Help Us Stranger

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Help Us Stranger
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Studio album by The Raconteurs
Released June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
Recorded June 2018 – January 2019
Studio Third Man, Nashville
Genre
Length 41:14
Label Third Man
Producer The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs chronology
Consolers of the Lonely
(2008)		 Help Us Stranger
(2019)
Singles from Help Us Stranger

Help Us Stranger is the third studio album by American rock band The Raconteurs. It was released on June 21, 2019, through Third Man Records, their first studio album in 11 years following Consolers of the Lonely (2008). The album was recorded at Third Man Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, and mixed at Blackbird Studios in Nashville. It was produced by the band, engineered by Joshua V. Smith, and mixed by Vance Powell.[3]

Promotion and release

On the tenth anniversary of the band's second studio album, Consolers of the Lonely released in 2008, Third Man announced a re-issue of the album, along with two previously unreleased songs, "Sunday Driver" and "Now That You're Gone" were released as double A-side singles.[4] Both songs received videos, which were shot a week before the release.[5] On April 2, 2019, the album artwork, along with its track listing and release date were announced. On April 10, "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)", a cover of the Donovan song, premiered on Bandcamp.[6] Two days later, it was also made available on other platforms. On September 5, 2019 the band performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and performed their new single "Only Child," as well as "Shine the Light on Me."[7][8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 81/100[10]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[11]
Chicago Tribune 3/4 stars[12]
Consequence of Sound B[13]
DIY 4.5/5 stars[14]
Exclaim! 8/10[15]
The Guardian 3/5 stars[16]
NME 4/5 stars[1]
Pitchfork 6.4/10[17]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[18]
Slant Magazine 4.5/5 stars[19]

Help Us Stranger received favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 24 reviews.[10] Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019.[20]

Commercial performance

Help Us Stranger debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 88,000 album-equivalent units, of which 84,000 were pure album sales. It was The Raconteurs' first US number-one album.[21] It has also charted in the top ten in Canada, UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders region).

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Brendan Benson and Jack White, except "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" written by Donovan Leitch. 

No. Title Length
1. "Bored and Razed"   3:35
2. "Help Me Stranger"   3:36
3. "Only Child"   3:41
4. "Don't Bother Me"   2:53
5. "Shine the Light On Me"   3:28
6. "Somedays (I Don't Feel Like Trying)"   4:06
7. "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" (Donovan cover) 2:25
8. "Sunday Driver"   3:38
9. "Now That You're Gone"   4:01
10. "Live a Lie"   2:20
11. "What's Yours Is Mine"   2:49
12. "Thoughts and Prayers"   4:42
Total length:
 41:14

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album notes.[22]

Charts

References

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