I have been listening to this album recently and its top stuff.
I have been an on and off fan of the white stripes, I like their singles and I brought a couple of albums but they are never at the top of my list when choosing what album to buy next.
The reaconteurs are slightly different, they seem to be more of a band than the white stripes, probably because they have twice as many members. It feels like firstly there is a four different people with different ideas playing the instruments. Also the song writing was done by the two main dudes. This leads to some very different songs in terms of style and tempo.
some of the music behind the vocals is excellent with some really fresh sounding tunes. The lyrics and singing is top notch.
This is a really good album and I would certainly recommend it.