Broken Boy Soldiers
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| Studio album by The Raconteurs | ||
| Released | 15 May 2006 | |
| Recorded | 2005 | |
| Genre | Indie Rock, Alternative 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 on May 15, 2006 in the UK and May 16, 2006 in the US to generally favorable reviews. It ranked No. 28 on Rolling Stone's year-end critic's list and No. 19 on Spin Magazine's year-end Top 40 albums.
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. Since its release, it has sold approximately 425,000 copies.[1]
[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.
"Blue Veins" contains a backwards segment, with untranslatable screams from Jack. Apparently, this comes from an early demo of the song.
Brendan said in an interview with MOJO Magazine that the album feels like a demo because of how the band plays the songs live now. "Hands" features a "Back in Black" style outro, "Call it a Day" has been sped up (found on the Zane Lowe EP), "Store Bought Bones" has been merged with b-side "The Bane Rendition," and many other changes.
The band plays many covers live including: "Portland, Oregon" by Loretta Lynn and Jack White (Patrick and Jack Lawrence played on this song) "Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down" by Nancy Sinatra and many more.
