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Icky Thump
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624996712
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
MPN: 162940
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: June 19, 2007
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Editorial Review:
Bagpipes, a song written as the soundtrack to a Michel Gondry music video, Patti Page's musical shadow, and Jack and Meg co-narrating a scavenger's rummages: It must be time for Icky Thump, the many-flavored riposte to 2006's Get Behind Me Satan. The duo starts big with the title track--Jack's fast-tumbling, falsetto-tinged lyrics jagging on hyper keyboard-sounding segues and Meg's pounding drums. They rarely shy from an idea, invoking acoustic Bob Dylan to frame "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues," but interjecting a series of distortion-laden guitar paroxysms for good measure. The end of Icky, on "Effect and Cause," is where Jack's trademark vocal warble and spare, quick acoustic strums meet Meg's single-minded beats. Everywhere on Icky giant riffs leap and shout, with Flamenco horns and those eerie bagpipes and rhythmic shifts and Jack's impatient vocal kinetics, marking new territories even as the White Stripes again populate them with vintage ideas. --Andrew Bartlett
The White Stripes are back with the most bombastic album they've ever produced! While revealing the band's roots in American folk music, Icky Thump is an explosive, revolutionary assault that brings together garage rock, every blues style of the past 100 years, nouveau, and flamenco. This is truly a modern rock and roll masterpiece!
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The platinum-selling, multi-Grammy®- winning and highly acclaimed The White Stripes move to Warner Bros. for Icky Thump, the most sonically bombastic album the band has made. While revealing the band's roots in American folk music, Icky Thump is an explosive, revolutionary assault that brings together garage rock, every blues style of the past 100 years, nouveau flamenco, Jack White's fastest guitar solo ever recorded, hard country, speed metal, a slide guitar epic, surf music, spoken word and even bagpipes to create a modern rock 'n' roll masterpiece.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - White Stripes - Ickythumped
I wanted to write an article about the White Stripes since their release last year 2007, Ickythump, but didn't have the inspiration until now.
The White Stripes, Meg and Jack White are a Alternative rock group out of Detroit Michigan, which formed back in 1997. They originally portrayed themselves as a sister and brother duo, when in fact they were married for a period of time at the beginning of their careers. Even after their divorce, the band has remarkably still stayed together. ... Read More
Rating: - Great album, TERRIBLE master!
Whatever idiot mastered this CD made it so loud that the drums crunch and clip during particularly loud parts. This is particularly noticeable during the chorus on track 3 and the 0:05 part in Icky Thump.
The vinyl version was mastered by a different person and has none of this terrible clipping, plus all the different instruments sound more distinct and snappy. Get that instead.
Rating:  - Now seven albums strong
It's undisputed that the White Stripes are one of the best rock bands of all time. Although I might need some time to think about where to place them in my list of favorite bands, this album proves that they rank pretty high on the Richter scale.
"Icky Thump" is an earthquake-shaker of an album, starting off with a title track with slamming guitar chords, Meg White's loud cymbals and an angular guitar solo acting as the chorus. The solo is followed by a schizophrenic keyboard solo that ... Read More
Rating: - candycane dreams of white stripes!
When I first heard that the latest cd for the White Stripes would be hitting the stores soon, I was excited. As a longtime fan, I own all of their music. Before I could buy the cd the music videos for the songs 'Icky Thump' and 'Conquest' began playing everywhere. Even though I was absolutely sure I would be buying the cd without hearing a song on it, I was pleased to see that the White Stripes sounded better than ever. The music videos caught the attention of my son (age 16) who remembered that ... Read More
Rating:  - ICKY ICKY DUMP
GOODNESS GRACIOUS WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS TERRIBLE. AND SOMEHOW THEY'RE SO POPULAR. JAGGER AND RICHARD 'PASSED THE TOURCH' TO JACK WHITE ON THE LATEST COVER OF ROLLING STONE. I'M CANCELLING MY FORTY YEAR SUBSCRIPTION
TO THE MAGAZINE. I WILL NOT BELABOR THIS TO MUCH DOESN'T RATE IT. SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT ALL THE GREAT RIFFS OF 2007 WERE COMPILED INTO THIS ALBUM. THEY ARE LOUD,VIRTUALLY SCREAMING, AND MAKE SOME MATHMETICAL SENSE BUT ARE DEVOID ABSOLUTEY OF ANY TRUE ROCK FEELING OR EMOTION, ... Read More
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