The White Stripes “Get Behind Me Satan” released on this date, June 7th, 2005. Third Man Records. Get Behind Me Satan is The White Stripes’ fifth album and one of my favorites. It won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, entering and peaking on the album charts in both the US and the UK at #3; it has surprisingly excellent sound considering they recorded it in the hallway of Jack White’s house. Our copy is by default a “reissue” from 2015 (double black vinyl, gatefold) as it was initially only released on CD (except for 600 vinyl copies given to music journalists). My favorite tracks on Get Behind Me Satan include the lead track and lead single “Blue Orchid,” a pounding rocker that hit #43 in the US and #9 in the UK, “My Doorbell,” one of my top White Stripes tracks ever, an insanely catchy song with lots of layers, piano and subtle yet crashing rhythm groove by Meg White (“My Doorbell” was the second single from the album and earned them a Grammy nomination), “The Denial Twist,” another infectious ass-shaker and the final single from Get Behind Me Satan. I also have non-single favorites like “Instinct Blues” and “Red Rain,” both dark and feedback drenched blues-exploded slow-burners, the Meg White-led “Passive Manipulation,” which is a sweet and super-harsh little thing, and “Take, Take, Take” about an obnoxious fan meeting Rita Hayworth which is such a fantastic song I’ve been known to put it on a few endless repeats. I love the blues filtered through 60′s revival references sprinkled throughout the album like on “As Ugly As I Seem” which recalls “Going to California” – Jack White has been quoted saying, “Well, I sort of don’t trust anybody who doesn’t like Led Zeppelin” and of course Zeppelin were masters of heavying-up American blues. I even like the old-timey flavor of “Little Ghost” and I’m not much for old-timey, mountain hillbilly tunes.