White1

{{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

| length = 58:40
74:00 (Vinyl edition)

| label = Southern Lord Records (SUNN25)

| 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}}Henderson, Alex. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r637738/review|pure_url=yes}} White1 review] allmusic.com. Retrieved on January 27, 2010.

|rev2=Pitchfork

|rev2score=(7.5/10)Bryant, Andrew. [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7577-white1/ White1 review] pitchforkmedia.com. June 30, 2003. Retrieved on 2010-01-27.

}}

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 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 track "A Shaving of the Horn that Speared You".

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

In 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.{{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}}