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3 April 2008 5:25 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Jack White has hit back at media criticism for his decision to rush the release of The Raconteurs' second album.

The rockers released Consolers Of The Lonely on 25 March - only three weeks after they finished recording the album.

The decision meant members of the press were not given advance copies to write reviews prior to the Lp hitting shops.

But White, who formed the band as a side project while still working with The White Stripes, is unfazed by the media's negative reaction - insisting The Raconteurs' first priority is the fans.

He says, "Some of the media have been a little bit bruised, thinking this was to try to beat the critics. I don't care about that. The point was, review it after the fans have it. What's wrong with that?"

And White admits the decision also stems from his frustration at long promotional campaigns which bands are forced to undertake prior to a record's release.

He adds, "This is the way they used to do it. Bands didn't use to promote an album for four months before a record came out. It really gets annoying that you have to turn into some computer-whiz salesman once you're done mixing."

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2 April 2008 6:57 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has scored an odd double at the top of the U.S. albums chart by replacing one band he created with another.

Day26, who won Diddy's most recent Making The Band reality contest, have toppled the rapper's manufactured all-girl group Danity Kane to claim the number one spot on the Billboard 200.

Day26's self-titled debut claimed the top spot with 190,000 album sales; Danity Kane's Welcome To The Dollhouse slides to four on the new countdown.

Meanwhile, Panic At The Disco's Pretty. Odd. debuts at two and rock veterans Counting Crows enter the chart at three with their first album in six years, Saturday Nights + Sunday Mornings.

Hits compilation Now 27 slips three places to five to round out the top five.

The White Stripes star Jack White's other band The Raconteurs also enjoyed a big debut - despite only announcing the release of their new album, Consolers Of The Lonely, two weeks ago, the group debuts at number seven with 42,000 sales.

And Funplex, the B-52's' first studio album in nearly 16 years, has become their new label Astralwerks' highest debut at 11 - with 30,000 first-week sales.

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