- Record Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry / V2
- Release Date: Jul 3, 2001
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Universal acclaim- based on 163 Ratings
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Positive: 151 out of 163
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Mixed: 4 out of 163
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Negative: 8 out of 163
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Jan 3, 2020Este é o álbum onde a banda realmente se encontra e explode em qualidade, o álbum mais importante do grupo mesmo não sendo necessariamente o melhor
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Aug 17, 2014Holy crap. This album, this album right here, is brilliant. Not one of the 16 tracks is bad, not even mediocre. This album is absolutely amazing, and if you haven't heard any songs on this album, GET OFF OF METACRITIC AND LISTEN TO IT! This is easily their best album (even better than Elephant), the best album of the 2000s and my personal favorite album ever. BUY IT!!!!
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Jul 2, 2012
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Apr 25, 2012While I appreciate Jack White as a man pushing the boundaries of music and trying to return classic rock and roll, sometimes the results are less than interesting. The critics like the man so much, they tend to gloss over his failures. I love "Fell in Love with a Girl", but much of the rest of this album should have found the cutting room floor.
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Apr 14, 2012This album really leaves you speechless at how great it sounds. You don't hear albums like this everyday, as White Blood Cells defines who the White Stripes are really. Key Tracks: "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground", "Hotel Yorba", "Fell in Love with a Girl", "We're Going to Be Friends", "This Protector"
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Oct 19, 2011Absolutely brilliant album. For most bands, a masterpiece like this would be their best album but Elephant makes this band an exception. Jack White is one of music's biggest genius's and White Blood Cells was the first clear representation of that
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Sep 22, 2011Catchy, great garage band music. This record is when they started to hit their stride. It also sets the template for their next, brilliant record Elephant. Their best work floods this album with songs like 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground', 'Fell In Love With A Girl', and the great 'We're Going To Be Friends.'
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Feb 12, 2011Gritty, raw, and dirty (in the best way possible), this album will truly go down as a milestone in independent garage rock. With their third release, The White Stripes will flood you with distorted rhythms that two people usually aren't able to produce. A must have for any garage rock fanatic, or anyone who's looking for something out of the ordinary.
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Dec 23, 2010White Blood Cells is like my new favorite garage rock album. It's catchy, the lyrics are great, the musicianship is astounding. Jack White's voice is amazing. "We're Going To Be Friends" is a catchy, fun song. "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" is a great starter. And "Aluminum" is a really good instrumental song. All In All, The Best White Stripes album. A
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Nov 21, 2010While 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. However, this album is not nearly as good as the two that would follow.
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antonioqAug 3, 2009It's a really good album once you get rid of preconceptions. "Every band needs a bassist" or "more drumming is better drumming", for instance. Music is, after all, what it is, not what it should be, and you can't fault "Hotel Yorba" (for example) for not rocking enough when it's a great -folky- song. Really strong record.
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richardhNov 15, 2008The best white stripes album. and elephant is far over rated. i think that djs play elephant cuz i they it makes them cool. for shame - this album is so much better.
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srMar 15, 2007Check out chris thile's version of dead leaves and the dirty ground on google video.
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MikeHMar 1, 2007This is quite possibly my favorite album of theirs. I love the diversity of rock in this album...the country-rock in "Hotel Yorba", the Detroit rock in "Expecting", the punk in "Fell in Love With a Girl". And the lyrics are the best part...just read over "I'm Finding it Harder to Be a Gentleman". Jack is a genius.
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nashacrablegsDec 28, 2006jack white is a genius
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whitestripes!favband!Feb 11, 2006pretty darn good, but not as good as "elephant". i love the white stripes and always will. grade: 9.6... i rounded up, kuz they rock! :-)
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thegodofrockandrollhowardJan 16, 2006outstanding. one of the best albums i have ever heard, even if meg cant drum.
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joebNov 7, 2005
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RonGOct 20, 2005Awesome. Better than everything they've done (including Elephant and Get Behnid me Satan) - a miracle in itself Very few albums have quite so many great songs on them
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AliCAug 13, 2005Oh dear. The White Stripes are so difficult to listen to and the drumming is so dreary and awful. It's amazing how much of a career you can make out of pretending you are sleeping with your sister.
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zacheOct 5, 2004freaken great cd, if you listen to them religiously or not. There elephant is good too but has alot of songs that people who dont "love" them probably wouldnt care for. definitly worth buying for fans...of course
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WhateveryouwanttocallmeJun 3, 2004This is a great album, by a great band. But, I wouldn't ever say they are the greatest band ever. Meg white needs drum lessons, and they need a bassest. They still are a great band, and they really if nothing else area step in the right direct. By the way, they aren't really garage rock as much as they are a blues revival mixed with the clash and the sonics.
