User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 457 Ratings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 406 out of 457
-
Mixed: 19 out of 457
-
Negative: 32 out of 457
Review this album
-
-
Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.
-
-
Submit
-
Check Spelling
- User score
- By date
- Most helpful
-
Aug 29, 2023I know I'm a bit late for this one. But that's what timeless records do for you, right?
-
Sep 22, 2021These guys had a pretty amazing and unique sound, but the songwriting isn't great, pretty middle of the road.
-
May 17, 2021All I can say is that I want a seven nation army blasting this album at my funeral.
-
Jan 3, 2020A obra prima de The Wihte Stripes
Elephant é coeso, ousado, experimental e ainda assim traz tudo o que já tinha dado certo antes em um álbum realmente delicioso e acessÃvel.
O melhor álbum deles sem duvidas -
Aug 9, 2018
-
Oct 17, 2017
-
Oct 14, 2014It's ok. It's not great because it has no theme or underlying message, the instrumentals are a little sloppy and get boring occasionally, and I don't care for Jack White's lyrics. Seriously, Ball and Biscuit is a pretty good song, but did it have to be seven minutes long? Maybe I've missed the boat on the White Stripes, but I just can't get into them.
-
Jun 13, 2012Jack White can do no wrong. THAT'S A FACT. You can understand that from this album. Each and every album of his is absolute PERFECT. And he keeps doing good music.
-
Apr 21, 2012One of the best rock sounds in rock history, the White Stripes cemented their place in rock with this album. Seven Nation Army is a classic with a simple riff but Jack White shows off his immense guitar skill in songs like Ball and Biscuit and his amazing vocals in Girl, You Have No Medicine and There's No Home For You Girl. Easily one of the best rock albums I've heard.
-
Oct 27, 2011Elephant by the now-much-missed The White Stripes is a game-changing album that brought millions of youngsters into blues, accelerated the bandâ
-
Oct 19, 2011This album is ridiculous. I'm surprised it didn't start a music revolution like that of Is This It. Jack White is an absolute genius. Unfair album overall. All tracks are PERFECT
-
Sep 22, 2011Great album. Nothing groundbreaking, but just a great rock album. This is one of those records you can listen to all the way through repeatedly. It's the 'Nevermind' for a new generation of music. You listen to it and it makes you want to start your own garage band.
-
Sep 17, 2011Extremely underrated band from the 00's! Why could anyone hate this band? The music is a mix of blues, rock, and alt. rock. There are still people today, who have not yet heard of this band. The White Stripes are missed greatly! Rock on!
-
May 5, 2011
-
Dec 27, 2010
-
Dec 23, 2010
-
Oct 19, 2010Easily one of the best albums of all time. This album is absolutely exceptional. it's like finding an island amongst a sea of **** 21'st century music. would recommend to anyone with a decent taste in music.
-
Oct 13, 2010Wow. With another album The White Stripes again fail to disappoint. This isn't another one of your plain albums you find suffocating each other on store shelves; this one shows different music that you will no doubt enjoy.
-
PatrikD.Apr 18, 2008Sucks, three chords worn out so called rock N roll !
-
-
WillSJan 8, 2008Very good album, but did anyone notice that "There's No Home For You Here" sounds almost exactly like "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"?
-
-
EmukeJan 5, 2008
-
-
SteveJan 5, 2008Proof that mixing rock and art isn't all pretension and exclusive. one album that is indeed a landmark in rock.
-
-
MitchAug 7, 2007
-
-
FrancescoBApr 25, 2007Pessimo!
-
-
NicoleApr 10, 2007I absolutely adore this album.
-
-
DianyMar 1, 2007Jack white is just great.........i love is unique style.
-
-
DaveG.Feb 13, 2007
-
-
MichaelANov 13, 2006Best album of the 2000s, Raw, Raunchy, Sexy, Innocent, and extremely cool.
-
-
ZachS.Sep 21, 2006This album is a fresh, clean break from the hollow, lyrical rubbish that is so abundant in today's music. The rhetorical masterpieces painted in each song with no more than a few chords for support are nothing short of brilliant. Listen through this CD and see if you don't have it playing in your head for the next week.
-
-
LukeT.Sep 11, 2006The white stripes are very original and 'elephant' is what really made them famous. Each track is different in its own way. From the soft tone of 'you've got her in your pocket' to the screeching ar guitar in 'Black Math' this album suits whatever mood you are in.
-
-
CamilleAug 18, 2006There is so much more to discover on this album than Seven Nation Army. One song after the other is a complete surprise in both style and lyrics. It would be absolutely impossible to attach a single style to this disk. A masterpiece!
-
-
MarshallF.Aug 5, 2006
-
-
DanHJul 31, 2006A perfect album. A "bad" drummer does not make a bad band. Meg's drumming style fits perfectly with the music, with any other drummer it would just sound a little off. All of the songs on this album are great, ALL of them.
-
-
SaneH.Jul 16, 2006Are you kidding me? Why not give a good rating to a band with talent? This band makes me sick. The drummer is worthless. Please, please, please listen to something else.
