White Stripes – Icy Thump Deluxe (Vinyl 2LP)

With its title an Americanization of the Northern British phrase “ecky thump” and its cover featuring Jack and Meg bedecked as a Pearly King and Queen, 2007’s Icky Thump is a centered, powerful statement as the final studio album from the duo.

Recorded in the lush environs of Nashville’s Blackbird Studios, the trumpet, bagpipes and 1940’s synthesizer all feel appropriate here, driving home the idea that the White Stripes were consistent through whatever disparate elements they chose.

Icky Thump was nominated for four 2007 Grammy Awards and took home the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.

Selections

Side A:

1. Icky Thump
2. You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)
3. 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpoor Blues

Side B:

1. Conquest
2. Bone Broke
3. Prickly Thorn, but Sweetly Worn
4. St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)

Side C:

1. Little Cream Soda
2. Rag and Bone
3. I’m Slowly Turning Into You

Side D:

1. A Martyr for My Love for You
2. Catch Hell Blues
3. Effect and Cause