''Four Stars'' (stylized as "★★★★" or ) is the fourth and final studio album by

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. It was made available on

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on October 26, 2010, and the CD and LP versions released on November 9, 2010. It is their first studio album in eight years, with '' Dual Mono'' in 2002 and their first original release since ''

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'', an EP released in 2005. After the recording and release of ''East Grand Blues'' and their compilation album '' Sewed Soles'' in 2005, the group was on temporary hiatus, and

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and Jack Lawrence formed

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with Detroit friends

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and

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. After recording two albums and immense touring through North America, the UK and Australia, the group announced they would be taking a break and returning to their other bands. During this time, Lawrence and Keeler also performed as "The Do-Whatters", Jack White's rhythm band for a collaboration with

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on her album ''

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''. After these projects, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler reunited with Craig Fox again in Ohio, where they recorded ''Four Stars'' in mid-2010. Although ''Four Stars'' was originally set to be released in October, the release date was later changed to October 26 on iTunes and November 9 on CD and LP. It was released on Jack White's

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label in Nashville, Tennessee. Track 1, "Saying Goodbye", can be heard at the end of the 2011 film ''

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''.

Vinyl formats

Like many

releases, ''Four Stars'' was released on multiple varieties of unusually-colored

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. Along with the unlimited black vinyl version, "undisclosed" quantities of limited-edition green vinyl and silver vinyl records were produced.http://thirdmanrecords.com/about/catalog/ (TMR053)

Track listing

All songs written by Craig Fox, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler. #"Saying Goodbye" – 2:36 #"Under Estimator" – 2:32 #"Better Off Without It" – 3:27 #"Cave Drawings" – 2:47 #"Song 13" – 2:21 #"My Sparrow" – 3:45 #"Need Your Love" – 2:33 #"Left The World Behind" – 2:25 #"Go Tell Henry" – 3:13 #"Jacob's Ladder" – 2:58 #"Get Me Out of Here" – 3:00 #"Hard To Find" – 3:24

Personnel

* Craig Fox – lead vocals, guitars * Jack Lawrence – bass guitars, lead vocals on "Go Tell Henry" *

– drums, percussion *Andrew Higley – keyboards, piano

References

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