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Sixteen Saltines
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Wikipedia article
"'Sixteen Saltines'" is the second single from Jack White's 2012 solo album 'Blunderbuss'. It was when White first played this song on 'Saturday Night Live' that the album had a surge in popularity.[http://teamhellions.com/2012/04/06/single-review-sixteen-saltines-by-jack-white/ Single Review: Sixteen Saltines by Jack White Team Hellions]
In December 2012, the song was named by 'Rolling Stone' as the eighth-best song of the year.
Editions
Keeping in line with Third Man Records's affinity towards unusual visual and physical concepts, the 12" release of "Sixteen Saltines" uses a clear, hollow record filled with blue liquid.http://thirdmanrecords.com/about/catalog/ (TMR137) This is the first liquid-filled record to be publicly available; Walt Disney Pictures previously attempted to release a liquid-filled record during promotion of 'The Black Hole', but the idea was scrapped due to leakage issues with prototypes.
The 7" is also available in classic 'tri-colour'http://thirdmanrecords.com/about/catalog/ (TMR135) like most of the 'Third Man Records' 7".
There is also an unlimited regular black vinyl edition of the same release in 12" and 7".
Music video
In the music video directed by AG Rojas, White sits on a windowsill with his hands tied in front of him with rope as two men painted white surround him while a boy painted in blue watches. The video also contains various clips of children doing random activities and ends with Jack White then tied up in a vehicle that the boy painted in blue is about to set on fire, but the video is cut before any fire is seen.
Track listing
;Digital download, 7-inch single, and 12-inch single
#"Sixteen Saltines" 2:37
#"Love Is Blindness" (U2 cover) 3:18
Personnel
Adapted from "Sixteen Saltines" 7-inch vinyl single liner notes.
;"Sixteen Saltines"
*Jack White lead vocals, electric guitar, writing (music and lyrics), mixing, producer
*Carla Azar drums, percussion
*Brooke Waggoner Hammond organ
*Fats Kaplin fiddle
*Bryn Davies upright bass
*Vance Powell recording, mixing
*Joshua V. Smith recording, assistant in mixing
Charts
References
Category:2012 singles
Category:Jack White songs
Category:Songs written by Jack White
Category:Third Man Records singles
Category:2011 songs
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