''The White Albun'' is the sixth studio album by

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band

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, released on 24 June 2004. The title is a reference to and deliberate misspelling of ''The White Album'', an unofficial name for the album ''

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''. Ron Hitler-Barassi told the age why the title was chosen "What we're doing here is basically what

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are doing, which is taking The Beatles ideas and changing them a little bit at the end. If it's worked for Jet, it's going to work for us, that's what we're hoping." The album was released as part of a larger package containing two

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s. The first DVD is titled ''A Film By Antonionioni'' which is a live concert called ''Save Our TISM''. The second DVD is ''TISM: A Docunentary'' (keeping with the 'n' theme) which features interviews of the band, a history of TISM and rare or previously-unreleased footage from TISM concerts. The album was re-released on 10 November 2004 in a standard DVD case. On 17 September 2021, it was reissued on CD and double vinyl, with the CD including the "Save Our TISM" concert, albeit without the telethon interludes between songs, and the LP containing a bonus 7" EP, including four songs from the concert.

Reception

Track listings

The White Albun

A Docunentary

* Recorded at Hi Fi Bar on 26 September 2003.

A Docunentary

Charts

Release history

References

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