You know, I don't really expect much from the White Stripes, but I do look forward to listening to new music. At one point in time The Whits Stripes were a good stripped down garage blues band. Even after the MTV success, Elephant wasn't all that awful. Then Jack White started dating movie stars, buying historic mansions in Detroit, and dresssing like a funeral director. The last album was bad, but Icky Thump is awful. Need proof? Look no further then Conquest. Which seems to be more of a parody then a real song. It's a cross between a Spinal Tap's Stonehenge and something out of a Conan movie. The entrie album is filled with plenty of stupidity. The track St. Andrew is filled with enough "La-de-dah"'s to make a Hobbit cringe. Seriously,  what were they thinking?

3/10