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
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
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A) link Pitchfork Media link Rolling Stone link
The White Stripes chronology
De Stijl (2000)	White Blood Cells (2001)	Elephant (2003)

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.

1. "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" – 3:04
2. "Hotel Yorba" – 2:10
3. "I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman" – 2:54
4. "Fell in Love with a Girl" – 1:50
5. "Expecting" – 2:03
6. "Little Room" – 0:50
   • Only White Stripes song to not use guitar, piano, or any other instrument of Jack's.
7. "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.
8. "The Same Boy You've Always Known" – 3:09
9. "We're Going to Be Friends" – 2:22
10. "Offend in Every Way" – 3:06
11. "I Think I Smell a Rat" – 2:04
12. "Aluminum" – 2:19
    • Only White Stripes song characterized as nearly instrumental, though it does feature some wordless vocals.
13. "I Can't Wait" – 3:38
14. "Now Mary" – 1:47
15. "I Can Learn" – 3:31
16. "This Protector" – 2:10

[edit] Samples

[edit] Credits

• Jack White - guitar, piano, vocals
• Meg White - drums, background vocals

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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