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The White Stripes, Elephant Music Cd Indie Alternative

Their binary color scheme — red, white — and instrumental attack — guitar, drums — belie the dazzling array of hues these Detroit natives bring to their wildly popular post-blues-rock. Elephant, the Stripes’ fourth long-player, has been trumpeted as a make-or-break deal, since it arrives on the heels of their smash White Blood Cells, and from virtually the first groove of the anthemic “Seven Nation Army,” it’s clear that they have no intention of buckling under the strain. Whether he’s stomping, as on the incendiary “The Air Near My Fingers,” or swooning, as on “I Want to Be the Boy” (which continues his string of infectiously innocent pre-adolescent love paeans), Jack White remains intriguingly real, unflaggingly believable.

Elephant isn’t a huge departure from White Blood Cells; it’s more an intensification of that album’s M.O., with the noisy songs offering up more noise and the sweet counterpoints a little more sugar. The band’s nods to the blues have grown more confident, with icons like Lightnin’ Hopkins and Son House used as stepping-stones rather than crutches, a transition they display on the distortion-laced epic “Ball and Biscuit.” Making a big noise is but one of the Stripes’ strengths, though: The sound and fury they unleash here signifies plenty, particularly on the bitterly careening “Black Math” and the feedback-caressed cover of the Bacharach classic “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself.” In keeping with their minimalist aesthetic, the White Stripes recorded Elephant in just a few days, using just a few tracks on an ancient studio board. But the result — to borrow a line from that credit card campaign — is absolutely priceless

Playable Tracks:

1. Seven Nation Army
2. Black Math
3. There’s No Home for You Here
4. I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself
5. In the Cold, Cold Night
6. I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart
7. You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket
8. Ball and Biscuit
9. The Hardest Button to Button
10. Hypnotize
11. The Air Near My Fingers
12. Little Acorns
13. Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
14. It’s True That We Love One Another

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