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NancyJMar 27, 2004That guy Brian S. must be into Good Charlotte,Nickelback, Staind, Yellowcard etc. if he thinks WBC is crap.
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tracicFeb 6, 2004one of the best i've heard in a long time. finally something original.
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DennisT.Feb 2, 2004
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BrianSOct 17, 2003I'm sorry, but the White Stripes have absolutely no talent. This is the worst CD I've ever paid money for, and I honestly wish I hadn't. Do yourself a favor and don't pay money for this crap.
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bradmOct 16, 2003the white stripes are the best. so therefore the album is to.
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BenMAug 5, 2003its pretty good. better then most albums by other bands ive heard. i love how the white stripes have their own sound. most rock bands just bore me now. but this album isnt as good as their other 3 cds. they all get 10/10, and elephent gets 11
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DanFeb 13, 2003A really good album, but it does lack in some areas.
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-x_AmBeR_x-.Jan 14, 2003The White Stripes are Awesome!
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MichaelKOct 14, 2002what we have here is enduring music with a caustic emotional punch, unlike the strokes, whom actually do seem like retreads.
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LukeMSep 2, 2002The music - guitar and drums only - wears thin very quickly. Though they aren't terrible to listen to, the White Stripes aren't particularly tuneful or memorable. Most of the songs just aren't fully realized.
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KatyL.Aug 10, 2002This album is one of the best ever!
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scottJul 8, 2002best album ever. i listen to it at least once every day...white stripes rocl
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jessiedetroitApr 7, 2002finaly!! a good rock band from detroit. "fell in love with a girl" is one of the best tracts on the cd, that and "we're going to be friends". a must buy for anyones collection
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DeonF.Feb 21, 2002a gut-shot full of brilliance
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AdrianDFeb 20, 2002Their best yet but is that saying much? I find a problem with the sameness of the sound.
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JimmyTheExploderJan 29, 2002This was the first white stripes album i bought and the previous two quickly followed. They are genius and 'White Blood Cells' is perfect for people who have never heard them before. Bare in mind though, i wasn't impressed straight away, it took a few plays before my head suddenly realised what i was listening to. Sheer brilliance.
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TaiC.Jan 28, 2002They rocked my face off. Detroit rocks hard (cept Kid rock, who doesn't.)
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BrandonM.Jan 16, 2002
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MarlonJ.Dec 28, 2001Make no mistake, Meg White, not lars ulric or jason bonham is the greatest drummer in rock and roll. Oh, yeah, that whiny guitarist singer aint bad either
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PaulS.Dec 28, 2001Fantastic. The more i listen to it the more i love it. If you've seen em live too you'll have seen the brilliance shining from them. Who needs the way over-rated Strokes!
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LindsayP.Dec 11, 2001Stripped down rock and roll at its finest.
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JeremyA.Dec 10, 2001If you like rock bands who can actually write decent songs, then you MUST hear this album. The White Stripes are everything the Strokes will never be.
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IanNov 29, 2001Take the rawk of their eponymous debut, add the tunes of De Stijl and you've one hell of an album. Only surpassed by their live act and close to being my favourite album of the year.
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BobB.Nov 27, 2001Simple, but raw and pure rock and roll
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PhilR.Nov 25, 2001It's going on my christmas list!
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GordonR.Nov 9, 2001Wipes the floor with The Strokes
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WodekS.Oct 12, 2001More heart than a Polish Rocky. A triumph.
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LeeBeeSep 29, 2001They just keep getting better.
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KristiS.Sep 8, 2001Excellent
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Awards & Rankings
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Though nothing new -- instrument-wise -- is added to the mix of drums, guitar, and piano, the White Stripes' recipe cooks up heavier overall on White Blood Cells, while still retaining some of the cheeky, barroom brashness that has become their stock in trade.
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MojoThe Detroit duo spin sordid tales and lovelorn drama with just the right amount of restrained percussion, blooze picking and screaming confessionals. [Sep 2001, p.93]
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White Blood Cells doesn't veer far from the formula of past White Stripes records; all are tense, sparse and jagged. But it's here that they've finally come into their own, where Jack and Meg White finally seem not only comfortable with the path they've chosen, but practiced, precise and able to convey the deepest sentiment in a single bound.