3.6 - I like this record and I like Jack White but he's clearly overrepresented on this list. What I like best about this particular album is that he's muted the thrashier and yelpier parts of his voice, choosing to go warmer and more mellow. I like the use of acoustic piano and folky guitar. But he's too often playing the bluesman again, scatting and rapping his blend of down-home lingo. I do enjoy the poppier tracks here ("Doorbell", "The Denial Twist"), as well as some of the downtempo experiments ("Blue Orchid", "The Nurse"). But the rest I find just a little annoying, or forgettable probably because I'm burnt out on Jack White and wish he'd fuck off for a decade.