Blunderbuss

A remember there being buzz for this album back when it was released as the first Jack White solo album. Other than that, it’s not too remarkable. Even then I thought it was just fine. You do not have to listen to this before you die and it does not deserve a place on this list. There are three good songs. I most like the drum and bass line that opens “freedom at 21.” “hip, poor boy“ and “shaken” are nice songs too, but none of them compares to the work Mr. White did with white stripes or any of his other side bands.

This is my first time listening to solo Jack White and it's great and it's more White Stripesy music, but it made me realise how important Meg White was for him. It's missing that little piece that made the White Stripes so good. Still great music since Jack White is so talented.

Typical 2010s noises

The start was pretty unexceptional riff-rock but things picked up with nuggets like the acoustic 'Love Interruption' and 'Blunderbuss', respectively featuring a lovely clarinet and string arrangement. Plus 'Hypocritical Kiss' has a pleasant easy going country vibe. On the whole, it's an interesting, if rather inconsistent, listen.

A weirdly perfect album, not in that it has any big major stand out tracks, but that every track is perfect in an understated way. I've listened to it at least 4 times in the last 24 hours and it hasn't got old yet. Perfectly understated in that every time I listen to a song I hear another layer of complexity to either his writing, composition or both. I feel like I could (and should) do a track by track on this but highlights include the fat riffage on Sixteen Saltines, the masochistically beautiful poetry of Love Interruption and the Dave Brubeckness of Take Me with You When You Go which is easily my favourite track on the album - don't get me started on the fricken tone he puts out in that shred break halfway through, with a deliciously caustic harmony over the top of it. It's a genius closing track. Definitely one for the vinyl collection.

Very cool. Nice piano parts too.

Easy 5. Great album, easygoing and groovy.

This album has all the elements that I usually like best in music. Blues-rock combo. There’s just something a little bit too controlled about it. Lack of passion holds it back from a perfect score for me.

So fantastically surprising! I was so ready for this album to be an awful like pop-punk tweens era album but it was such a beautiful and engaging album full of fun tracks with really amazing production. I loved the production, the biggest issue is some of the superficial lyrics and maybe cringy vocals but I can’t deny I really enjoyed the album.

I absolutely wore this one out when it came out. It was probably one of the last CDs I bought before (sadly I think) streaming services changed the economics of consuming music. In my opinion, time has shown this record is as good as any of the White Stripes albums, which is saying a lot given they made at least two masterpieces in White Blood Cells and Elephant. It’s a masterclass in modern rock and roll. Sixteen Saltines is a banger. Love Interruption is an angry ballad, followed immediately by the lovely ballad title track. Tons of variety, great weird guitar licks, great weird lyrics, great weird vocals.

Album 425 of 1001 Jack White - Blunderbuss Rating : 5 / 5 Awesome album! I enjoy most anything Jack White puts out...be it White Stripes, Raconteurs, solo or any of his other projects. This one does not disappoint. Great tunes, all the way through. This is probably my 3rd time to hear the whole album. I have a feeling it could find a place in my all time favorites.

Great album, honestly don't think there's a bad song on, I don't love all of them, but the overall quality is undeniable, with Jack White's particular sensibilities easily heard all the way through.

I really like Jack White, but I'm not sure I ever listened to an entire album front to back. I was missing out. This is an impressive debut album where he builds on the new(ish) sound of the White Stripes but also solidifies himself as a solo talent, visionary, and perfectionist. It's really, really good.

If you don't have this on so loud that it is actively giving you tinnitus then you didn't have the volume up high enough.

Outstanding. I've never heard this album before yesterday. It really blew me away. It will get repeated listening from me. Road trip music for sure.

The beginning of his Blue Period. Every bit as exciting as what he was doing creatively with The White Stripes.

J’ai vraiment aime ca je vais reecoute assure ent, du bon rock blues 5

Favourite tracks: I'm shakin; blunderbuss; freedom at 21; sixteen saltines

I like the instrumental part, but the singing is still, not my personally taste. Some songs are nice, like I'm shakin'

Album no. 900. My time in this realm is coming to an end. The final stretch is here. I actually really liked this, despite never caring much (at all) about The White Stripes. Turns out the remedy to his curse of only being able to write one song was having to go solo. Lot of variety on this one.

