No. 1 Elephant by the White Stripes (2003)
Signing with a major label after breaking through with White Blood Cells, the Stripes released their most focused, most definitive and most flat-out brilliant collection of music. From the indelible riff of “Seven Nation Army,” to the earnest balladry of “I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart,” to the slashing blues of “Ball & Biscuit,” the band’s fourth album cemented Jack White as the guitar hero of the 2000s and the Stripes as standard-bearers for musical integrity and creativity.
