Album Club: The White Stripes - Elephant
Steve Lamacq marks the 20th anniversary of the White Stripes album Elephant by playing the album in full. Join in the conversation via #6MusicAlbumClub.
20 years ago this week, The White Stripes released their ground-breaking album Elephant, and to celebrate the anniversary, Steve Lamacq plays the album in full as part of the 6 Music Album Club.
Elephant was The White Stripes’ fourth album, released in 2003 through XL in the UK and V2 in the US and elsewhere. The album was recorded at London’s Toe Rag Studios in a single two week period - with the exception of the album's final track ‘Well, It's True That We Love One Another’, which was recorded separately at the same studio, and their version of ‘I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself’, which was recorded at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Maida Vale Studios. The Detroit duo went back to basics with the album, using an 8-track tape machine and recording equipment predating 1963 instead of computers.
The album starts with the song that took over the world, Seven Nation Army, now a stadium chant known around the world by football and soccer fans alike. It peaked #6 on the US Billboards 200 while also topping the UKs official album chart and won Best Alternative Music Album at the 2004 Grammys.
TRACKLIST – Elephant (original release)
1. Seven Nation Army
2. Black Math
3. There’s No ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ for You Here
4. I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself
5. In the Cold, Cold Night
6. I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart
7. You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket
8. Ball and Biscuit
9. The Hardest Button to Button
10. Little Acorns
11. Hypnotize
12. The Air Near My Fingers
13. Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
14. It’s True That We Love One Another
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Seven Nation Army
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Black Math
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There's No ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ for You Here
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The White Stripes
I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
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The White Stripes
In The Cold, Cold Night
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The White Stripes
I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart
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- Legacy Recordings.
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The White Stripes
You've Got Her In Your Pocket
- Elephant.
- Legacy Recordings.
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The White Stripes
Ball and Biscuit
- Elephant.
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The White Stripes
Hardest Button to Button
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The White Stripes
Hypnotize
- Elephant.
- Legacy Recordings.
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The White Stripes
The Air Near My Fingers
- Elephant.
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The White Stripes
Girl, You Have no Faith in Medicine
- Elephant.
- Legacy Recordings.
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The White Stripes
It's True That We Love One Another
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- Legacy Recordings.
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Broadcast
- Wed 29 Mar 2023 18:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 6 Music