-
-
HomieBBJun 26, 2006I only like one song on this record.
-
-
NickMJun 8, 2006one of the most unique sounds out there. its a refreshing sound compared to the standard unsophisticated boring sound that most rock groups today have.
-
-
HootchieMommaMay 4, 2006This Band SUCKS. How could you listen to this and actually be pleased by what you're hearing? It's total garbage. NO Talent!
-
-
nickMay 1, 2006definitely not the second best of the year but a good album not great.
-
-
marshApr 10, 2006I'm still blown away that someone could actually give this cd a 3. it's sad.
-
-
SatanicM.Apr 4, 2006It's incredible to see how this band manage to rock an audience with such an unsexy and wishy-washy music. Art can come disguised in so many many ways my dears, specially when a "band" steals the whole Adams Family/Hollow (Johnny Deep's horror movie) aesthetic, with disguises and stuff, and packs it up in a record and then claims it's an original product.
-
-
AmandaMar 24, 2006This album did not leave my car CD player for MONTHS.
-
-
DrewMMar 18, 2006A great album. Highly recommended.
-
-
LizTMar 6, 2006I love this album! that's all....I never knew that there could be a band out there that consisted of a male and female that didn't make love with each other.. at least as far as I know... but its good music.. real good..... yeehaw.
-
-
KatiBFeb 8, 2006This is an excellent album. It's different than the Stripe's previous three albums and yet still very Jack White (which is a good thing). You need to own it now. Also, listen to it a few times before saying no. It takes more than one listen to really "feel" it.
-
-
WSFanJan 28, 2006
-
-
marshallmDec 8, 2005they're are a great band. i think it's some of the most original stuff you'll ever hear. Get Behind me Satan ( there latest LP) is def. worth a buy too. keep goin' meg and jack!
-
-
PelleSDec 2, 2005
-
-
HawkBDec 2, 2005Renegade likes it so I'm giving it a 7 based on that. I might change my score when I've actually heard the album.
-
-
NickyHOct 27, 2005
-
-
RonGSep 14, 2005Hmm...Some great songs, too many that don't deserve the hype. White Blood Cells is far better.
-
-
MattCSep 10, 2005Can you not love this album?
-
-
sMAug 7, 2005Not overrated. Complete rock masterpiece. Woot!
-
-
TykeCJun 28, 2005This band has very few redeeming qualities.
-
-
[Anonymous]Jun 20, 2005This is definitely my favorite CD. Everyone needs to get a copy of this. It is amazing.
-
-
RicN.Jun 9, 2005I once used the track Ball and Biscuit to choreograph a couple performing foreplay on stage. It worked wonderfully well.
-
-
CarrieJun 7, 2005This really will remain one of my favorite albums of all time.
-
-
JoeDMay 24, 2005I bought this album a year after it came out and I am sure glad I did. In an age where most music is overproduced, commercialized crap designed to rake in a profit, the Stripes are a sorely needed breath of fresh air. This has become one of my favorite albums of all time!
-
-
JakeApr 14, 2005Absolutely sensational
-
-
PhantomXIIIApr 7, 2005AN excellent work that everyone should have in their collection.
-
-
JimBMar 27, 2005Some critics have been tripping over one another extolling this record with unbridled enthusiasm. Yes,it's a good record,but hardly akin to the "second coming".
-
-
ChrisLJan 11, 2005
-
-
XavierFJan 10, 2005Unlike many, I found this album to be lacking in depth and was generally immature. Perhaps a few more band members can flush out some talent with this group.
-
-
HollisHJan 5, 2005Yikes. No thanks.
-
-
KrystiGDec 26, 2004Ths CD's really cool It's different lol. The White Stripes are very creative. I like most of the songs except for 'Well it's true that we love one another' that song sux!
-
-
PatF.Dec 23, 2004Uninspired, boring, and a mess: all words to describe Elephant. One of the few albums that I truly feel is immensely overrated. There is a song or two that are decent, but nothing worth writing home about. In fact, it's the only album I own that has not made it to my iPod. Listen to the Fiery Furnaces instead. And they actually are brother and sister.
-
-
NickNov 25, 2004Good, but not as consistent as the amazing De Stijl or even its predecessor White Blood Cells. "Ball and a Biscuit" is a smooth extended jam and "Hypnotize" steams ahead with enormous energy, but tracks like "Little Acorns" and "It's True That We Love One Another" just aren't very good. Most of the other tracks are quite solid, just not quite up to par with previous outputs.
-
-
PopeJohnPaulSep 19, 2004Disappointing. It does have 4 unbelievable tracks, but the remainder of the album adds nothing to those songs. And I had to take an extra point off for 'It's True That We Love One Another'. Dear Lord that song is horrible.
-
-
JakeC.Sep 9, 2004What can I say...their 2nd best album (right behind Blood Cells), but still a masterpiece. It introduced me to the bluesy part of TWS. The best band ever? Yes...indeed yes!
-
-
JayR.Jul 23, 2004Best Album of the Millenium. Perfect 10. If you don't own this album, you are ripping yourself off out of one of the best albums ever made. End of Story.
