De Stijl (album)

De Stijl
Studio album by The White Stripes
Released	June 20, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000 Third Man Studio, Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Punk blues, alternative rock, garage rock, blues rock
Length	37:31
Label	Sympathy for the Record Industry V2 (US reissue) XL (Europe reissue) Third Man Records (Reissue)
Producer	Jack White
The White Stripes chronology
The White Stripes (1999) De Stijl (2000) White Blood Cells (2001)
Singles from De Stijl
"Hello Operator" Released: May 2001

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
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Rolling Stone
Pitchfork Media	(8.2/10)
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De Stijl  /də ˈsteɪl/ is the second studio album by the American garage rock band The White Stripes, released on June 20, 2000 on Sympathy for the Record Industry. The album reached number thirty-eight on Billboard's Independent Albums chart in 2002, when The White Stripes' popularity began to grow. It has since become a cult favorite among White Stripes fans, due to the simplicity of the band's blues/punk fusion.

De Stijl ("the style" in English) was a Dutch art movement (including the painter Mondrian). Vocalist Jack White had been an admirer of the style for some time, especially of furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld. Rietveld designed the Rietveld Schröder House, which Jack and Meg White visited while on tour in the Netherlands. De Stijl was dedicated to Rietveld (as well as Blind Willie McTell.)

On February 5, 2008, Canadian media reported that former Radio-Canada host Dominique Payette filed a lawsuit against the White Stripes for using a nine-second clip of her interview with a little girl at the beginning of "Jumble, Jumble". She demanded $70,000 in damages and the removal of the album from store shelves.

Track listing

All songs written by Jack White except where noted.

1. "You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)" – 1:49
2. "Hello Operator" – 2:36
3. "Little Bird" – 3:06
4. "Apple Blossom" – 2:13
5. "I'm Bound to Pack It Up" – 3:09
6. "Death Letter" (Eddie James "Son" House) – 4:29
7. "Sister, Do You Know My Name?" – 2:52
8. "Truth Doesn't Make a Noise" – 3:14
9. "A Boy's Best Friend" – 4:22
10. "Let's Build a Home" – 1:58
11. "Jumble, Jumble" – 1:53
12. "Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me?" – 3:22
13. "Your Southern Can Is Mine" (William Samuel "Blind Willie" McTell) – 2:29

Personnel

The White Stripes

• Jack White – guitar, piano, vocals
• Meg White – drums, tambourine, vocals on "Your Southern Can Is Mine"

Additional musicians

• John Szymanski – harmonica on "Hello Operator"
• Paul Henry Ossy – violin on "I'm Bound to Pack It Up", electric violin on "Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me?"