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| Released | June 7, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 2005 | |||
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| Length | 44:07 | |||
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| Producer | Jack White | |||
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Get Behind Me Satan is the fifth studio album by the American rock duo 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, replacing electric guitar with 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.
Get Behind Me Satan was positively received by critics. Rolling Stone ranked it the third best album of the year[4] 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.[5]
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- ^ "Top 50 Records of 2005". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2006.
- ^ "Sources: White Stripes Heading To Warner Bros". Billboard.com. February 12, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2011.