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The White Stripes Complete Lyrics
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A must-have for fans of The White Stripes and Jack White, music enthusiasts, lyric lovers, and collectors of rock history. Also suited for readers interested in cultural essays and the interplay between music and personal narrative.
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The White Stripes Complete Lyrics is a deluxe new 300+ page hardbound book documenting all of Jack White's original words written for the 6x Grammy Award-winning duo he and Meg White formed in 1997 through the release of their final album in 2007.
This first-time-ever lyric collection also features never-before-seen and rare rough drafts, alternate lyrics, and photographs, alongside exclusive essays by Hanif Abdurraqib, Ben Blackwell, and Caroline Randall Williams.
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Critics praise the book for its powerful portrayal of complex emotions and themes, describing it as a pilgrimage for fans seeking the essence behind the music. Hanif Abdurraqib highlights the lyrical interplay of optimism and cynicism, while Caroline Randall Williams calls it a precious relic that gives life. The essays are noted as a particular highlight, providing deep context and personal connections to the band's legacy. The Detroit Free Press commends it as an essential anthology of one of Detroit’s iconic bands.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798986614526
Publisher: Third Man Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 21 December 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Third Man Books
Illustration: 30-50 photographs and scans
Contributors:
- Introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib
- Introduction by Ben Blackwell
- Introduction by Caroline Randall Williams
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 315
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About the Author
Jack White is a twelve-time Grammy-winning musician, producer and actor. He is best known for his work in the bands The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather and as a solo artist. In 2009 he also founded his own record label, Third Man Records.
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His book Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021, he released the book A Little Devil In America with Random House, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. The book won the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and the Gordon Burn Prize. Hanif is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.
Ben Blackwell is the The White Stripes official historian. Also a co-founder, co-owner of Third Man Records, he's directly overseen the release of over 950 different titles and the pressing of over seven million pieces of vinyl.
Caroline Randall Williams is a multi-genre writer, educator, performance artist in Nashville Tennessee, where she is a Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. Host of the Viola Davis produced series Hungry For Answers, she is also co-author of the NAACP Image Award-winning cookbook Soul Food Love. Her debut poetry collection, Lucy Negro, Redux was published by Third Man Books, and turned into a ballet by Nashville Ballet, with an original score by Grammy award winner Rhiannon Giddens. She performs her poetry as a member of the cast. The production made its television debut last year as part of PBS's Great Performances series.Named by Southern Living as 'One of the 50 People changing the South', and ranked by The Root as one of the 100 most influential African Americans of 2020, the Cave Canem fellow has been published and featured in multiple journals, essay collections and news outlets, including The Atlantic, The Iowa Review, The Massachusetts Review, CherryBombe, Garden and Gun, Essence, and The New York Times.
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