On July 3, 2001, “Sympathy for the Record Industry” label released “White Blood Cells”, the third White Stripes studio album. It was recorded in February 2001, at “Easley-McCain Recording” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Jack White. “Spin” magazine named “White Blood cells” the “Best Album of 2001”; in 2003, “NME” magazine ranked it at number 20 on its list of the “Top 100 Albums of All Time”; in 2012, “Rolling Stone” ranked the album at number 497 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Jack White– lead vocals, guitar, piano, organ, mixing
- Meg White– drums, tambourine, backing vocals
- Stewart Sikes – engineer, mixing
- Twirly Red – leyout, design
- The Third Man – layout, design
- Patrick Pantano – photography
- Fred Kevorkian – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack White.
- Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
- Hotel Yorba
- I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman
- Fell in Love With a Girl
- Expecting
- Little Room
- The Union Forever
- The Same Boy You’ve Always Known
- We’re Going to Be Friends
- Offend in Every Way
- I Think I Smell a Rat
- Aluminum
- I Can’t Wait
- Now Mary
- I Can Learn
- This Protector