Due: June 19th, 2007

Tracklisting:

1 Icky Thump
2 You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)
3 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues
4 Conquest
5 Bone Broke
6 Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
7 St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)
8 Little Cream Soda
9 Rag and Bone
10 I'm Slowly Turning Into You
11 A Martyr for My Love for You
12 Catch Hell Blues
13 Effect and Cause



White Stripes Announce Icky New Album

They're baaaaack! The White Stripes announced on their website late last night that their sixth album, which bears the excellently bizarre title of Icky Thump, will be released "as soon as corporately possible."

It was recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, and includes the songs "Catch Hell Blues", "Little Cream Soda", "Rag and Bone", "You Don't Know What Love Is (Just Do As You're Told)", "I'm Slowly Turning Into You", and "Icky Thump".

As previously reported, the new album will be delivered via the Stripes' new home, Warner Bros. They will support it with appearances at Bonnaroo as well as Germany's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals in June.

In typical White Stripes fashion, the album details were revealed via a silly, semi-cryptic message. See below for the full text.

Hello to all the Candy Cane Children in the land,

The White Stripes have completed the recording and mixing of their sixth album. It is entitled:

"Icky Thump"

and is their first album to include a title track, which curiously (and not ironically) has the same words in it's name. Though some residents of northern England might almost recognize the title, the Stripes stress they are spelling it wrong intentionally just for "kicks" and "metaphors", and to avoid a possible lawsuit from the estate of Billy Eckstine.

The record was recorded in Nashville at Blackbird Studio. And word around the sewing circle is that many of your favorite White Stripe type songs may not be your favorite (pronounced favaright) White Stripe type songs for long.

Some song titles include:

Catch Hell Blues
Little Cream Soda
Monkeys Have It Easy (discarded)
Rag and Bone
Clicky Bump (retitled into something pleasant)
Blue Orchid (relocated to previous album)
You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)

It was the longest time the delightful duo have ever spent in the studio, totaling almost three weeks. Jack and Meg were said to have been looking like they were "into it almost". And even Meg herself was quoted while leaving a local Nashville Laundromat saying that the record was, in her best estimate; "finished", "musical in nature" and lastly, though slightly muffled, "good".

The Stripes will be releasing a statement soon saying: "we are doing our best (whatever that is) to release the album as soon as corporately possible. And though we are tired, worn, weary, hungry, cold, and left without an ounce of nutrition amongst ourselves, we are in the midst of planning performance type shows aroundst the world."

I'm always up for more White Stripes!

sweet title!

Is that anything like the "Icky Shuffle"?

Hopefully it will be better than the last album. That was just dreadful.

Total disagreement.

Looking forward to the new album.

Only have "Get Behind me Satan". I'm looking forward to this one.

Could not disagree more. That album was great. Hearing "The Nurse" live was an amazing experience.

You must hear Elephant and White Blood Cells.

Great. I was kind of worried that was it for the White Stripes.

Awesome news.

Cant wait

Best album title of the year, hands down.

Great news.

I hopeJack White continues to do stuff with The Raconteurs, but I've also been a fan of The White Stripes for some time.

I thought GBMS was a solid first half album, whereas the second half just totally loses my interest.

never been able to get into it either, but i wouldn't say it's dreadful. just painfully different.

Hopefully it was better live than it was on the album. The freakin non stop marimbas (or whatever) were one of the main reasons for me selling that cd about a week after I bought it. It's too bad really, because Blue Orchid was such a strong starter track.

And probably one of the albums of the year as well, assuming it's as good as everything else they've done.

This thread inspired me to listen again to "Get Behind Me Satan", and that's good stuff. I've got Elephant on the way from Lala, and I'll track down a few others. Can't wait for this to come out "as soon as corporately possible", whatever that means.

Wow. Awesome.

Sixth album?

Get Behind Me Satan
White Blood Cells
Elephant
???
???

I know De Stijl is another one.

and S/T

Here is a little something up on Youtube:

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I can't wait!

1. The White Stripes
2. De Stijl
3. White Blood Cells
4. Elephant
5. Get Behind Me Satan
6. Icky Thump