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10.0
66597
10.0 |
Art Rocker
Building from cliché and yawnworthy themes, he injects them with twisted undertones and mindboggling music selection
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9.1
66542
9.1 |
A.V. Club
Distilling a singular vision into something both gut-punching and sonically intriguing
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9.0
66431
9.0 |
Uncut
Little sign of mellowing on wild and witty second solo album
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8.6
66649
8.6 |
Earbuddy
Lazaretto is essentially a piece of Jack White’s musical fiber, and under the microscope, there are too many ideas to anchor it to a general theme or sound
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8.5
66872
8.5 |
Beardfood
Not his best work ever - The White Stripes can't be topped - but Jack can do no wrong
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8.5
66592
8.5 |
Paste Magazine
Lazaretto is an album only Jack White could make, so it goes without saying that it is one of the most exciting albums anyone’s heard in 2014 so far
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8.0
66557
8.0 |
Time Out
Whether leading the garage rock recharge with The White Stripes or going all southern gothic on the blues with The Dead Weather, he’s always been king of the riff
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8.0
66555
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
With Lazaretto Jack White continues putting excitement, fun and freshness back into modern music
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8.0
66551
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Like a craftsman who feels most at home in his own shop, with his favorite tools
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8.0
66727
8.0 |
The Quietus
While Lazaretto occasionally hints at some of the excesses of the producer/songwriter genre, what's undeniable is the talent on display
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8.0
66432
8.0 |
Mojo
Another high-achieving, high-scoring treat. Print edition only
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8.0
66433
8.0 |
The Guardian
Lazaretto are pretty much the same things that are good about every album White has made: great, crushing riffs
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8.0
66446
8.0 |
Digital Spy
Solid enough to keep the rest of the music world on their toes as White continues to peerlessly go about his own sweet business
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8.0
66461
8.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s a 100-metre sprint of punk, blues, garage and country, with enough va-va-va-voom to leave the opposition in the blocks
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8.0
66467
8.0 |
The FT
A defiantly analogue and eclectic second solo album that surpasses its predecessor
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8.0
66422
8.0 |
musicOMH
Another great side to White, and another feather to stick in his pretty feathery cap
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8.0
66423
8.0 |
Clash
Perhaps a visit to this ‘Lazaretto’ should be prescribed for everyone
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8.0
66500
8.0 |
The Observer
Lazaretto, named after a place of quarantine for sailors, hurtles between moods and tempos, often within the same song
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8.0
66503
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Musically the part-time Raconteur rarely puts a foot wrong, throwing his musical education into the blender in its entirely
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8.0
66506
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
At times, despite the fact that this is his 12th collection of compositions, it’s often as if Lazaretto is Jack White at his most vulnerable
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8.0
66430
8.0 |
Q
A mad, extravagant triumph from rock's Willy Wonka. Print edition only
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8.0
66518
8.0 |
DIY
In taking his time, mining old material of his own as well as others’, swapping and switching personnel between sessions and embracing a little more of the 21st Century, ‘Lazaretto’ is perhaps the most conventionally made of White’s back catalogue
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8.0
66522
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis would love this record
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8.0
66529
8.0 |
Evening Standard
It’s wild, inventive, brilliant fun
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7.5
67099
7.5 |
Under The Radar
He's maturing, and his musical ideas are growing into little beasts of their own
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7.5
66556
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Lazaretto will likely have little impact on his legacy one way or the other, but it’s a solid addition to his catalogue
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7.1
66504
7.1 |
Pitchfork
White comes across like a man out of time on Lazaretto, a role that proves more sympathetic and relatable than the embittered lover he played on Blunderbuss; he seems to be having a lot more fun yelling at the kids to get off his lawn
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7.0
66538
7.0 |
PopMatters
This is an exceptional rock album by a guy who really is the kind of rock star he’s aiming to be
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7.0
66540
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Despite White's prevailing image, his work here is less about keeping old styles alive than mining them for continued self-inflation
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7.0
66527
7.0 |
Exclaim
Lazaretto will no doubt be heavily scrutinized by critics and celebrated by hardcore fans, but love it or hate it, nobody can call this stuff "watered-down"
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7.0
66543
7.0 |
NME
A varied album that lacks any monster riffs like the ones White used to write for The White Stripes, but includes enough intrigue, originality and plain weirdness to delight and, in some places, appal
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7.0
66638
7.0 |
No Ripcord
The songs that make up Lazaretto are the most diverse on a White album since Get Behind Me Satan
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6.7
66515
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
One of the best things Lazaretto has going for it, is its lack of self-seriousness
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6.0
66424
6.0 |
The Music
It sounds like a Jack White album because it is a Jack White album, nothing more, nothing less
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6.0
66468
6.0 |
The Independent
Like its predecessor, Blunderbuss, it’s a mixed bag, roughly split between heavy blues-rock and country, many songs supposedly drawing on teenage writings White unearthed in a drawer
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6.0
66552
6.0 |
Spin
In a Kanyean mode, much of Lazaretto reads like an indictment of popular culture, a defense of the sensitive artist against ignorance and incivility
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5.0
66512
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
Much of the album feels painfully bland (especially ‘Just One Drink’ and ‘That Black Bat Liquorice’) and, as such, has to be considered a misfire for White
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