Consolers Of The Lonely | The Raconteurs | It doesn't get much better than this.

Consolers Of The Lonely | The Raconteurs | phenomenal

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highly recommended

It doesn't get much better than this.

Simply put, this is one of the best albums I have heard in years. It is excellent the first time you hear it and it gets better everytime after that.
Maybe it's Jack White, maybe it's all of them combined, but if you are a fan of good solid music, you will love this.
Buy it, you won't be disappointed.

phenomenal

Keeping it simple:

This is literally one of my favorite albums I have ever owned.

It's amazing.

Album of the Year...The New White Stripes...

The new Raconteurs album is incredible in its layered simplicity. This is Jack White's new band and the album breaks boundaries while still having a familiar feeling to it. The instrumentation mixes modern and traditional styles in a seamless album. I found the debut album "Broken Boy Soldiers" to be a bit weak, not bad, but not terribly memorable. Pick this album up immediately! You will not be disappointed.

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Second album from the Raconteurs delivers

Jack White (or should I say Jack White III, as he is billed on this album) is one busy man, keeping things going between the White Stripes and the Brendan Benson co-lead Raconteurs. After the band's 2006 "Broken Toy Soldiers" poppy-sounding album, the band now returns with this.

"Consolers of the Lonely" (14 tracks; 56 min.) starts off with the White Stripes-sounding title track, which I love. But it's immediately clear that when the next track ("Salute Your Solution") plays that the band is after a more expansive musical pallet, and to great effect. That said, I don't get into "The Switch and the Spur" at all, with a trumpet overplay, same with "Many Shades of Black". But "Hold Up" rocks hard! Other highlights for me include "Attention", an all-out rocker, and the closer "Carolina Drama". A great album all around, even if a bit overlong at 56 min. Cut a couple of the weaker tracks and we're talking 4.5 stars.

The evolution/departure from "Broker Toy Soldiers" is quite remarkable and impressive. I saw the Raconteurs deliver a blistering set at Bonnaroo a few months ago, and let there be no mistake, this is Jack White's band, sorry Brendan. Can't wait to see how Jack will keep the balancing act going between the White Stripes and the Raconteurs.

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