Played Minecraft for the first time today, and the surprises didn't end there! By Love Interrupted the was sounding like how I expected going in and stayed more that vein, but still a fun and interesting listen. But the opening tracks really broke me in with a start! Bright guitar and unique songwriting. It seems I agree with spotify consensus based on play count, because Sixteen Saltines is DEFINITELY my favourite

Sixteen Saltines Freedom At 21 Love Interruption Blunderbuss I'm Shakin'

Definitely one of the best albums I have listened to since starting this daily project. Strong alternative album rooted in blues. Some great songs on this album. Jack White makes his guitar sound like it is from another planet. Great album

really cool instrumentation, if the lyrics were even a little bit better this would be a 5, but they’re just not particularly good

Meh. You know how fruit is good, then someone distills the flavour or and just mixes it with sugar and makes soft drink, and the essence is there but it's missing all of the awesome stuff that makes it good and healthy. It's kinda like that. It's ok. But I'm not drinking it anymore now I'm a grown up.

t’s a Jack White record and with due respect to fans of his, there wasn’t much by way of unexpected surprise on this record. It sounds like a Jack White record: some high energy rock, some bluesy and/or country-ish acoustic numbers, some cool guitar effects and some blistering solos. The heavy use of piano was a nice addition here, but not totally total out of character. I like him just fine, but mostly in small doses: a song here and there, but in an album setting like this, it all kind of starts burring together after a while. His staccato vocal delivery starts to wear thin, making songs that would otherwise probably be engaging feel monotonous.

It’s tough for me to say that Jack White really needs his solo album on a list that already includes multiple White Stripes albums. Still, this is a diverse and interesting set of styles. It’s quite enjoyable.

Actually liked it more than I thought

Would I listen to it again: yes Is it a no-skip album: no Do I like it: yes

no me gustó tanto. Mis favoritas fueron im shakin, trash tounge talker y take me with you when you go. El album no es mi estilo pero fue interesante

Was quite boring, not a big fan, some okay songs and riffs but not for me. Don't like his voice either.

9/10 Jack White to jest mistrz. Charakterystyczny wokal i wrażliwość. Charyzma. Vibe wczesnych 10'. Soczyste riffy, żonglerka instrumentami i mocne teksty. Można słuchać w kółko.

I started to make notes about specific songs, but really I just loved the whole album. It was unique and different and great.

Yes! This is the best I've heard from this artist. This rocks! Loved the instrumentation. Mostly bass, guitar, drums & piano. Simple but every song is different. Creative. Pretty solid album. Great playing.

This is super rockin...I dig his music style. It took a minute to appreciate and then got better and better with each listen. I'm Shakin' is a party! Apparently that's a cover. Love all the piano in the album. Adds a unique touch to all the rock and roll. Fun lyrics too. Great stuff!

Fantastic fucking album, Jack White is a National treasure. We should erect monuments to his status as an artist.

I have not heard this album yet. It's definitely much more musically broad than the White Stripes. I enjoyed it and will listen to it again in the future.

Jack White's career is extensive and diverse: from his start with the White Stripes, work with the Raconteurs, work with the Dead Weather, then his solo albums, and then his work as a producer. His is one of the most extensive and impactful careers in modern music - and he is still a fairly young man. Blunderbuss is White's debut solo album, and it is as interesting and varied as White's career. White makes blues based, alt rock, with elements of folk, country, and hints of jazz. These are rich, varied, textured songs, with the range of sounds and styles that Jack White incorporates. The result is incredible - a set of successful, expressive, beautiful musical experiments.

Great album! A little more unique than the Jack White albums.

Classic Jack White, can’t believe this one is 12 years old! Still sounds incredible! I’ve always been inspired by White’s brilliant songwriting and wild guitar experimentation which this album perfectly highlights. Another easy 5 for me.

Love this. Musically very strong, lyrically brilliant in places (Missing Pieces, Blunderbuss, On and On and On)..

Loved this! Not sure how it’s passed me by for over a decade.

In my opinion, the best album Jack White has released to date. Everything comes together, and it's a clear departure from his other projects while keeping that trademark Jack-O charm. His playing is far from flashy, but there's no need when the songs sound as sincere as on Blunderbuss. And the lyrics are equal parts hilarious and brutal: 'You're the boy that talks but says nothin' A big game to the ones that you think will believe you, But you don't know how to read The look on my face when it says, "yeah I've read that book too" And who the hell's impressed by you? I want names of the people that we know that are fallin' for this You would sell your own mother out And then betray your dead brother with another hypocritical kiss' Oof.

5 stars. Great album.

