Monday, April 9, 2012

Icky Thump by the White Stripes


kurtkurtkurt:

When my playlist randomed its way to Icky thump I was wondering why there were so few plays on it compared to the rest of their albums. Ends up it's because half of the songs are over 4 minutes in length for a band that shouldn't need much more than 3 and a half to get out what they have to say.

It's a slow album from start to finish. It's less stripped down than their early releases. It's overall pretty damn meh.



Conquest is probably the highlight.

Stuckski:

Wow...I wasn't aware that there were White Stripes albums that did not contain either 'Seven Nation Army' or 'We're going to be Friends'. My Mistake...and also possibly theirs. It's not that any of the tracks are bad, and some are even quite good. 'Conquest' is a bombastic ballad, while songs like 'Bone Broke' recall some of their finest work. So it really is too bad that they apparently decided to just haphazardly toss all these tunes together and call it an album. It almost feels like a bad 'best of' mix with songs just slung one after the other. The result is a quite jarring listening experience. Come to think of it, that sounds like just the kind of thing the White Stripes would do on purpose. Or ironically. Or something. Well played you two...well played
Final verdict: Some good tunes, but too jarring to be a good album.
Best Song: Conquest (you had me at...brass section)


RATINGS:
Kurtkurtkurt: 5/10
Stuckski: 5/10


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