“Get Behind Me Satan” was released as the fifth album from the Detroit Alternative Rock band The White Stripes. Consisting of Meg and Jack White, the two shot to fame when “Seven Nation Army” was released, and so to follow on from the success that came of that and the “Elephant” album that ... Read review
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Jack and Meg White jerking the reins and steering The White Stripes into virgin territory. Gone is the maximal 70s rock sound that powered Elephant, cuts like "Seven...
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The fifth album from the Detroit favourites, Get Behind Me Satan, finds stage siblings ... more
Jack and Meg White jerking the reins and steering The White Stripes into virgin territory. Gone is the maximal 70s rock sound that powered Elephant, cuts like "Seven Nation Army", replaced by a new emphasis on piano, acoustic guitar, and on numbers like "My Doorbell" and "Blue Orchid", the creeping and very welcome - influence of Stax soul, classic R&B and disco. Which isnt to say the Stripes have left behind their desire for the sort of impulsive, raw garage-rock that defined earlier albums like De Stijl: "Instinct Blues", in particular, will hit you like a shot of old Bourbon. Its just that by this stage in the Stripes career, theyre most interesting when theyre making music that sounds like nothing or no-one else. Listen out, then, for "The Nurse" - a minimal wisp of marimba, piano and seed-shaker interrupted by spasmodic, brutal guitar-drums crashes or the dainty, Meg-sung "Passive Manipulation", which further muddies the waters of this most complicated of relationships: "Women, listen to your mothers," sings Meg, with an endearing falter, "Dont just succumb to the wishes of your brothers". All of which adds up to another bemusing, but brilliant family album from the White Stripes. --Louis Pattison
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The fifth album from the Detroit favourites, Get Behind Me Satan, finds stage siblings ... more
Jack and Meg White jerking the reins and steering The White Stripes into virgin territory. Gone is the maximal 70s rock sound that powered Elephant, cuts like "Seven Nation Army", replaced by a new emphasis on piano, acoustic guitar, and on numbers like "My Doorbell" and "Blue Orchid", the creeping and very welcome - influence of Stax soul, classic R&B and disco. Which isnt to say the Stripes have left behind their desire for the sort of impulsive, raw garage-rock that defined earlier albums like De Stijl: "Instinct Blues", in particular, will hit you like a shot of old Bourbon. Its just that by this stage in the Stripes career, theyre most interesting when theyre making music that sounds like nothing or no-one else. Listen out, then, for "The Nurse" - a minimal wisp of marimba, piano and seed-shaker interrupted by spasmodic, brutal guitar-drums crashes or the dainty, Meg-sung "Passive Manipulation", which further muddies the waters of this most complicated of relationships: "Women, listen to your mothers," sings Meg, with an endearing falter, "Dont just succumb to the wishes of your brothers". All of which adds up to another bemusing, but brilliant family album from the White Stripes. --Louis Pattison
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Advantages: Some big tunes Disadvantages: Inconsistent
...you find that here you get a track that has them returning to the sorts of alternative, and especially experimental things that came in all the albums leading up to this point and the kind of things that had put me off a lot of their work. Towards the end as it all came together it made more sense, but really it didn’t have much that I could easily connect with.
**Two Stars**
3. “My Doorbell”
This is a hardcore ... ...was a little easier to get into the sort of stuff that you get from this one as you see that they don’t move all that far away from it. However it was far enough away for me to lose whatever I saw in them before as it became a little more average-sounding than what they had hit the listeners with on the jam prior to it and so brought about a bit of a slip.
“Get Behind Me Satan” was released as the fifth album from the Detroit Alternative Rock band The White Stripes. Consisting of Meg and Jack White, the two shot to fame when “Seven Nation Army” was released, and so to follow on from the success that came of that and the “Elephant” album that followed, this came three years later in 2005 to take things further for them. Giving the break they had been striving for since debuting in 1999. Here they are seen to bring in influences from the likes of Punk, Blues and Garage Rock with other little things rounding it all off.
1. “Blue Orchid”
This was the lead single to the record and one that has them throwing down a heavy jam that I really felt suited being a representative of this album as it has the sort of energy that you expect from a lively Rock track and it appears to show that they haven’t really moved that far away (musically) from the places seen on the album prior to this. It is a strong opener and one that livens you up for the thing.
**Four Stars**
2. “The Nurse”
I can’t say that I was as impressed with this one as the first one as you find that here you get a track that has them returning to the sorts of alternative, and especially experimental things that came in all the albums leading up to this point and the kind of things that had put me off a lot of their work. Towards the end as it all came together it made more sense, but really it didn’t have much that I could easily connect with.
