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But she's come by this in a way that's not on his terms, so she's a villain." Allison Stewerrt with The Washington Post concurred, saying, "Hangers-on may be frequent targets, but women don't come off well, either: They're creatures of eternal falseness, apparently, who wear too much makeup and want to kill White's mother and send her to hell." But in another album review, Rob Sheffield with Rolling Stone said, in reference to White's all-female band, that his "favorite trick is turning women into rock goddesses: Meg White, Alison Mosshart, Alicia Keys, even Loretta Lynn.

The studio version of "Sixteen Saltines" was subsequently released via White's YouTube channel on March 13. It’s messy, noisy, sad, funny, and brilliant.

Promotional copies of the album, distributed to reviewers and radio stations, were sent as vinyl records to prevent leaks. There’s no room for The White Stripes on Blunderbuss, so if that nostalgia is what you’re after, go listen to the real thing.

As I mentioned, “Sixteen Saltines” is a bit of an anomaly, and White does deliver a really enjoyable record.

The entire album was recorded to 8-track analogue tape. It’s the album’s most triumphant moment, and it’s a one that simply wouldn’t exist in any other Jack White project. “I want love to grab my fingers gently, slam them in a doorway.” Jack’s version of romance is a full-contact sport. It’s why Blunderbuss is a success; exceedingly listenable, honest and new.

Although born and raised in Detroit, White headquartered his label, Third Man, in Nashville for a reason. On April 16, Third Man Records streamed the album in its entirety on iTunes for free listening, 8 days before its release.

The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed at United Record Pressing in Nashville, TN. The photographs on the record album were taken outside the Nashville Electric Service South Substation in Nashville, Tennessee.

This much is generally accepted as fact. But it’s not until the title track, five songs deep into the album, that things really get up to speed. And he does, most of the time, but “Sixteen Saltines” simply doesn’t conjure any sort of Stripes nostalgia. There’s menace in every note, but it still struts like it owns the place.

Hypocritical Kiss

Piano-driven and bitter as day-old coffee, this is Jack at his most lyrically sharp.

It reached #129 in the UK Singles Chart and #12 in the top Alternative Songs.

Blunderbuss met with widespread acclaim from music critics, receiving a score of 83 out of 100 on the aggregator site Metacritic, based on 44 reviews.

Et cetera, et cetera.

There’s very little that Jack White does not do, and there’s even less that he does poorly. According to White, he used “100 different production styles on the record." He explained:

It came from the freedom of having my own studio and having people in Nashville who could come at short notice. In one review from Jessica Misnener with The Atlantic, she remarked, "White's dismissal of a 21st-century woman in Blunderbuss' 'Freedom at 21' makes perfect sense.

What was great too with all these hired guns in the room was that I could write on-the-fly. On March 5, 2013, the album achieved gold status, having sold over 500,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

All tracks written by Jack White, except "I'm Shakin'" by Rudy Toombs.

The Grand Ole Opry gave him a framed blunderbuss as a gift after he sold out at the Ryman Auditorium two nights in a row.

Credits adapted from Blunderbuss liner notes.