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'''The White Stripes''' is the first album released by Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. It was released in 1999.
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'''''The White Stripes'''''<br>
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<small>[[:Category:The White Stripes albums|studio album]] by [[The White Stripes]]</small><br>
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* '''First released:''' June 15, 1999 on [[Sympathy for the Record Industry|Sympathy]] (US)
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* '''Recorded:''' January 1999 at [[Ghetto Recorders]] and [[Third Man Studios]]
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* '''Formats:''' CD, LP
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* '''Tracks:''' 17
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* '''Length:''' 43:38
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* '''Previous album:''' -
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* '''Next album:''' ''[[De Stijl]]'' (2000)
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==Track listing==
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==Track Listing==
* 1. "[[Jimmy the Exploder]]" - 2:29 (White/White)
* 1. "[[Jimmy the Exploder]]" - 2:29 (White/White)
* 2. "[[Stop Breaking Down]]" - 2:20 (Robert Johnson)
* 2. "[[Stop Breaking Down]]" - 2:20 (Robert Johnson)
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* 16. "[[St. James Infirmary Blues]]" - 2:24 (Joe Primrose)
* 16. "[[St. James Infirmary Blues]]" - 2:24 (Joe Primrose)
* 17. "[[I Fought Piranhas]]" - 3:07 (White/White)
* 17. "[[I Fought Piranhas]]" - 3:07 (White/White)
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;Japanese edition
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* 18. "[[Let's Shake Hands]]" - 2:01 (White/White)
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* 19. "[[Lafayette Blues]]" - 2:15 (White/White)
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==Liner Notes==
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===Performers===
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* [[Jack White]] : vocals, guitar, piano
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* [[Meg White]] : drums, percussion
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* [[Johnny Walker]] : second slide guitar on [[Suzy Lee|"Suzy Lee"]] and [[I Fought Piranhas|"I Fought Piranhas"]]
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===Album===
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* Produced by [[Jack White]]
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* Co-produced and engineered by [[Jim Diamond]]
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* Recorded January '99 at Ghetto Recorders, Cass Corridor, Detroit
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* [[Screwdriver|"Screwdriver"]], [[Sugar Never Tasted So Good|"Sugar Never Tasted So Good"]], [[St. James Infirmary Blues|"St. James Infirmary Blues"]], and [[Astro|"Astro"]] recorded at [[Third Man Studios]], southwest [[Detroit]]
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* Cover by Ballistic
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* Photography by [[Ko Melina Zydeko]]
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* Peppermint photo by Heather White
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* Dedicated to Son House
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* "The White Stripes would like to thank God, Family, Steve Shaw, Ikaboo, Roger Tape Ginger, Reedy Hoy How, Long Gone John, [[Johnny Walker]], Ko Melina Zydeko, [[Jim Diamond]], Andi and Patti, Heather White, [[Dan Miller]] for lending us recording equipment, [[Brian Muldoon]] for lending us his 18" tom, Stephen Gillis, and [[Ben Blackwell]]"
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==Credits==
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===Essay===
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* Jack White : vocals, guitars, production
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you would play and have fun by yourself and then you saw other children playing and you climbed your fence and went to play with them and it was fun then your smiles became dependent on theirs and stories you heard of a [[Jimmy the Exploder|monkey that only wants to see red so destroys things that are not red]] i dream of him exploding my motor so that i wont see red everytime i drive down the street my car [[Stop Breaking Down|starts breaking down]] on me and i write this down but [[The Big Three Killed My Baby|nothings changed]] only i change or hope to change. sometimes its hard to tell if you are realy in love or blinded and maybe you should change yourself and [[Wasting My Time|stop wasting your time]] maybe one day it will be the end of the world with shrieks outside your door and it will be too late others [[Astro|do secret things in their space]] where they live or where they once worked their lives to boredom where a straw boss called their name out and they wished they were invisible and all of the [[One More Cup of Coffee|coffee breaks]] in the world wont help you and social interaction will only fake you there is sometimes [[Do|nothing that you can do]] [[Screwdriver|so what are you supposed to think?]] when people call you, look at you, say they are coming over do you think that they are like [[Little People|little children]] trying to have fun until someone gets offended or someone talks bad about someone who isnt there or maybe you are happy until [[St. James Infirmary Blues|someone you love is in the hospital]] or is far away talking to people you dont know or on a boat under perfect darkened starry skies all alone you wish you could be there with them and you wish that two people could really be happy with each other it was easier when you were a child and everything that is happy and fun now is an attempt at recreating your backyard when you first saw others and dreamt that with them you could be happier than you were alone
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* Meg White : drums, percussion
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==Release History==
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* Johnny Walker : slide guitar on "Suzy Lee" and "I Fought Piranhas"
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* '''June 15, 1999:''' US, [[Sympathy for the Record Industry]], CD/LP (SFTRI 577)
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* Jim Diamond : production, engineering
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* '''November 26, 2001:''' UK, [[XL Recordings]], LP (XLLP 149)
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* Recorded January 1999 at Ghetto Recorders, Cass Corridor, Detroit and Ferdinand Street, and Southwest Detroit (including Jack's parents' attic).
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* '''November 26, 2001:''' UK, [[XL Recordings]], CD (XLCD 149)
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* Dedicated to Son House.
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* '''November 26, 2001:''' France, Virgin Records, CD (7243 8116692 5)
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* '''June 11, 2002:''' US/Canada, [[V2 Records]], CD/LP (63881-27131-2)
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* '''March 19, 2003:''' Japan, [[V2 Records|V2 Records Japan]], CD (V2CP 148)
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* '''January 2008:''' US, [[Third Man Records]], CD (512134-2)
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* '''November 30, 2010:''' US, [[Third Man Records]], LP/ltd. 12" (TMR-042)
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==Press/Reviews==
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==Band Quotes==
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* [[Jack White]]: "Our first album is still my favorite because it sounds like Detroit to me."
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* [[Jack White]]: "I don't think we'll top it. ''[[Elephant]]'' is a close second. I love ''Elephant'', but we're never gonna capture that Detroit rock n' roll like we did with the first one. It was good we got that out of the way. If we hadn't, I'd probably still be searching for that. Same with ''[[Let's Shake Hands (single)|Let's Shake Hands]]'', the first 45". We'll never top that, but as long as it's there, I can move on."
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* [[Jack White]]: "I still feel we've never topped our first album. It's the most raw, the most powerful, and the most Detroit-sounding record we've made. I went overboard with the rawness and the reverb though. That was the first time I produced a full album for us, and I definitely learned from the experience."
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* [[Jack White]]: "The first LP's really angry, you know. This LP [[De Stijl|[De Stijl]]] we tried to get a little cleaner. Maybe we changed from anger to bitterness."
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* [[Jack White]]: "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook."
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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* The attic where Jack ended up recording a lot of the first White Stripes stuff -- that was all set up in his parents' house. [http://www.whitestripes.net/faq.php#selftitled]
 
