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De Stijl
The White Stripes
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2002-06-11
Manufacturer: V2
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Album Description
De Stijl, the Dutch word for the style, is the sophomore CD from the Southwest Detroit brother and sister duo THE WHITE STRIPES. This album is based more on piano, open-A tuning and primal drum beats. It is also augmented by electric violin, acoustic bass and presents the listener with more melodic pieces. 13 tracks.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Hot Stuff   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This CD rocks! Hard bluesy guitar with hypnotic melodies and thought provoking lyrics. My favorite of the 6 White Stripes albums I own.

2) Stripes avoid Sophmore Slump   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The Debut album of the "White Stripes" was pretty solid, yet it had a good amount of filler, and Jack and Meg still sounded like they were trying to find their grove. The sophmore effort "De Stijl" is still my favorite Stripes album to date (2007) and you can hear heavy influences of 60's and 70's rock here. Just a few examples as "Little Bird" is very Zepplin, "Apple Blossom" is very Beatles, and "Death Letter" is a cross between Hendrix and Zepplin. Some will complain that the band is to plain, and the simple chord struture makes them boring and talent-less...I will agree that most of the songs have a simple chord struture, but everything is done to the T. Its really tight, and that is the most important thing here. Also they avoid of sounded like every other recycled pop rock band such as Nickelback and Green Day. You can really hear the the Rock and Blues influences here, along with a tad of punk from the mid to early 70's. Its a great combo of song styles and a great listen if you like Modern, Classic or Pop Rock, and I will even go out on a limb and say fans of Metal might like this because of the rawness and distortion present in some of the songs.>ENJOY

3) Outstanding Overall Recording   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Very fun to listen to. I really like a lot of diversity that sounds good and blends well as a whole. De Stijl fits the bill. Extremely talented song writing and creative execution. I highly recommend this recording.

4) Can I give six stars?   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I first got hooked on this CD last year although my dad had it for much longer than that. Before I listened to this cd my favorite White Stripes had always been Elephant but I immediately fell in love with this one. All of the songs are great and I even used "I'm Bound to Pack it up" as my senior song when I graduated from High School. This cd is amazing and I would definitely recommend it to any music lover no matter their genre. If there is nothing in this cd that you like rest assured there is something wrong with you.

5) DeStijl, De Stijl, but where's Da Skill?   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
This CD is good enough to merit a listen or two but De Stijl means stripped down, not incapable. Shedding the fat in rock is good sense in my book but a modicum of ability would be nice. I'm not asking for virtuoso drumming but I can only take bass-snare-snare for so long, Mrs. White.However, just because I desire a bit more skill and could do without "Apple Blossom" and prefer Son House's "Death Letter Blues", doesn't mean this sucks.I appreciate Jack's interests in old blues and heartily approve of physical violence against The Von Bondies. So as far as I'm concerned this merits a purchase but not extened play nor adulation.