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White Blood Cells
Studio album by The White Stripes
Released	July 3, 2001
Recorded	February 2001
Genre	Garage rock, alternative rock, blues-rock
Length	40:25
Label	Sympathy for the Record Industry V2 (2002 re-release)
Producer	Jack White
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Pitchfork Media (9.0/10) link Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone link Tiny Mix Tapes link
The White Stripes chronology
De Stijl (2000) White Blood Cells (2001) Elephant (2003)

White Blood Cells is the third album by the American garage rock band The White Stripes, released on July 3, 2001 on Sympathy for the Record Industry. The album was reissued in 2002 after the band signed with the major label subsidiary V2 Records.

Considered the band's commercial breakthrough, White Blood Cells peaked at number 61 on the Billboard 200, going Gold and selling over 500,000 units. The album also reached number 55 in the United Kingdom, being bolstered in both territories by the "Fell in Love with a Girl" single and its Lego-animation music video. Stylus magazine rated it the fifteenth greatest album of 2000-2005 while Pitchfork Media ranked it ninth on their list of the top 100 albums from 2000-2004.

The album was dedicated to Loretta Lynn, creating a friendship between Lynn and both Jack and Meg White. In 2004, Jack White would produce Lynn's comeback hit album Van Lear Rose.

Redd Kross bassist Steven Shane McDonald created an online-only art project, titled Redd Blood Cells, in which he added a bass track to the otherwise bass-less album. The White Stripes arranged with Steven to take the files down after more than 60,000 downloads.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by The White Stripes.

[edit] CD

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
7. "The Union Forever" – 3:26
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
13. "I Can't Wait" – 3:38
14. "Now Mary" – 1:47
15. "I Can Learn" – 3:31
16. "This Protector" – 2:12

[edit] LP

[edit] Side one

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
7. "The Union Forever" – 3:26
8. "The Same Boy You've Always Known" – 3:09

[edit] Side two

1. "We're Going to Be Friends" – 2:22
2. "Offend in Every Way" – 3:06
3. "I Think I Smell a Rat" – 2:04
4. "Aluminum" – 2:19
5. "I Can't Wait" – 3:38
6. "Now Mary" – 1:47
7. "I Can Learn" – 3:31
8. "This Protector" – 2:12

[edit] Samples

[edit] Singles

[edit] Personnel

• Jack White – guitar, piano, Vocals
• Meg White – drums, background vocals