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Icky Thump today.....

lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
edited June 2007 in Other Music
.........because us little Aussies are such good kiffies, we got official album release today.

So, I wandered in an picked it up.

Everyone is going to be very pleased. Great songs, enough variety to be interesting, btu defintely all White Stripes.

My favs so far are Littel Cream Soda, and Rag and Bone. That is a very entertaining song, and had me smiling and grinning and laffing out loud, which not much music does these days.
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    someone should check the torrents today. Another version leaked
  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,877
    OH man I can't wait to buy it in the states on Tuesday, been waiting two years!
  • poorgirl23poorgirl23 Posts: 194
    RAG 'N BONE!!!! Ah, love it.

    I pre-ordered mine from insound and got it yesterday, along with a very cool 7" picture disc. CD sounds a lot better than the leak. I love this record soooo much. Classic White Stripes brilliance.

    Favorites at the moment are A Martyr For My Love For You, Rag & Bone, 300mph Torrential Outpour Blues, Bone Broke, Icky Thump... I actually absolutely love every track. The artwork is great, and how sweet and cool are the thank yous?

    So excited that I get to see them 3 times this year.

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  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    lovin the single. BY FAR the best thing on the radio right now. so i'll be picking up the album this week.
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,939
    just picked it up today, and it sounds great. anyone else get a free vinyl that comes with it? i picked icky thump up at newbury comics and was thrilled to get a free 7" vinyl that looks really sweet- haven't spun it yet, but i assume it contains b-sides.
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  • igotid_8igotid_8 Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 504
    Jack and Meg continue to dazzle! Great album. Can't wait to get it on LP!

    Martyr is my favorite so far, only because I've been listening to Rag and Bone single nonstop for a couple of weeks.
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  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    Yeah, I got the free vinyl picture disk at newbury comics--what a deal. I think I'm gonna hang it on the wall. Love the Stripes...
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    The first single is so goddamn interesting. Love it. Definetly picking this album up.
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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    I'll be picking it up after work tonight. I really can't wait to listen. I become more obsessed with the White Stripes every day I think.
  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Bought the album on vinyl yesterday. Pretty decent. I think I like Get Behind Me Satan better. Bone Broke is a stand-out. It's good, but not great.
  • western pearlwestern pearl Posts: 632
    DaytimeDilemma wrote:
    Bought the album on vinyl yesterday. Pretty decent. I think I like Get Behind Me Satan better. Bone Broke is a stand-out. It's good, but not great.

    I'm kind of agreeing w/ you so far. I'm through i'm slowly turning into you so far. It's alright but not quite up to the standard of the two previous ones. I'm pretty sure it's going to grow on me though :D

    I think that's one of the great things about the Stripes though...and it's kind of like PJ. Everyone has their preferences. There isn't really one huge defining album, just lots of fantastic ones.
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  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    Pretty good thusfar. It is similar to their previous stuff but at the same definitely something new for them. It rocks harder than most of their stuff, on WBC/Elephant they had some rockers, but they were catchy, songs here like "Icky Thump", "Little Cream Soda" and "Bone Broke" rock, but aren't nearly as catchy as, say, "Seven Nation Army", "Fell IN Love With A Girl" or "Hypnotize."

    "You Don't Know What Love Is", "Conquest" and "Effect and Cause" are the early standouts for me. It always takes me a little longer to get into their more rocking stuff. The biggest downside so far is that Meg's vocal parts don't seem that interesting, "St. Andrew" is probably my least favorite Meg track they've done. I like the parts of "Rag & Bone" where they sing, but the spoken parts(especially Meg's) are really bad.

    Pretty good album so far, it rocks quite a bit, it begs to be turned up as loud as you can stand.
  • PearlStripesPearlStripes Posts: 267
    I'm on song 9 now (1st time through) and already love it. Much better than Get Behind Me Satan.
  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    Icky Thump, best to worst:

    1. Bone Broke + Torrential Downpour Blues... yesssss....
    2. Little Cream Soda
    3. Catch Hell Blues
    4. Icky Thump
    5. Conquest
    6. You Don't Know What Love Is
    7. I'm Slowly Turning Into You
    8. Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
    9. Effect and Cause


    Martyr, Rag and Bone, and St. Andrew don't do anything for me.
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    Icky Thump, best to worst:

    1. Bone Broke + Torrential Downpour Blues... yesssss....
    2. Little Cream Soda
    3. Catch Hell Blues
    4. Icky Thump
    5. Conquest
    6. You Don't Know What Love Is
    7. I'm Slowly Turning Into You
    8. Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
    9. Effect and Cause


    Martyr, Rag and Bone, and St. Andrew don't do anything for me.

