Factory Sealed 2008 2LP 180gm Triple Gatefold First Pressing With Custom Hype Sticker (Green Title) Plus Four High Quality Prints. The Sophomore Release From The Band Fronted By Jack White (White Stripes) And Brendan Benson (Brendan Benson!). "The Raconteurs Have Plunged Fully Into Their Chosen Era Of Vintage Rock, 1965-75, Sounding Less Self-Consciously Retro Than They Did On Their Debut. While They Gleefully Sock Out Garage-Rock Riffs, They Also Allude To Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Even The Beatles For Patches Of Harmony In “You Don’t Understand Me.” They Get Down-Home And Bluesy, With Slide Guitar And Banjo, In “Top Yourself.” They Try Something Like Soul In “Many Shades Of Black,” And They Move Toward Spaghetti-Western Rock With Horns For A Snake-Bitten Desert Fable, “The Switch And The Spur.” The Songs Are Tautly Constructed; Some, Like “Rich Kid Blues,” “These Stones Will Shout” And “Consoler Of The Lonely,” Leap Suddenly From Riff To Riff. And There’s Nothing Sloppy About The Band, Which Keeps Dynamics And Details In Mind Even When It’s Bashing Away. Yet The Raconteurs Sound As If They Could Go Off The Rails At Any Second. The Vocals Verge On Mania, The Guitars And Keyboards Thrive On Distortion, And Mr. White Whoops And Hollers Through Many Of The Tracks. The Raconteurs Are Singing, More Often Than Not, About Desperate Characters. But That Desperation Only Makes The Crunch Of The Music More Euphoric." - Jon Pareles, New York Times