He wants to be this old style blues musician so badly that his desperation is showing. There are some songs that are really good like "Love Interruption", "Missing Pieces", and "Sixteen Saltines", but the rest are all kind of stale to me. It seems like he's trying too hard to e something different. I know that this album was something other then what he did in The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather, but the thing is that it's just not Jack. I know that this album was something other then what he did in The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The This album was quite disappointing. However, that being said, this album is a worthy addition to the collection of any White fan, casual or die-hard. In the end, the only flaw is that some of the lyrics are a little clichéd, some of the lines don't go exactly where they feel like they should, and some of the hooks sound a little forced.
As a musician, White certainly pays his respects to the legends: "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" sounds like it could have been penned by the Beatles the title track "Blunderbuss" takes clear influence from Dylan's "Isis" and dominant 7th chords tend to appear generally all over the album, inevitably glossing it over with a classic blues sound. It's still blues, it's got the electric guitar, and the piano is as notable an instrument as it has been since Get Behind Me Satan.
It's still blues, it's got the electric This album is all at once something new and a revisiting of other White classics from the past. This album is all at once something new and a revisiting of other White classics from the past.
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