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Broken Boy Soldiers |  | Artist: The Raconteurs
Label: XL
Category: Music
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 1931
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 634904019624
EAN: 0634904019624
ASIN: B000EMSGL4
Release Date: May 15, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Steady, As She Goes | | • | Hands | | • | Broken Boy Soldier | | • | Intimate Secretary | | • | Together | | • | Level | | • | Store Bought Bones | | • | Yellow Sun | | • | Call It A Day | | • | Blue Veins |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Formed around the core of old friends Jack White of the White Stripes and fellow Detroit musician Brendan Benson, The Raconteurs' debut album IBroken Boy Soldiers/I sees White playing apart from his "sister"-muse Meg for the first time in almost a decade. Backed up by a rhythm section of Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of The Greenhornes, who Jack previously enlisted to play on Loretta Lynn's 2004 album IVan Lear Rose/I, this is a grit-under-the-fingernails rock offering, but with an ear for eclecticism that brings to mind classic rock touchstones from the Beatles' IRevolver/I to Led Zep's IPhysical Graffiti/I. "Steady As She Goes" is a catchy, robust rock opener that bears resemblance to the Stripes' choppy garage-rock minimalism, but before long, The Raconteurs are writing their own brief, White and Benson weaving Lennon-McCartney style vocal harmonies on the likes of "Hands" and "Together", or summoning up a clamourous sense of runaway-train doom on the White-sung "Broken Boy Soldier". It's sturdy and enjoyable, in a familiar sort of way, but the eccentric "Intimate Secretary" ("This ringing in my ears won't stop/I've got a red Japanese teapot") aside, it lacks the offbeat eccentricity and one-of-a-kind chemistry that makes the Stripes unique. --ILouis Pattison/I
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 Even my parents love it! May 9, 2006
S. Bradshaw (Wales, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Wow, we all love the White Stripes and especially Jack White's infectious and ground breaking idea's with music, I am fortunate to have already listened several times to Broken Boy Soldiers. This album truly takes him on another level (those who thought that possible after elephant?) To me the collaboration with already established band members has given Jack an added incentive to push the envelope further. His harmonies with Brendan are wonderful, this isn't just a Jack White showcase though, the influences are throughout from each individual member. Blue Veins being an old fashioned blues basher, Hands a decent late Beatles homeage and Yellow Sun wouldn't go amiss on any classic rock summer compilation. Each song is in a different style which only adds to the exquisite composition of the whole. This is THE album of 2006 and will be appreciated in time as one of the greatest ever recorded pieces of loveliness.
A great rock album. May 15, 2006
Larts (UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After listening to this album straight through twice, I can honestly say that it lives up to the expectations I had after listening to the single and bits and pieces on the radio. It's fantastic, ranging in texture from rough (Hands, Level) through stippled (Yellow Sun) to satin (Together) The Raconterus have definitely not fallen over on this release.
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Excellent - just give it a few listens first May 24, 2006
S. King (Bedfordshire, Uk)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I wasn't all that impressed at first, but after this album got stuck in my car cd player on a long journey, I realised just how excellent it really is. I quite like the white stripes, but it's interesting to see what Jack can produce when backed up by some talented musicians - Meg's drumming has never really quite done it for me
Good, good music June 30, 2006
Mr. T. C. Mead (Trowbridge/Leeds, UK)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I think too many people are comparing The Raconteurs to other bands instead of viewing them in their own right. Yes, they sound quite a bit like Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and, unsurprisingly, The White Stripes, but why are those automatically bad things? The Raconteurs do not have a very original sound, I'll admit that, but I couldn't care less to be honest. This is a great album full of great songs; that's all that matters. My favourite song has got to be "Broken Boy Soldier", which sounds like Rush performing a Fairport Convention song (I kid you not!) I'd recommend this album to anyone who likes 60s/70s rock bands like Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Small Faces and The Doors.
great - but not for everyone July 2, 2006
anna.booklet
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is certainly one of the greatest albums this year. "Steady As She Goes" is an absolutely adoreable song. As the hole album it's something like a mixture between alternative and some kind of folk and music from the late 50's / 60's. (But there's probably more alternative on this record.) I think everyone who likes John Frusciante's soloworks or Thelonious Monster will absolutely enjoy The Raconteurs, too. Whereas most of the average Pop listeners will surely dislike "Broken Boy Soldiers".
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