Icky Thump, by The White Stripes (Double LP on XL)

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·Icky Thump Facts:·‘Icky Thump’ has no piano performances or piano-based songs (unlike it’s predecessor which was mostly written and performed on piano).·It has the most guitar solos Jack White has ever recorded to tape.·It is the first time the band has collaborated with horns and bagpipes.·It is the first time the White Stripes have ever recorded and mixed an album at a conventional modern studio.·‘Icky Thump’ was still, however, recorded to reel-to-reel, and mixed to tape in complete analogue fashion.·The album was recorded in three weeks. Shockingly, the longest the band has ever spent working on a record.·‘Icky Thump’ contains the first spoken dialogue song to appear on one of their albums; ‘Rag And Bone’.·‘Icky Thump’ is the second longest album of the Stripes pantheon thus far. Second to ‘Elephant’ with more than 48 minutes in running time.·The album’s title is a morphing of the phrase “Ecky Thump” which is an exclamation of surprise or wonderment in Northern England.·The synthesizer used in the title track was also used on the song ‘Telstar’ recorded by Joe Meek.·Jack White used the exact same guitars on ‘Icky Thump’ that he has recorded with on every White Stripes album.

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