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Get Behind Me Satan
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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 283 Ratings

  • Summary: The duo's fifth long-player, destined to be known as GBMS in record reviews everywhere, was recorded in their Detroit studio. While not a total departure from previous efforts, it does find them expanding their sound away from their usual guitar+drums formula.

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Blue Orchid
You got a reaction You got a reaction didn't you? You took a white orchid You took a white orchid turned it blue Something better than... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. The New York Times
    100
    It's an album so strong and so unexpected that it may change the way people hear all its predecessors. And that's just a start. Listen long enough, and this album might change the way you hear lots of other bands, too.
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  2. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    91
    White's commercial success has nothing to do with de Stijl or da blooze--just a strong, emotive voice delivering simple yet distinctive songs, which are fairly numerous here.
  3. The A.V. Club
    90
    Another remarkable White Stripes album.
  4. Drawer B
    80
    It isn’t until you’ve given it your full attention that the album starts to reveal its true depth and worth with songs that stick and get under your skin and make you come back for more.
  5. Pitchfork
    73
    Even with a generous handful of tracks that easily rank alongside the White Stripes' best work, Get Behind Me Satan remains a confounding record, one that wears its "transitional album" tag like a heavy peppermint-striped crown.
  6. ShakingThrough.net
    68
    Get Behind Me Satan lacks the confidently muscular (if sonically overreaching) ambition of Elephant, the raw, bruising intensity of White Blood Cells and the appealing hooks of De Stijl.
  7. Austin Chronicle
    40
    [It] tries putting everything from the buffet on your plate, even the Jell-O you're not going to eat. C'mon, sounding like a stripped-down version of the Stooges wasn't such a bad thing, was it?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 139 out of 168
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 168
  3. Negative: 15 out of 168
  1. JawsPapi87
    Oct 20, 2011
    10
    The White Stripes, like The Strokes are a band who can completely change their sound for one record and it will be just as good as their otherThe White Stripes, like The Strokes are a band who can completely change their sound for one record and it will be just as good as their other work. It's a strangely relaxing album and is a breath of fresh air from 21st century ****… Expand
  2. KellyW
    Jun 11, 2005
    10
    An amazing record that is, quite simply, the best album of the year.
  4. leighs
    Jul 19, 2005
    10
    an amazing album. they just get better and better!
  5. IanR
    Jun 7, 2005
    9
    This is a really eclectic, experimental, and all around different album for the White Stripes... but even so, it's definitely a White This is a really eclectic, experimental, and all around different album for the White Stripes... but even so, it's definitely a White Stripes album, and it rocks hard, even when it plays it cool.… Expand
  6. mattl
    Jun 19, 2005
    9
    Takes a couple listens to warm up too, then you are hooked
  7. LB
    Jun 10, 2005
    8
    Pretty decent album. It will catch you off guard. I didn't think it was that good on first listen and was disappointed by the lack of Pretty decent album. It will catch you off guard. I didn't think it was that good on first listen and was disappointed by the lack of guitars but, after a few listens, I can tell you that most of the songs are pretty good (Blue Orchid, My Doorbell, Take Take Take, Red Rain and so on). However, some songs are lacking that extra something to put them over the top.… Collapse
  8. GabrielK
    Jun 15, 2005
    0
    overrated much!

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