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The third Raconteurs album has been released, but I'm sure most listen to the group because of Jack White, and for him this is the 16th album in his career taking into account all the professional groups where he worked. Under the Raconteurs banner he hadn't released new records for 11 years, and the whole group of course was also silent during this time. Last year the musicians released a double A-side single with unreleased material, which in the end became a harbinger of the new album, and both tracks were included on the LP. In total we heard 5 singles before the disc release, which on one hand showed the high level of the upcoming material, but on the other caused fears - what if this is all they could dig up that was decent. White's latest creations before Help us stranger - are a powerful fuzzy disc with Dead Weather and a poppy solo album a year ago, so one could expect anything from the new release. It's clear that Raconteurs is a group, but Jack's influence on the creative process is maximal. He is one of the two authors, a one-man band and one of the vocalists. I mean that any project he participates in depends largely on how well he is performing creatively. Boarding house reach was so untypical and experimental that to be sure about White would be rash. Help us stranger - is just what one should traditionally expect from Jack. Blues-rock as the main message, garage present, a dose of hard with a nod to Led Zeppelin and one Donovan cover, whom few remember these days, but colleagues in the trade love to cover so much. I consider the entire Raconteurs lineup relatively average, that's why I place such strong emphasis on White. In general, everything is fine with him - he has inspiration, has fresh riffs and jaw-dropping solos in reserve. It's worth noting the sequencing separately - an ideal arrangement, rarely is more and less strong material distributed so competently across a record. It feels perfectly balanced, which is the sign of a good album, and not just a collection of songs.