Horehound CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. 60 Feet Tall ~ The Dead Weather

2. Hang You From The Heavens ~ The Dead Weather

3. I Cut Like A Buffalo ~ The Dead Weather

4. So Far From Your Weapon ~ The Dead Weather

5. Treat Me Like Your Mother ~ The Dead Weather

6. Rocking Horse ~ The Dead Weather

7. New Pony ~ The Dead Weather

8. Bone House ~ The Dead Weather

9. 3 Birds ~ The Dead Weather

10. No Hassle Night ~ The Dead Weather

11. Will There Be Enough Water? ~ The Dead Weather

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Alison Mosshart (vocals, guitar, percussion); Jack White (vocals, acoustic guitar, drums); Dean Fertita (guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, background vocals); Jack Lawrence (guitar, drums, background vocals).
	Audio Mixers: Jack White III; Vance Powell .
	Recording information: Third Man Studio, Nashville, TN (10/2008-02/2009).
	Photographer: David Swanson.
	The Dead Weather, which combines the talents of Jack White, Jack Lawrence (Raconteurs), Alison Mosshart (Kills), and Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, Raconteurs), aren't so much concerned with living up to expectations as they are about defying them. There's a different kind of alchemy on this 2009 release than on any of the bandmembers' other projects. Not only does White returns to his first instrument, the drums, he also trades in the high-pitched yelp he uses with the Stripes and Raconteurs for a deeper, at times unrecognizable, voice on "I Cut Like a Buffalo," the lone Horehound track he wrote by himself. The Dead Weather's sound isn't so much heavy as it is thick with a tense atmosphere that's sustained throughout most of the album, and the group shuns the tighter structures of their other bands for a bluesy, jammy grind.
	This loose-limbed immediacy often feels like a particularly inspired rehearsal, especially on the cover of Bob Dylan's "New Pony," which gets amped up with huge grungy riffs and shouted backing vocals. This looseness also allows the band to indulge flights of fancy like the instrumental "3 Birds" and the menacing surf-jazz of "Rocking Horse." Given the fact that the Dead Weather formed on a whim and recorded these songs in a matter of weeks, this is a pretty compelling album, and one that shows that the band's members bring out the best in each other, albeit in unexpected ways.
Producer: Jack White III
Engineer: Vance Powell

Artist Overview

Another project founded by Jack White, the Dead Weather began after the Raconteurs toured the U.S. with the Kills in summer 2008. Kills singer Alison Mosshart was drafted to sing several of White's songs with the Raconteurs, and her on-stage chemistry with the band led White, Mosshart, bassist "Little Jack" Lawrence, and guitarist Dean Fertita to form the Dead Weather, with White on drums for the first time since his stint in Goober & the Peas. The Dead Weather played their first official gig at New York's Bowery Ballroom in 2009, and Horehound, the band's debut album, arrived in the summer of that year. Sea of Cowards, which boasted a heavier and more integrated sound than the band's debut, appeared in May of 2010. ~ Heather Phares

Artist Influences
Bob Dylan | Boss Hog | Led Zeppelin | Royal Trux

Compilation Appearances

	Twilight Saga:Eclipse (Original Soundtrack)
	Twilight Saga:Eclipse (Original Soundtrack) (Deluxe Version)

Technical Info

	Release Date : 07/14/2009
	Original Release Date : 2009
	Catalog ID : 519785
	Label : Third Man/Warner Bros.
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00093624975328

Professional Reviews

Spin (p.32)
- Ranked #10 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2009" -- "[F]unked-up voodoo-blooze slabs..."

Entertainment Weekly (p.55)
- "The first half of HOREHOUND is just weird enough to be utterly mesmerizing, a series of ominous, fuzzed-out psych-blues riffs that climax in the tremendous Rush-meets-Jay-Z rave-up of 'Treat Me Like Your Mother.'" -- Grade: B

Alternative Press (p.126)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "There's no denying the quartet know how to work a mighty groove as well as set up atmospheres similar to bands remanded to the faded pages of old record-collecting magazines."

Billboard (p.44)
- "The Dead Weather's gothic and electric R&B sound is exemplified on 'Treat Me Like Your Mother,' and the quartet demonstrates psychedelic swagger on a blistering cover of Bob Dylan's 'New Pony'..."

Pitchfork (Website)
- "[T]he Dead Weather are greatly distinguished by a richness of atmosphere. Over its 11 tracks, HOREHOUND rarely relents in its murky, humid, southern-gothic ambience..."

Clash (magazine)
- "[E]leven tracks that are deliciously dark...one thrilling ride."

Record Collector (magazine)
(p.81)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Slower numbers such as opener '60 Feet Tall' and closer 'Will There Be Enough Water' are impressively experimental and freeform."

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Horehound (2009)

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