Elephant

Great CD

One of their finest

Beautiful edition, though I would have liked to see a classic white stripes color for the vinyl pressing, maybe red and white stripes on one, but they’re still cool to look at, especially the crystal red vinyl. The album cover is one of the sturdier ones I have, with embossed letters on the back cover. You’ll want to use some anti-static inner liners for these, as the paper innner liners that come with these cause a lot of drag when pulling the record out. Not a big deal for me, I have a pack at home. Slipped the album into an acetate cover to protect the cover art and it’s now a happy part of my little vinyl family. If you like the White Stripes, don’t hesitate, this is a great album, with some of Jack White’s sense of humor on the back cover. * A,B, 3,D.

GRAN DISCO

I missed the boat on the first couple of White Stripes CDs and was fully prepared to hate them when I bought ELEPHANT--talk about a boatload of hype being forced down down your throat by Rolling Stone and every other out-of-touch music rag--but after four straight days of listening to ELEPHANT at top volume, I am here to say that the White Stripes have got it going on. "Seven Nation Army" is getting the airplay, but the whole album rocks. Kind of like Sweet meets Smashing Pumpkins, with Guns & Roses and the Spiders from Mars playing backup. I mean, they ROCK. There is a lot mure THUMP! to the White Stripes than your typical 21st century band; they appreciate big guitars and are a thousand times more creative than anyone else going right now. As far as I'm concerned "Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine" is thE Rock song of 2003, an absolute ass-kicker with some of the best singing I've heard by a guy on a Rock record since Kurt Cobain fled the scene. Jack White also plays guitar like Mick Ronson, and you can't beat that. The shortcoming of the White Stripes, as with a million other bands, is that they can't be hard and soft on the same LP. The lighter stuff here--and there isn't much--sounds forced, contrived. If the Stones, Beatles, Zep, Who, and other classic Rockers can point to one thing that sets them above most of the other bands that have attempted the crown since then, it is that they could play both sides of the coin--the Stones had "Midnight Rambler" and "Angie," the Who had "Love Ain't For Keeping" on the same LP as "Won't Get Fooled Again." Jack White comes really close on "I Want to Be The Boy...", and Meg White attempts some kind of subtlety on "In the Cold, Cold Night," but it really just sounds like one of those blank-generation Goth things Concrete Blonde used to do. There comes a point when a singer needs to put across something deeper; when the White Stripes get to that point they will be a truly great band. I suppose the secret may be to keep Meg behind the drum kit while Jack stretches his vocal chops.

Great album!

Great deal for a quality edition of a classic. The CD comes with all of the original material. Awesome value considering you also receive a digital version.

Great band, I've been a fan all along

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.

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.

Great quality with no issues. Came as described.