Best of the White Stripes

~ Release by The White Stripes (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
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1Jimmy the Exploder
engineer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist)
co-producer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist)
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg White
guitar:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1999-01)
recording of:
Jimmy the Exploder (in 1999-01)
writer:
The White Stripes
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
2.652:29
2The Big Three Killed My Baby
engineer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist)
co-producer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist)
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg White
guitar:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1999-01)
recording of:
The Big Three Killed My Baby (in 1999-01)
writer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) and Meg White
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.252:29
3Sugar Never Tasted So Good
engineer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist)
co-producer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist)
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg White
guitar:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States
recording of:
Sugar Never Tasted So Good
writer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) and Meg White
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.252:55
4Do
engineer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist)
co-producer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist)
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg White
guitar:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1999-01)
recording of:
Do (in 1999-01)
writer:
The White Stripes
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
33:05
5You’re Pretty Good Looking (for a Girl)
recording engineer and producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist) and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg White
guitar:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States
mixed at:
Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan, United States
recording of:
You’re Pretty Good Looking
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
quotes music from:
It’s in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
3.251:50
6Hello Operator
recording engineer and producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist) and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg
guitar [guitars]:
Jack (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
harmonica:
John Szymanski
vocals:
Jack (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States
mixed at:
Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan, United States
recording of:
Hello Operator
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
2.952:37
7Apple Blossom
recording engineer and producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist) and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg
guitar [guitars] and piano:
Jack (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States
mixed at:
Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan, United States
recording of:
Apple Blossom
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.152:14
8Sister, Do You Know My Name
recording engineer and producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist) and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg
guitar:
Jack (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States
mixed at:
Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan, United States
recording of:
Sister, Do You Know My Name?
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.152:52
9Let’s Build a Home
recording engineer and producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Jim Diamond (Detroit producer/engineer/bassist) and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Meg
guitar:
Jack (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States
mixed at:
Ghetto Recorders in Detroit, Michigan, United States
recording of:
Let’s Build a Home
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.451:59
10Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
recording of:
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
writer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) and Meg White
3:04
11Hotel Yorba
producer and mixer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
acoustic guitar:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
percussion and background vocals:
Meg White
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recording of:
Hotel Yorba
writer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) and Meg White
3.452:10
12Fell in Love With a Girl
live recording of:
Fell in Love With a Girl
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
1:50
13We’re Going to Be Friends
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
acoustic guitar:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recording of:
We’re Going to Be Friends
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
3.952:22
14Seven Nation Army
recording engineer:
Liam Watson (in 2002-04)
engineer:
Liam Watson
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Liam Watson and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set):
Meg White (in 2002-04)
guitar and piano:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04) and Meg White (in 2002-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2003)
recorded at:
Toe Rag Studios in Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2002-04)
music videos:
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 1), Triple J’s Hottest 100: Twenty Years (2013) (number: 2), VH1’s Big Song of 2003 (number: 9), Sean Michaels: The Top 30 Songs of 2003 (number: 28), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 36), NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (2012-10-25) (number: 43) and VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 75)
recording of:
Seven Nation Army (in 2002-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.953:52
15Black Math
recording engineer:
Liam Watson (in 2002-04)
engineer:
Liam Watson
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Liam Watson and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set):
Meg White (in 2002-04)
guitar and piano:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04) and Meg White (in 2002-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2003)
recorded at:
Toe Rag Studios in Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2002-04)
recording of:
Black Math (in 2002-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.53:04
16In the Cold, Cold, Night
