inner sleeves are card but not too heavy, I still had to change them for paper polylined ones as I am sure the card would give hairlines after a while. Thoroughly recommended.

Original, hard hitting and refreshing rock. The stripped down recording style was unique at the time and initially jarring but after a few listens it really grows on you. The signature Seven Nation Army is one of the classic tracks of the Noughties. There are a few strange filler tracks but nothing dull or ordinary. I really enjoyed track 4, the Burt Bacharach and Hal David cover which was popularised by Dusty Springfield. Thoroughly recommended album.

If you are as proficient in air guitar and air drums like myself (years of dedicated practice) you will love this CD. I can play along to it for hours. Even in the car and stuck in traffic people around me stare in wonder at my steering wheel drum skills and mime singing. This CD helps to turn me and a Toyota Auris into a chick magnet and Dad Rock Star!! Only buy it if you can handle this sort of attention.

Allways liked the White Stripes, but never got round to buying an album. Have recently been buying the "Greatest 100 albums" and this was included. This is gradually becoming one of my favourite albums, the tracks are all so diffferent and each one could have stood up as a single. Cannot recomend highly enough, this is a classic, especially compared to half of the tosh that I've had to endure with the other 'Greatest Albums'.

Only a tiny crease on the jacket but saved a lot of money by buying used.

Great album and music.

Mensch, ist diese CD cool ! Einfach Weltklasse ! Einfach genial ! Ich breche fast ab ! So stelle ich mir mein Leben im Traum vor : Zusammen mit einem Girl auf der Bühne zu stehn : Sie spielt Schlagzeug, ich steuere ein paar geile Riffs dazu und das Stadion rockt ! Aber nun mal ernst : The white stripes sind ganz was besonderes. Sie machen eine Platte zu zweit. Meg White spielt auf irgend einem schäbingen Drumkit ein paar Rhytmen, Jack White schrammelt dazu volle Pulle auf 'ner Gitarre herum und singt ein bischen. Minimal Instrumentalisiert, echt kein Bass und trotzdem rockt das Ding wie die Sau ! Mir ist schleierhaft wie man das zu zweit schaffen kann ! Die CD hat zum einen wirklich geniale Kompositionen, die so eingängig sind, das man schon beim 2. mal mitsingen kann. Da gibt es z.B. einige Songs mit Beatles Akkorden, wie "There's no home for you here", "I want to the boy" oder "The air near my fingers". Da gibt es die reine Akustik - Nummer wie "You've got her in your pocket", und die verschiedensten Rocker : "Hypnotize" mit richtigem 8/16 Rock'n'roll Rhytmus, "The hardest Button to button" oder "Ball and biscuit", der perfekte Bluesrocker. "Girl you have no medicine" : Einer der besten Rock'n'roll Songs aller Zeiten !! "I just don't know what to do with myself" : Anhören !!! Sensationell ! Zum anderen sind die Songs vom Arrangement her einmalig. Immer kommt irgendwas, was die Songs zu einem Erlebnis macht und überrascht : Sei es da mal eine Hammond Orgel, man ein Piano, mal irgenwelche Percussion Elemente, dann wieder die Akustik - Gitarre oder Jack White spricht den Text ausnahmsweise mal. Das ist es, was die CD hervorhebt aus dem, was es an Gitarrenbands zur Zeit gibt. Besonders ist der Song "In the cold cold night", denn da singt mal Meg White. Deshalb kann sie in dem Stück auch keine Drums spielen. Zwar braucht es einen ganzen Eimer Hall, damit es nach überhaupt was klingt, aber trotdem macht sie ihre Sache gut. Vermutlich spielt sie den Bass an der Hammond - Orgel. Ganze zwei Wochen haben die White Stripes gebraucht, um dieses Werk aus dem Ärmel zu schütteln. Da haben sie wohl alle Energie reingesteckt, um zu zweit derart ein Monster von einer Platte zu machen. Jedenfalls bin ich gespannt darauf, was von denen in der Zukunft noch kommen wird. Eines ist mir Schleierhaft : Wie funktionieren the White Stripes Live ??? Diese CD muss man kaufen !!!!!!!!!!!

Tiene una calidad de sonido excelente y es precioso.

Produto de qualidade excelente. Infelizmente, tive que pedir duas vezes, pois na primeira o pacote foi extraviado, mas agora chegou sem maiores problemas. Porém, o perrengue de quase dois meses de espera me deixou muito apreensivo que não fosse chegar novamente, ainda bem que não foi o caso

Jack White e Megan Martha White, sono loro dietro White Stripes. Elephant è un album doppio ben inciso e dal suono vintage. Chitarra elettrica, batteria, voce e nient'altro ma la musicalità di questo album è notevolissima. Il genere è rock e blues alle radici, il risultato è sorprendente.

Aun recuerdo cuando un amigo me prestó, en el principio de los 2000's, el CD de un grupo que se hacía llamar "The "White Stripes", yo vivía encerrado en la música de lo 60's. Y desde la ya clásica "Seven Nation Army" quedé enganchado, ya con "Black Math" estaba alucinado, no pod{ia creer que era solo guitarra y batería , "There's no home for you here" y ese parte final donde la guitarra hace un sustain y se quedan sólo con voces de los "hermanos" White (Meg y Jack) es fenomenal.... así hasta "Well It's True That We Love One Another", final comiquísimo donde precisamente se burlan de su relación. A pesar de que ya lo conozco, ya lo he escichado cientos de veces.... el vinil es genial!!!! sólo me qued ainvestigar por que el vestido de Meg cambió de blanco a negro en ésta edición.