- Get Behind Me Satan
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Get Behind Me Satan Studio album by The White Stripes Released June 7, 2005 Recorded February 2005 at Third Man Studios, Detroit, Michigan Genre Alternative rock, blues rock Length 44:07 Label V2 (US)
XL (Europe)Producer Jack White The White Stripes chronology Elephant
(2003)Get Behind Me Satan
(2005)Icky Thump
(2007)Singles from Get Behind Me Satan - "Blue Orchid"
Released: May 30, 2005 - "My Doorbell"
Released: September 3, 2005 - "The Denial Twist"
Released: November 7, 2005
Get Behind Me Satan is the fifth album by American alternative rock band The White Stripes, released on June 7, 2005 on V2 Records. Though still basic in production style, the album marked a distinct change from its guitar-heavy 2003 predecessor, Elephant. With its reliance on piano-driven melodies and experimentation with marimba on "The Nurse" and "Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)", Get Behind Me Satan plays down the punk, garage rock and blues influences that dominated earlier White Stripes albums. Frontman Jack White plays with different technique than in the past, trading in his electric guitar for piano, mandolin, and acoustic guitar on all but a handful of tracks, as his usual riff-conscious lead guitar style is overtaken by a predominantly rhythmic approach. Rolling Stone ranked it the third best album of the year[1] and it received the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 2006. As of February 2007, Get Behind Me Satan had sold 850,000 units in the United States.[2]
Contents
Background and production
Album
Jack White recorded the album at his own Third Man Studios in Detroit, Michigan, and mixed it at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. This represented a change from their previous album because The White Stripes did not use a professional studio for production work.
Jack White has explained that the title, Get Behind Me Satan, refers to a well-known line from the story of the Temptation of Jesus which is later repeated against the disciple Simon Peter, in Matthew 16:23 of the New Testament. In the King James Version, the quotation is slightly different: "Get thee behind me, Satan".[3] Jack White has also stated in an interview on the radio show Fresh Air that "truth is the number one theme throughout the album Get Behind Me Satan."
Get Behind Me Satan is the only album by The White Stripes to not be commercially released in a vinyl format. The reason behind it was because The White Stripes had intended to re-record Get Behind Me Satan entirely live in a New Zealand studio and wanted that to be the official vinyl version. However, the studio that they were planning to record it in no longer had the recording equipment to make it possible. As a result, there was never a commercially released vinyl of the album. Yet, there are only a few copies of the album on vinyl LP that were given exclusively to music journalists for review, which have since become coveted collector's items. They were released by both XL Recordings and V2 Records and each label had 300 each, making the total 600 and highly rare.[4]
Cover art
The album cover was used in the Gilmore Girls episode "I Get a Sidekick Out of You", with Lane and Zach in Meg and Jack's positions, respectively. It was also used for the 2008 Ozy and Millie calendar as both the front cover and for the month of January with the characters Ozy and Mille replacing Jack and Meg.
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [5]
Alternative Press [6]
Crawdaddy! (favorable) [7] Entertainment Weekly (C+) [8] NME (8/10) [9] Pitchfork Media (7.3/10) [10] Q [11]
Robert Christgau (A-) [12] Rolling Stone [13]
Slant [14]
Uncut [15]
Get Behind Me Satan entered the U.S. and UK charts at #3, ranking higher in the U.S. charts than their previous records, but lower in the UK charts than Elephant. "Blue Orchid", the first single, became a radio hit in the United States and the band's second UK Top 10 hit. "My Doorbell" was the second single off of the album, followed by "The Denial Twist". Both also reached the Top 10 in the UK and charted on the Modern Rock Charts as well.
In 2006, the album was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, edited by Robert Dimery, but was removed in the 2007 edition. "Instinct Blues" was featured in Michel Gondry's 2006 film The Science of Sleep. It was voted the sixth best album of the year in the 2006 Village Voice Pazz and Jop critic poll, with the song "My Doorbell" being voted as the year's ninth best single.
Track listing
All songs written by Jack White.
