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Brothers |  | Artist: The Black Keys
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 34
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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 Creative blues indie rock fusion music September 8, 2010
Teresa (Minneapolis MN)
I really like listening to this album. It's as good as Attack and Release, if not better, and very listenable. I think that it has wide appeal- I could see my dad listening to it and them also playing at a music festival like Austin City Limits. I would say it's chill but it also rocks. I like it a lot. In terms of other groups, I would say the closest music would be The Heavy.
I have and will continue to recommend this album to my friends!
excellent September 5, 2010
Rothbardian Zeppelin Fan
Back to excellence go the Black Keys with Brothers. This is a fantastic album with a more psychedelic feel than their previous albums. As with all their other albums, every song is good. A very listenable album with a song for just about everyone. For people looking for The Big Come Up to resurface, keep waiting. They've moved on, maturing their sounds, styles and skills. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals studio (same as Aretha Franklin, among others). So if you were looking for anything but this, you weren't thinking straight. Anyone who claims they were a Black Keys fan but hate this album is lying. They were never a real Black Keys fan.
Everything I Expected September 4, 2010
Kyle B. Nelson (Indiana)
Just another great album from the Black Keys. Filled with the great blues rock riffs we all love. The Black keys set a high standard and this album doesn't fall short.Also, the disk has an awesome sticker that turns from black to off-white after it heats up from palying (Very cool).
Best Album of 2010 August 31, 2010
J. Alexander (Irvine, CA USA)
The Black Keys just get it. Talented musicians, well-produced album, catchy while also substantive, bluesy and gritty in all the right places. I keep listening to this album over and over in my car and I really can't find a single moment where I say "hmm, i hope this part's over soon to get to the better part later..." the whole damn thing is great. The Black Keys have really come into their own, and with the two awesomely hilarious and rockin music vids they've put out (see YouTube for Frank the Dinosaur and Tigten Up), I wouldn't be surprised if the Black Keys blows up into elite popularity in the next 6 months. Money. This album is money.
 T-Rex comes alive! August 29, 2010
M. SMITH (Music Heaven)
I've been waiting for the reinvention for sometime, and knew he was not the blues purist he maintained. Now we get the blues heavy funk of T-Rex or James Blood Ulmer. Gone, however you might feel, are Dan Auerbach's solo wankings. It's heavy handed production which cannot mask limited vocal posturing. If your like me, you still long to see Hound Dog Taylor live.
P.S. If the entire album was, "too afraid to love you," it might suggest a career change. Auerbach would have made a great sideman.
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