Consolers Of The Lonely - The Raconteurs

Background Up until a couple of months ago, I had never heard of the Raconteurs. We listen to music all day at work via Spotify and one of my colleagues decided to put this album on and I instantly fell in love with it. The band are a four piece arrancement fronted by former White Stripes vocalist Jack White. Consolers of the Lonely is the bands second album and follows in the footsteps of their 2006 offering, Broken Boy Soldiers. Album Specifics The total running time for this album is 55 minutes and 30 seconds. In total, there are an impressive 14 tracks to listen to . The album includes the singles. Salute your Solution, Many Shades of ...  Read the complete review

Raconteurs are often considered a 'supergroup' consisting of Jack White, Brendon Benson and 2 members of the Greenhornes, although the supergroup tag is refuted by the band. Consolers of the Lonely is the Raconteurs follow up album to 2006s Broken Boy Soldiers which was, in my opinion a fairly average album with moments of brilliance. Consolers of the Lonely, is for my money a great improvement. This is possibly my favourite album of 2008, it has 14 songs, and unusually for me I liked every single one of them. Fans of the White Stripes will instantly recognise the sound of this band and album especially Whites unmistakeable vocals but Brendon Benson and the ...  Read the complete review