    Oh man, I love Rag'n'Bone !! HOw can you not smile and laugh listening to that. Maybe you need to watch some Steptoe and Son !!

    Actually, I love em all. I would say this is their most consistent album to date.
    Ah am loving teh STripes this week.
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  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,877
    GREAT album. Absolutely love it. Whats this about the free 7 inch? It must be only certain stores or something. I'd like to get a hold of one of those. Anyone know where else they sell the album with the free single?
  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,877
    Is this Newbury comics an east coast thing?
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    You Don't Know What Love Is...


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  • Brain of mJBrain of mJ Posts: 786
    iOnlyownMymind wrote:
    Is this Newbury comics an east coast thing?


    It's a New England thing, probably one of the best Indy chains around. I put it up there with Amoeba from the West Coast.
  • LostDog1079LostDog1079 Posts: 54
    Icky Thump is, without question, my favorite WS album and my favorite album this year so far.

    Ranking of songs:
    1. Rag & Bone
    2. Icky Thump
    3. You Don't Know What Love Is...
    4. A Martyr For My Love For You
    5. 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpoor Blues
    6. Little Cream Soda
    7. Catch Hell Blues
    8. I'm Slowly Turning Into You
    9. Conquest
    10. Bone Broke
    11. Effect & Cause
    12. Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
    13. St. Andrew
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  • pjfanmanpjfanman Posts: 84
    Easily their best album....rock album of the year so far. They are becoming my second fav. band.

    My favorite so far is the tune, "You don't know what love is (You just do what your told)"
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,939
    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    It's a New England thing, probably one of the best Indy chains around. I put it up there with Amoeba from the West Coast.

    Yup. Newbury Comics rocks. You might be able to order it with the vinyl from their website at http://www.newburycomics.com, but i don't know how many vinyls they'll have left. Other than Newbury, the only other place that I have been to that holds a candle to it is Sound Garden in Syracuse, NY, quite possibly the greatest music store ever, being independent, huge, and dirt cheap on music and dvds.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    fuckin ace!! i bought it to listen to on the way home from Wembley gig.. played it 3 times straight and then had a wee blast of it again last night.

    i like the bagpipes ;)
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    supreme album but not as good as a few other big albums this yearr. KOL included. Fairly solid effort.
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  • hendrix78hendrix78 Posts: 507
    Great album. It's a little too early to be sure, but based on one day of listening (about 2 1/2 spins through the album) I think it's my favorite Stripes album so far. Catch Hell Blues is currently my favorite track. That one rocks in an early Zeppelin way.

    I'd say it's a close second behind Dinosaur Jr. for best album of 2007 so far.
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    dunkman wrote:
    i like the bagpipes ;)

    I liked them too! I'm sure most people will view that as a throwaway song but it'd be really cool to play that live. Does Meg play the bagpipes? (Not meant to be a dirty pun but it sure sounds like it.)
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    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    It's a New England thing, probably one of the best Indy chains around. I put it up there with Amoeba from the West Coast.


    Indie chain? Being a "chain" defeats the purpose of being "indie".
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    Milestone wrote:
    Indie chain? Being a "chain" defeats the purpose of being "indie".

    Not really. It has low prices, and has all the elements of an indie store, from merchandise to tons of independent music. Plus, it's INDEPENDENT- privately owned.
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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    gabers wrote:
    I liked them too! I'm sure most people will view that as a throwaway song but it'd be really cool to play that live. Does Meg play the bagpipes? (Not meant to be a dirty pun but it sure sounds like it.)


    Didn't you read the album notes? Bagpipes played by Jim Drury.
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    got mine today. pretty good so far.
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