White Blood Cells is the third album by American garage rock band The White… Read Full Bio ↴White Blood Cells is the third album by American garage rock band The White Stripes, released in 2001.
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 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 and Meg White. In 2004, Jack White would produce Lynn's comeback hit album Van Lear Rose.
Redd Kross bassist Steven 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.
Professional Reviews
★★★★☆ - AllMusic
★★★☆☆ - Rolling Stone
★★★★☆ - Tiny Mix Tapes
9/10 - Pitchfork
A - Robert Christgau
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 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 and Meg White. In 2004, Jack White would produce Lynn's comeback hit album Van Lear Rose.
Redd Kross bassist Steven 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.
Professional Reviews
★★★★☆ - AllMusic
★★★☆☆ - Rolling Stone
★★★★☆ - Tiny Mix Tapes
9/10 - Pitchfork
A - Robert Christgau
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The White Stripes Lyrics
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground Dead leaves and the dirty ground When I know you're not…
Expecting Your mouth said this never But your fingers have shown me Yo…
Fell in Love With a Girl Fell in love with a girl I fell in love once…
Hotel Yorba I was watching With one eye on the other side I had…
I Can Learn I wish we Were stuck up a tree Then we'd know That it's…
I Can't Wait I can't wait till you try to come back girl When…
I Think I Smell a Rat Oh, I think I smell a rat Oh, I think I…
I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman Well I'm finding it harder To be a gentleman every day All…
Little Room Well you're in your little room And you're working on someth…
Now Mary Now Mary Can't you find a way To bring me down? I'm so…
Offend in Every Way I'm patient of this plan As humble as I can I'll wait…
The Same Boy You've Always Known You fell down of course And then you got up of…
The Union Forever It can't be love For there is no true love It can't…
This Protector But now But now But now Now, now, now, now, now You thought …
We're Going to Be Friends Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the…
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on Candy Cane Children
The meaning of this song is basically saying the older you get, the less fun Christmas becomes usually do to adulthood. The lines "don't you know your name?...", probably refers to the adults telling kids to grow up as if they're saying "Do you know how old you are? You're getting too old for this stuff." Probably why he put the lines "nobody knows how to talk to children". Also, he puts the lines "think again" after a thought of one of the kids thinking of wishing to participate in Christmas activities. As if they're thinking "Yeah I probably AM too old for this.." "364 more tears girl" the sadness of getting older. Not participating feels like a missed opportunity and causes even more sadness..