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Elephant
Elephant cover
Studio album by The White Stripes
Released April 1 2003
Recorded November 2001 and April 2002
Genre Garage rock, Blues-rock
Length 49:54
Label V2 Records (U.S.)
XL Recordings (Europe)
Producer(s) Jack White, Liam Watson
Professional reviews
The White Stripes chronology
White Blood Cells
(2001) 		Elephant
(2003) 		Get Behind Me Satan
(2005)


Elephant is the fourth album by American rock band The White Stripes, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music).

The album debuted at #1 in the UK and reached #6 on the Billboard Album Charts in the U.S., while it received very enthusiastic reviews and won Grammys for best alternative album and best rock song ("Seven Nation Army"). Its other famous songs include "The Hardest Button to Button" and their cover of Bacharach & David's "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself".

Elephant was certified Platinum in the U.S. in September 2003, having sold over 1.7 million units there. In 2003, the album was ranked number 390 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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[edit] Album artwork

The album has been released with at least six different versions of the front cover.<ref>White Stripes Official site, index to album artwork including covers, page 1 of 3. Page retrieved 25 October 2006</ref> To give an example, in the U.S. CD (not vinyl) edition Meg White is sitting on the left of an amplifier and Jack is sitting on the right holding the cricket bat over the ground. Another example is the U.K. CD release in which their positions on the amplifier are reversed and Jack also has the cricket bat in his other hand which touches the ground.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Jack White, except where noted.

  1. "Seven Nation Army" – 3:51
  2. "Black Math" – 3:03
  3. "There's No Home For You Here" – 3:43
  4. "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:46
  5. "In the Cold, Cold Night" – 2:58
    Featuring Meg White on lead vocal
  6. "I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart" – 3:20
  7. "You've Got Her in Your Pocket" – 3:39
  8. "Ball and Biscuit" – 7:19
  9. "The Hardest Button to Button" – 3:32
  10. "Little Acorns" (Mort Crim, J. White) – 4:09
    Featuring Detroit newscaster Mort Crim delivering the opening monologue.<ref>The song was inspired by the monologue, although Jack did not seek out the recording of Crim. It was on a tape Ben Blackwell gave him to record on, the piano at the beginning of the song was improvised by Jack not knowing the monologue was on the other side of the tape. After discovering the monologue was also on the tape Jack wrote the song.[citation needed]</ref>
  11. "Hypnotize" – 1:48
  12. "The Air Near My Fingers" – 3:40
  13. "Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine" – 3:17
  14. "It's True That We Love One Another" – 2:42
    Three vocal parts on this track: Jack, Meg, and Holly Golightly of the British band Thee Headcoatees

[edit] Samples

  • "Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
    • "Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine" by The White Stripes

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    [edit] Credits

    Additional personnel

    • Mort Crim - commentary
    • Holly Golightly - vocals
    • K. Johnson - author
    • Ian Montone - navigator

    [edit] References and notes

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    [edit] External links

    The White Stripes
    Jack White | Meg White
    Discography
    Albums and extended plays: The White Stripes | De Stijl | White Blood Cells | Elephant | Get Behind Me Satan | Walking with a Ghost
    Singles: "Let's Shake Hands" | "Lafayette Blues" | "The Big Three Killed My Baby" | "Hand Springs" | "Hello Operator" | "Lord, Send Me an Angel" | "Party of Special Things to Do" | "Hotel Yorba" | "Fell in Love with a Girl" | "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" | "We're Going to Be Friends" | "Red Death at 6:14" | "Candy Cane Children" | "Seven Nation Army" | "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | "The Hardest Button to Button" | "There's No Home for You Here" | "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)" | "Blue Orchid" | "My Doorbell" | "The Denial Twist"
    DVDs: Candy Coloured Blues (unofficial) | Under Blackpool Lights
    Other projects: Aluminium
    Management
    Third Man Records | Ian Montone

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