Reviews
"Jack White manages to make songs that sound like harnessed truths, which is why the White Stripes generally make the best records in the contemporary world." - Grade: B, 4 stars out of 5 - "White stays true to the band's aesthetic vision, while mapping multiple paths away from stagnation...", "Seems Jack and Meg have been spending time in the nursery fiddling with their old xylophones and marimbas in between their routine bloozeouts, power-pop aerobics and local band beat-downs.", 3 stars out of 5 - "'My Doorbell' is catchier than a four-pronged trout fly. 'Little Ghost' is an Appalachian knees-up straight out of the Harry Smith handbook.", Ranked #14 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums of 2005"-"Lacerating Blues and Stricken Balladry.", "The album's focused restraint -- White wrote the better part of the record on an acoustic guitar -- achieves the heartfelt timelessness he was clearly after.", Ranked #18 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "The disc feels less like a middle finger than an attempt to insulate the group from the bruising limelight."
