The Black Belles (album)

The Black Belles
Studio album by the Black Belles
Released	8 October 2011 (2011-10-08)
Recorded	2010
Studio	Third Man Studio
Genre	Garage rock
Label	Third Man
Producer	Jack White
Singles from The Black Belles
"Honky Tonk Horror" Released: September 27, 2011 "Wishing Well" Released: May 1, 2012

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Consequence of Sound	B [2]
PopMatters	4/10 [3]

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". ^[4]

Editions

The Black Belles first edition is a 12-inch absinthe coloured vinyl album, ^[5] the pressing limited to 300 copies in this color. ^[6] There is also an unlimited black vinyl version as well as a CD version. ^[7]

Track listing

"Honky Tonk Horror" begins with a brief excerpt of "Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man?" written by Cousin Emmy.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Leave You With A Letter"	Olivia Jean	2:21
2.	"In A Cage"	Jean Ruby Rogers	2:14
3.	"Wishing Well"	Jean	2:58
4.	"Honky Tonk Horror"	Jean Shelley Lynne Lindsay Jane Hames	3:38
5.	"The Wrong Door"	Jean	2:57
6.	"Breathing Down My Neck"	Jean	2:52
7.	"The Tease"	Jean Rogers	2:21
8.	"Howl At The Moon"	Jean	2:12
9.	"Pushing Up Daisies"	Jean	2:44
10.	"Not Tonight"	Jean	2:18
11.	"Hey Velda"	Jean	2:33

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

References

1. "Critic Reviews for The Black Belles". Metacritic . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
2. Young, Alex (November 11, 2011). "Album Review: The Black Belles - The Black Belles". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
3. Taylor, Ryan (December 14, 2011). "The Black Belles: The Black Belles, PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved August 10, 2022.
4. "The Black Belles Ring True". 15 June 2012.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
6. http://thirdmanrecords.com/about/catalog/ (TMR122)
7. "Black Belles". 2017.

External links

• The Black Belles at Discogs (list of releases)