White1

{{short description|2003 album by Sunn O)))}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = White1 | type = studio | artist = [[Sunn O)))]] | cover = Sunn-2003-White1.jpg | alt = | released = April 22, 2003 | recorded = 1996–Dec 2002 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Drone metal]], [[drone music|drone]] | length = 58:40<br>74:00 (Vinyl edition) | label = [[Southern Lord Records]] <small>([[Southern Lord Records discography|SUNN25]])</small> | producer = [[Sunn O)))]] & Rex Ritter | prev_title = [[Flight of the Behemoth]] | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = [[White2]] | next_year = 2004 }} {{Album reviews |rev1=[[AllMusic]] |rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Henderson, Alex. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r637738/review|pure_url=yes}} White1 review] allmusic.com. Retrieved on January 27, 2010.</ref> |rev2=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |rev2score=(7.5/10)<ref>Bryant, Andrew. [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7577-white1/ White1 review] pitchforkmedia.com. June 30, 2003. Retrieved on 2010-01-27.</ref> }}

'''''White1''''' is the third studio album by American [[drone metal]] band [[Sunn O)))]], released in 2003. It was the most significant departure from their original style to date. Each track was experimental in its own way, with [[Julian Cope]] reciting poetry for half of "My Wall", [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] lyrics sung by [[Runhild Gammelsæter]] of [[Thorr's Hammer]] as an intro to a [[drum machine]] and [[stoner metal]] bass riff in "The Gates of Ballard", and the [[drone music|drone]] track "A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You".

The lyrics of "The Gates of Ballard" come from "Håvard Hedde", a Norwegian [[folk music|folk]] song. Another metal version of "Håvard Hedde" was recorded in 1995 by the Norwegian band [[Storm (Norwegian band)|Storm]].

In [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine's]] August issue (named the loud issue), they named ''White1'' as the 18th loudest album of all time, just above [[AC/DC]]'s ''[[Back in Black]]'' and below [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]]'s album ''[[Are You Experienced]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.q4music.com/2007/06/the_20_loudest_albums_of_all_t.html|title=The 20 Loudest Albums Of All Time|website=Q Magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701200025/http://news.q4music.com/2007/06/the_20_loudest_albums_of_all_t.html|archivedate=July 1, 2007}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{tracklist | title1 = My Wall | length1 = 25:16 | title2 = The Gates of Ballard | length2 = 15:32 | title3 = A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You | length3 = 17:52 | title4 = Cut Wooded | note4 = Vinyl and Bandcamp bonus track | length4 = 15:21 | total_length = 74:01 }}

==Guest musicians== *[[Julian Cope]] – [[vocals]] *[[Runhild Gammelsæter]] – [[vocals]] *[[Jessamine (band)|Rex Ritter]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] *[[Joe Preston (bassist)|Joe Preston]] – guitars, bass guitar, programming, electronics

==References== {{reflist}}

==See also== *''[[White2]]'' *''[[WHITEbox]]''

[[Category:2003 albums]] [[Category:Southern Lord Records albums]] [[Category:Sunn O))) albums]]