Broken Boy Soldiers
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"Broken Boy Soldier" redirects here. For the song of the same name, see Broken Boy Soldier (Raconteurs song).
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| Studio album by The Raconteurs | ||
| Released | 15 May 2006 | |
| Recorded | 2005 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 33:42 | |
| Label | V2 Records | |
| Producer(s) | Jack White and Brendan Benson | |
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Broken Boy Soldiers is the debut album by The Raconteurs, which was released in May 2006 to generally favorable reviews.
The Raconteurs' first full-length contains the lead single "Steady, As She Goes", which became the band's first Top 10 hit.
Broken Boy Soldiers entered the UK charts at #2 and managed to reach #7 in the U.S.
[edit] Track listing
- "Steady, As She Goes" – 3:35
- "Hands" – 4:01
- "Broken Boy Soldier" – 3:02
- "Intimate Secretary" – 3:30
- "Together" – 3:58
- "Level" – 2:21
- "Store Bought Bones" – 2:25
- "Yellow Sun" – 3:20
- "Call It a Day" – 3:36
- "Blue Veins" – 3:52
[edit] Writing and Recording Process
Steady, As She Goes was the first song Brendan and Jack worked on, followed by Broken Boy Soldier. After the completion of these two songs and their demos, they called in Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler to work on the songs. The bassline from "Steady, As She Goes" is supposed to have been lifted from Joe Jackson's song "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"
In an interview with Uncut Magazine Jack said that "Store Bought Bones" originated from an outtake of the last White Stripes album, Get Behind Me Satan. Brendan also said that "Call It A Day" and "Together" were both songs he was working on for his next solo album.
"Yellow Sun" is supposed to have been recorded live according to their interview with AOL Interface podcast.
The band said that the only reason they stopped at 10 songs was because they were writing too many and thought that it was a good number.
"5 on the 5" is a new song they debuted during their tour.
"Store Bought Bones" has been merged with b-side "The Bane Rendition" recently on the tour.
