Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016


Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 is a compilation album by Jack White, released on September 9, 2016, through White's label Third Man Records. The album is composed of album tracks, B-sides, remixes, alternate versions and previously unreleased tracks he originally recorded for The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and his own solo career. It was released as a double vinyl LP.

Track listing

All songs by Jack White except where noted.
;Side A
  1. "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" by The White Stripes
  2. "Apple Blossom" by The White Stripes
  3. "I'm Bound to Pack It Up" by The White Stripes
  4. "Hotel Yorba" by The White Stripes
  5. "We're Going to Be Friends" by The White Stripes
  6. "You've Got Her in Your Pocket" by The White Stripes
  7. "Well It's True That We Love One Another" by The White Stripes
  8. "Never Far Away"
;Side B
  1. "Forever for Her " by The White Stripes
  2. "White Moon" by The White Stripes
  3. "As Ugly As I Seem" by The White Stripes
  4. "City Lights" by The White Stripes
  5. "Honey, We Can't Afford to Look This Cheap" by The White Stripes
  6. "Effect and Cause" by The White Stripes
;Side C
  1. "Love Is the Truth"
  2. "Top Yourself by The Raconteurs
  3. "Carolina Drama by The Raconteurs
  4. "Love Interruption"
  5. "On and On and On"
  6. "Machine Gun Silhouette"
;Side D
  1. "Blunderbuss"
  2. "Hip Poor Boy"
  3. "I Guess I Should Go to Sleep"
  4. "Just One Drink"
  5. "Entitlement"
  6. "Want and Able"

Reception

Referencing White's self-sufficient production style, Pitchfork said "Acoustic Recordings stockpiles a great American songbook that can endure even after we're all forced to live off the grid." Giving the album four-out-of-five stars, Rolling Stone said that "you may miss the electric buzz blowing the melancholy away, but this foot stomping music does the job."