Brendan BensonBest Brendan Benson Albums Ranked

One Mississippi

pitchfork

7.9

“Brendan Benson's songs are almost exclusively about girls: nearly every harmony-heavy track buried deep inside Benson's discography contains some sort of nod to a mangled or budding relationship, even if that allusion ends up sitting in the context of an entirely separate story. Ladies are tied to chairs, or eating soft-serve ice cream from Dairy Queen, or helpfully pointing out to everyone that B”

Lapalco

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7.4

“Lou Pearlman is in a world of shit. After a series of highly publicized in-court battles with the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync resulted in the legal annulment of his managerial duties, he's been forced to subsist on a disrespectfully small severance package (only one-sixth of the respective groups' entire earnings?) and a diet of "exclusive" tell-alls. But the question plaguing every pre-pubescent m”

The Alternative to Love

pitchfork

7.2

“Detroit singer/songwriter and Jack White pal tells more breakup tales.”

My Old, Familiar Friend

pitchfork

7.0

“The other Raconteurs singer-songwriter returns with his first solo album in the spotlight enjoyed as an occassional musical partner of Jack White.”

What Kind of World

pitchfork

6.2

“The Raconteurs member's fifth solo album finds him playing the rock'n'roll loser once again, and occasionally meriting the Alex Chilton haircut he sports on its cover.”

You Were Right

rollingstone

6.0

“On Brendan Benson's sixth solo album, the FM-gold guru — and occasional Jack White collaborator — turns into a dark-hearted relationship expert, spinning tales full of curb-kicked exes and embittered beaus (sample fun-time title: "She's Trying to Poison Me"). But it's a testament to his power-pop prowess that even his most downcast tunes are adamantly upbeat: "I'll Never Tell" is equal parts stomp”