The Raconteurs "Broken Boy Soldiers" RSD 2015 ranking on Spin's year end

ranking on Spin's year end list at a time when the producer and label were unknown outside hip-hop DJ circles

Illustrates dashed dreams and difficult times of childhood

guiding along an earthly path

Dave Parley [drums]

Originally released in 2003 after signing with Victory Records

The Raconteurs "Broken Boy Soldiers" RSD 2015 ranking on Spin's year endBroken Boy Soldiers was a critical and commercial success. The album's first single Steady, As She Goes became a monster radio hit. The album charted at #7 in the Billboard Charts and #2 in the UK's Album Charts, where it was Mojo Magazine's Album of The Year. Rolling Stone proclaimed, Expectations were sky high, but The Raconteurs exceed them all and the band picked up the title of Best New Artist in their annual Readers Poll. It was the record's mix