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Elephant

by White Stripes

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of 455,735

638
2000's

of 265,982

42
2003

of 34,566

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Overall Rating: 3.4295 Elephant is ranked overall as 3.4295 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2900 Elephant has an avg. critic score of 3.2900 out of 4 stars

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Rolling Stone

It is a glorious thing to hear. It will be one of the best things you hear all year. ...more

The Onion (A.V. Club)

All the elements of previous White Stripes records surface again, but in weirder, more intense strains that don't break with Jack and Meg White's past, yet don't slavishly adhere to it, either. ...more

PopMatters

Each album, from the White Stripes to De Stijl to White Blood Cells, has shown their evolution from Blind Willie McTell cover band with a pop sensibility to full-fledged, honest-to-goodness rock 'n' roll gods, a status finally reached on their latest ...more

Trouser Press

A masterpiece, regardless of hype. ...more

The Daily Vault Album Reviews

Like the class valedictorian, you can't help but feel a bit of resentment/jealousy to the White Stripes. Their inherent coolness is unquestionable. They recorded their latest album,Elephantfor about $10,000. Jack and Meg White profess a deep love ...more

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E! Online

It's a massive success. ...more

New York Magazine

It is stranger, thornier, and meaner than anything in the band’s past. ...more

Delusions of Adequacy

A follow-up album that not only meets expectations, it blows them away. ...more

Billboard

Never has the pair sounded more fresh and self-assured; nor has it delivered such a fully realized work before. ...more

Dot Music

'Elephant' is already this year's most crucial purchase. ...more

New Musical Express

The eloquence, barbarism, tenderness and sweat-drenched vitality of 'Elephant' make it the most fully-realised White Stripes album yet. ...more

Drawer B

Elephant is a startlingly dark and consistent record, incorporating frequencies never before heard on a White Stripes album. ...more

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We all need to write a thank you note to Jack White for reminding us why blues-based rock was so popular in the first place. You see, we'd grown tired of it, having spent 50 years watching blues become bebop, bebop become rock and roll, and rock ...more

Yahoo! Music

Apparently overwhelmed by their elevation to the upper echelons of alterno-rock celebrity following the release of their 'White Blood Cells' album, Jack and Meg White have downplayed the arrival of ...more

All Music Guide

Elephant overflows with quality -- it's full of tight songwriting, sharp, witty lyrics, and judiciously used basses and tumbling keyboard melodies that enhance the band's powerful simplicity. ...more

All Music Guide

White Blood Cellsmay have been a reaction to the amount of fame the White Stripes had received up to the point of its release, but, paradoxically, it made full-fledged rock stars out ofJackandMeg Whiteand sold over half a million copies in the process. ...more

Tiny Mix Tapes.com

Every few years rock music gets a little too flashy for its own good, and a crop of back-to-basics rock groups will arise to do away with the genre’s excesses. In the past, bands like Nirvana have taken on this duty ("grunge" to ...more

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