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75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critics What's this?

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 40 Ratings

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  • Summary: Jack White plays drums and produced this album for the band headed by The Kills' Alison Mosshart, which also includes The Raconteurs' Jack Lawrence and Queens of the Stone Age's Dean Fertita.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Los Angeles Times
    100
    There's no joke here--just mountains of chest-rattling primal rock designed to reassert the elemental power of the four-piece rock group. Mission accomplished.
  2. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    White's drums duke it out with Dean Fertita's guitar, mostly below the belt. Alison Mosshart doffs her s&m drag to suffer and yelp. Jack Lawrence plays bass. Fierce.
  3. Dot Music
    60
    Perhaps with a bit more effort converting the jams into actual songs this would have been a worthy jump off as opposed to the album's incandescent highlight. Your forecast then, occasional flashes of brilliance but largely dreary.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. drewp
    10
    Blues and rock and punk (and hip-hop??) It's not difficult to spot the influences here, but it's impossible not to be impressed by the way they're combined here to make the most exciting rock album of the year. If nothing else, check Treat Me Like Your Mother and Cut Like a Buffalo.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. JimmyM.
    10
    Simply superb.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. NeilP.
    2
    Definitely sounds like it was cut in 3 weeks. Jack White needs to slow down and take a break.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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