The White Stripes (album)

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The White Stripes is the first album released by Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. It was released in 1999.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 3 Trivia 4 Band Quotes 5 External links

Track listing

• 1. "Jimmy the Exploder" - 2:29 (White/White)
• 2. "Stop Breaking Down" - 2:20 (Robert Johnson)
• 3. "The Big Three Killed My Baby" - 2:29 (White/White)
• 4. "Suzy Lee" - 3:21 (White/White)
• 5. "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" - 2:54 (White/White)
• 6. "Wasting My Time" - 2:13 (White/White)
• 7. "Cannon" - 2:30 (White/White)
• 8. "Astro" - 2:42 (White/White)
• 9. "Broken Bricks" - 1:51 (Stephen Gillis/Jack White)
• 10. "When I Hear My Name" - 1:54 (White/White)
• 11. "Do" - 3:05 (White/White)
• 12. "Screwdriver" - 3:14 (White/White)
• 13. "One More Cup of Coffee" - 3:13 (Bob Dylan)
• 14. "Little People" - 2:22 (White/White)
• 15. "Slicker Drips" - 1:30 (White/White)
• 16. "St. James Infirmary Blues" - 2:24 (Joe Primrose)
• 17. "I Fought Piranhas" - 3:07 (White/White)

Credits

• Jack White : vocals, guitars, production
• Meg White : drums, percussion
• Johnny Walker : slide guitar on "Suzy Lee" and "I Fought Piranhas"
• Jim Diamond : production, engineering
• Recorded January 1999 at Ghetto Recorders, Cass Corridor, Detroit and Ferdinand Street, and Southwest Detroit (including Jack's parents' attic).
• Dedicated to Son House.

Trivia

• The attic where Jack ended up recording a lot of the first White Stripes stuff -- that was all set up in his parents' house. [1]
• The song Screwdriver, the first song the White Stripes wrote as a band, was inspired by a red screwdriver sitting on a table.

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 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."

External links