Icky Thump Metacriticism
Now that the new Stripes’ album Icky Thump has been out for nearly a month, let’s take a look at the reviews that have accumulated via Metacritic:
THE PROS ->
musicOMH.com
It’s eccentric, it’s exhilarating, it is, in parts, absolutely insane. Yet it’s never less than absolutely compelling, which is what makes the White Stripes one of the greatest bands of modern times.
Lost At Sea
At 48 minutes, Icky Thump has enough genre-hopping, rip-roaring tunes to get even the 70s rock purist nodding his head again.
The Guardian
Icky Thump positively swarms out of the speakers.
Entertainment Weekly [22 Jun 2007, p.68]
Despite all the distortion …read more
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