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Help Us Stranger
Studio album by
The Raconteurs
ReleasedJune 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
RecordedJune 2018 – January 2019
StudioThird Man, Nashville
Genre
Length41:14
LabelThird Man
ProducerThe Raconteurs
The Raconteurs chronology
Consolers of the Lonely
(2008) 		Help Us Stranger
(2019)
Singles from Help Us Stranger
  1. "Sunday Driver" / "Now That You're Gone"
    Released: December 19, 2018
  2. "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)"
    Released: April 10, 2019
  3. "Help Me Stranger"
    Released: May 17, 2019
  4. "Bored and Razed"
    Released: June 10, 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10[3]
Metacritic81/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Chicago Tribune[6]
Consequence of SoundB[7]
DIY[8]
Exclaim!8/10[9]
The Guardian[10]
NME[1]
Pitchfork6.4/10[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Slant Magazine[13]

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.[14]

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, alongside with two previously unreleased songs, "Sunday Driver" and "Now That You're Gone" were released as double A-side singles.[15] Both songs received videos, which were shot a week before the release.[16] On April 2, 2019, the album artwork, alongside 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.[17] Two days later, it was also made available on other platforms.

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.[18] The next week, it fell to number 45, becoming the eighth largest drop from number one on the chart.[19]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
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
Third Man Records Vault edition bonus 7"
No.TitleLength
1."Help Me Stranger" (demo) 
2."Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying)" (demo) 

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album notes.[20]

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] 23
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[22] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24] 26
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[25] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 10
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 14
Irish Albums (IRMA)[29] 24
Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 34
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[31] 84
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32] 38
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[33] 28
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[34] 25
Scottish Albums (OCC)[35] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[36] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[38] 8
US Billboard 200[39] 1
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[40] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[41] 1
US Rolling Stone 200[42] 1

References

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  2. ^ Ruskin, Zack (June 20, 2019). "Album Review: The Raconteurs' 'Help Us Stranger'". Variety. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Help Us Stranger by The Raconteurs reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "Help Us Stranger by The Raconteurs Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Help Us Stranger – The Raconteurs". AllMusic. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  6. ^ Kot, Greg (June 21, 2019). "Review: Raconteurs reconvene and Jack White regains his stride on 'Help Us Stranger'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  7. ^ Clark, Tyler (June 21, 2019). "The Raconteurs Remain Steady as She Goes on Help Us Stranger". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  8. ^ Wright, Lisa (June 21, 2019). "The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger | Reviews". DIY. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  9. ^ Hudson, Alex (June 18, 2019). "The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  10. ^ Aroesti, Rachel (June 21, 2019). "The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger review – classic rock undone by aggro". The Guardian. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  11. ^ Thomas, Peyton (June 26, 2019). "The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  12. ^ Fricke, David (June 27, 2019). "The Black Keys and Raconteurs Take Rock Back to the Future". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  13. ^ Winograd, Jeremy (June 12, 2019). "Review: The Raconteurs's Help Us Stranger Is a Robust Return to Form". Slant Magazine. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  14. ^ "The Raconteurs Return with New Album, Help Us Stranger".
  15. ^ "Vault # 38: THE RACONTEURS CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY".
  16. ^ "Raconteurs RETURN WITH FIRST NEW MUSIC OVER IN A DECADE".
  17. ^ "Vault # 38: THE RACONTEURS CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY , Third Man Records".
  18. ^ Caulfield, Keith (June 30, 2019). "The Raconteurs Land First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Help Us Stranger'". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  19. ^ "Billboard 200 | Week of July 13, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  20. ^ Help Us Stranger (album liner notes). The Raconteurs. Third Man Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  26. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  27. ^ "Lescharts.com – The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  28. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
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  31. ^ "ザ・ラカンターズ". Oricon. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
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  33. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
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  35. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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  42. ^ "Top 200 Albums". Rolling Stone. July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
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