Boarding House Reach

All tracks are written by Jack White III, except "Humoresque", music by Antonín Dvořák, lyrics by Howard Johnson, arranged by Jack White III ^[33]

Boarding House Reach
Studio album by Jack White
Released	March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
Recorded	2017
Studio	Third Man, Nashville Sear Sound, New York City Capitol, Hollywood, California
Genre	Blues rock [1] experimental rock [2]
Length	44:07
Label	Third Man Columbia XL
Producer	Jack White
Jack White chronology
Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 (2016) Boarding House Reach (2018) Fear of the Dawn (2022)
Singles from Boarding House Reach
"Connected by Love" Released: January 10, 2018 "Corporation" Released: January 26, 2018 "Over and Over and Over" Released: March 1, 2018 "Ice Station Zebra" Released: March 21, 2018

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Connected by Love"	4:37
2.	"Why Walk a Dog?"	2:29
3.	"Corporation"	5:39
4.	"Abulia and Akrasia"	1:28
5.	"Hypermisophoniac"	3:34
6.	"Ice Station Zebra"	3:59
7.	"Over and Over and Over"	3:36
8.	"Everything You've Ever Learned"	2:13
9.	"Respect Commander"	4:33
10.	"Ezmerelda Steals the Show"	1:42
11.	"Get in the Mind Shaft"	4:13
12.	"What's Done Is Done"	2:54
13.	"Humoresque"	3:10
Total length:		44:07

Third Man Records Vault edition bonus 7"

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Infected by Love" (demo version of "Connected by Love")
2.	"Why Walk a Dog?" (demo)

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album liner notes. ^[18]

Primary artist

• Jack White – vocals (except track 4), electric guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5–7, 9, 11, 12), acoustic drums (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9), synthesizer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 10, 12), electronic drums (track 6), bass (track 6), piano (track 6), tambourine (track 7), organ (track 10)

Session musicians Bobby Allende – percussion (tracks 1–3, 7–9), acoustic drums (track 8) Carla Azar – acoustic drums (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12), electronic drums (tracks 6, 9, 11, 12) Anthony “Brew” Brewster – synthesizer (tracks 5, 6, 9, 11, 12), Hammond organ (track 12) Justin Carpenter – trombone (track 4) Louis Cato – acoustic drums (tracks 1, 7, 13), electronic drums (tracks 2, 3, 9), acoustic guitar (track 13), bass (track 13) Dominic Davis – upright bass (track 4) Neal Evans – synthesizer (tracks 1–3, 7–9), Hammond organ (track 1), piano (track 13) Joshua Gillis – acoustic guitar (track 4) DJ Harrison – synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8), keyboards (track 3) Daru Jones – drums (tracks 4, 7) Fats Kaplin – fiddle (track 4) Charlotte Kemp Muhl – electric bass (tracks 1–4, 7–9), six-string bass (track 2) Neil Konouchi – tuba (track 4) Ann McCrary – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 11) Quincy McCrary – piano (tracks 5, 6, 11), synthesizer (tracks 9, 11) Regina McCrary – backing vocals (track 1, 3, 11) Gianluca Braccio Montone – piano samples (track 3) Ian Montone – piano samples (track 3) NeonPhoenix – electric bass (tracks 5, 6, 9, 11, 12) Justin Porée – percussion (tracks 5, 6, 9, 11, 12), udu (track 6) Esther Rose – backing vocals (tracks 11, 12) Kevin Smith – trumpet (track 4) C. W. Stoneking – spoken word (track 4) Brooke Waggoner – piano (track 4)

Technical personnel Chandler Harrod – engineering assistance (track 6, 9, 11, 12) Bob Ludwig – master engineering Vance Powell – record engineering Ben Schmitz – engineering assistance (tracks 1–4, 7–8, 13) Bill Skibbe – record engineering (except track 10), mixing Joshua V. Smith – engineering (tracks 1–9, 11, 13), engineering assistance (track 12), mixing Grant Valentine – engineering assistance (tracks 1–4, 7–8, 13) Jack White – production, engineering (tracks 1, 8, 10–11), mixing

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [34] 11 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [35] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [36] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [37] 42 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [38] 1 Croatian International Albums (HDU) [39] 1 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [40] 16 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [41] 40 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [42] 10 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [43] 19 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [44] 17 Irish Albums (IRMA) [45] 17 Italian Albums (FIMI) [46] 32 Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [47] 99 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [48] 52 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [49] 25 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [50] 11 Scottish Albums (OCC) [51] 5 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [52] 19 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [53] 5 UK Albums (OCC) [54] 5 US Billboard 200 [55] 1 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [56] 1 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [57] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [58] 141 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [59] 45

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