Release date: 08-11-2001

2001 UK 17-track vinyl LP produced by Jack White and recorded in January 1999 at Ghetto Recorders, Detroit. Presented in picture sleeve with a picture / lyric inner.

Their self-titled debut, The White Stripes, is probably the rawest album to date from Meg and Jack. With their own stomping version of blues classic "Stop Breakin' Down" (Robert Johnson), the passionate railings of "The Big 3 Killed My Baby" and the sudden blues breakdown of "When I Hear My Name", this is the Stripes in their most shambolic, inspired state. Much of the album may be Jack launching full tilt into Robert Plant "whooping" mode (see "Jimmy the Exploder" in particular), but there are also a couple of slow, dark ballads such as Dylan's "One More Cup of Coffee" and the eerie tale of "St James Infirmary". Culminating in one of their most popular songs, the childlike "Little People" ("There's a little girl with the red shoes on/hello!") The White Stripes is yet further evidence that if you want to take rock music forward you really don't need to spend your time fiddling with samples or drum machines. --Caroline Butler - amazon.com.uk

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1999: The White Stripes (Debuut)

2000:  De Stijl
2001:  White Blood Cells; White founds Third Man Records
2003:  Elephant; White contributes to Cold Mountain soundtrack and appears in the film

2007: The White Stripes, _Icky Thump _