Consolers of the Lonely
by The Raconteurs
- Type: Album
- Released: 25 March 2008
- Label: Warner Bros., Third Man
- Country: United States
- Length: 55:26
- Community rating: 3.63/5 from 9 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released with zero advance promotion, The Raconteurs' second album is a diverse, muscular rock record. It blends Jack White's bluesy riffs with Brendan Benson's power-pop melodies, exploring everything from bluegrass to prog. It is a spontaneous, exciting snapshot of a band in its prime.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, guitar-driven, bluesy, dynamic
Tracklist
- Consoler of the Lonely (03:25)
- Salute Your Solution (02:59)
- You Don't Understand Me (04:53)
- Old Enough (03:57)
- The Switch and the Spur (04:25)
- Hold Up (03:26)
- Top Yourself (04:25)
- Many Shades of Black (04:24)
- Five on the Five (03:32)
- Attention (03:40)
- Pull This Blanket Off (01:59)
- Rich Kid Blues (04:34)
- These Stones Will Shout (03:52)
- Carolina Drama (05:55)
Credits
- Brendan Benson - arranged by [horns]
- Jack White - arranged by [horns]
- Wayne Jackson - arranged by [horns]
- The Raconteurs - arranged by [songs]
- Brandy St. John - artwork [general garmentry & bewitchery]
- Jack Lawrence - bass, banjo, backing vocals [bass, banjo and back-up vocality]
- Dean Fertita - clavinet
- Patrick Keeler - design [packaging], layout
- Rob Jones - design [packaging], layout
- Joe Chiccarelli - engineer
- Lowell Reynolds - engineer [assistant engineer for recording and mixing]
- Vance Powell - engineer [mix down engineer]
- Dirk Powell - fiddle
- The Memphis Horns - horns
- Jack Hale, Sr. - horns [the memphis horns]
- Tom McGinley - horns [the memphis horns]
- Kevin Gray - lacquer cut by
- Ian Montone - management
- Vlado Meller - mastered by
- Mark Santangelo - mastered by [assistant]
- Tiffany Steffens - model [hand model and devil's advocate]
- Stephen Berkman - photography by [tintype]
- Angela Messina - set designer [set deconstructor]
- The Flory Dory Girls - vocals [female]