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, "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.
Cut directly from the original 1" master tapes, pressed at the state-of-the-art Third Man Pressing in Detroit, housed in a luxe Stoughton gatefold jacket and sealed with a custom...sealing sticker? "Icky Thump" is the Stripes release most-resembling a postage stamp, surely to appreciate in value like the Inverted Jenny.
A1. Icky Thump
A2. You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
A3. 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
B4. Conquest
B5. Bone Broke
B6. Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
B7. St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air)
C8. Litte Cream Soda
C9. Rag And Bone
C10. I'm Slowly Turning Into You
D11. A Martyr For My Love For You
D12. Catch Hell Blues
D13. Effect And Cause
