The Black Belles (album) explained

The Black Belles
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Black Belles
Cover:	Theblackbelles1stalbum.jpg
Recorded:	2010
Studio:	Third Man Studio
Genre:	Garage rock
Label:	Third Man
Producer:	Jack White

The Black Belles is the debut studio album by American rock band the Black Belles, released on Third Man Records in 2011. The album spawned two singles, "Honky Tonk Horror" and "Wishing Well" (2012).

History

The Black Belles was recorded and produced by Jack White over the course of a few months. Bassist Ruby Rogers said about the recording "We did it really fast, and then we recorded it really fast too".^[1]

Editions

The Black Belles first edition is a 12-inch absinthe coloured vinyl album,^[2] the pressing limited to 300 copies in this color.^[3] There is also an unlimited black vinyl version as well as a CD version.^[4]

Personnel

• Olivia Jean – songwriter, vocals, guitar, organ, design
• Ruby Rogers – songwriter (tracks: 2, 7), bass
• Shelley Lynne – songwriter (track 4), drums
• Christina "Lil' Boo" Norwood – synth
• Lindsay Jane Hames – songwriter (track 4)
• John Anthony Gillis – producer, mixing
• Vance Powell – recording, mixing
• Joshua V. Smith – assistant recording, assistant mixing
• David Swanson – photography
• Jo McCaughey – photography
• Toni O'Neal – photography
• Justin O'Neal – artwork, illustration, layout
• Matthew Jacobson – layout

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Black Belles Ring True. 15 June 2012.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-04-22 . 2016-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313145642/https://d3mjk82f332v2.cloudfront.net/assets/CatalogPhotos/TMR122-colored-ab.jpg . dead .
3. http://thirdmanrecords.com/about/catalog/ (TMR122)
4. Web site: Black Belles. 2017.