On April 1, 2003, “V2 Records” released “Elephant”, the fourth White Stripes album. It was recorded November 2001 and April 2002, at “Toe Rag Studios” and “BBC Maida Vale Studios” in London, and was produced by Jack White.The album won “Grammy Awards” for “Best Alternative Album” and “Best Rock Song” for “Seven Nation Army”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 390, on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. “Channel 4” ranked “Elephant” at number 39, on its list of the “100 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In December 2003, “NME” magazine made it their “Album of the Year”.
Personnel:
- Jack White– lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, mixing
- Meg White – lead, co-lead and backing vocals, drums
- Mort Crim– speech
- Holly Golightly– co-lead vocals
- Liam Watson– engineer, mixing
- Noel Summerville – mastering
- “The Third Man” – artwork
- Bruce Brand – layout
- Patrick Pantano – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.
- Seven Nation Army
- Black Math
- There’s No Home for You Here
- I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
- In the Cold, Cold Night
- I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart
- You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket
- Ball and Biscuit
- The Hardest Button to Button
- Little Acorns – Mort Crim, White
- Hypnotize
- The Air Near My Fingers
- Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
- Well It’s True That We Love One Another
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