Brothers [+Digital Booklet]

The Black Keys | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: May 18, 2010
• Release Date: May 18, 2010
• Label: Nonesuch
• Copyright: 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc.
• Total Length: 55:29
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• ASIN: B003L0HZ5O
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (196 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,164 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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81 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can I Give It 6 Stars? Or is 5 the Max...?, March 19, 2011

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Tracey Axnick (Lawrenceville, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brothers (Audio CD)

I gotta be honest. I'm 43. I'm a mom to two teenagers. I work full time.... I'm TIRED. Not a LOT makes me feel like I'm 19 again. But dang y'all - this album is un-frikkin-believable. These boys make music that is solid, tight, and AMAZING. I haven't been THIS excited about an album (see, there I go, dating myself by using words like "album") since "Icky Thump".

Go out and get yourself a copy of "Brothers". (Heck, get 2 copies and give one away. Share the love.)
Gives me HOPE for the American music scene when we have incredible young musicians like The Black Keys at the helm.

Rock on, boys...

51 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Didn't like it at first, but it gets better with each listen, May 23, 2010

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J. Watson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brothers (Audio CD)

This album is NOT like Thickfreakness or any of the other early Black keys albums. It is NOT full of raw, high energy, guitar driven songs. "Brothers" is a more complex and layered album. Bass and drums drive most of the songs and the guitars seem to be pushed to the background along with keys to fill the songs out. This makes it sound mellow and that is why I didn't care for it when I first heard it. None of the songs stand out or are as heavy as "Your touch" or "10 a.m. automatic". However, I continued to listen to it and I started to like it more and more. It took a while to grow on me, kind of like a Wilco or Radiohead album. You hear something different each time and start to like songs different reasons, not just because they have a great riff.

47 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hits the right keys..., May 18, 2010

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brothers (Audio CD)

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.