"Put bluntly, No Name is a rock record – an incredibly satisfying one. It sounds more like the White Stripes than anything White has cut since that band’s demise – its 13 songs are driven by the blues, his playing sounding like the bastard son of Elmore James and Jimmy Page, swinging between bare-knuckled riffs and sweet slide-guitar with a switchblade edge. The instrumentation is pared back to only what matters, what’s necessary. The drumming often channels the magical primordial stomp of the sorely missed Meg White’s poetic, bone-simple playing.
The album is dark, heavy, thrilling, beautiful." ~ Jack White: No Name review (Guardian)
[ed. Yow. A great one. Reminds me a bit of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Orange). Listen to Side A and Side B in their entirety.]
