Knockouts from the past…

24 June 2019

THE WHITE STRIPES scored a No 1 album in the UK on 24 June 2007, today 12 years ago with their sixth and final LP ICKY THUMP.  One of their rawest and back to the red-sharp blues roots of their first recordings. It peaked at #2 in the US and won a Grammy Award for best alternative album.

Here’s the ramshackle racket in full…

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One of my fav highlights was RAG AND BONE, a simplistic yet funny story and musically
a big booming banger. It was released as a 7″ red vinyl single with every copy of British music mag NME on 6 June, two weeks before longplayer’s release. More info here. 

Here’s the Rag And Bone lyric clip…

THE WHITE STRIPES: Facebook – All Albums

The album…