Also the name of the second album from the
garage rock duo
The White Stripes. The album is
really diverse, but it successfully pulls off a number of Stijls with intense originality, i.e. ballads, frenetic
pop, thudding
rock, and, most rewardlingly, old school
blues. And the lyrical moods, often drawing on
Jack White's plaintive, expressive vocals in their delivery, veer between
smartass acidity, highway
reverie, and "Why can't things be easy like when I was a kid?"
sincerity. Instrumentation is mostly limited to Jack's rich guitar and
Meg White's spare drums- I still maintained that she just never learned how to play- with the occassional song carried by piano or violin. (Trust me, I usually hate violins in pop music, but these really work.) The album also encorporates spoken samples in between a number of songs- a little boy's
friends in a box, his parents,
50's televison, and other
creepy juxtaposition.
Label:
Sympathy for the Record Industry
Year: 2000
Produced by: Jack White
Tracklist:
- You're Pretty Good Looking
- Hello Operator
- Little Bird
- Apple Blossom
- I'm Bound to Pack it Up
- Death Letter
- Sister, Do You Know My Name?
- Truth Doesn't Make a Noise
- A Boy's Best Friend
- Let's Build a Home
- Jumble, Jumble
- Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me?
- Your Southern Can is Mine