Thus, for a great band with great fans, a greatest hits compilation for The White Stripes is not only appropriate, but absolutely necessary. In an era of streaming where the idea of a “Greatest Hits” album may seem irrelevant – that an act’s most streamed songs are considered their de facto “hits” – we wholeheartedly believe that great bands deserve “Greatest Hits” and that a large part of Third Man Records’ and The White Stripes’ successes have been built on zigging when the rest of the music business is zagging. From late Nineties flashes of brilliance through early 2000s underground anthems, masterful MTV Moon Man moments, Grammy-grabbing greatness, and worldwide stadium chants, the songs here are as wide-ranging as you can imagine. The first-ever official anthology of recordings from the iconic rock duo, Jack and Meg White, is an essential career-spanning collection highlighting 26 previously released songs. Jack White, Meg White A Boys Best Friend (2000) Apple Blossom (2000) Ashtray Heart (2000) Astro (1999) As Ugly as I Seem (2005) Baby Blue (2002) Ball. It is with extreme reverence that Third Man Records present to you The White Stripes Greatest Hits. “World-renowned” becomes an appropriate descriptor as does “long-building overnight sensation.” More albums, accolades, wildest dream after wildest dream coming true. A not-so-local indie offers to put out a full length album. In what feels like a whirlwind, they record and release two 7-inch singles for a local indie label. The performance was just good enough to keep them going. They take their simple guitar-drums-voice approach to a local open mic night on Bastille Day. The brother leads a spartan life as a dutiful upholsterer and the sister finishes culinary school and continues to make heartwarming food.īut that doesn’t happen. In 1997 a brother and sister climbed into the third floor attic of their Southwest Detroit family homestead and bashed out a primitive cover of David Bowie’s “Moonage Daydream.” In an alternate reality, it’s all they ever do musically. New release: The White Stripes – Greatest Hits (Third Man Records, )
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