One of those albums that makes me wish I'd learned to play guitar. Sounds like Jack had one hell of a time putting this together.

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I didn't expected this album be so good

I hate to be the guy who isn't super enthusiastic about an album that is so unanimously praised - and this is good music, but it's not even the best of this year let alone a top 10 for this decade.

It's pretty stylistically monotonous and the guitar work isn't as spectacular as I'd expect from everything I've read - more often than not it's really just power chords and various notes here and there. The songwriting is good often great but not groundbreaking or spectacular. It's really just recycling blues rock sounds from the 60's and 70's but not much was done to modernize it or add anything. Saying it's punk is generous if anything there's a bit of pop-punk influence sprinkled here and there. (To be fair I hate punk, don't really get it, and think it's awful - but the slight punk influences didn't realy detract from my enjoyment of this record in any substantial capacity)

There are some good songs here even though I cannot stand seven nation army. Jack is talented and well studied. I keep revisiting this every couple years thinking at some point it will click and I'll have an "aha" moment but haven't yet. To me the throwback sound, while interesting, is more gimmicky than profound to my ears and there's nothing else that really compensates for that and I can't get past it being a good - not great record.

Pretty good stuff, glad I finally listened to it. I need to listen to more of their albums.

Elephant has a lot of surface level charm but fails to sustain itself as the album goes on.

A masterpiece

From loud guitar riffs to the cute little ditty at the end, this is a fun album to listen to. Jack White is a unique artist creating intriguing and diverse music. This is marginally the best White Stripes album.

Conosciuto ovviamente sull'onda del successo di "Seven nation army", "Elephant" mi è sempre piaciuto solo in parte. Sarà per l'assenza del basso ( caratteristica comunque comune a tutti i dischi dei White Stripes ), sarà per una minore spontaneità rispetto al disco precedente, sarà per certe tendenze alla magniloquenza, pur ottenuta con pochi strumenti, ma alcuni pezzi mi sono sempre sembrati più degli abbozzi che canzoni vere e proprie ed altri non mi hanno mai convinto. In altri casi, invece, trovo che abbiano centrato meglio l'obiettivo. Alti e bassi, insomma...

A big bit overrated. Ok album.