Fantastic album. I love Jack White, he's such a great guitarist and I think he really pushes the genre. It's always that basic blues but I love that he's still doing it and making it interesting and new. Some bangers on this album. I once played Love Interruption at an open mic at uni. I listened to this album so much when it came, BANGER

Just listen to the last song to realize there are no cheap throwaways on this album. Clever and interesting throughout. 4.5

Arrancamos noviembre con éste álbum que hace tiempo no escuchaba. Jack White me parece uno de los tipos más creativos y prolíficos de su generación. Es una máquina de producir música excelente en cada uno de sus proyectos y su faceta solista no es la excepción. Éste trabajo está lleno de temazos, imposibles de diseccionar en unidades. Tienen que apreciarse como una obra completa de un tipo militante de la producción analógica y no de un volver a las bases sino de revalorizarlas. Hasta el lunes.

Love the white stripes and Jack White. This album is other banger from him.

Really enjoyed this

I'll have 1 Jack White album with the lot please. Every song is so very different. I love the heavy contrast transition from Weep Themselves To Sleep to I'm Shakin'. I loved this album as a whole far more than it's individual tracks, which alone are good, but so much more as an album.

No private spotify session used on this one, I have listened to it many times before. I like it, White's guitar work is a lot of fun and this album rocks in general.

An instant classic as I added 10 songs right off the bat to my playlist....

Loved this album since it came out! Fun and upbeat.

4.5 - Think I'm becoming a fan of Jack White. I was put off when I was young, he just looked really greasy. This album was fucking great though

One of Jack White's best, super solid variety of all of the best aspects of his style and sound. Love this album, and if it wasn't clear by now he's just one of my favorite artists hands down so maybe I'm biased but I love pretty much all of his work.

Dit was ook weer fantastisch, geef ik teveel 5's?

Was amazing, loved it

Rock on freaky bro 🤟

5/5

Outstanding. Every song.

Fav: Missing Pieces Least Fav: Take Me With You When You Go

Excellent album. A blend of blues, folk and rock that sounds like it could have only been made by Jack White. The piano in particular sounds great. The production throughout is spectacular. I love those bursts of fuzzed out hard rock guitars on certain songs. Front to back great songs but some of my favorites are the punk-sounding "Sixteen Saltines," the blues rocker "I'm Shakin'" and the epic drama of "Weep Themselves to Sleep."

While I prefer his projects more than his solo albums, this has grown into a classic. It's aged very well. Easy 9/10

Que álbum incrível. Musicalmente é muito bem executado e rico; o timbre da guitarra com distorção é perfeito; e a levada das músicas é dinâmica. Estou ouvindo pela segunda vez enquanto escrevo, posso dizer que me surpreendeu bastante, não havia dado atenção ao trabalho de Jack White fora do White Stripes. Definitivamente algo que farei mais.

Finally. A great album all the way through.

Eminent album. Melankolsk, stemningsfuldt. En “vibe” ala noget Stones. Album er føjet til min egen favoritliste.

I don't really have anything bad to say about this one. It's well written, easygoing but not boring and earnest but not pretentious.

this album was actually pretty good! yet another guy i haven't heard of and i really dig his modern take on blues music, it's VERY soulful and introspective. the way that a lot of songs are arranged and sung seriously reminds me of similar blues and even yacht rock songs from the 1970s; this guy nails the style to a T.

Grwat

I had this CD (or possibly still have this CD somewhere, maybe in a shoebox in a closet - no longer have a CD player). I really enjoyed the piano accompaniment on "Weep Themselves to Sleep" and "Trash Tongue Talker", also the ragtime like sounds in "Hip Eponymous Poor Boy". Love how the songs evolve, for example the way it takes off at the 2 minute mark in "Take Me With You When You Go". Love the fact that I still find this album intriguing 12 years later. Thanks Jack!

Amazing album. Jack white sure is a master at his craft

The Blunderbuss the best lyrics u could understand and relate to i thinks this is a very good album i think that because the lyrics is something u could understand my second reason is because also the lyrics is something that tells you the story and wanna know what happend? who did it? why are you feeling this way? its just good i also love the instruments and everything I recommend it 100% because the lyrics and instrument the album song names will just pull you into the song

Strongest album I’ve had since starting this. Jack White at his absolute genius. Fav Songs: Missing Pieces, Sixteen Saltines, & Take Me With You When You Go.

