White Blood Cells

by The White Stripes

White Blood Cells cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 July 2001
  • Label: Sympathy for the Record Industry
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:19
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 18 ratings

Artists on this release: Meg White, Jack White

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'White Blood Cells' catapulted The White Stripes to international fame with its raw, energetic interpretation of minimalist blues rock. Stripping away bass guitars, the duo relies entirely on heavy, fuzzed-out riffs and punchy drum beats to craft intensely catchy garage rock anthems.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, minimalistic, noisy, stripped-down, bluesy

Tracklist

  1. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (03:02)
  2. Hotel Yorba (02:10)
  3. I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman (02:54)
  4. Fell In Love With a Girl (01:50)
  5. Expecting (02:03)
  6. Little Room (00:50)
  7. The Union Forever (03:26)
  8. The Same Boy You've Always Known (03:07)
  9. We're Going to Be Friends (02:20)
  10. Offend In Every Way (03:06)
  11. I Think I Smell a Rat (02:04)
  12. Aluminum (02:19)
  13. I Can't Wait (03:38)
  14. Now Mary (01:47)
  15. I Can Learn (03:31)
  16. This Protector (02:12)

Credits

  • Meg White - Member, drums, backing vocals
  • Jack White - Member, mixed by, producer, vocals, guitar, piano, mix
  • The White Stripes - Member, written-by, performer
  • Stuart Sikes - engineer, mixed by
  • David Cheppa - lacquer cut by
  • The Third Man - layout, design
  • Twirly Red - layout, design
  • III - liner notes
  • Fred Kevorkian - mastered by, mastering
  • Patrick Pantano - photography by
  • Stewart Sikes - engineer, mix

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