**Two Stars**
3. “My Doorbell”
This is a hardcore joint from the pair and one that I felt was a great single from them as without this (in addition to “The Denial Twist”) I doubt whether I would have seen any interest in their material. Here they bring forward a fly one that has them combining the cold setting that makes up most of their songs with some heavy, pounding kickdrums to empower it as they show that they can bring the Funk.
**Five Stars**
4. “Forever For Her”
With a hype created from the last track, I felt that it meant that it was a little easier to get into the sort of stuff that you get from this one as you see that they don’t move all that far away from it. However it was far enough away for me to lose whatever I saw in them before as it became a little more average-sounding than what they had hit the listeners with on the jam prior to it and so brought about a bit of a slip.
**Three Stars**
5. “Little Ghost”
Here you get a short little Bluegrass session as they show exactly how varied their music can be and I felt that placed where it is, it gives you a bit of a lift and shows you that they have a lot to offer and may take things in completely unexpected directions easily to come out to make for a very varied album. It is one that will grow on you with time and I felt that it was a nice addition to the album for what it offers.
**Four Stars**
6. “The Denial Twist”
I saw this one as one of the most impactful tracks by the band and one that has them throwing together a little something that shows that they can get down with the Funk Rock style and do it like it was their specialist area. In spite of its likeness to “My Doorbell” I believe that it deserved a lot of attention as they bring so much with it and defy all the expectations that you would tend to associate with them.
**Five Stars**
7. “White Moon”
I felt as though a massive drop came about as they moved on into this one and came out with a bluesy track that takes you from a massive high, right down into some material that I really didn’t have much interest in whatsoever as they try out even more of the extremely experimental material that you really have to engager with to get the most out of, but I could just never get into the groove of things.
**One Star**
8. “Instinct Blues”
I felt that even though the style remained the same with this one as with the last, it was amazing to see just how much the feel of things appears to shift as here you get a much more powerful blues performance here as they go for a throwback Blues Rock-styled jam that bring s out all the Soul in what they have to offer to bring back the quality of the album to where it had been with some of its singles.
**Four Stars**
9. “Passive Manipulation” (Lude)
10. “Take, Take, Take”
After a brief beak where Meg takes over the lead vocals from jack, you see that they come out with a very complete-sounding tune that has them coming out with another tune that takes from the basic structure seen in “My Doorbell” and manipulates it in new and original ways to bring out the best in what the band are able to achieve, and so it gives you another chance to feel them working to their highest standard.
**Four Stars** 11. “As Ugly As I Seem”
Here you get a tune that I felt really didn’t have all that going for it and one that showed just how inconsistent things are with this album where it shifts from a high to lows fairly quickly and prevents you from really getting the chance to stay with them for any length of time as they will move on so far from one tune to another. It just wasn’t my thing, but others may feel differently towards what comes of it.
**One Star**
12. “Red Rain”
Luckily they pull things back again with this one as they bring forward a tune that finds them coming out with a little something that brings back the much more impressive Rock end of their music forward. It is an expressive composition and one that has Jack putting in a lot of effort to convey his emotions about how the relationship with his girl is going as he breaks down a lack of communication that he feels is pulling them apart.
**Four Stars**
13. “I’m Lonely”
The album ends here and it seems that they brings a tune that seems to have all the soothing elements that you tend to expect to have at the end of an album. I felt that it was a good decision to end with the Blues side of things, but I can’t say that it really stood out as many of the others on the album were seen to and so it isn’t a particularly the best way to close the thing off, but seems to suit their style well.
**Two Stars**
Quite clearly this is an album with flaws and one that is able to manage its weaknesses by showing a wide variety of different styles to the table to show that they always have something to fall back on if something isn’t received well. There’s a lot to like here, but I felt that its inconsistency meant that it shifted frequently from something that you get down to something that is easy to want to ignore.
Advantages: Some of the tracks are absolutely excellent. Disadvantages: A number of tracks are actually quite painful to listen to.
...quite amusing how someone can get things so right with some tracks and yet so, so wrong with others. The album is incredibly inconsistent; ranges from brilliant to terrible, and yet the same person wrote every single one of the tracks present here; go figure. Another thing I find quite amusing about Jack White is his voice, he doesn't have a particularly good voice at the best of times; there are tracks where he makes the most of the voice that he ... ...he'll shriek and cry and his vocal tone can actually be quite painful to listen to. With the track 'As Ugly as I Seem' for instance his vocal performance is dreadful, with 'Blue Orchid' on the other hand he uses his whininess to his advantage and makes his guitar whine to go with it and the end result is absolutely excellent.
