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.

1. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
2. Hotel Yorba
3. I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman
4. Fell in Love With a Girl
5. Expecting
6. Little Room
7. The Union Forever
8. The Same Boy You’ve Always Known
9. We’re Going to Be Friends
10. Offend in Every Way
11. I Think I Smell a Rat
12. Aluminum
13. I Can’t Wait
14. Now Mary
15. I Can Learn
16. This Protector