The distinctive and dramatic style of The White Stripes was probably captured at its very best on the 2003 album Elephant. Full of damning  humour, musical trickery, agitated fidgetiness, dirty bass lines and a band at their creative peak, Elephant stands out as one of the real highlights of 2003, a moment where the rock rule book was not just taken to task but publicly admonished, berated in front of its peers and finally told to get a life.  Dedicated to the death of the sweetheart, the music is all consuming and leaves the listener breathless, as all good sweethearts should.