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The Black Keys | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (15 Aug 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Fat Possum
  • ASIN: B0002O06N0
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,728 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. When The Lights Go Out 3:23£0.79
Listen  2. 10 A.M. Automatic 2:59£0.79
Listen  3. Just Couldn't Tie Me Down 2:57£0.79
Listen  4. All Hands Against His Own 3:16£0.79
Listen  5. The Desperate Man 3:54£0.79
Listen  6. Girl Is On My Mind 3:28£0.79
Listen  7. The Lengths 4:54£0.79
Listen  8. Grown So Ugly 2:27£0.79
Listen  9. Stack Shot Billy 3:21£0.79
Listen10. Act Nice and Gentle 2:41£0.79
Listen11. Aeroplane Blues 2:50£0.79
Listen12. Keep Me 2:52£0.79
Listen13. Till I Get My Way 2:31£0.79

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Though the Black Keys resemble post-punk garage revivalistslike the White Stripes, and are likely to raise an eyebrow among old-school blues purists, the duo packs a serious blues punch. The minimal sound of RUBBER FACTORY moves on the rickety skeleton of Dan Auerbach's fuzzed-out guitar and Patrick Carney's no-frills drumming, and stays true to the raw, electric blues for which the Fat Possum label (the Black Keys' home) is rightfully famous.
RUBBER FACTORY bears the ghosts of Fat Possum artists like Junior Kimbrough and CeDell Davis, and through them, naturally, electric pioneers like Muddy Waters. The Keys mine this tradition admirably, with a sincere approach to the blues idiom bolstered by Auerbach's soulful vocals and the duo's stripped-down, juke-joint sound. But the Keys are not merely paying homage. Instead, they layer funky grooves ("The Desperate Man"), NUGGETS-inspired grunge ("10 A.M. Automatic"), a love of 1970s hard rock ("Grown So Ugly"), and the influence of contemporary indie rock (the acoustic "The Lengths") on their blues structures. In doing so, they achieve a ragged hybrid that stays fiercely true to the roots of blues, while updating the genre for younger generations.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Black Key to the Blues, 8 Mar 2007
This review is from: Rubber Factory (Audio CD)
I've always been into The Gun Club and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion rather than The White Stripes. So I wasn't sure I was going to like this album. Mainly because, at first sight, they seemed to be another `colour-tagged' blues duo. Just a bunch of copyists I thought. Oh, how wrong can one be? This album is jam packed full of great tunes and gritty low-down blues. 1AM Automatic sounds like the best track the Exile era Rolling Stones never released. Whereas The Desperate Man and Stack Shot Billy ooze real blues menace and wouldn't be out of place on a Howlin' Wolf album. But how do these guys do it when so many others get it so wrong? Partly it's down to unquantifiable judgements like `feel' and `intensity' and all those other words that critics throw around in an attempt to describe the indescribable. It's also down to great tunes and playability and all the reasons one needs to play it for the tenth time in one twenty four hour period strung out on the English equivalent of moonshine, work engendered dislocation and too much damp weather. If you really think the Blues are dead, I suggest you buy the Rubber Factory and bounce them back to life.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another corking album, 29 April 2005
This review is from: Rubber Factory (Audio CD)
Being a huge fan of their previous offering, "thickfreakness", I'm delighted to report that The Black Keys keep up their stirling work with this follow up. Great guitar work dominates the album, reminding me of Jimi Hendrix once again - they really are that good. Strains of the promise the Lenny Kravitz keeps offering (but failing to deliver on in this reviewer's opinion) can also be found peppering the album. Vocals are appropriately gritty and seem to come out effortlessly.

This is rock at its best - and they're only 3 albums in. Great stuff. Don't hesitate to buy this album ASAP.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Dirty Blues Sound, 11 July 2006
This review is from: Rubber Factory (Audio CD)
I enjoyed Thickfreakness, having bought it on the strength of a good review, so I got hold of this as soon as it cam out. It's even better with a good quality throughout, where perhaps the previous album had a few peaks and troughs. Overall you can't go wrong with either if you like bluesy / garagey / Hendrixy music.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
The song 'Keep me' is worth the money alone.. one of the best blues rock songs iv ever heard, listen to that and youl know if you like the black keys... enjoy!
Published 16 months ago by J. G. Fairhead

5.0 out of 5 stars Damn it.
This is easily the best album they have done, i've owned it for a while and not written a review but upon seeing all the other reviews i felt it had to be said. Read more
Published on 3 April 2008 by Mr. Rh Megson

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