Under Great White Northern Lights

The White Stripes

Release Date: 15th Mar, 2010
Label: Third Man
Genre: Rock

Accompanying soundtrack album to the documentary film made by the rock duo, featuring songs recorded live across their 2007 tour of Canada. As is normal practise, the tracks are ramshackle, blues-rock compositions, played in a rough and ready style that adds great feeling to the tracks. Featuring songs mainly from the more recent years of their career, it’s a spirited live rock album, and an impressive racket to be made by just two people. After an incendiary ‘Let’s Shake Hands’, there’s the folky ‘Little Ghost’ and grinding ‘Icky Thump’ as perhaps the best tracks on offer here. Ending with an extended jam version of ‘Seven Nation Army’, this is definitely a live album you have to check out.

Reviewed by Pete Muscutt

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The White Stripes

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The White Stripes were an alternative rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. They disbanded in 2011. The group consisted of songwriter Jack White (vocals, piano/keyboards, guitar) and Meg White (drums, vocals). After releasing several singles and three albums within the Detroit independent music underground, The White Stripes rose to prominence in 2002, as part of the garage rock revival scene. Their successful albums White Blood Cells and Elephant drew them attention from a large variety of media outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom. The White Stripes used a low-fidelity, do-it-yourself approach to writing and recording. Their music features a melding of punk and blues influences and a raw simplicity of composition, arrangement, and performance. The duo is also noted for their fashion and design aesthetic which features a simple color scheme of red, white, and black. The White Stripes' discography consists of six studio albums, two extended plays (EP), one video album, 26 singles and fourteen music videos. The band has sold approximately 12 million albums worldwide, 2 million in the US alone, and their latest three albums have each won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. On February 2, 2011, the band announced on their website that they had disbanded. Official band website: www.whitestripes.com

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20 Comments

Strokarlos 20 Jan 2011

I bought this album today!! in an excellent price :D
xiempiethps 08 Jan 2011

Great stuff, but Under Blackpool Lights is slightly better
RedMosquitoo 23 Jul 2010

amazing movie! I saw it in the cinema and oh my god ... it's outstanding ! Love The White Stripes!!
kida08 24 Jun 2010

I need to get the film, because I really dig the LP.
AFMLopes 24 May 2010

SICK
bubbelinz 12 Apr 2010

i hope that some day i'll be lucky enough to see them live!
pe4enko 02 Apr 2010

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Teoef 01 Apr 2010

The film and the album are both GREAT :D
Antonionii 29 Mar 2010

Seriously awesome, some of the best live rock and roll I've ever heard.
soapbox365 26 Mar 2010

anyone realize that they cover robert johnson's "phonograph blues" in the middle of "ball and biscuit"?
j_morrison 26 Mar 2010

Excellent documentary! Seven Nation Army and Fell in Love With a Girl sound awesome on the cd!
LieveK 24 Mar 2010

wow, sounds great!
Aleatoriedad 20 Mar 2010

The album is great, but the film is amazing
iheartegger 20 Mar 2010

I LOVE IT!!!
tinyelefants 16 Mar 2010

Just got my boxset today! It's awesome!
DCMcCracker 14 Mar 2010

Sounds great. Can't wait until the film is out.
zjaia 10 Mar 2010

dammit dammit dammit
Echoes917 09 Mar 2010

Oh Yes!
handstandflip 09 Mar 2010

Black Math sounds wicked. I'm loving this so far.
bratmaxe61288 18 Feb 2010

Just AWESOME !