- classic rock, rock, indie rock, garage rock
- 34 min
- 10 tracks
- V2
Broken Boy Soldiers is the debut studio album by American rock band the Raconteurs, released on May 15, 2006 in the United Kingdom and May 16, 2006 in the United States. The album was generally favored among critics and spawned the hit single "Steady, As She Goes". The album earned a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 49th Grammy Awards.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 75/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME6/10
- Pitchfork7.3/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Steady, as She Goes3:35
- 2Hands4:01
- 3Broken Boy Soldier3:02
- 4Intimate Secretary3:30
- 5Together3:58
- 6Level2:21
- 7Store Bought Bones2:25
- 8Yellow Sun3:21
- 9Call It a Day3:37
- 10Blue Veins3:52
10 tracks, 34 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Raconteurs
- Label
- V2
- Released
- 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- HK
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