
White Blood Cells XX is a Rock album by The White Stripes, originally released in 2021. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Garage Rock
- raw
- swaggering
- bluesy
About
For listeners who harbor an elemental faith in rock ’n’ roll, 2001’s <i>White Blood Cells</i> might be a perfect album. The songs have the universal quality of classic rock (“Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” “Offend in Every Way”), but its delivery—Meg White’s primitive drumming, Jack White’s bare-bones arrangements—feels rooted in punk (“Hotel Yorba”). They democratize the process by making it sound easy (“Little Room”), but they also lay bare how deceptive “easy” can be (“Fell in Love With a Girl”). And as unpretentious as the sound is, there’s something mysterious about it, too: a tiny machine whose movements seem less obvious the more you watch it work (“The Union Forever”). Jack White remembers hearing “Fell in Love With a Girl” on the radio next to the heavily produced hard rock of bands like Staind and Incubus, and wondering what The White Stripes were doing there. Of course White, who is as opinionated in interviews as he is enigmatic on record, knows: They were cutting through the noise and advancing the maxim that less might actually be more. Listeners who dismiss them as retro miss the broader point: With <i>White Blood Cells</i>, The White Stripes organize the sprawling, bluesy sounds of ’70s rock into something clear, minimal, and modern—less a personal expression than than a simple, reliable chair. So it’s no coincidence that Jack White used to work as an upholsterer: They play like a band that honors craft. And if they spare you their rare fabrics and excess embellishment, it’s because they know that a happy customer is a good customer, and, like any honest business, they want to pass the savings on to you. <i>White Blood Cells</i> doesn’t go back to the basics so much as remind you that the basics are always there.
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Tracklist
Side LP
- LP-A1Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground (Boombox Demo Take 1)
- LP-A2Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground (Boombox Demo Take 2)
- LP-A3Hotel Yorba (Alternate Take Live At The Hotel Yorba)
- LP-A4Fell In Love With A Girl (Alternate Take)
- LP-A5The Union Forever (Working Mix)
- LP-A6Offend In Every Way (Acoustic Boombox Demo)
- LP-A7That's Where It's At (Outtake)
- LP-B1Ooh-Aah (Demo)
- LP-B2I Can't Wait (Alternate Mix)
- LP-B3Hey Mary (Demo)
- LP-B4Feel Like I'm Three Feet Tall (Boombox Demo)
- LP-B5Rated X (Alternate Take Live At The Hotel Yorba)
- LP-B6This Protector (Alternate Take)
- LP-C1When I Hear My Name
- LP-C2Death Letter / Grinnin' In Your Face
- LP-C3Lord, Send Me An Angel
- LP-C4You're Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)
- LP-C5Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
- LP-C6Hotel Yorba
- LP-C7Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
- LP-C8I Think I Smell A Rat
- LP-D1Jolene
- LP-D2We're Going To Be Friends
- LP-D3Expecting
- LP-D4The Union Forever
- LP-D5The Same Boy You've Always Known
- LP-D6Apple Blossom
- LP-D7Cannon / John The Revelator
- LP-D8Astro
- LP-D9Boll Weevil
Side DVD
- DVD-1Intro1:33
- DVD-2Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground3:57
- DVD-3Hotel Yorba1:51
- DVD-4Fell In Love With A Girl (Vocal Overdubs)1:49
- DVD-5The Same Boy You've Always Known (Vocal Overdubs)1:12
- DVD-6Jack Yarber's Apartment0:29
- DVD-7I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman4:33
- DVD-8That's Where It's At0:47
- DVD-9We're Going To Be Friends3:34
- DVD-10Offend In Every Way 6:15
- DVD-11Aluminum3:29
- DVD-12Little Room0:45
- DVD-13Driving Around Memphis2:19
- DVD-14I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman (Vocal Overdubs)0:34
- DVD-15That's Where It's At (Vocal Overdubs)1:36
- DVD-16Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground (Mixing)0:55
- DVD-17Hotel Yorba (Mixing)1:24
- DVD-18Fell In Love With A Girl (Mixing)1:28
- DVD-19I Can't Wait (Mixing) & (Vocal Overdubs)1:49
- DVD-20I Can Learn (Mixing)0:16
- DVD-21Expecting (Vocal Overdubs)2:41
- DVD-22Credits1:01
Credits
Performers
- Meg WhiteDRUMS
- Jack WhiteVOCALS GUITAR PIANO
10 collectors on Gatefold own this · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
