Album · 2001
White Blood Cells
White Blood Cells is a 2001 alternative rock album by The White Stripes. It runs 16 tracks across 41 minutes on Third Man Records/Legacy. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.1/5 from 6 ratings.
Alternative Rock · Garage Rock Revival · Rock
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- 6 ratings
- 88 /100
- 9 critics
- 16
- Tracks
- 41 min
- Runtime
- 119 bpm
- Tempo
- C major
- Key
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6 ratings · avg 4.1
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- AllMusic5/5
- The Village VoiceA
- Pitchfork9/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4
- Rolling Stone3.5/4
- Uncut4/5
- Alternative Press8/10
- NME8/10
- Metacriticaggregate86/100
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White Blood Cells album cover
The White Blood Cells cover was designed by The Third Man and Twirly Red and photographed by Patrick Pantano.
- Design
- The Third Man, Twirly Red
- Photography
- Patrick Pantano
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White Blood Cells is the third studio album by American alternative rock duo The White Stripes, released on July 3, 2001. Recorded in less than one week at Easley-McCain Recording in Memphis, Tennessee, and produced by frontman and guitarist Jack White, it was the band's final record released independently on Sympathy for the Record Industry. Bolstered by the hit single "Fell in Love with a Girl", the record propelled The White Stripes into early commercial popularity and critical success. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 497 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
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The album was recorded over three days, and was produced by guitarist and lead vocalist Jack White. Production was rushed in order to capture a "real tense feeling" and the band's energy, and was their first album to be mastered in a studio. With this album the White Stripes began to shift from their blues-inspired roots, musically, White Blood Cells is a garage rock record featuring lyrics about love, hope, betrayal, and paranoia. The cover art of White Blood Cells depicts Jack and Meg surrounded by people wielding television and video cameras, which was intended to both comment and satirize on the music industry. The song "The Union Forever" contains allusions to Citizen Kane (1941), Jack's favorite film, and every line in the song comes from the movie.
In brief
- Is White Blood Cells good?
- Riffiter listeners rate White Blood Cells 4.1/5 from 6 ratings.
- When was White Blood Cells released?
- White Blood Cells was released in 2001 on Third Man Records/Legacy.
- How many tracks are on White Blood Cells?
- White Blood Cells has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 41 minutes.
- What genre is White Blood Cells?
- White Blood Cells is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival, Rock.
- What BPM is White Blood Cells?
- White Blood Cells runs at a median tempo of 119 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to White Blood Cells?
- Listeners of White Blood Cells also rate In Rainbows by Radiohead, Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Is This It by The Strokes.
- Who produced White Blood Cells?
- Jack White produced all 16 tracks on White Blood Cells.
Credits
- Produced by
- Mixed by
- Engineered by
- Stewart Sikes
- Played by
- Vocals by
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