#45: The Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards

Blue Blood Blues (Fertita, Lawrence, White)
Hustle And Cuss (Lawrence, Mosshart)
The Difference Between Us (Mosshart, White)
I'm Mad (Fertita, Lawrence, Mosshart, White)
Die By The Drop (Fertita, Lawrence, Mosshart)
I Can't Hear You (Fertita, Lawrence, Mosshart, White)
Gasoline (Fertita, Lawrence, Mosshart White)
No Horse (Fertita, Lawrence, Mosshart, White)
Looking At The Invisible Man (Fertita, White)
Jawbreaker (Fertita, Lawrence, Mosshart)
Old Mary (White)

Alison Mosshart - vocals, maracas, guitar, synthesizer
Jack White - drums, vocals, guitar
Dean Fertita - organ, piano, synthesizer, guitar
Jack Lawrence - bass, drums
Produced by Jack White

Label: Warner Bros./Third Man

Whereas 'Horehound', the 2009 debut album from blues-rock supergroup, The Dead Weather had some good music and showed some promise, it ultimately sounded a bit rushed without much in the way of decent production. This release from the following year, however, sees the band accomplishing some of that promise that they showed in the past.
When the band first formed, Jack White was without a doubt the big draw that got most people interested. The rest of the band featured a member of Queens Of The Stone Age and another member of White's other not-White Stripes band, The Raconteurs, but neither of those were as easily recognisable to the world at large as he was. One thing this album does particularly well is take the spotlight off of White, and placing it squarely onto the extremely talented shoulders of The Kills vocalist, Alison Mosshart. The Kills are a very popular band, but Alison's most famous recording in the UK before the formation of The Dead Weather was backing vocals for the Placebo track, 'Meds'. It's great that she's gotten her chance to show her stuff in this band, as she is proving herself to be a frontwoman to contend with.
Musically, this is probably some of the strongest stuff each of the members have ever created - Dean Fertita may be a member of QOTSA, but he's only ever made appearances on bonus tracks and B-sides so far. It's like The White Stripes with added balls, with fantastic vocal interplay between Alison and Jack which suggests that these two singers were made to perform together.

Listen Here: The Dead Weather – Sea Of Cowards