The Whitey Album

~ Release by Ciccone Youth (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Annotation

Glossy printed inner sleeve.

Recorded and mixed November 1987 - January 1988 at Wharton's Palace of Confusion, NYC.

Except:
B9 recorded and mixed at Before Christ, Brooklyn, March 1986.
A7 as done in San Pedro, California, May 1986 (the original demo on 4-track cassette)

DMM Mastering at Masterdisk, NYC.

All songs by Ciccone Youth (My ears! My ears!)
except A6 by Madonna (Warners Bros Music Ltd)
B4 by Robert Palmer (Island Music Ltd.)
B9 by Madonna/Bray (Island Music/Warner Bros Music Ltd)

Blast First in association with Mute Records Limited.
P + C 1988 Blast First
Made in England

Annotation last modified on 2022-06-17 15:40 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Needle-Gun
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Needle Gun
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
2:29
A2(silence)
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Silence
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
1:04
A3G-Force
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
G-Force
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
3:40
A4Platoon II
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Platoon II
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
4:20
A5MacBeth
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Macbeth
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
5:28
A6Me & Jill/Hendrix Cosby
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Me & Jill
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
5:31
A7Burnin' Up
recording engineer:
Mike Watt (bassist of Minutemen, fIREHOSE, etc.)
bass, electronic drum set, electronic instruments and guitar:
Mike Watt (bassist of Minutemen, fIREHOSE, etc.)
cover recording of:
Burning Up
lyricist and composer:
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (“Queen of Pop”)
3:52
B1Hi! Everybody
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Hi Everybody
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
0:58
B2Children of Satan / Third Fig
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Children of Satan / Third Fig
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
33:07
B3Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening to Neu
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
guitar:
J Mascis (US musician, member of Dinosaur Jr.)
recording of:
Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening to Neu
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
2:56
B4Addicted to Love
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
cover recording of:
Addicted to Love
lyricist and composer:
Robert Palmer (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Bungalow Music, Bungalow Music N.V., Heavy Nova Music, Island Music Ltd., Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017), Warner Chappell North America Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Canada Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and WC Music Corp.
3:46
B5Moby-Dik
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Moby Dik
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
1:01
B6March of the Ciccone Robots
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
March of the Ciccone Robots
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
1:57
B7Making the Nature Scene
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
cover recording of:
Making the Nature Scene
lyricist:
Kim Gordon
composer:
Sonic Youth (US rock band)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
3:15
B8Tuff Titty Rap
drum machine programming:
Martin Bisi
engineer:
Martin Bisi
bass guitar:
Kim Gordon
drums (drum set):
Steve Shelley (drummer)
guitar:
Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth) and Lee Ranaldo
vocals:
Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth)
recorded at:
Before Christ in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States (in 1986-03)
recording of:
Tuff Titty Rap
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
publisher:
Sonik Tooth Music
0:39
B9Into the Groovey
drum machine programming:
Martin Bisi
engineer:
Martin Bisi
bass guitar:
Kim Gordon
drums (drum set):
Steve Shelley (drummer)
guitar:
Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth) and Lee Ranaldo
vocals:
Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth)
recorded at:
B.C. Studios in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States (in 1986-03)
cover recording of:
Into the Groove
writer:
Stephen Bray and Madonna (“Queen of Pop”)
publisher:
Black Lion Music, Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (publisher), PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Warner / Chappell Music Publishing (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Webo Girl Publishing, Inc.
4:37
B10Macbeth (alt. mix)
engineer:
Wharton Tiers (US audio engineer, record producer, drummer & percussionist)
recording of:
Macbeth
writer:
Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (drummer)
5:15