THE WHITE STRIPES CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELEPHANTย WITH LIMITED EDITION VINYL AND DIGITAL DELUXE RELEASES VIA THIRD MAN RECORDS
โTHE HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTONย (LIVE AT THE ARAGON BALLROOM, JULY 2, 2003)โ AUDIO & VISUALIZER PREMIERES TODAY
The White Stripes are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their RIAA Platinum-certified 2003 fourth studio album, Elephant, with two special releases. Elephant (Deluxe) is out digitally on Friday, March 31 via Third Man Records and sees the remastered HD audio of the original studio album joined with the bandโs July 2, 2003 27-song set at Chicagoโs Aragon Ballroom from their Elephant Tour. Listen to โThe Hardest Button to Button (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003โ now and watch the visualizer featuring rare and never-before-seen Elephant Tour photos of Jack & Meg. A limited edition 2xLP version of the original Elephant album will also be released on Red Smoke (1st LP) & Clear with Red & Black Smoke (2nd LP) colored vinyl on Friday, April 21. Pre-order & pre-save both 20th Anniversary versions of Elephant now!
The 20th Anniversary celebration continues with the launch of a brand-new merchandise store and Elephant collection. Head to whitestripesstore.com to check out the full line and stay tuned for more Anniversary items throughout the year. Donโt miss out on new collections for Jack White, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather as well.
Released on April 1, 2003, Elephant swiftly proved to be a critically acclaimed, award-winning phenomenon, as well as garnering worldwide popularity, peaking at #6 on the Billboard 200 while also topping the UKโs Official Albums Chart. Largely recorded over two weeks in April 2002 at Londonโs analogue Toe Rag Studios, Elephant includes such now-classic singles as the GRAMMYยฎ Award-winning โSeven Nation Army,โ โI Just Donโt Know What To Do With Myself,โ โThe Hardest Button To Button,โ and โThereโs No Home For You Here,โ all of which prompted Rolling Stoneโs David Fricke to hail the album as quite simply, โa work of pulverizing perfection.โ Elephant went on to win the 2004 GRAMMYยฎ Award for โBest Alternative Albumโ and was an โAlbum of the Yearโ nominee.
Elephant (Deluxe) Track Listing
Disc 1
1. Seven Nation Army
2. Black Math
3. Thereโs No Home For You Here
4. I Just Donโt Know What To Do With Myself
5. In The Cold, Cold Night
6. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Motherโs Heart
7. Youโve Got Her In Your Pocket
8. Ball And Biscuit
9. The Hardest Button To Button
10. Little Acorns
11. Hypnotize
12. The Air Near My Fingers
13. Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
14. Itโs True That We Love One Another
Disc 2
1. When I Hear My Name (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
2. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
3. Lovesick (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
4. Hotel Yorba (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
5. Aluminum (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
6. Cool Drink Of Water Blues (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
7. The Hardest Button to Button (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
8. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Motherโs Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
9. Stones In My Passway (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
10. Stop Breaking Down (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
11. Do (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
12. In The Cold, Cold Night (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
13. Seven Nation Army (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
14. The Same Boy Youโve Always Known (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
15. Blackjack Davey (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
16. Weโre Going To Be Friends (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
17. Offend In Every Way (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
18. Little Cream Soda (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
19. Cannon / Party Of Special Things to Do (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
20. Candy Cane Children (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
21. The Air Near My Fingers (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
22. This Protector (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
23. Screwdriver [Intro] (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
24. Ball and Biscuit (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
25. Screwdriver [Reprise] (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
26. Letโs Build A Home (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
27. Goinโ Back to Memphis (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)