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{{short description|2003 album by Sunn O)))}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = White1
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Sunn O)))]]
| cover      = Sunn-2003-White1.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 22, 2003
| recorded   = 1996–Dec 2002
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Drone metal]], [[drone music|drone]]
| length     = 58:40<br>74:00 (Vinyl edition)
| label      = [[Southern Lord Records]] <small>([[Southern Lord Records discography|SUNN25]])</small>
| producer   = [[Sunn O)))]] & Rex Ritter
| prev_title = [[Flight of the Behemoth]]
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [[White2]]
| next_year  = 2004
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]
|rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Henderson, Alex. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r637738/review|pure_url=yes}} White1 review] allmusic.com. Retrieved on January 27, 2010.</ref>
|rev2=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
|rev2score=(7.5/10)<ref>Bryant, Andrew. [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7577-white1/ White1 review] pitchforkmedia.com. June 30, 2003. Retrieved on 2010-01-27.</ref>
}}

'''''White1''''' is the third studio album by American [[drone metal]] band [[Sunn O)))]], released in 2003. It was the most significant departure from their original style to date. Each track was experimental in its own way, with [[Julian Cope]] reciting poetry for half of "My Wall", [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] lyrics sung by [[Runhild Gammelsæter]] of [[Thorr's Hammer]] as an intro to a [[drum machine]] and [[stoner metal]] bass riff in "The Gates of Ballard", and the [[drone music|drone]] track "A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You".

The lyrics of "The Gates of Ballard" come from "Håvard Hedde", a Norwegian [[folk music|folk]] song. Another metal version of "Håvard Hedde" was recorded in 1995 by the Norwegian band [[Storm (Norwegian band)|Storm]].

In [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine's]] August issue (named the loud issue), they named ''White1'' as the 18th loudest album of all time, just above [[AC/DC]]'s ''[[Back in Black]]'' and below [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]]'s album ''[[Are You Experienced]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.q4music.com/2007/06/the_20_loudest_albums_of_all_t.html|title=The 20 Loudest Albums Of All Time|website=Q Magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701200025/http://news.q4music.com/2007/06/the_20_loudest_albums_of_all_t.html|archivedate=July 1, 2007}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1  = My Wall
| length1 = 25:16
| title2  = The Gates of Ballard
| length2 = 15:32
| title3  = A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You
| length3 = 17:52
| title4  = Cut Wooded
| note4   = Vinyl and Bandcamp bonus track
| length4 = 15:21
| total_length = 74:01
}}

==Guest musicians==
*[[Julian Cope]] – [[vocals]]
*[[Runhild Gammelsæter]] – [[vocals]]
*[[Jessamine (band)|Rex Ritter]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*[[Joe Preston (bassist)|Joe Preston]] – guitars, bass guitar, programming, electronics

==References==
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==See also==
*''[[White2]]''
*''[[WHITEbox]]''

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