Brothers |  | Artist: The Black Keys
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
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Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 37
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 075597981438
EAN: 0075597981438
ASIN: B003AO1SVS
Release Date: May 18, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | Everlasting Light | | • | Next Girl | | • | Tighten Up | | • | Howlin' For You | | • | She's Long Gone | | • | Black Mud | | • | The Only One | | • | Too Afraid To Love | | • | Ten Cent Pistol | | • | Sinister Kid | | • | The Go Getter | | • | I'm Not The One | | • | Unknown Brother | | • | Never Gonna Give You Up | | • | These Days |
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Product Description
The maturation of the Black Keys as record makers and performers has been both subtle and startling. With their 2008 Nonesuch release 'Attack & Release' - the fifth album of their eight-year career which doubled the sales of their previous album and Nonesuch debut 'Magic Potion' - guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney illustrated the durability of their few-frills sound, a mysterious and heavy brew of seventies-vintage rock, classic R&B and timeless, downhearted blues. Producer and pal Danger Mouse, their first outside collaborator, didn't try to reinvent their sound but further isolated its essence with the help of a few carefully chosen guest players and some retro-modern electronic gear. It didn't need to get slicker to get better, or, as the Boston Globe put it, ''Attack & Release' proves that cleaning up the boys still won't stop them from tracking mud all over the house.'
Danger Mouse returned to co-produce 'Tighten Up' on 'Brothers,' but for the most part, the duo was on its own, spending ten days at the legendary Muscle Shoals studio in Alabama and coming up with the an even more intensely focused, deeply soulful set that includes a cover of Jerry Butler's 'Never Gonna Give You Up.' The performances are inventive and impassioned: Auerbach extends his vocal range to falsetto on the lead-off track 'Everlasting Light' and 'The Only One'; 'Howlin' For You' opens with a Gary Glitter-style drum riff and the chorus practically invites singing along. The tunes offer a surprising amount of lyrical candor and more than a little dark humor; the grooves alternate between ballsy swagger and bluesy rumination. The album reflects where Auerbach and Carney have been lately, most recently collaborating with a who's who of New York City MC's, including RZA, Q Tip, Mos Def and Raekwon on the 2009 BlakRoc super-session organized by hip-hop impresario and Black Keys fan Damon Dash. They've also pursued projects on their own, Auerbach with his solo 'Keep It Hid' album and tour, Carney with his band Drummer and its debut disc, 'Feels Good Together.' Their maturation didn't happen just in the studio, though. Carney admits, 'Dan and I grew up a lot as individuals and musicians prior to making this album. Our relationship was tested in many ways but at the end of the day, we're brothers, and I think these songs reflect that.'
'Brothers' was primarily cut in Muscle Shoals, a setting that turned out to have more in common with the Akron, Ohio factories where the Black Keys used to record. The place was desolate, the town depressed, so once again the duo slipped into a world all its own. They did additional recording at Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound System in Akron and The Bunker in Brooklyn. The album was mixed by engineer Tchad Blake, a veteran of sessions with Los Lobos, Pearl Jam and Peter Gabriel. Says Carney, 'The way he approaches mixing is the same way we approach making music. Respecting the past while being in the present.'
Album Description
Limited Edition Book/CD package. 2010 release, the sixth album from the Alt-Rock duo. Band member Patrick Carney admits Brothers is the album they've always wanted to make and taps into their creative force as a duo.
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 Hits the right keys... May 18, 2010
Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria)
23 out of 28 found this review helpful
I got into the music of Blues Rock duo The Black Keys via their Danger Mouse-produced album "Attack & release". I also loved their Hip Hop collaborative venture Blakroc.
This time around, Danger Mouse produced just one track, the groovy organ-sprinkled tempo-shifting "Tighten up". Everything else was produced by the pair.
I love the sonic diversity among the songs, from the fuzzy falsetto-sung "Everlasting light", the funky Blues "Next girl" (very White Stripes), the psychedelic pair of "She's long gone" and falsetto-sung "The only one", the quivering guitar instrumental "Black mud", the absolutely beautiful harpsichord ballad "Too afraid to love you", the simmering ballad "I'm not the one", and the Sixties Soul-channeling pair of "Unknown brother" and "Never give you up" (the latter a Jerry Butler cover).
What an absolutely fabulous album this is. To those that think there is hardly any good music being made these days, you just need to switch off from top 40 radio and TV and discover gems like this.
A blast from the first track to the last! May 22, 2010
Matt O (Texas, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a bit new to the Keys. My first record of theirs was Attack and Release. With that record, it only took me two minutes into the first track "All You Ever Wanted" to know that the Keys were my new favorite band. Likewise, with Brothers- from the first seconds of the first track "Everlasting Light" - I knew I was gonna love this record. And having owned it now for only about two days, it's been in steady, constant rotation. It's a total classic. Blues, rock, soul, simmer, r&b, roadhouse shakers... man... the Keys just melt it all down into an amazing musical gumbo. Standouts for me are Sinister Kid, Tighten Up, Next Girl, The Go-Getter, She's Long Gone, Ten Cent Pistol, and of course their awesome cover of Isaac Hayes Never Gonna Give You Up. This whole album is deeeep. Buy it ya'll.
Progression June 16, 2010
C. Hoeppner (Traverse City, MI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't really understand the negative reviews. Just because the band continues to innovate with their music, people act like its a bad thing. I have nothing but admiration for this album and have been listening to it non stop since its arrival. From start to finish, it evokes emotion and sets a mood. I can't pick a favorite track because this is really a whole album that deserves a start to finish listen.
what a great album ! June 28, 2010
AZ Mutley (Tempe AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'd heard these guys on KEXP a few times in the past, and thought that if they got a full band sound
behind them it'd be wonderful. The minimalist thing can only go so far.. well they certainly hit the nail
on the head with this album. It's got a sort of nostalgic yet totally original feel. Every song keeps me
interested.. and there are a lot more songs on the CD than the sleeve suggests. I can't really categorize
the disc, it's sort of White Stripes meets Lenny Kravitz with the studio precision of NIN and all rolling around
in the bed of some '65 pick up truck down south.. or not. It's hard to tell it grabs me every time.
blues/garage/funk/pop supreme! June 9, 2010
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ohio duo with their 6th album since 2002. This is pure blues/garage rock combined with killer
funk/pop rhythm attacks and a big dose of old-school soul. Excellent songwriting by a couple of
guys who know what they are doing and are totally into it renders music that is simultaneously
raw & smooth, vital & immediate. Black Keys are the king of the crop in their genre; nobody
does it better!
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