White Blood Cells
by The White Stripes
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The White Stripes bestography
White Blood Cells is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by The White Stripes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The White Stripes is Elephant which is ranked number 111 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,281.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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White Blood Cells track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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White Blood Cells rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 90 Music Albums of the 2000s | 23/90 | 15 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 59 Music Albums of 2001 | 2/59 | 5 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 301-400 | 5/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 75 Music Albums of 2001 | 5/75 | 5 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 25 Music Albums of 2001 | 3/25 | 5 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 41 Music Albums of 2001 | 14/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 201-300 | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 30 Music Albums of 2001 | 20/30 | 2 |
| 2026 | willtoshower | Top 93 Music Albums of the 2000s | 24/93 | 15 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 936 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5,697 | |||
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White Blood Cells ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 15:24 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 01:00 | xhitmanx | 1,598 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2026 12:39 | Timooosterink | 895 | 72/100 |
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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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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 07/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5389): By Rich150White Blood Cells comments
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Some great tracks... Jacks a genius (Edited)
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' (Edited)
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. (Edited)
VictorVale 04/07/2023 16:33 | #295851
Divertido pra caramba. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
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