Icky Thump, The White Stripes, Music CD

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Icky Thump


1	Icky Thump 4:14
2	You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) 3:54
3	300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues 5:28
4	Conquest 2:48
5	Bone Broke 3:14
6	Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn 3:05
7	St. Andrews (This Battle Is in the Air) 1:49
8	Little Cream Soda 3:45
9	Rag and Bone 3:48
10	I'm Slowly Turning into You 4:34
11	A Martyr for My Love for You 4:19
12	Catch Hell Blues 4:18
13	Effect and Cause 3:00

Editorial Reviews

If between OCD and genius lie the White Stripes, Icky Thump tilts toward Nobel Prize territory. Working within strict limitations is Jack (and Meg) White's hallmark; from the candy-cane suits to their studio-v�rit� work ethic, the duo are a blues-rock answer to a Dogma 95 film. Take 2005's Get Behind Me Satan, which aimed to recast their frantic guitar sound with marimba and piano. On their latest, however, Jack's six-strings come roaring back, along with splashier production values, more ambitious arrangements, and some of their most affecting songs yet. The topical title track weighs in on immigration between scabrous blasts of feedback-loaded guitar and Eastern-styled Univox synth: "White Americans, what, nothing better to do? Why don't you kick yourself out, you're an immigrant too." The duo do a 180, following with a country-rocking, Hammond-driven "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do What You're Told)," which could have been a castoff from Jack's sessions with Loretta Lynn for Van Lear Rose. In between are all manner of sonic deployment: mandolins, bagpipes, and, memorably, trumpets on "Conquest" (Jack heard it on a Patti Page record). Combined with acoustic fare like "Effect and Cause" and the mandolin-driven "Prickly Thorn, but Sweetly Worn" Icky Thump's expansive mood is reminiscent of Exile on Main Street, with odes to poverty, sneering misanthropy, and the blues intact. In short, after a year off with The Raconteurs, Jack White has returned reenergized. Meg, his mysterious muse, provides the primal rumpus. And after ten years, the White Stripes are just getting better. Mark Schwartz, Barnes & Noble

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WOW!! Totally worth the ride!by Anonymous

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November 10, 2009: Listenening to "Icky Thump" is like going to an amusement park and every ride is a little different but they each give you a particular thrill.

Listening to the jamming "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" then going into "Conquest" is a little like the bells in "Time" by Pink Floyd but the whole disk is a thrill ride. White's lyrics are genius and his guitar is screeching and sublime. If you only listen to two songs,make them "I'm slowly turning into you" and, well I can't say. You really need to listen to the entire cd. It's Great!

I Also Recommend: Elephant.

Not the Best of Their Albumsby Anonymous

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April 26, 2008: Most of the music on this CD was traditional White Stripes music but some was not. The song "Icky Thump" is not typical of the White Stripes so if you're looking to purchase other CDs based on this song don't. I strongly dislike the song "Icky Thump" but to each his own. The other two songs that are not innate to the Stripes are "Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn" and "St. Andrews (This Battle Is in the Air)".

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Icky Thump


1	Icky Thump 4:14
2	You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) 3:54
3	300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues 5:28
4	Conquest 2:48
5	Bone Broke 3:14
6	Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn 3:05
7	St. Andrews (This Battle Is in the Air) 1:49
8	Little Cream Soda 3:45
9	Rag and Bone 3:48
10	I'm Slowly Turning into You 4:34
11	A Martyr for My Love for You 4:19
12	Catch Hell Blues 4:18
13	Effect and Cause 3:00

Barnes & Noble

If between OCD and genius lie the White Stripes, Icky Thump tilts toward Nobel Prize territory. Working within strict limitations is Jack (and Meg) White's hallmark; from the candy-cane suits to their studio-v�rit� work ethic, the duo are a blues-rock answer to a Dogma 95 film. Take 2005's Get Behind Me Satan, which aimed to recast their frantic guitar sound with marimba and piano. On their latest, however, Jack's six-strings come roaring back, along with splashier production values, more ambitious arrangements, and some of their most affecting songs yet. The topical title track weighs in on immigration between scabrous blasts of feedback-loaded guitar and Eastern-styled Univox synth: "White Americans, what, nothing better to do? Why don't you kick yourself out, you're an immigrant too." The duo do a 180, following with a country-rocking, Hammond-driven "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do What You're Told)," which could have been a castoff from Jack's sessions with Loretta Lynn for Van Lear Rose. In between are all manner of sonic deployment: mandolins, bagpipes, and, memorably, trumpets on "Conquest" (Jack heard it on a Patti Page record). Combined with acoustic fare like "Effect and Cause" and the mandolin-driven "Prickly Thorn, but Sweetly Worn" Icky Thump's expansive mood is reminiscent of Exile on Main Street, with odes to poverty, sneering misanthropy, and the blues intact. In short, after a year off with The Raconteurs, Jack White has returned reenergized. Meg, his mysterious muse, provides the primal rumpus. And after ten years, the White Stripes are just getting better. Mark Schwartz

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Product Details

Format: CD
Release Date: 06/19/2007
Label: WARNER BROS / WEA
Catalog No.: 162940
UPC: 093624996712
Sales Rank: 8,359

Album Credits
Performance Credits
The White Stripes		Primary Artist