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If someone had said it to him ten years ago, Jack would have laughed. A forced laugh too, no doubt. The lonesome boy of blues, confined to analog, converts to a synthetic album for the first time in his career. Foreseeing the last few years with his collaborations, this flurry in the middle of his solo breakthrough remains surprising. Next to the blues riffs, White, at the age of 42, creates his first melange of music on this new crusade. And this composition, put together at the beginning of 2018, is living proof of this new path blazed by White. Splashes of rock (Respect Commander), turbulent jam sessions (Ice Station Zebra), congas and percussion for broken Afro-Cuban rhythms on digital projections (Over and Over and Over, Everything's you've ever Learned), soaring gospel on organs with the McCrary Sisters of Nashville (Connected by Love), country caressed on the piano (What's done is done), interlude chamber music with CW Stoneking (Abulia and Akrusia), vocoders for miniature funk (Get In The Mind Shaft), Al Capone’s words written during his time at Alcatraz on Dvořák’s Humoresque in a jazz style, everything goes.
For this leap into the unknown, the former member of The Stripes made sure to let loose. Not giving a damn. Taking a lot of risks along the way. First he isolated himself for several months in a studio rented in Nashville, outside the well-built walls of Third Man Records, to first write without any backing instruments, in order to feel the keys of his synths, all while recording on tape. Then, he locked himself up in New York and Los Angeles with Carla Azar from Autolux, Louis Cato, Justin Poree and Bobby Allende as well as some of the musicians who play for Kendrick Lamar and who make some of the best hip-hop around. All musicians who he had never worked with before. Speaking on the experience, White said; "Some of those songs could take up an entire side of an album, like a Miles Davis record or a Funkadelic record. Then someone would do something and another mood would change the room." Always playing outside his comfort zone, White, who likes to capture the rawness of a live sound, dirty and still throbbing, born in sweat, chose LA to rework the recordings after letting them cool off for some time. He finally arrived at these thirteen tracks on Boarding House Reach which make up this frantic album, eccentric and heated. Truly Excellent!
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Neal Evans, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Bill Skibbe, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bobby Allende, AssociatedPerformer - Regina McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, MixingEngineer - Ben Schmitz, Engineer - Ann McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Cato, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Valentine, Engineer - DJ Harrison, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Charlotte Kemp, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Neal Evans, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Todd Monfalcone, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Bobby Allende, AssociatedPerformer - Regina McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Ben Schmitz, Engineer - Ann McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Cato, Programmer - Grant Valentine, Engineer - DJ Harrison, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Ian Montone, AssociatedPerformer - Gianluca Braccio Montone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlotte Kemp, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Neal Evans, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Todd Monfalcone, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Bobby Allende, AssociatedPerformer - Regina McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Ben Schmitz, Engineer - Ann McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Cato, Programmer - Grant Valentine, Engineer - DJ Harrison, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Ian Montone, AssociatedPerformer - Gianluca Braccio Montone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlotte Kemp, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Vance Powell, Engineer - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Keith Smith, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Ben Schmitz, Engineer - Brooke Waggoner, AssociatedPerformer - Fats Kaplin, AssociatedPerformer - Daru Jones, AssociatedPerformer - C.W. Stoneking, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Valentine, Engineer - Dominic Davis, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Carpenter, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Konouchi, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Joshua Gillis, AssociatedPerformer - Charlotte Kemp, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Carla Azar, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Justin Poree, AssociatedPerformer - Chandler Harrod, Engineer - Quincy McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Anthony Brewster, AssociatedPerformer - Neon Phoenix, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Carla Azar, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Justin Poree, AssociatedPerformer - Chandler Harrod, Engineer - Quincy McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Anthony Brewster, AssociatedPerformer - Neon Phoenix, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Neal Evans, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Bobby Allende, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Ben Schmitz, Engineer - Daru Jones, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Cato, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Valentine, Engineer - DJ Harrison, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Charlotte Kemp, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Neal Evans, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Bobby Allende, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Ben Schmitz, Engineer - Grant Valentine, Engineer - DJ Harrison, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Charlotte Kemp, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Neal Evans, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Vance Powell, Engineer - Bill Skibbe, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bobby Allende, AssociatedPerformer - Carla Azar, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, MixingEngineer - Justin Poree, AssociatedPerformer - Chandler Harrod, Engineer - Quincy McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Cato, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Anthony Brewster, AssociatedPerformer - Charlotte Kemp, AssociatedPerformer - Neon Phoenix, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Carla Azar, AssociatedPerformer - Regina McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Justin Poree, AssociatedPerformer - Ann McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Chandler Harrod, Engineer - Quincy McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Esther Rose, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Brewster, AssociatedPerformer - Neon Phoenix, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Jack White, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Carla Azar, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Justin Poree, AssociatedPerformer - Chandler Harrod, Engineer - Quincy McCrary, AssociatedPerformer - Third String Tunes (BMI), Administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Esther Rose, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Brewster, AssociatedPerformer - Neon Phoenix, AssociatedPerformer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Neal Evans, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Engineer - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Jack White, Producer, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Skibbe, Engineer - Howard Johnson, Lyricist - Joshua Vance Smith, Engineer - Ben Schmitz, Engineer - EMI ROBBINS CATALOG INC. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Louis Cato, Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Valentine, Engineer
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
Album review
If someone had said it to him ten years ago, Jack would have laughed. A forced laugh too, no doubt. The lonesome boy of blues, confined to analog, converts to a synthetic album for the first time in his career. Foreseeing the last few years with his collaborations, this flurry in the middle of his solo breakthrough remains surprising. Next to the blues riffs, White, at the age of 42, creates his first melange of music on this new crusade. And this composition, put together at the beginning of 2018, is living proof of this new path blazed by White. Splashes of rock (Respect Commander), turbulent jam sessions (Ice Station Zebra), congas and percussion for broken Afro-Cuban rhythms on digital projections (Over and Over and Over, Everything's you've ever Learned), soaring gospel on organs with the McCrary Sisters of Nashville (Connected by Love), country caressed on the piano (What's done is done), interlude chamber music with CW Stoneking (Abulia and Akrusia), vocoders for miniature funk (Get In The Mind Shaft), Al Capone’s words written during his time at Alcatraz on Dvořák’s Humoresque in a jazz style, everything goes.
For this leap into the unknown, the former member of The Stripes made sure to let loose. Not giving a damn. Taking a lot of risks along the way. First he isolated himself for several months in a studio rented in Nashville, outside the well-built walls of Third Man Records, to first write without any backing instruments, in order to feel the keys of his synths, all while recording on tape. Then, he locked himself up in New York and Los Angeles with Carla Azar from Autolux, Louis Cato, Justin Poree and Bobby Allende as well as some of the musicians who play for Kendrick Lamar and who make some of the best hip-hop around. All musicians who he had never worked with before. Speaking on the experience, White said; "Some of those songs could take up an entire side of an album, like a Miles Davis record or a Funkadelic record. Then someone would do something and another mood would change the room." Always playing outside his comfort zone, White, who likes to capture the rawness of a live sound, dirty and still throbbing, born in sweat, chose LA to rework the recordings after letting them cool off for some time. He finally arrived at these thirteen tracks on Boarding House Reach which make up this frantic album, eccentric and heated. Truly Excellent!
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:07
- Main artists: Jack White
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: XL Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2018 Third Face, LLC under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd 2018 Third Man Records under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd
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