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==Band Quotes==
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==External Links==
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* Jack White : "Our first album is still my favorite because it sounds like Detroit to me."
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Stripes_%28album%29 Wikipedia: The White Stripes]
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* Jack White : " I don't think we'll top it. "Elephant" is a close second. I love "Elephant," but we're never gonna capture that Detroit rock n' roll like we did with the first one. It was good we got that out of the way. If we hadn't, I'd probably still be searching for that. Same with "Let's Shake Hands," the first 45, we'll never top that, but as long as it's there, I can move on."
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* Jack White : "I still feel we've never topped our first album. It's the most raw, the most powerful, and the most Detroit-sounding record we've made. I went overboard with the rawness and the reverb though. That was the first time I produced a full album for us, and I definitely learned from the experience."
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* Jack White : ""The first LP's really angry, you know. This LP we tried to get a little cleaner. Maybe we changed from anger to bitterness."
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==External links==
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[[Category:The White Stripes albums]]

Current revision as of 01:29, 12 August 2011

The-White-Stripes-The-White-Stripes-300x300.jpg
The White Stripes
studio album by The White Stripes

Contents

Track Listing

Japanese edition

Liner Notes

Performers

Album

Essay

you would play and have fun by yourself and then you saw other children playing and you climbed your fence and went to play with them and it was fun then your smiles became dependent on theirs and stories you heard of a monkey that only wants to see red so destroys things that are not red i dream of him exploding my motor so that i wont see red everytime i drive down the street my car starts breaking down on me and i write this down but nothings changed only i change or hope to change. sometimes its hard to tell if you are realy in love or blinded and maybe you should change yourself and stop wasting your time maybe one day it will be the end of the world with shrieks outside your door and it will be too late others do secret things in their space where they live or where they once worked their lives to boredom where a straw boss called their name out and they wished they were invisible and all of the coffee breaks in the world wont help you and social interaction will only fake you there is sometimes nothing that you can do so what are you supposed to think? when people call you, look at you, say they are coming over do you think that they are like little children trying to have fun until someone gets offended or someone talks bad about someone who isnt there or maybe you are happy until someone you love is in the hospital or is far away talking to people you dont know or on a boat under perfect darkened starry skies all alone you wish you could be there with them and you wish that two people could really be happy with each other it was easier when you were a child and everything that is happy and fun now is an attempt at recreating your backyard when you first saw others and dreamt that with them you could be happier than you were alone

Release History

Press/Reviews

Band Quotes

  • Jack White: "Our first album is still my favorite because it sounds like Detroit to me."
  • Jack White: "I don't think we'll top it. Elephant is a close second. I love Elephant, but we're never gonna capture that Detroit rock n' roll like we did with the first one. It was good we got that out of the way. If we hadn't, I'd probably still be searching for that. Same with Let's Shake Hands, the first 45". We'll never top that, but as long as it's there, I can move on."
  • Jack White: "I still feel we've never topped our first album. It's the most raw, the most powerful, and the most Detroit-sounding record we've made. I went overboard with the rawness and the reverb though. That was the first time I produced a full album for us, and I definitely learned from the experience."
  • Jack White: "The first LP's really angry, you know. This LP [De Stijl] we tried to get a little cleaner. Maybe we changed from anger to bitterness."
  • Jack White: "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook."

Trivia

External Links

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