White Blood Cells (album)
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- This article is about The White Stripes' album. See White blood cell for the biological definition.
| White Blood Cells | ||
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| Studio album by The White Stripes | ||
| Released | 3 July 2001 | |
| Recorded | February 2001 | |
| Genre | Garage rock | |
| Length | 40:23 | |
| Label | Sympathy For The Record Industry | |
| Producer(s) | Jack White | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The White Stripes chronology | ||
| De Stijl (2000) | White Blood Cells (2001) | Elephant (2003)
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White Blood Cells is the third album by American rock band The White Stripes, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music).
The band's commercial breakthrough, White Blood Cells eventually reached #61 on the Billboard 200, going gold and selling over 900,000 units. The album also reached #58 in the United Kingdom, being bolstered in both territories by "Fell in Love with a Girl" and its use of Lego animation in its Michel Gondry-directed music video. Stylus Magazine rated it the 15th greatest album of 2000-2005.
The album was dedicated to Loretta Lynn, instigating a friendship between Lynn and both Jack White and Meg White. In 2004, Jack White would produce Lynn's comeback hit album Van Lear Rose.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by The White Stripes.
- "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" – 3:04
- "Hotel Yorba" – 2:10
- "I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman" – 2:54
- "Fell in Love with a Girl" – 1:50
- "Expecting" – 2:03
- "Little Room" – 0:50
- Only White Stripes song to not use guitar, piano, or any other instrument of Jack's.
- "The Union Forever" – 3:26
- All lyrics are incorporated from the 1941 Orson Welles film Citizen Kane. No credit was given in the liner notes.
- "The Same Boy You've Always Known" – 3:09
- "We're Going to Be Friends" – 2:22
- "Offend in Every Way" – 3:06
- "I Think I Smell a Rat" – 2:04
- "Aluminum" – 2:19
- Only White Stripes song characterized as nearly instrumental, though it does feature some wordless vocals.
- "I Can't Wait" – 3:38
- "Now Mary" – 1:47
- "I Can Learn" – 3:31
- "This Protector" – 2:10
[edit] Samples
- "We're Going to be Friends" by The White Stripes.
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[edit] Credits
| The White Stripes |
| Jack White | Meg White |
| Discography |
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| 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 |
