REVIEW: Aluminium by Jack White
ALUMINIUM is an album of avant garde orchestral recordings of music written by Jack White of The White Stripes.
The project was conceived by the founder of XL Recordings, Richard Russell, who co-produced the album with the renowned composer and arranger Joby Talbot. It was recorded between August 2005 and February 2006 at Intimate Studios in Wapping (London), using a specially assembled orchestra comprising many of the UK’s finest young classical musicians.
The album will be available exclusively through the Aluminium website as a numbered limited edition of 3,333 CDs and 999 LPs. The download format will not be limited, and will come with an electronic booklet. The album will be available for pre-order on November 6th, 2006.
Long time White Stripes collaborator, Rob Jones, created a series of 10 images to accompany the album. These images will be printed up as cards and packaged with both the CD and LP formats. In addition to this, the LP format will include a section of an original Rob Jones silk screen print.
The images are available to view on the Aluminium MySpace site, and as part of a wider Rob Jones exhibition which is currently showing at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester.
On hearing Aluminium, choreographer Wayne McGregor included tracks from the album in a new piece that he is putting together for the Royal Ballet. The piece will be performed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden this November.
Tracklisting:
Aluminum
I’m Bound To Pack It Up
Why Can’t You Be Nicer To Me?
Astro
Never Far Away
Little Bird
Let’s Build A Home
Who’s A Big Baby?
The Hardest Button To Button
Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)
For more information, please visit:
http://www.alumiiinium.com
http:// www.myspace.com/alumiiinium
http:// www.xlrecordings.com
http:// www.richardgoodallgallery.com