The White Stripes
by The White Stripes
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The White Stripes bestography
The White Stripes is ranked 6th 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 11,270.
(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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The White Stripes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The White Stripes rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 38 Music Albums of 1999 | 9/38 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 89 Music Albums of 1999 | 19/89 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Dylan covers 4ab:US (Major Artists continued) | 77/99 | - |
| 2026 | JoshN125 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 43 Music Albums of 1999 | 14/43 | 3 |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1990s | 30/91 | 14 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 68 Music Albums of 1999 | 33/68 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 50 Music Albums of 1999 | 16/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 240 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,034 | |||
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The White Stripes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/09/2026 19:27 | BurndenAce | 1,311 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2026 03:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,616 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 01:55 | mrmcrook | 1,125 | 77/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5404): By pctrooper BestEverAlbums 07/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5378): By sssvnnnThe White Stripes comments
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Some bands debut album can sometimes be their best or at least be very iconic. Not the case here. A good album definitely. But you can hear the building blocks here and the start of what would come later. A rawer sound than the later albums (Edited)
A mighty fine debut and they got better !!
Irresistible, as high in energy and fun as they ever got.
llibnanoon 06/04/2020 12:50 | #252838
Started okay then fell apart.
A very good debut. A very raw, almost punk rock style garage rock album. Its The White Stripes at their most primitive, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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