Elephant (album)

Elephant (2003) is the fourth album released by Detroit rock duo, The White Stripes. The album went platinum in the US and reached #6 on the Billboard Album Charts. The album won Grammys for best alternative album and best rock song ("Seven Nation Army"). The album also had two singles chart. The first, "Seven Nation Army", reached the top 20 on the Billboad Mainstream Rock Charts, but reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts , giving the White Stripes their first #1 on an American chart; the second, "The Hardest Button to Button", reached # 9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts.

Track listing

1. "Seven Nation Army"

   Single in UK and US.

2. "Black Math"
3. "There's No Home for You Here"
4. "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself"

   Single in the UK; trad. arranged by Burt Bacharach.

5. "In the Cold, Cold Night"

   Meg White's singing debut, save her rendition of Silent Night on a single released a few years ago and her singing with Jack on tracks such as "Hotel Yorba" and "Fell In Love With A Girl".

6. "I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart"
7. "You've Got Her in Your Pocket"

   Only song released with only one member of the White Stripes performing, this of course being Jack.

8. "Ball and Biscuit"

   7:17 long; longest White Stripes song.

9. "The Hardest Button to Button"

   Single in UK and US, although I have yet to find the single on vinyl in the US. Music video for HBTB directed by Michel Gondry and called "Our best yet," by Jack White.

10. "Little Acorns"

    Featuring the voice of Mort Crim saying the beginning dialogue; The song was written about the dialogue, although Jack did not seek out the recording of Mort Crim, it was brought to him by his brother.

11. "Hypnotize"
12. "The Air Near My Fingers" Shortest song on the record.
13. "Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine"
14. "It's True That We Love One Another"

    Three vocal parts on this track: Jack, Meg, and Holly Golightly of the British band "Holly Golightly and Thee Headcoatees".