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De Stijl (album)

De Stijl (2000) is the second album released by the Detroit rock band, The White Stripes. The title of the album is Dutch for "The Style".

Track listing

  1. "You're Pretty Good Looking"
  2. "Hello Operator" - A bitter song about Jack's frustration with telephone companies.
  3. "Little Bird"
  4. "Apple Blossom"
  5. "I'm Bound To Pack It Up"
  6. "Death Letter" - A cover of an original song by Son House.
  7. "Sister, Do You Know My Name?"
  8. "Truth Doesn't Make A Noise"
  9. "A Boy's Best Friend"
  10. "Let's Build A Home"-The voices at the beginning are Jack's brother, his mother, and John Gillis (Jack before he changed his last name.) His brother is prompting him to sing a religious song. It was supposed to go as follows: ‘I wish I had a little red box to put the devil in, I’d take him out and punch-punch-punch and put him back again.’" Jack sang, "I wish I had a little red box to put my best friends in. I'd take them out...and put them back again."
  11. "Jumble, Jumble"
  12. "Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me"
  13. "Your Southern Can Is Mine" - Trad. arr. by Blind Willie McTell. The voices at the end of the song are Blind Willie McTell being interviewed.

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