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Whistle Stopper - Consolers Of The Lonely
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List Price: $18.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Brothers
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624987314
Label: Warner Brothers
Manufacturer: Warner Brothers
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Brothers
Release Date: 2008-03-25
Studio: Warner Brothers
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Great cd
Comment: This is a great 'driving' cd to listen to on road trips. It isn't as good as their first cd, but I really liked it alot.
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Summary: Classic Rock
Comment: "If you play rock, you're retro."
I've been listening to this album pretty much non-stop for the past 2 weeks.
It is easily the best album of 2008 (even though it's only May).
Consolers of the Lonely sounds like it was recorded in 1974!
Like equal parts White Stripes, The Band, Queen, Judas Priest, The Police, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Phish, Derek and the Dominoes, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Cream, The Who, King Crimson, etc.
"Many Shades of Black" is a brilliant song. I would compare it to Queen and Cream (Queem?).
This is album oriented rock at its finest.
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Summary: Excellent
Comment: Product shipped immediately. Arrived in just a couple of days and was in excellent condition.
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Summary: More cliches by the two-chord king...
Comment: More of the same chords, same cringe-inducing lyrics, and more music from people who don't play instruments.
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Summary: Disappointed
Comment: I'm writing this review from the seemingly rare viewpoint of someone who is a big fan of Brendan Benson's rather than Jack White's. I've been a fan a brendan's since his first record came out nearly ten years ago. I was excited about the first Raconteurs record and really liked it, though not as much as Brendan's solo albums. I've never really been a White Stripes fan but I still liked Jack's contributions to Broken Boy Soldiers. What I liked most about his songs and why I think I like them better than almost every White Stripes song I've ever heard was that he was singing really well! We wasn't doing his high pitched cackly whine that is so prevailant on White Stripes albums. Now comes Consolers of the Lonely and I just don't like it. For lack of a better description it's "too Jack". He's singing like it's a White Stripes record again and I just can't listen to an entire album of that. Sadly, even Brendan's offering don't grab me. There are some songs that I kinda like, such as "Many Shades of Black" and "Hold Up" to name a couple. Overall the energy and pace of the record is far greater compared to the somewhat slower Broken Boy Soldiers, but the song structures sound underdeveloped and just kinda chaotic. All the country influence on the record just tends to sound contrived and as if it's just there in an attempt to be cool and different. So, it's a total let down for me. I really hope Brendan gets back to his solo work sooner than later. I'd rather even hear new a Greenhornes record than whatever the Racs do next.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Consolers Of The Lonely follows The
Raconteurs 2006 debut album Broken
Boy Soldiers, which went Top 10, was
Grammy® nominated for Best Rock
Album, and spun off a #1 Modern Rock hit. Led by singer-songwriter-guitarists Jack White of The White Stripes and Brendan Benson, The Raconteurs
relocated to Nashville and moved to
Warner Bros. Fascinating, engaging, and rocking, Consolers Of The Lonely
fulfills the promise of the teaming of
two masters of power pop.
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