For this one, Jack and Meg decamped to Memphis to record at the legendary Easley-McCain Studio and walked away with a bonafide classic. Unique for a White Stripes album, as it contains no covers, no guest musicians, no blues and no guitar solos, this album would be most of the world's introduction to the band.
While the video for "Fell In Love With A Girl" could've single-handedly raised the price of LEGO stock three bucks a share (IF it was a publicly traded company) the other jams on here are momentous, from the fuzz distorted clarion call of album opener "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" to the finger-pointing accusations of "I Think I Smell A Rat" this album has everything you could ever want from the Detroit duo.
Cut directly from the original 1/4" master tapes, pressed on HEAVY 180-gram vinyl and lovingly ensconced in a beauteous Stoughton tip-on jacket...this album has never looked better, and perhaps, has looked markedly worse.
A1 Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
A2 Hotel Yorba
A3 I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman
A4 Fell In Love With A Girl
A5 Expecting
A6 Little Room
A7 The Union Forever
A8 The Same Boy You've Always Known
B1 We're Going To Be Friends
B2 Offend In Every Way
B3 I Think I Smell A Rat
B4 Aluminum
B5 I Can't Wait
B6 Now Mary
B7 I Can Learn
B8 This Protector