White Albun
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| Studio album by TISM | ||||
| Released | 24 June 2004 | |||
| Recorded | TISM Mobile Recording Unit, March 2003-March 2004 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 61:53 | |||
| Label | genre b.goode/Madman Entertainment | |||
| Producer | TISM | |||
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The White Albun is the sixth and final studio album by Australian alternative rock band TISM, released on 24 June 2004 by Madman Entertainment. The title is a reference to and deliberate misspelling of The White Album, an unofficial name for the album The Beatles.
Appropriate to TISM's humour and mockery of the music industry, the album is only available as part of a larger package containing two DVDs. The first DVD is titled A Film By Antonionioni which is, in fact, not a film but a live concert called "Save Our TISM" featuring, in true TISM style, a fake telethon running behind the band. The second DVD is TISM: A Docunentary (keeping with the 'n' theme) which features lengthy interviews of the band and a history of TISM. Also on the disc is rare or previously-unreleased footage from TISM concerts ranging from their first-ever show through to the present day. The disc also features every TISM video clip including the banned video for "I Might Be a Cunt, but I'm Not a Fucking Cunt". The original (digipak) pressings did not feature the video for "Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me", but it was added when the album was re-released on 10 November 2004 in a standard Amaray case.
The first disc of this release is a live concert, titled "Save Our TISM" it was recorded at the Hi Fi Bar on 26 September 2003. The title of the disc itself refers to Madman Entertainment, who released the Albun. Ron Hitler-Barassi stated:
The title of the disc can be seen as an expansion on this statement, claiming that their live concert was filmed by acclaimed director Michelangelo Antonioni.
The concert features a telethon hosted by "Marcel Proust" (Mark O'Toole) in which TISM need to raise a million dollars before the end of the concert or they will split up for good. This comes about after it is revealed that Powderfinger wish to merge with TISM, but TISM deny the merger because Powderfinger refuse to "get a sense of humour".
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