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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2005-06-07
Manufacturer: V2
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Their fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan is the strangest and least focused effort by these unlikely garage rock superstars to date. It's also their finest, an Exile on Main Street-ish mish-mash where the sum is greater than the parts. In a market increasingly driven by singles and downloads, it's nice to be reminded how exciting an album can be, especially one where you really don't know what to expect next. There are a lot fewer pounding guitars on this album. They've largely been replaced by pounding pianos. Most songs sound like rough mixes at first; almost every song has something exceptionally loud in the mix--the guitar solo in "The Nurse," the drums in "Doorbell," everything in "Blue Orchid." After a few listens, however, it becomes clear that the group is not using the studio as an instrument so much as exposing the nuts and bolts in the process along the way. There are some duds; the wanky blooze-rawk number "Instinct Blues" goes on way too long and it would be nice if "The Nurse" had a real chorus. Whether "Passive Manipulation" is about the wife-or-sister schtick, if the cover artwork indeed has Jack and Meg calling each other devils, and which scripture is referred to by the album's title (Matthew, Mark or Luke?): none of that matters so much as the fact that this album is strangely sprawling and obliquely ass-kicking at the same time. "Orchid" is a rockdisko sonic smash that shows how to really get rock kids on the dancefloor. Meanwhile, "Doorbell" sounds enough like the Jackson Five to totally rule, and "Forever for Her" is the best ballad Jack's written in years. The fact that some marimbas provide the driving force to "Forever" makes it all the better. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) not original, but original   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Had my 1st encounter with The White Stripes three days ago over the airwaves. Later that day had listened through Icky Thump and Get behind me Satan, and bought the latter. Yes, I agree with some reviewers that the music is not entirely original, but only in one, very restricted sense: when I listen I hear The Rolling Stones here, Black sabbath there, Led Zeppelin there etc. HOWEVER, this music is highly original in that the artists have done a magnificent cut-and-paste of of various styles of earlier rock bands, showing extreme viruosity in their mastering of those genres, while (most favourite to me) taking the mickey right out of them. I think they are simply superb, and walk away laughing with sheer delight at the musical excellence, superb humour and iconoclasm. Well done White Stripes! - I've ordered a crisp, unouched-by-human-hands copy of Elephant (love the Hendrix take-off in Ball & Biscuit)and am off to buy Icky Thump this very afternoon. PS: I am 51 years old, and if there is one thing I suspect myself of it is excellent taste in music (my acid test is: Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd & The Rolling Stones). So wha! to your critics.

2) kicks a**   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If you dig original ideas this is the real poop!!!!!!Gotta listenthe bestkz

3) Get Behind me Elephant!   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
The white stripes follow up to the album Elephant takes up right where its predecessor left off. This can be looked at as either good or bad depending on how much a person liked that particular album. GBMS is filled with all the country bluesy sounding type songs that Elephant was inhabited by. My main gripe is that the White Stripes are a rock band, devoid of rock songs. Elephant was a pleasurable escape from other music that was available at the time of its release. GBMS has only one true rocking song that is worth mentioning and that is the first single, blue orchid. This song is not derivative of the rest of the album mainly because it has a whites stripes trademark cool riff. The next closest thing to a true rocker is the track Red Rain which rocks pretty hard but is missing that trademark riff. For the most part GBMS is filled with funny little slow songs with eccentric sounds. While I commend the Stripes for their originality and talent, I must still voice the complaint that perhaps they should take more time in between album releases and release a wholly complete album with a sense of direction. Combined with the 7 or 8 awesome songs from Elephant, the 7 or 8 great songs off this record could have turned out a wonderful piece of art. Then again the stripes are known for putting out records unlike anything else on the market and that is a greater part of their charm. So depending if you liked elephant or loved it GBMS is a good listen if not a great one. It seems to open up hardcore but then slowly works its way into oblivion with each track. It is truly a mixed bag musically. In other words, if you are a true White Stripes fan pick it up, if not I would try the stripes breakthrough album WHITE BLOOD CELLS.

4) Get Behind Me Satan, The White Stripes   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
Found most tracks to be very lethargic, something to listen to on a Sunday afternoon after dinner.

5) Doesn't live up to the standard of the singles   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
Opening up this album with the fantastic track 'Blue Orchid', The White Stripes give a false impression of what the following album will be. The album immediately drops into mediocrity with the dreadfully arranged 'The Nurse', never to fully recover. Indeed this second track is the most representative of the overall feel of the album, with its poor to non-existent arrangement and its random cymbal bashing that is at times reminiscent of a child playing around on a drum kit.The album continues to sound like a collection of incomplete ideas and unusual experiments, including a regrettable, banjo heavy country and western effort called 'Little Ghost'. The album shows a brief sign of a resurrection during the rather more appealing 'The Denial Twist' and 'White Moon' before descending back to its poorly arranged and ill thought out beginnings.The White Stripes are withoout a doubt a band with talent, which is what makes 'Get Behind Me Satan' such a disappointment. To all potential buyers I would advise that you have a listen to as much of this album as you can get your hands on, as the singles cannot be said to be representative of the album as a whole.