Icky Thump

This article is about the album. For its title track, see Icky Thump (song).

Icky Thump
Studio album by
The White Stripes
ReleasedJune 15, 2007 (2007-06-15)
RecordedJanuary–February 2007[1]
StudioBlackbird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length47:44
Label
ProducerJack White
The White Stripes chronology
Get Behind Me Satan
(2005) 		Icky Thump
(2007) 		Under Great White Northern Lights
(2010)
Singles from Icky Thump
  1. "Icky Thump"
    Released: April 26, 2007
  2. "Rag and Bone"
    Released: June 7, 2007
  3. "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)"
    Released: September 18, 2007
  4. "Conquest"
    Released: December 18, 2007

Icky Thump is the sixth and final studio album by American rock duo The White Stripes, released through Warner Bros. and Third Man Records in June 2007, with XL Recordings handling the United Kingdom release. Its first release came on June 15, 2007, in Germany,[2] with the release for the rest of Europe occurring on June 18 and the rest of the world on June 19.[3]

Icky Thump received positive reviews from critics and enjoyed commercial success, entering the UK Albums Chart at number one[4] and debuting at number two on the Billboard 200, becoming the duo's highest-charting album in the US with 223,000 copies sold.[4][5] By late July, Icky Thump was certified gold in the United States. On February 10, 2008, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.

  1. ^ "Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016". Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Icky Thump: The White Stripes" (in German). amazon.de. Produktinformation. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
  3. ^ "White Stripes News". whitestripes.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
  4. ^ a b "The White Stripes – Icky Thump global chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved June 30, 2007.
  5. ^ Hasty, Katie (June 27, 2007). "Bon Jovi Scores First No. 1 Album Since 1988". Billboard.com.