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ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE Reveals 250 Greatest Songs Of The 21st Century

After 25 years of music in this Century Rolling Stone Magazine
looks back and picked their 250 favourite tracks.

As expected hip-hop-pop is the big winner pushing guitar rock into a figurant
role although Radiohead (with surprising track choice, The White Stripes (with
their classic cracker) and Yeah Yeah Yeahs at No. 2 (completely unexcepted)
are in the Top 10.

Full List HERE.

Let’s have a closer at the Top 10.

10. Thinkin’ About You by FRANK OCEAN
More than 1,4 billion streams on Spotify

Album: Channel ORANGE (2012)

9. Toxic by BRITNEY SPEARS
More than 1,7 billion streams on Spotify

Album: In The Zone (2003)

8. Idioteque by RADIOHEAD
More than 47 million streams on Spotify

Album: KID A (2000)

7. Allright by KENDRICK LAMAR
More than 961 million streams on Spotify

Album: To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)

6. Dancin’ On My Own by ROBYN
More than 401 million streams on Spotify

Album: Body Talk (2010)

5. All To Well by TAYLOR SWIFT
More than 450 million streams on Spotify

Album: Red

4. Seven Nation Army by THE WHITE STRIPES
More than 2,030 billion streams on Spotify

Album: Elephant (2003)

3. Crazy In Love by BEYONCE
More than 1,8 billion streams on Spotify

Album: Dangerously In Love (2003)

2. Maps by YEAH YEAH YEAHS
More than 278 million streams on Spotify

Album: Fever To Tell (2003)

1. Get Ur Freak On by MISSY ELLIOT
More than 327 on Spotify

Album: Miss E… So Addictive (2001)

16 July 2007 – THE WHITE STRIPES Play World’s Shortest-Ever Gig

Posted on July 16 by JL

16 July 2025

On 16 July 2007, today 28 years ago THE WHITE STRIPES played the shortest gig ever with a single C# note accompanied by a bass drum/crash cymbal hit by Meg, clocking in at just 50 seconds, before exiting the stage in Newfoundland, Canada.

It was at one of their pop-up shows on a Canadian tour. .

Jack White said: “We have now officially played in every province and territory in Canada“,

It was recognized by the Guinness Book Of Records in 2009 but the book’s compilers
dropped the category a year later after being swamped by applications for similar
record-breaking attempts.

They should have record that concert.

THE WHITE STRIPES – Their 5th Album ‘BEHIND SATAN’ Was Released 20 Years Ago

Posted on June 7 by JL

Significant longplayers from yesteryear

7 June 2025

THE WHITE STRIPES – Jack and Meg White released their 5th LP GET BEHIND ME SATAN
n 7 June 2005, today 20 years ago. It peaked at #3 in the US, as well as in the UK.

Pitchfork wrote: “On their fifth album, the White Stripes’ ambitions finally seem to outpace their limited musical vocabulary. Making an almost-entirely clean break with the jet-fueled blues-rock of Elephant and De Stijl, they forsake electric guitar on all but a couple of tracks, working instead with pianos, acoustic guitars, marimbas, and other assorted oddball percussion.”

Singles: Seven Nation Army / Blue Orchid / My Doorbell

– SEVEN NATION ARMY

– BLUE ORCHID –

– MY DOORBELL –

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Picture This – THE WHITE STRIPES Stuff

Posted on January 27, 2025 by JL

Cute White Stripes cassettes.

THE WHITE STRIPES – 20th Anniversary Edition Of ‘GET BEHIND ME SATAN’ Out Jan 31st

Posted on January 12, 2025 by JL

12 January 2025

Jack White‘ label Third Man Records revealed details of the 20th anniversary
edition of GET Behind Me Satan, the fifth longplayer of The White Stripes,
which came out on June 7, 2005.

ORIGINAL LP

PRESS INFO

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The anniversary edition comes in 2 x LP, 1 x 7-inch, 1 x Blu-Ray and features
Songwriting Demos, Alternate Studio Takes, Get Behind Me Stan Live Album and
more.

More details here.

Third Man Records Website

Former White Stripe MEG About MEG

Posted on January 1, 2025 by JL

1 January 2025

Where are you now, Meg?

BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 10 Classic Albums Turning 20 In 2025

Posted on December 31, 2024 by JL

Back in time

31 December 2024

Band: THE WHITE STRIPES

Album: Get Behind Me Satan
Their 5rh LP. #3 in the UK and the US.

Pitchfork: “On their fifth album, the White Stripes’ ambitions finally seem to outpace their limited musical vocabulary. Making an almost-entirely clean break with the jet-fueled blues
rock of Elephant and De Stijl, they forsake electric guitar on all but a couple of tracks, working instead with pianos, acoustic guitars, marimbas, and other assorted oddball percussion.”