-
-
StuJul 17, 2004Elephant, along with all the other White Stripes albums and wonderful, ingenious, new, and very different from all those other, 10 cents a dozen rock groups that are out now.
-
-
TylerJul 4, 2004
-
-
ScottCJun 12, 2004This was definitely one of the decades best albums. In my opinion it was an instant classic and showcases the talent of the White Stripes and gives the public a look at their wide range of ability.
-
-
gregsJun 2, 200499.99% pure genius- drums ,vocal,storeytelling a distillation. Shows the heart of rocknrolls still beating.. to use a cliche. Perhaps the people who gave it a zero are into rap or some other genre and are closed minded as their talent at least is undeniable and in your face.
-
-
BrockRMay 25, 2004
-
-
GraceCMay 22, 2004Simple goodness.
-
-
ElliottMay 2, 2004HIGHLY overrated. De Stijl is where it's at.
-
-
SimonAApr 25, 2004I think John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) smiles in heaven.
-
-
CfitzMar 19, 2004The first, true classic rock album of the 21st Century. Elephant combines sugar sweet lyrics, Dylan musings with Zeppelinesque screaming guitars and addictive riffs. Jack White is a genius.
-
-
MattFeb 16, 2004Some people think they know everything, and they don't. The critics are right IMO on this album. The first half is classic, in fact.
-
-
chrisFeb 13, 2004the tracks on this album that are good: phenomenal garage rock gems (girl, you have no faith in medicine and hypnotize). but, too much boring filler (tracks 4 - 9; the last cutesy track gets annoying) and overall waaay too much hype from critics and media attention. i recommend de stijl instead.
-
-
LarryOFeb 1, 2004A TRUE PIECE OF SH*T! What's happening to Music Critics? This cd can't be in this list. What a weird & gasified joke!
-
-
SeanOJan 29, 2004Background sounds for when you are very drunk.
-
-
LeoSJan 29, 2004What a piece of crap!
-
-
BobbyOJan 25, 2004Crappiest album by the crappiest band.
-
-
BenL.Jan 15, 2004This was an awesome album. Usually you buy a CD and only listen to a few of the songs, and thats what the CD is done for. This album has no fillers and they should all be singles. One of the best albums ever.
-
-
ChrisMJan 1, 2004The most overrated album of the year. An album made for lame music fans to jerk off over. 'Elephant' is an album that only a "master of the obvious" magazine like Rolling Stone or a website like metacritic would regard so highly.
-
-
holycrapDec 23, 2003Go buy this CD now. stop reading and go buy it. if you already have it, listen to it. This is the best album of the year along with QOTSA (Songs for the Deaf) and the streets (Original Pirate Material) Awesome, definetly worth buying.
-
-
holycrapDec 23, 2003Go buy this CD now. stop reading and go buy it. if you already have it, listen to it. This is the best album of the year along with QOTSA (Songs for the Deaf) and the streets (Original Pirate Material) Awesome, definetly worth buying.
-
-
NaveSDec 6, 2003This album sucks crap....what a flop!
-
-
SimonBDec 1, 2003Best album I've heard all year. The cover of 'Don't Know What to Do With Myself' is a gem and 'Ball and and a Biscuit' is intense. 'Little Acorns' and 'Cold Cold Night' aren't bad but knock off one point
-
-
AndrewRNov 21, 2003More of the same from Jack and Meg, with a little more, like a 7-minute-long blues jam and a few instances of actual bass. One of the more eclectic, invigorating releases of the year to these ears, and a BLAST to listen to-- and if "Seven Nation Army" isn't the most exciting song EVER, I don't think you're listening hard enough.
-
-
AdamCKNov 5, 2003
-
-
ColinROct 21, 2003To me it was so close to being fantastic but lacked something that hung it all together. I like individual songs but don't "get" the album. Fine but not a classic.
-
-
Spork*Oct 19, 2003awesome definatley one of the greatest ever
-
-
AaronSSep 22, 2003This is the best thing that I've heard all year so far. The White Stripes so called "British" album is more intense than thier previous releases. Jack White's guitar playing is phenominal with moments that are SO good you want to weep. An amazing album.
-
-
TristramCSep 16, 2003
-
-
howlinpellealmqvistlvrAug 23, 2003this is my fav cd out of all the white stripes -anyone who thinks otherwise probably doesnt have good taste in music
-
-
AnonymousMCAug 15, 2003best cd of 2003
-
-
lawrencejAug 5, 2003the best album i have ever heard.
-
-
MarkCJul 23, 2003Take all of their other albums, remove the urgency, the heart, and the good songs, you have Elephant. A less than ok release from a great band.
-
Awards & Rankings
-
BlenderThey break their own rules, even adding expansive guitar solos, to keep themselves interested and fans off-balance. [May 2003, p.123]
-
Therein lies the contradiction of The White Stripes. How do you combine the shit-hot with the "twee?" Elephant's shortcomings suggests the enterprise is futile.
-
It is a glorious thing to hear. It will be one of the best things you hear all year.