Get Behind Me Satan

This album is definately worth buying given time will become a favourite. BUY IT!!

The best thing about the White Stripes is the way you can analyse them to death. The artworks full of symbolism and religious imagery, engrossing! And JAck wrote a very thought provoking....thing...yeah, the artwork alone is worth the price, but people ain't like that! They want the music too!

Luckily it delivers, OH IT DELIVERS!

I WOULD say that "The Nurse" is the best track. Built around a Marimba with seemingly sporadic bursts of noise and lyrics about betrayal of trust, how those who you trust with your life could well be the ones to kill you. The White Stripes at their most experimental, adventurous, and best.

There are two other themes that seem to prevail. "Little Ghost" and "Take. Take. Take" seem to be about falling in love with a ghost that only you can see. What a lovely thought.

Meanwhile, tracks such as "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)" toy with the idea of incest....intriguing, seeing as we're still not too sure if "they guys" are brother and sister, hmmm.

See, it's intrigue that makes them. They are...some of the mystics of music. As such it's quite hard to hate them. How could one possibly hate a band this interesting?

Ah, yeah, the music. It isn't to everyone's taste. Some will be expecting (DEMANDING) more Elephant, more riotous rock outs. They WILL be dissappointed, they will spit upon this album and sit in a corner, foetal position, gently rocking, caressing their dog eared copy of White Blood Cells. But for the more adventurous listener, who appreciates the place of the marimba in music, this is a treat, well reccommended.

Blue Orchid, the opener and first single, is well known to everyone, and opens the album at a brilliant pace. All albums should have a first track as good as this!

The Nurse is an odd fish. It sounds like Jack is playing the Xylophone (turns out it's actually a Marimba) and Meg is beating him at random intervals with a hammer. I was very worried when I first heard this, it sounded extremely wierd, but I'm pleased to say it's a grower.

My Doorbell is classic Stripes. Fantastic, instant hit. I love this song!

Forever For Her is different again. Pianos galore and not too bad for it. A very strong track.

Little Ghost is again odd. You probably won't like this at first, with some odd vocal harmonising at the end. The lyrics are wierd, but it's grown on me so it's now one of my favourite tracks.

Most people say that the Denial Twist is the best track of the album, but even though it's quite good there are better tracks here.

White Moon starts off softly and grows towards the end of the track. It seems to carry on the ghost theme of the album. It's not brilliant.

Instinct Blues is BRILLIANT. Jack finds his guitar again, and the song is all the better for it. This song reminds me of the Black Keys.

Passive Manipulation is the Meg-led short track in the middle of the album. It's difficult not to like this track. Its a breath of fresh air, breaks up Instinct Blues and Take, Take, Take.

The lyrics on Take, Take, Take are quality. And musically, it's a pretty strong track too. Very good.

As Ugly as I Seem comes out of nowhere. Very quiet, after the previous track it's very easy to overlook this one, but don't. Listen to it on its own and you'll appreciate it a lot more.

For wierd use of instruments, look no further than Red Rain. It opens with a triangle, but then breaks into a bout of tourtured, angry guitar. Fairly good, not the best track, but not the worst either.

I'm Lonely is a fantastic closing track, but the lyrics could raise a few questions.

If you like the White Stripes, and you haven't bought this record, you really should. You can trust Jack and Meg to come up with something odd but not make a dog's dinner of it. This album succeeds. Trust them, they know what they're doing.

And if you've just skipped through the review (and let's face it, it was too long) I didn't like this album when I first heard it, but it grew on me.