White Blood Cells (studio album)
by The White Stripes

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
Year: 2001
Overall rank: 288th   
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 1,376 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 2001 (9th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 2000s (42nd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (288th)

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The White Stripes bestography

White Blood Cells is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by The White Stripes on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The White Stripes is Elephant which is ranked number 115 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,381.

The White Stripes album bestography « Higher ranked (115th)
Elephant
This album (288th)
White Blood Cells
Lower ranked (985th) »
De Stijl

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White Blood Cells rankings

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Overall rank: 288th | 2000s rank: 42nd | 2001 rank: 9th

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White Blood Cells ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 1,376 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.2/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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75/100
From 10/11/2025 00:00 | #311314
Still quite garage raw in sound. Slight shades of the early punk of The Buzzcocks coming through on some tracks. Still fucking great for a two piece. The last album before they became very polished with 'Elephant'
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From 03/30/2025 15:18 | #308255
Nowhere near as consistent as Elephant, far too many meh tracks that sound too similar to each other, but you could tell they were on to something special here. My favourites are Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Fell In Love With A Girl, Expecting and Offend In Every Way.
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From 04/07/2023 16:33 | #295851
Divertido pra caramba.
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70/100
From 02/18/2023 21:28 | #294190
A pretty good record with a few standout tracks but it does feel a little inconsistent. Their style is just starting to come together on here but I don't think it is fully formed yet. We get small glimpses at the hooks and infectious songs we will be treated to later in their career but the music feels a bit rough and unfinished on this release. You can still get a lot of enjoyment out of the work on here however and that is mainly due to Jack White and his great performances. Overall, this isn't my favourite album and it is patchy in places but it is still fun.
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75/100
From 02/16/2022 13:14 | #281382
White Stripes is a problematic band for me as I cannot get into the heart of their matter. Their music is quite dark and even noisy and that is not a thing that makes me dig this album. Not a bad album but Jack White should have used more chords and rhythmic variations to make this album grab me. A big monotonous sonically. I liked Elephant much more.
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From 03/25/2021 00:43 | #267709
Jack White is a genius.
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From 01/14/2021 22:08 | #264429
This was their best effort up to that point. Then, Elephant happened.
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From 06/22/2020 08:23 | #254088
My favorite White Stripes album.
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From 05/26/2020 05:19 | #252085
Great album overall, my favorite track I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman
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From 03/01/2020 07:21 | #248369
pretty good, not as good as elephant though
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