The White Albun is the sixth studio album by Australianalternative rock bandTISM, released on 24 June 2004. The title is a reference to and deliberate misspelling ofThe White Album, an unofficial name for the albumThe Beatles.
The album was released as part of a larger package containing twoDVDs. The first DVD is titledA Film by Antonionioni which is a live concert calledSave Our TISM. The concept for the concert was a telethon called "Save Our TISM", in which the band have rejected a merger withPowderfinger and need to raise AU$1 million, otherwise they will split up. At the end of the concert, only AU$999 999 is raised, and TISM split up, with fans throwing $1 coins onto the stage as they walk off.
The second DVD isTISM: A Docunentary (keeping with the 'n' theme) which features interviews with the band, a history of TISM and rare or previously unreleased footage from TISM concerts, dating as far back as the band's first concert in December 1983.
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-inch EP, including four songs from the concert.
"I Rooted a Girl Who Rooted a Guy Who Rooted a Girl Who Rooted a Guy Who Rooted a Girl Who Rooted Shane Crawford"
4:13
6.
"The Birth of Uncool"
4:45
7.
"As Seen on Reality"
5:30
8.
"The Song of the Quarter Time Siren (Car Battery)"
2:52
9.
"Diffident Strokes"
3:40
10.
"Ken Bruce Has Gone Mad"
3:22
11.
"Sorted for D'n'M"
2:56
12.
"Cerebral Knievel"
5:15
13.
"Tonight Harry's Practice Visits the Home of Charlie "Bird" Parker"
5:43
14.
"Somebody Start a Fight or Something"
2:49
15.
"Neck It"
2:53
16.
"TISM Are Shit"
3:28
Total length:
61:53
"As Seen On Reality" samples "Launching Place, Pt. II", the B-side ofSpectrum's 1970 single "I'll Be Gone". The lyric itself dates back to mid-1991, when it was demoed duringThe Beasts of Suburban sessions under the title "Credits".
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