The Fourth

Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose(Interscope) I really could give a corn husk if you think Jack White's an asshole. Roman Polanski's an admitted pedophile. I still love Chinatown. I happen to think Mr. White's an asshole too, but I enjoy my White Stripes seedeez all the same, and I have to give the man props for helping Loretta Lynn, the first female singer I ever loved, make the album of her career. This may not be her best, but it's as good as anything she's done, and one of the most moving records I've EVER heard. This is probably the record of 04, and I don't give a flying squirrel if Details agrees or not. Quite simply a masterpiece.