{"id":892,"date":"2016-08-24T00:31:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T00:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=892"},"modified":"2016-08-24T00:35:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T00:35:17","slug":"rs-390-white-stripes-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=892","title":{"rendered":"RS #390: White Stripes, Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#390<\/p>\n<h3>White Stripes <em> Elephant<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h3>\n<div id=\"yiv8756997158yui_3_7_2_17_1358531694665_587\">\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> 2003<br \/>\n<strong>Previously Owned:<\/strong>\u00a0No<br \/>\n<strong>First Time Listen:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/1\/11\/Elephant%2C_The_White_Stripes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/1\/11\/Elephant%2C_The_White_Stripes.png\">I pledge allegance to the red, white and black album cover&#8230; <\/a>&#8221; by Source. Licensed under\u00a0<a title=\"&lt;a href=&quot;\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline&quot;&gt;Fair use&lt;\/a&gt; of copyrighted material in the context of \">Fair use<\/a>\u00a0via\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/\">Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Impressions: <\/strong> Well, even though it&#8217;s been played to death&#8230;&#8221;Seven Nation Army&#8221; is a real winner. I must confess it&#8217;s pretty undeniable. What&#8217;s not to like? I mean, that massive riff&#8230; dummmm dum dum dudumm! It&#8217;s perfect. Jack and Meg White are like the proprietors of a fancy restaurant in a trendy yet rundown neighborhood that serves up high-end takes on comfort food to hipsters. Sloppy, fun, simple. The bashing continues with &#8220;Black Math.&#8221; They slows down ok too on the spooky, Meg White sung &#8220;In The Cold Cold Night.&#8221; The songwriting is improved and their sound is fun and raw without any digital messing around. I&#8217;m sure Jack White is pissed that I&#8217;m listening to this on Spotify instead of a Edison Wax Cylinder or something. He&#8217;s kind of an interesting guitarist&#8230;tastefully tasteless, precisely sloppy, old and new all wrapped into one package. Meg is not&#8230; the most technically accomplished timekeeper, but it works. For some reason, I feel like I should be enjoying this album less than I do, but you know what I&#8217;m just going to go ahead and enjoy it. Somehow they made a long blues guitar jam (&#8220;Ball and Biscuit&#8221;) sound modern and even work in the 21st century ? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Starred Songs:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Seven Nation Army,&#8221; &#8220;Just Don&#8217;t Know What To Do With Myself&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Sneaky Track:<\/strong> &#8220;Black Math&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Should this album be on the\u00a0list? <\/strong>Sure.<br \/>\n<strong>Will you listen to this again? <\/strong> Maybe<br \/>\n<strong>Verdict: <\/strong>Big meat and potatoes rock served up with a little artisanal attitude. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/60sA6QZD1cM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#390 White Stripes Elephant Release Date: 2003 Previously Owned:\u00a0No First Time Listen: Yes Impressions: Well, even though it&#8217;s been played to death&#8230;&#8221;Seven Nation Army&#8221; is a real winner. I must confess it&#8217;s pretty undeniable. What&#8217;s not to like? I mean, that massive riff&#8230; dummmm dum dum dudumm! It&#8217;s perfect. 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