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THE WHITE STRIPES

JACK WHITE, MEG WHITE, plus MORT CRIM (on C-03) and HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (on D-04)

The White Stripes formed on Bastille Day in 1997, aiming to create simple, vigorous rock & roll with little more than Meg White's percussion and Jack White's guitar-and-vocal attack. Meg's drumming was deliberate and straightforward, while Jack's formidable guitar skills paid homage to garage rock, blues, and punk. A former drummer for the Detroit-based country outfit Goober & the Peas, he also displayed an affinity for American folk music, and the White Stripes took strength in the varied interests of its two members. Moreover, the group bolstered its sound with a controversial backstory (although the bandmates claimed to be siblings, they were actually a married couple until 2000) and a unique color scheme, which saw their clothing and cover art adhering to a red-and-white peppermint candy motif

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING

GATEFOLD COVER + INNER SLEEVES

WHITE + RED TRANSLUCENT VINYL

NOTES: Sides identified by letters on tracklist except for side C, titled "Side 3" instead.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 6 38812 71481 7

LABEL: V2 -  RED LABEL w/PHOTO ARTWORK - WHITE & BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: 63881-27148-1

Catalog on labels: 63881-27148-1A / 63881-27148-1B / 63881-27148-1C / 63881-27148-1D

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): V2-ADV-27148-1-A1- ?

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): V2 ADV-27148-1-B-1 ?

Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etched): V2 ADV-27148-1-C-1 RE ?

Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etched): V2 ADV-27148-1-D-1 ?

On labels: ? 2003 Third Man Records, Inc. under exclusive license to V2 Records, Inc.

© 2003 Third Man............................V2 Records, Inc.

All Rights..................prosecution.

Made in U.S.A.

On back cover: Tracklist, Credits & Notes

? 2003 Third Man Records.............Made in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: COLDER - MEXICAN WOMEN - THE RIVER* - JUNO - MARRIAGE TREE - RUN LETTER

Side B: SAVING GRACE - DRIVE - DOWNTOWN - GIANT* - WALKING IN THE DARK

grading

RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

 Elephant captures this contradiction within the Stripes and their music; it's the first album they've recorded for a major label, and it sounds even more pissed-off, paranoid, and stunning than its predecessor. Darker and more difficult than White Blood Cells, the album offers nothing as immediately crowd-pleasing or sweet as "Fell in Love With a Girl" or "We're Going to Be Friends," but it's more consistent, exploring disillusionment and rejection with razor-sharp focus. Chip-on-the-shoulder anthems like the breathtaking opener, "Seven Nation Army," which is driven by Meg White's explosively minimal drumming, and "The Hardest Button to Button," in which Jack White snarls "Now we're a family!" -- one of the best oblique threats since Black Francis sneered "It's educational!" all those years ago -- deliver some of the fiercest blues-punk of the White Stripes' career. "There's No Home for You Here" sets a girl's walking papers to a melody reminiscent of "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" (though the result is more sequel than rehash), driving the point home with a wall of layered, Queen-ly harmonies and piercing guitars, while the inspired version of "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" goes from plaintive to angry in just over a minute, though the charging guitars at the end sound perversely triumphant. At its bruised heart, Elephant portrays love as a power struggle, with chivalry and innocence usually losing out to the power of seduction. "I Want to Be the Boy" tries, unsuccessfully, to charm a girl's mother; "You've Got Her in Your Pocket," a deceptively gentle ballad, reveals the darker side of the Stripes' vulnerability, blurring the line between caring for someone and owning them with some fittingly fluid songwriting...(AllMusic)