# White1 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/White1 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/White1.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White1 > Source revision: 1257532708 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2003 album by Sunn O))) White1 Studio album by Sunn O))) Released April 22, 2003 Recorded 1996–Dec 2002 Genre Drone metal, drone Length 58:40 74:00 (Vinyl edition) Label Southern Lord Records (SUNN25) Producer Sunn O))) & Rex Ritter Sunn O))) chronology Flight of the Behemoth (2002) White1 (2003) White2 (2004) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] Pitchfork (7.5/10)[2] ***White1*** is the third studio album by American [drone metal](/source/Drone_metal) band [Sunn O)))](/source/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](/source/Julian_Cope) reciting poetry for half of "My Wall", [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language) lyrics sung by [Runhild Gammelsæter](/source/Runhild_Gammels%C3%A6ter) of [Thorr's Hammer](/source/Thorr's_Hammer) as an intro to a [drum machine](/source/Drum_machine) and [stoner metal](/source/Stoner_metal) bass riff in "The Gates of Ballard", and the [drone](/source/Drone_music) track "A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You". The lyrics of "The Gates of Ballard" come from "Håvard Hedde", a Norwegian [folk](/source/Folk_music) song. Another metal version of "Håvard Hedde" was recorded in 1995 by the Norwegian band [Storm](/source/Storm_(Norwegian_band)). In [*Q* magazine's](/source/Q_(magazine)) August issue (named the loud issue), they named *White1* as the 18th loudest album of all time, just above [AC/DC](/source/AC%2FDC)'s *[Back in Black](/source/Back_in_Black)* and below [the Jimi Hendrix Experience](/source/The_Jimi_Hendrix_Experience)'s album *[Are You Experienced](/source/Are_You_Experienced)*.[3] ## Track listing No. Title Length 1. "My Wall" 25:16 2. "The Gates of Ballard" 15:32 3. "A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You" 17:52 4. "Cut Wooded" (Vinyl and Bandcamp bonus track) 15:21 Total length: 74:01 ## Guest musicians - [Julian Cope](/source/Julian_Cope) – [vocals](/source/Vocals) - [Runhild Gammelsæter](/source/Runhild_Gammels%C3%A6ter) – [vocals](/source/Vocals) - [Rex Ritter](/source/Jessamine_(band)) – [keyboards](/source/Keyboard_instrument) - [Joe Preston](/source/Joe_Preston_(bassist)) – guitars, bass guitar, programming, electronics ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Henderson, Alex. [White1 review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r637738/review) allmusic.com. Retrieved on January 27, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bryant, Andrew. [White1 review](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7577-white1/) pitchforkmedia.com. June 30, 2003. Retrieved on 2010-01-27. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The 20 Loudest Albums Of All Time"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070701200025/http://news.q4music.com/2007/06/the_20_loudest_albums_of_all_t.html). *Q Magazine*. Archived from [the original](http://news.q4music.com/2007/06/the_20_loudest_albums_of_all_t.html) on July 1, 2007. ## See also - *[White2](/source/White2)* - *[WHITEbox](/source/WHITEbox)* v t e Sunn O))) Stephen O'Malley Greg Anderson Attila Csihar Tos Nieuwenhuizen Steve Moore Hildur Guðnadóttir Anthony Pateras Studio albums ØØ Void Flight of the Behemoth White1 White2 Black One Monoliths & Dimensions Kannon Life Metal Pyroclasts Sunn O))) Collaborative albums Altar (with Boris) Terrestrials (with Ulver) Soused (with Scott Walker) Other releases The Grimmrobe Demos Oracle Dømkirke Related articles Sunn O))) discography List of songs recorded by Sunn O))) Earth Boris Burial Chamber Trio Burning Witch Khanate KTL Goatsnake Gravetemple Thorr's Hammer Sunn amps Southern Lord Records Scott Walker Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group This 2000s metal album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2000s-metal-album-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A2000s-metal-album-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000s-metal-album-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [White1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White1) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White1?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.