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Band: EDITORS

Album: The Back Room
Their first one. No. 2 in the UK.
No21 in the USA.

Pitchfork: “They imitate bands with dramatic vocalists … but the best moments
on The Back Room aren’t the theatrical ones—it’s when the four of them are playing
and discovering their own chemistry”.

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Band: OASIS

Album: Don’t Believe The Truth
Their 6th. #1 in the UK, #12 in the USA.

AllMusic: “Don’t Believe the Truth the closest Oasis has been to great since the
summer of Britpop, when they were the biggest and best band in the world.”

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Band: dEUS

Album: Pocket Revolution
4th longplayer. No 1 in Belgium.

AllMusic: “The group offers an album that refuses to be pinned down to a single
style. Despite the extended break between albums, dEus picks up right where they
left off with The Ideal Crash.”

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Band: BLOC PARTY

Album: Silent Alarm
Their debut. No. 3 in the UK.

NME: Varied in tone and stylistically uncategorisable, one thing
is clear about Bloc Party’s debut album: it’s bloody brilliant.

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Band: HARD-FI

Album: CCTV
1st full length.
No. 1 in the UK.

The Guardian: “Hard-Fi’s edge over more derivative rivals lies in a formula
that delivers old Specials and Clash reggae vibes with the big-tune ratio of
a boy band.”

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Artist: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Album: Devils & Dust
The 13th. #1 both in the UK & US.

Rolling Stone: “In striking and affecting ways, his most audacious
record since the home-demo American Gothic of 1982’s Nebraska.”

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Band: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Album: Lullabies To Paralyze
4th LP. #5 in the US, #4 in UK.

NME: ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ will use its enigmatic mysticism to lull you into
a blissful daze so you don’t at first notice that the riffs have broken your neck.
Better. Than. Sex.”

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Band: THE ROLLING STONES

Album: A Bigger Bang
22nd LP. #2 in the UK,
#3 in the US.

The Guardian: “There is a sense of finality about A Bigger Bang. It may not be quite
the blazing ship to Valhalla they intended, but then nor is it the unmarked grave you
might expect.”

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Band: LCD SOUNDSYTEM

Album: LCD Soundsystem
Debut one. #6 in the US,
#20 in the UK.

AllMusic: “Like just about everybody else these days, Murphy’s more skilled at creating isolated tracks than making full-lengths, even though this particular full-length has few weak spots and unfolds smoothly as you listen to it from beginning to end.”

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BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 10 Classic Albums Turning 25 In 2025

Posted on December 30, 2024 by JL

Back in time

30 December 2024

Band: PRIMAL SCREAM

Album: XTRMNTR
6th one, #3 in the UK.

AllMusic: “XTRMNTR is a nasty, fierce realization of an entire
world that has also lost the plot. It’s simply a protest, sonically
as well as lyrically, and maybe this would be a fine time to once
again rally behind something worthwhile.”

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Artist: PJ HARVEY

Album: Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Her 5th longplayer. #23 in the UK. Platinum in the US.

NME: “A magnificent, life-affirming opus.”

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Band: THE WHITE STRIPES

Album: De Stijl
The duo’s 2nd one. No. 137
in the UK. No. 38 in the US.

Rolling Stone: “Feisty and clever. Like everything about the White Stripes,
the album proves that you don’t need bombast to make a blues explosion.”

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Band: RADIOHEAD

Album: Kid A
4th LP. No. 1 in the UK, US, Ireland,
Scotland, New Zealand and Canada.

The Guardian: “Even listeners raised on krautrock or
Ornette Coleman will find Kid A a mystifying experience.”

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Artist: RICHARD ASHCROFT

Album: Alone With Everybody
Solo debut.

NME: “Ashcroft’s newly discovered stability has done nothing
to blunt his powers of communication or reduce his belief in
the apocalyptic potential of music.”

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Band: SHELLAC

Album: 1000 Hurts
3rd full length.

AllMusic: “True to Shellac form, the record is a sound purchase.
Within the domain of atonal, anti-commercial rock & roll, very
few are on their level.”

R.I.P. Steve Albini.

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Band: THE DELGADOS

Album: The Great Eastern
3rd longplayer. #12 in the UK, #37 in
their home country Scotland.

DIS: The Great Eastern is a majestic
journey of astounding beauty.

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Band: GRANDADDY

Album: The Sophtware Slump
Second LP.

The New York Times: “A heart-achingly beautiful requiem for
a culture in which progress and technology have led to alienation
and disposability”.

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Band: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Album: Rated R
Second one. #16 in the US,
#54 in the UK.

AllMusic: “R is mellower, trippier, and more arranged than its predecessor, making
its point through warm fuzz-guitar tones, ethereal harmonies, vibraphones, horns,
and even the odd steel drum.”

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