De Stijl
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De Stijl is the second album released by Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. It was released in 2000.
Track listing
- 1. "You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)" - 1:49 (White/White)
- 2. "Hello Operator" - 2:36 (White/White)
- 3. "Little Bird" - 3:06 (White/White)
- 4. "Apple Blossom" - 2:13 (White/White)
- 5. "I'm Bound to Pack It Up" - 3:09 (White/White)
- 6. "Death Letter" - 4:29 (Son House)
- 7. "Sister, Do You Know My Name?" - 2:51 (White/White)
- 8. "Truth Doesn't Make a Noise" - 3:14 (White/White)
- 9. "A Boy's Best Friend" - 4:22 (White/White)
- 10. "Let's Build a Home" - 1:58 (White/White)
- 11. "Jumble, Jumble" - 1:53 (White/White)
- 12. "Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me" - 3:22 (White/White)
- 13. "Your Southern Can Is Mine" - 2:29 (Blind Willie McTell)
Essay
When ideas become too complicated, and the pursuit of perfection is misconstrued as a need for excess. When there is so much involved that individual components cannot be discerned. When it is hard to break the rules of excess, then new rules need to be established. It descends back to the beginning where the construction of things visual or aural is too uncomplicated to not be beautiful. But this is done i nthe knowledge that we can only become simple to a point and then there is nowhere else to go. There are definite natural things which cannot be broken down into lesser components. Even if the goal of achieving beauty from simplicity is aesthetically less exciting it may force the mind to acknowledge the simple components that make the complicated beautiful.