From the cover I thought this would be some emo shit but this was fire. I'm a sucker for good rock with pianos. Stand-out: Blunderbuss

Outstanding. I've never heard this album before yesterday. It really blew me away. It will get repeated listening from me. Road trip music for sure.

Love a good use of the classical piano

Of all of Jack White's solo works, I've enjoyed this the most. It feels the most in touch with his White Stripes roots, but despite its range is so clearly missing Meg's influence.

Went back and listened to the White Stripes records (who I had written off) and have loved Jack Whites progression. His records will be in regular rotation now! Blunderbuss doesn’t disappoint!

Awesome

Great guitar chops. My kinda music.

Album 3 of 1001 Jack White - Blunderbuss Rating : 5 / 5

I enjoyed it. It's funny that he's prolific enough to have his voice prominently features in the shuffle that followed that conclusion of the album

Love this. Saw him touring it live and it was great. 5 from me

Already listened and love this album brings me back to high school. Always been a Jack White fan and seeing how he did with his solo stuff after the white stripes was not surprised by how cool the overdriven guitars, the Bluegrass violin. All of it rocks

Really great, a modern classic

Front to back, all strong compositions. You can hear his love for Roots and Blues in every song.

I feel like Jack White is one of only a handful of artists who are able to play such a wide variety of different rock genres, and genuinely nail every single one in a genuinely ambitious and respectful way Beck would be another great example and I’m not a fan of John Mayer, but he seems to kind of be there? anyway, this album is a 10/10 - loved every song :)

I'm pretty sure this is my favorite Jack White album. There are many perfect White Stripes albums and he went on the have a cool solo career while also just being a crazy cool dude. No notes.

8 / 10 Grandes guitarras, gran instrumentación y la voz peculiar de Jack White. Su mejor álbum en solitario.

Absolutely fantastic classic. Wow. Bigger fan of this than any White Stripes. Killer talent demonstrating classic rock/blues sounds.

4.8 r exceptional

I like Jack White.

I enjoyed this quite a bit! A happy surprise!

I guess I am a fan of the work of Jack White...at least what this project has made me familiar with.

I know this is weird but Blunderbuss is the album that brought me back to rock music after about 15 years of listening to nothing but showtunes. I'd pretty much missed the White Stripes and didn't really know who Jack White was when I caught a performance of Love Interruption on a talk show and positively swooned at the opening notes of the organ and guitar and the soulful harmonies. White pulls off the throwback sound of the album with ease, like he's channeling music from another time. I think this one's pretty great.

I’ve liked all the White Stripes stuff I’ve listened to, so I had high hopes for this album. It did not disappoint. Great!

For my money, Jack White is one of the finest songwriters to ever live. Maybe song creator might be a better title than just writer. Acting as the producer and mixer of this album, as well as multi-instrumentalist, his finger prints are all over this album. Pure joyful genius.

Overall, this is a great album. To me, it has the perfect mix of keys, guitar, drums along with the unique voice of JW. You can't get bored from track to track. Lyric are interesting and good harmonies and background vocals are included. There are just a few songs I don't need to hear again but 9/13 I love. Not my favorite album of his, but a firm recommendation from me to listen to it. Love that he seems to include some influences from early rock artists The Killer and Elvis in some songs. I see all stars when I see Jack White.

I’m very familiar with this one. Love it. So creative and loud. He’s a legend, a guitar god.

I’m generally a fan of most of Jack White’s projects, and it seemed like he held the reins and had most of the creative control with The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather, but that’s even more the case on Blunderbuss. Prior to the release of this album, I wasn’t super impressed by “Sixteen Saltines” (it’s now grown on me more), and I was concerned that White wasn’t going to be able to make something as great as his old stuff without a backing band (even though one of those bands was just one additional person). But I was corrected in multiple ways: the amount of talent on this album is immense, all brought together by White and, yes, under his complete creative control. And the music recorded is all fantastic. It’s like a mix of the amazing songwriting of The White Stripes plus but with crisp production added. I know that not everyone loves that because Jack White became synonymous with garage rock and a sort of lo-fi style of production, but I think the fine engineering on Blunderbuss is for the better. I had the pleasure of seeing Jack White live touring for this album at the inaugural Firefly Festival in 2012; he and his band put on a great show. There were some snags with the sound not working great, but after they sorted it out, everything was perfect. I’ll never forget the end of that night, when all the concertgoers were filtering out of the festival grounds to the tents or parking lot all chanting “Seven Nation Army”.