Jack White – Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 (2xLP)
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An acoustic best-of from Jack White.
On his new double album "Acoustic Recordings 1998 - 2016" rock icon Jack White 2016 dares a career retrospective of a special kind.With a total of 26 songs, the White Stripes frontman now presents a selection of rare, partly never released acoustic songs, B-sides, remixes and alternative versions, from all areas of his music career and in chronological order.This also includes "City Lights." White originally wrote the White Stripes song for "Get Behind Me Satan." It fell into his hands again during the recording for the Record Store Day vinyl reissue.In addition to White Stripes songs, "Acoustic Recordings 1998 - 2016" also includes Raconteurs and solo songs, such as "Never Far Away", the songs for the "Cold Mountain" soundtrack or "Love Is The Truth", which Jack White composed for the Coca-Cola campaign.All recordings from "Acoustic Recordings 1998 - 2016" were remastered in 2016 especially for the release by Grammy-nominated mastering engineer Andrew Mendelson in Nashville.With a few exceptions, the tracks were written and produced by Jack White himself. The song "Never Far Away" was produced by T Bone Burnett, for "Honey, We Can't Afford To Look This Cheap" Beck sat behind the mixing desk, for "Top Yourself (Bluegrass Version)" and "Carolina Drama" White worked with Brendan Benson and for "Machine Gun Silhouette" with Rob Jones."Acoustic Recordings 1998 - 2016" is released by White's own label Third Man.Jack White fans take note: "Acoustic Recordings 1998 - 2016" is the name of the legendary musician's career-spanning new best-of album.Reviews"Very diverse, very entertaining." (stereoplay, November 2016)"A nice (...) cross-section through the work of Jack White respectively his collaborations." (LP Magazine, 2/2017)Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Jack WhiteLabel: Third Man RecordsFormat: LPUnits: 2Country: USGenre: Pop & RockStyle: AcousticA1 Sugar Never Tasted So Good
A2 Apple Blossom (Remixed)
A3 I'M Bound To Pack It Up (Remixed)
A4 Hotel Yorba
A5 We'Re Going To Be Friends
A6 You'Ve Got Her In Her Pocket
A7 It'S True That We Love One Another
A8 Never Far Away
B1 Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)
B2 White Moon
B3 As Ugly As I Seem
B4 City Lights (Previously Unreleased White Stripes Track)
B5 Honey, We Can'T Afford To Look This Cheap
B6 Effect &Amp; Cause
C1 Love Is The Truth (Acoustic Mix)
C2 Top Yourself (Bluegrass Version)
C3 Carolina Drama (Acoustic Mix)
C4 Love Interruption
C5 On And On And On
C6 Machine Gun Silhouette (Acoustic Mix)
D1 Blunderbuss
D2 Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy (Alternate Mix)
D3 I Guess I Should Go To Sleep (Alternate Mix)
D4 Just One Drink (Acoustic Mix)
D5 Entitlement
D6 Want And Able