Broken Boy Soldiers

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Broken Boy Soldiers is the debut album by The Raconteurs, the rock band made up of Jack White from The White Stripes, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence from Blanche and The Greenhornes, and Patrick Keeler from The Greenhornes.

This first full-length record from The Raconteurs features the lead single, "Steady, As She Goes", which became the band's first Top 10 hit.

Broken Boy Soldiers entered the UK charts at #2 and managed to reach #7 in the US.

Track listing

Jack White - vocals, guitars, synthesizers
Brendan Benson - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jack Lawrence - bass guitars
Patrick Keeler - drums and percussion
All songs written by Benson/White.
Published by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)/Third String Tunes (BMI)
Produced by Benson/White.
All songs recorded at Le Grande Studios by Matthew Kettle and Brendan Benson.
Mixed by Jack White at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee.
Mix down engineer - John Hampton, assisted by Adam Hill.
Mastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studios, New York.
Aleksey Shirokov - Calligraphy
Autumn DeWilde - Photography
Patrick Keeler - Concept director, designer, and hand model
Manager : Ian Montone for Monotone Management.
The Raconteurs would very much like to thank God, family and friends, Coles, Eph McNally's, Ben Blackwell, Jelly Bellys, Thriller, Vintage King, The Purple Gang, Dean Fertita, Craig Fox, Kathy Impastato, Ian Montone, Tiffany Steffens, Michele Leo, Paul Montone, Peter Yozell, Stacy Fass, Paul Samuels, David Weise, Rennie Jaffe, Lightborne, XL, V2, Jim Jarmusch, Howie Weinberg, Rebecca Schwedner, Eden Batki, David Calderly, Meg White, Tiffany Gazic, Kelli Craig, Karen White, Cindy Roche, and Sammy.
Released on V2 Records in May 2006.

The first few liner notes inside the album read, "Remember a time when all was not fine and up from the dingy sewers came four lousy thieves who flourished the trees...behold The Raconteurs..."