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 112 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,172.
(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: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 33 Music Albums of 1999 | 15/33 | 3 |
| 2026 | araidernomore | Top 7 Music Albums of 1999 | 7/7 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1999 Pt 2 | 64/75 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 7 Music Albums of 1999 | 2/7 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 40 Music Albums of 1999 | 9/40 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 43 Music Albums of 1999 | 30/43 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 240 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,016 | |||
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The White Stripes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/16/2026 22:32 | JayTee | 605 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 14:23 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 13:08 |  AAL2014 | 4,350 | 75/100 |
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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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The White Stripes forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5404): By pctrooperView latest topic →
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The White Stripes comments
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drivebytornado 03/02/2013 02:05 | #66604 | TOP COMMENT
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The debut from Jack and Meg is a raw, stripped down, electric guitar and drum, in your face affair that plain kicks ass. And there's 17 tracks of it, none longer than 3:22. So even though the songs mostly have a similar feel to them, the album moves right along and keeps the energy going right through the end.
Lastings 08/05/2015 22:36 | #147174 | TOP COMMENT
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After spending most of my team with later iterations of the White Stripes catalog, I have come back to this album only to realize that this is the best of the bunch. It is everything that makes the White Stripes great an not an ounce more.
Mike43 04/01/2012 08:27 | #39267 | TOP COMMENT
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The most raw and unpolished stripes album. It lacks the great songwriting Jack would become known for, but each track has such an intense feel that it makes up for it. Overall, this is a good start.
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.
The White Stripes' first album deserves to be remembered. In some ways it's just as good as anything that they did later.
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