recording engineer:
Liam Watson (in 2002-04)
engineer:
Liam Watson
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Liam Watson and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set):
Meg White (in 2002-04)
guitar and piano:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04)
vocals:
Meg White (in 2002-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2003)
recorded at:
Toe Rag Studios in Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2002-04)
recording of:
In the Cold, Cold Night (in 2002-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.152:59
17The Hardest Button to Button
recording engineer:
Liam Watson (in 2002-04)
engineer:
Liam Watson
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Liam Watson and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set):
Meg White (in 2002-04)
guitar and piano:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04) and Meg White (in 2002-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2003)
recorded at:
Toe Rag Studios in Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2002-04)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 295)
recording of:
The Hardest Button to Button (in 2002-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.653:32
18Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
recording engineer:
Liam Watson (in 2002-04)
engineer:
Liam Watson
producer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Liam Watson and Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
drums (drum set):
Meg White (in 2002-04)
guitar and piano:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) (in 2002-04) and Meg White (in 2002-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2003)
recorded at:
Toe Rag Studios in Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2002-04)
recording of:
Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine (in 2002-04)
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.23:18
19Blue Orchid
recording engineer:
Matthew Kettle
assistant engineer:
Adam Hill (task: mixing)
engineer:
John Hampton (engineer, producer) and John Hampton (engineer, producer) (task: mixing)
producer and mixer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
bell, drums (drum set), percussion and triangle:
Meg White
guitar, marimba, piano and tambourine:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) and Meg White
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 2005-02)
mixed at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Blue Orchid
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.852:39
20My Doorbell
recording engineer:
Matthew Kettle
assistant engineer:
Adam Hill
engineer:
John Hampton (engineer, producer) and John Hampton (engineer, producer) (task: mixed engineer)
producer and mixer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
bell, drums (drum set), percussion and triangle:
Meg White
guitar, marimba, piano and tambourine:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Meg White
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 2005-02)
mixed at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
My Doorbell
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
3.54:02
21Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)
recording engineer:
Matthew Kettle
assistant engineer:
Adam Hill
engineer:
John Hampton (engineer, producer) (task: mixed engineer) and John Hampton (engineer, producer)
producer and mixer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
bell, drums (drum set), percussion and triangle:
Meg White
guitar, marimba, piano and tambourine:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Meg White
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 2005-02)
mixed at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Forever for Her
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
2.253:16
22Take, Take, Take
recording engineer:
Matthew Kettle
assistant engineer:
Adam Hill
engineer:
John Hampton (engineer, producer) (task: mixed engineer) and John Hampton (engineer, producer)
producer and mixer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
bell, drums (drum set), percussion and triangle:
Meg White
guitar, marimba, piano and tambourine:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Meg White
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 2005-02)
mixed at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Take, Take, Take
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
2.754:23
23I’m Lonely (but I Ain’t That Lonely Yet)
recording engineer:
Matthew Kettle
assistant engineer:
Adam Hill
engineer:
John Hampton (engineer, producer) (task: mixed engineer) and John Hampton (engineer, producer)
producer and mixer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
bell, drums (drum set), percussion and triangle:
Meg White
guitar, marimba, piano and tambourine:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
vocals:
Meg White
recorded at:
Third Man Studios (former location, a.k.a. 1203 Ferdinand Street) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 2005-02)
mixed at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
I’m Lonely (but I Ain’t That Lonely Yet)
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
publisher:
Peppermint Stripe Music
2.254:24
24Icky Thump
assistant recording engineer:
Lowell Reynolds
recording engineer:
Joe Chiccarelli
producer:
Jack White III (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Joe Chiccarelli and Jack White III (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recorded at:
Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
music videos:
Icky Thump by The White Stripes
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 83)
recording of:
Icky Thump
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
3.94:15
25You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)
3:55
26Conquest
assistant recording engineer:
Lowell Reynolds
recording engineer:
Joe Chiccarelli
producer:
Jack White III (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Joe Chiccarelli and Jack White III (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
trumpet:
Régulo Aldama
recorded at:
Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
Conquest
lyricist and composer:
Corky Robbins
publisher:
Lear Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3.652:48
27Little Cream Soda
assistant recording engineer:
Lowell Reynolds
recording engineer:
Joe Chiccarelli
producer:
Jack White III (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
mixer:
Joe Chiccarelli and Jack White III (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
recorded at:
Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Little Cream Soda
lyricist and composer:
Jack White (rock & blues multi‐instrumentalist, The White Stripes, Third Man Records)
33:46