Great cd
This is a great 'driving' cd to listen to on road trips. It isn't as good as their first cd, but I really liked it alot.

Classic Rock
"If you play rock, you're retro."

I've been listening to this album pretty much non-stop for the past 2 weeks.

It is easily the best album of 2008 (even though it's only May).

Consolers of the Lonely sounds like it was recorded in 1974!

Like equal parts White Stripes, The Band, Queen, Judas Priest, The Police, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Phish, Derek and the Dominoes, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Cream, The Who, King Crimson, etc.

"Many Shades of Black" is a brilliant song. I would compare it to Queen and Cream (Queem?).

This is album oriented rock at its finest.

Excellent
Product shipped immediately. Arrived in just a couple of days and was in excellent condition.

More cliches by the two-chord king...
More of the same chords, same cringe-inducing lyrics, and more music from people who don't play instruments.

Disappointed
I'm writing this review from the seemingly rare viewpoint of someone who is a big fan of Brendan Benson's rather than Jack White's. I've been a fan a brendan's since his first record came out nearly ten years ago. I was excited about the first Raconteurs record and really liked it, though not as much as Brendan's solo albums. I've never really been a White Stripes fan but I still liked Jack's contributions to Broken Boy Soldiers. What I liked most about his songs and why I think I like them better than almost every White Stripes song I've ever heard was that he was singing really well! We wasn't doing his high pitched cackly whine that is so prevailant on White Stripes albums. Now comes Consolers of the Lonely and I just don't like it. For lack of a better description it's "too Jack". He's singing like it's a White Stripes record again and I just can't listen to an entire album of that. Sadly, even Brendan's offering don't grab me. There are some songs that I kinda like, such as "Many Shades of Black" and "Hold Up" to name a couple. Overall the energy and pace of the record is far greater compared to the somewhat slower Broken Boy Soldiers, but the song structures sound underdeveloped and just kinda chaotic. All the country influence on the record just tends to sound contrived and as if it's just there in an attempt to be cool and different. So, it's a total let down for me. I really hope Brendan gets back to his solo work sooner than later. I'd rather even hear new a Greenhornes record than whatever the Racs do next.