I suppose I come to this from a pretty unique persepective. I don't particularly care for Jack White and his White Stripes, and I've never really heard all that much of Brendan Benson. So really, the whole "supergroup" thing completey passes me by.
Much like Gnarls Barkley, the problem with the album is that the single, Steady As She Goes, is the best thing on it by a mile; the good news however is that, very much unlike Gnarls Barkley, its not the only good track on there.
Together is a mellow and atmospheric effort, even if it is undermined by the kind of 6th Form Poetry lyrics you'd expect from Coldplay, and Intimate Secretary manages to draw together the Kinks and the Beatles for three and a half minutes of great fun.
Still there is no real feeling from this collection that The Raconteurs have any unique sound of their own. If someone told me this was a long lost collection from some 70's rock band, I'd have believed them. And whilst "homage" is not always such a bad thing, when it's done in a mediocre fashion, as a good half of this album is, then the results aren't really worth listening to...much like a good half of this album.
So in the final analysis its good, but far from great, and there is just far too much filler (which is even more criminal given the brevity of the album). Given that it's a "side-project" you could almost forgive them but given the superb single it all ends up being a vast disappointment more than anything else.
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