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'{{unreferenced|date=May 2009}} {{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = White Blood Cells | Type = studio | Artist = [[The White Stripes]] | Cover = The White Stripes - White Blood Cells.jpg | Released = July 3, 2001 | Recorded = February 2001 <small> at Easley-McCain Recording, Memphis, Tennesse | Genre = [[Garage rock]], [[alternative rock]] | Length = 40:25 | Label = [[Sympathy for the Record Industry]]<br />[[V2 Records|V2]] (2002 re-release) | Producer = [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jtkziknabb89 link] *[[Pitchfork Media]] (9.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23152-white-blood-cells link] *[[Robert Christgau]] (A) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4241&name=The+White+Stripes link] *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/172338/review/6067428 link] *[[Tiny Mix Tapes]] {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://tinymixtapes.com/spip.php?article643 link] * ''[[Sputnikmusic]]'' {{rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=770 link] | Last album = ''[[De Stijl (album)|De Stijl]]''<br />(2000) | This album = '''''White Blood Cells'''''<br />(2001) | Next album = ''[[Elephant (album)|Elephant]]''<br />(2003) }} '''''White Blood Cells''''' is the third album by the American [[garage rock]] band [[The White Stripes]], released on July 3, 2001 on [[Sympathy for the Record Industry]]. The album was reissued in 2002 after the band signed with the [[major label]] subsidiary [[V2 Records]]. ==Background== Considered the band's commercial breakthrough, ''White Blood Cells'' peaked at number 61 on the ''[[Billboard 200]]'', going Gold and selling over 500,000 units. The album also reached number 55 in the United Kingdom, being bolstered in both territories by the "[[Fell in Love with a Girl]]" single and its [[Lego]]-animation music video. ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'' magazine rated it the fifteenth greatest album of 2000-2005 while [[Pitchfork Media]] ranked it ninth on their list of the top 100 albums from 2000-2004. The album was dedicated to [[Loretta Lynn]], creating a friendship between Lynn and both [[Jack White (musician)|Jack]] and [[Meg White]]. In 2004, Jack White would produce Lynn's comeback hit album ''[[Van Lear Rose]]''. [[Redd Kross]] bassist [[Steven Shane McDonald]] created an online-only art project, titled ''Redd Blood Cells'', in which he added a bass track to the otherwise bass-less album. The White Stripes arranged with Steven to take the files down after more than 60,000 downloads. ==Track listing== ;Side one #"[[Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground]]" – 3:04 #"[[Hotel Yorba]]" – 2:10 #"I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman" – 2:54 #"[[Fell in Love with a Girl]]" – 1:50 #"Expecting" – 2:03 #"Little Room" – 0:50 #"The Union Forever" – 3:26 #"The Same Boy You've Always Known" – 3:09 ;Side two #"[[We're Going to Be Friends]]" – 2:22 #"Offend in Every Way" – 3:06 #"I Think I Smell a Rat" – 2:04 #"Aluminum" – 2:19 #"I Can't Wait" – 3:38 #"Now Mary" – 1:47 #"I Can Learn" – 3:31 #"This Protector" – 2:12 A Japanese edition adds the two tracks: "Jolene" and "Hand Springs". ==Singles== {{listen|filename=We're Going to be Friends.ogg|title="We're Going to be Friends"|description="We're Going to be Friends" by The White Stripes.|format=[[Ogg]]}} {| class="wikitable" ! Single information |- |align="left"|"[[Hotel Yorba]]" *Released: November 2001 *Chart positions: ** #26 <small>([[UK Singles Chart]])</small> |- |align="left"|"[[Fell in Love with a Girl]]" *Released: April 23, 2002 *Chart positions: ** #21 <small>([[UK Singles Chart]])</small> ** #121 <small>(U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]])</small> ** #12 <small>(U.S. [[Modern Rock Tracks]])</small> |- |align="left"|"[[Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground]]" *Released: August 2002 *Chart positions: ** #25 <small>([[UK Singles Chart]])</small> ** #19 <small>(U.S. [[Modern Rock Tracks]])</small> |- |align="left"|"[[We're Going to Be Friends]]" *Released: Late 2002 *Chart positions: ** none |- |} ==Personnel== *[[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] – [[guitar]], [[piano]], [[Singing|Vocals]] *[[Meg White]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], background vocals {{The White Stripes}} [[Category:The White Stripes albums]] [[Category:2001 albums]] [[Category:Sympathy for the Record Industry albums]] [[Category:V2 Records albums]] [[de:White Blood Cells]] [[es:White Blood Cells]] [[fr:White Blood Cells]] [[ko:White Blood Cells]] [[it:White Blood Cells]] [[nl:White Blood Cells]] [[no:White Blood Cells]] [[pl:White Blood Cells]] [[pt:White Blood Cells]] [[ru:White Blood Cells]] [[fi:White Blood Cells]] [[sv:White Blood Cells]]'