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Icky Thump - The White Stripes
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80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critics What's this?

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 185 Ratings

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  • Summary: Jack and Meg White spent a whopping three weeks (an eternity by White Stripes standards) in Nashville recording their sixth studio album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 39
  3. Negative: 1 out of 39
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    Despite all the distortion and teeth-shivering riffs, Icky Thump rivals White Blood Cells in accessibility. [22 Jun 2007, p.68]
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  2. Spin
    60
    A noisy, cranky piece of work. [Jul 2007, p.91]
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  3. Village Voice
    30
    The affecting style that made them the most imaginative revivalists of their generation has been replaced by half-assed and half-hearted prog rock.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 104 out of 119
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 119
  3. Negative: 6 out of 119
  1. jAbMaN
    10
    I love the title of this album's song "Icky Thump". It kicks ass and The White Stripes are an awesome band. Too bad they broke up though.
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  2. Ravenous
    5
    While the White Stripes are certainly not the most innovative rock band in history, they are still heads-and-shoulders above almost every other rock band from the last decade or so. While many of us have shared the thought that rock has died, this band has added an asterisk to the end of that thought. This album, however, is not their strongest.… Expand
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  3. JamesMusik
    3
    i duno what it is about white stripes, i just cant stand their stuff... i think they are so over rated. i love alot of bands classed as "simular" to white stripes. but for some reason the white stripes fail to do it for me... or anything for that matter.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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