Blunderbuss
Following the dissolution of the White Stripes and his marriage to model/singer Karen Elson, Jack White releases his first solo LP. Rife with songs about fear and loss, Blunderbuss feels unusually personal.
It's a good thing the White Stripes broke up. If they hadn't, we'd still be suffering through overblown, overrated albums…
For all of the music Jack White has put out into the world, Blunderbuss is his first solo album, though it sounds much like his work with The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, or The Dead Weather.
That Jack white has never yet disappointed with any of his musical ventures, it stands to reason that at some point he is bound to trip up.
Has he ever made a bad album, asks <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>, as the former White Stripe, Raconteur and Dead Weatherman goes it alone with bruising, brilliant results
Jack White embarks on tangential excursions that have familiar roots but end up in unexpected places.
<p><strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>: Jack White has always been at his best when he's at his weirdest – and that is very, very much the case here</p>
No big change from Detroit's most prolific axeman, just richer and smoother. CD review by Russ Coffey