Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground - 3
Hotel Yorba - 4
I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman - 3
Fell In Love With A Girl - 4
Expecting - 3
Little Room - 4
The Union Forever - 3
The Same Boy You've Always Known - 3
We're Going To Be Friends - 4
Offend In Everyway - 3
I Think I Smell A Rat - 4
Aluminum - 3
I Can't Wait - 3
Now Mary - 3
I Can Learn - 3
This Protector - 4
Total - 54 stars / 16 stars = 3.38 stars
White Blood Cells is a strong album, but out of the three that I've heard (this one, Elephant, and Icky Thump), it's probably my least favourite. Many of my favourite White Stripes tracks capture a kind of mundane whimsy, allowing for wonderful songs to be written about simple matters. This album has a few such tracks ("We're Going To Be Friends," especially), but as an overall it's a more hit-and-miss experience than Icky Thump, especially.
I was a little disappointed by the weakness of some of the lyrics. Considering the ability shown elsewhere to write simple, clever songs, it's a big distraction from the stronger tracks herewithin.
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