It's hard to put a genre on this album, impossible in fact; so many different sounds are covered here that there's absolutely ...
RazzaLazza 15.09.2008
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Advantages: So diverse that there's something for everyone. Disadvantages: You might find yourself thinking 'What on earth...'?!?!
...a lead single to represent Get Behind Me Satan. It's fast, high-pitched, crashy and catchy, simple garage-punk-rock. Nothing on the album matches this I have to say, they would have had to have pulled out all the stops to create a song that could possibly beat it. Definately my favorite song, and one that made me purchase the album without even having to stop and think about it.
The Nurse. Now I have to say, I've listened to this album around 10 ... ...is severely disjointed, and the random loud crashy drum bits just make you feel confused and uncomfortable. Not even worthy of being a B-Side. The only good thing I can say about it is that it has some pretty nifty marimba in it. Shame about the rest though...
My Doorbell is an infuriatingly catchy song. After just one listen you'll be singing the lyrics in your head, "I been thinking 'bout my doorbell/when you gonna ring it/when you gonna ring ...
rachelk18 11.06.2005
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Advantages: Amazing variety in songs and sounds Disadvantages: Some songs are perhaps too 'experimental'
...catalogue of musical offerings. Get Behind Me Satan has taken the duo on a completely new course from that which they started on the hugely acclaimed past effort 'Elephant'. The album steps away from the raw riff driven rock base, which made tracks on Elephant so distinctive, thinking specifically of 'Seven Nation Army'. The change in direction and increased diversity leaves certain tracks on the album subject to criticism. However it should be noted ... ...and arguably more mature.
Get Behind Me Satan is an album showing the coming of age for The White Stripes. A musical evolution that sees them experimenting with instruments and sounds that they have not been associated with previously. For rock purists the stylistic change may come as a surprise and a disappointing one at that. The replacement of all out no holds barred riff driven rock songs for a collection of melodious ballads. But there is still ...
stephen_logan 26.11.2005
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Advantages: The Dynamic Rock Duo from Detroit Disadvantages: More of them was all that I needed
...I found an advertisement saying: Get Behind Me Satan the new album by The White Stripes, dude I was struck like a squirrel trying to steal a nut. I mean I truly got giddy. The Previous One The White Stripes' previous album Elephant, was as perfect as a current rock c.d. can be. It was filled with rock and roll, blues, folk, and everything else but the kitchen sink. It was Havotic at its best and as sweet as something somber can be. It was music that ... ...always knows exactly what to get me.) I was ecstatic, and finally I was to hear new White Stripes music. ( I own all four of their previous c.d.'s) Blue Orchid their first single of this album, I had hear before and it was an electrically bizzar musical feeling. It was quite what I was expecting, good but quite different. Different it was, electric guitar playing and sound as if it's a chain saw and its tarring something up. Also, sounding like a ...
zenmachado 18.12.2005
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Advantages: Varied, new style, meg is the hotness ^_^ Disadvantages: makes you think "...what?" the first few times you hear it.
The White Stripes aren't your typical band, are they siblings? are they a split up couple? are they both?! most aren't sure. but the truth is Jack and Meg used to be married, but once they split up they began calling each other brother and sister on stage. when they made the big time the press confused this little joke, and called incest upon the pair. ah what a little research does for you...
They may be insane, but the white stripes are an amazing ... ..."the hardest button to button", the odd pole dancing video with "i just don't know what to do with myself" and most recently, the hauntingly good "Blue Orchid" featured on this album.
the playlist is as follows.
1. Blue Orchid 2. The Nurse 3. My Doorbell 4. Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) 5. Little Ghost 6. The Denial Twist 7. White Moon 8. Instinct Blues 9. Passive Manipulation 10. Take, Take, Take 11. As Ugly As I Seem 12. Red Rain 13. I'm Lonely ...
renegade2005 13.07.2005
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Product details
Title
Get Behind Me Satan
Performer
White Stripes (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Alternative
Release Date
06/06/2005
Label / Distributor
XL / PIAS UK/Sony DADC
Engineer
Matthew Kettle
Producer
Jack White
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Format
Performer
EAN
634904019129
Additional notes
Album Notes
This is the fifth album from American blues rock-duo The White Stripes. The album sees Jack and Meg White expanding their palette of sound while sticking to their raw blues influenced indie rock style. The single 'Blue Orchid' is also included.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Blue Orchid
2.
Nurse
3.
My Doorbell
4.
Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)
5.
Little Ghost
6.
Denial Twist
7.
White Moon
8.
Instinct Blues
9.
Passive Manipulation
10.
Take Take Take
11.
As Ugly As I Seem
12.
Red Rain
13.
I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)
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