Saturday 22 December 2012

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2012: JACK WHITE - BLUNDERBUSS








#02: JACK WHITE - BLUNDERBUSS
 
 
Jack White has to be one of the hardest working men in music. Over the last few years he has played with three bands - The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather – whilst also finding time to run his own record label, Third Man Records, in Nashville Tennesse. He’s long been quizzed about a solo album and, with The White Stripes officially dissolved in early 2011, his debut Blunderbuss was released in April of this year. Jack White has always worn his influences on his sleeve. Much of The White Stripes early work is a love letter to 1930’s bluesmen such as Son House and Blind Willie McTell, while later albums pay homage to the likes of Led Zeppelin, who themselves took the sound of the Blues and evolved it into Rock and Heavy Metal. The Dead Weather is pure Garage Rock and Blues and The Raconteurs played Rock and Americana with sprinklings of country soul. Blunderbuss covers all of these influences and more. Album opener Missing Pieces and the second track, Sixteen Saltines both have a heavy rock and blues feel with the latter featuring a classic Jack White riff running through it. Lead single, Love Interruption is a country ballad with a bitter edge and Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy is a foot-tapping bar room ditty. The stand out track for me is the one cover on the album, I’m Shakin, originally by Motown star Little Willie John. Jack White showcases a wide variety of his talents and influences on his debut album and the result is one of his best efforts yet.
Favourite Track I’m Shakin’ 

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