No. Title Length 1. "Blue Orchid" 2:37 2. "The Nurse" 3:47 3. "My Doorbell" 4:01 4. "Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)" 3:15 5. "Little Ghost" 2:18 6. "The Denial Twist" 2:35 7. "White Moon" 4:01 8. "Instinct Blues" 4:16 9. "Passive Manipulation" 0:35 10. "Take, Take, Take" 4:22 11. "As Ugly as I Seem" 4:10 12. "Red Rain" 3:52 13. "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)" 4:19 14. "Who's A Big Baby?" (Japanese edition bonus track) 3:21 15. "Though I Hear You Calling, I Will Not Answer" (Japanese edition bonus track) 3:25 The track "Passive Manipulation" features Meg White on lead vocal and timpani.
Personnel
- Jack White — vocals, guitar, piano, marimba, tambourine, production, mixing
- Meg White — drums, Timpani, triangle, percussion, vocals, bells
- Howie Weinberg — mastering
References
- ^ "Top 50 Records of 2005". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061214082938/http://www.rollingstone.com/special/8952414/the_top_50_records_of_2005.
- ^ "Sources: White Stripes Heading To Warner Bros". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003544562. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "King James Version: Matthew Chapter 16". verse 23. http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/mat016.htm. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "The White Stripes / Get Behind Me Satan Promo Vinyl". stevehoffman.tv. crimpies 03-10-2009, 11:07 PM. http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-177064.html. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Ortenzi, Rob (12 October 2005). "The best album of 1972.". Alternative Press. ISSN 1065-1667. Archived from the original on 2 March 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060302064753/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/whitestripes.htm.
- ^ Perry, Andre (27 June 2007). "The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan". Crawdaddy! (New York). Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070703233654/http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=1694.
- ^ Browne, David (6 June 2005). "Get Behind Me Satan (2005): The White Stripes". Entertainment Weekly (824). ISSN 1049-0434. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1068453,00.html. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Needham, Alex (25 May 2005). "The White Stripes : Get Behind Me Satan". NME (IPC Media). ISSN 0028-6362. http://www.nme.com/reviews/white-stripes/7659. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Murphy, Matthew (5 June 2005). "The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan". Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/8653-get-behind-me-satan/. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "Get Behind Me". Q (Bauer Media Group): 108. July 2005. ISSN 0955-4955. http://www.metacritic.com/music/get-behind-me-satan/critic-reviews. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "The White Stripes". robertchristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4241. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan". Rolling Stone. 16 June 2005. ISSN 0035-791X. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/get-behind-me-satan-20050616. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Walsh, Barry. "The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan". Slant. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-white-stripes-get-behind-me-satan/584. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "Album of the Month". Uncut (London: IPC Media): 88. July 2005. ISSN 1368-0722. http://www.metacritic.com/music/get-behind-me-satan/critic-reviews. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
Jack White Singles - "Wayfaring Stranger"
- "Sitting on Top of the World"
- "Another Way to Die" (w/ Alicia Keys)
- "Fly Farm Blues"
The White Stripes (1997–2011) - The White Stripes
- De Stijl
- White Blood Cells
- Elephant
- Get Behind Me Satan
- Icky Thump
The Raconteurs (2005–present) The Dead Weather (2009–present) - Horehound
- Sea of Cowards
Former bands - The White Stripes
- The Upholsterers
- The Go
- Goober & the Peas
- Two-Star Tabernacle
Other records - Van Lear Rose
- The Ghost Who Walks
- The Party Ain't Over
- Rome
Filmography - The Rosary Murders
- Mutant Swinger from Mars
- Cold Mountain
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Shine a Light
- It Might Get Loud
- Under Great White Northern Lights
Miscellaneous - Third Man Records
- Van Lear Rose
- Karen Elson
- Aluminium
- Gretsch Triple Jet
- Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit
- Live at Third Man (w/ Conan O'Brien)
Categories:- The White Stripes albums
- 2005 albums
- Concept albums
- V2 Records albums
- XL Recordings albums
- English-language albums
- "Blue Orchid"
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