Trotter’s Top Ten position : 3 in 2005
UK Chart high : 3 in 2005
'Prolific' in the dictionary has a picture of Jack White next to it. As well as writing and recording four White Stripes albums in the Noughties he also formed two other bands - The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather and produced a ton of albums (we won't mention the Bond theme tune!). Sometimes, you could tell Jack was spreading himself too thin or rushing things through but you can't fault him for his creativity and work ethic. This album was a bit of a jolt from the previous electric guitar-led 'Elephant'. In fact it only has electric guitar on three of the tracks (including lead single 'Blue Orchid' where the busy man met his future wife) and so took a while to get under your skin. 'Take Take Take' is my favourite track on the album, a kind of retro-take on Eminem's 'Stan' where a greedy fan demands more and more of Rita Hayworth when she enters the same bar. It's a genius slow build of a song with the lyrics painting a beautifully detailed picture of the scene. Because it wasn't a single there's no video for it but it's well worth a listen. A wilfully challenging album then, when a lesser band could have started to churn out stadium-fillers.
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