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The Black Keys | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (September 7, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Possum Records
• ASIN: B0002O06NA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,712 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. When the Lights Go Out

2. 10 A.M. Automatic

3. Just Couldn't Tie Me Down

4. All Hands Against His Own

5. The Desperate Man

6. Girl Is on My Mind

7. The Lengths

8. Grown So Ugly

9. Stack Shot Billy

10. Act Nice and Gentle

11. Aeroplane Blues

12. Keep Me

13. Till I Get My Way

Editorial Reviews

Vinyl LP pressing of this 2004 album from the Alt-Rock duo. --This text refers to an alternate Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heavy sole from the Rubber City, December 13, 2009

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dusty reeds (cleveland,ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rubber Factory [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

To pick a favorite Black Keys album, for me, is a hard thing to do. All of their albums are great in their own respect. But this is probably the one i would recommend for the first time buyer. It starts out with the bluesy, droaning "When the lights go out", then ramps it up with one of their live staples, the high energy "10 am automatic". "Just couldn't tie me down", with it's head boppin', hand clapping rhythm, follows. "All hands against his own" is a nice tune with allot of spunk. "The desperate man",has a funky upbeat tempo to counter it's beat down lyrics (summer's here but still in fall, wonder what she done me for). One of my favorite Keys tunes, "Girl is on my mind",is next. "The Lengths", a nice ballad, mellows it down a bit, but only to have "Grown so ugly" bring it all back up to speed (baby this ain't me, baby this ain't me, grown so ugly). Then, the climax of the album, "Stack shot Billy" comes around turn three like a bat out of hell with it's murderous message and fuzz-wahh blend(45 pistol is Stack's right hand, sent him away to the promised land). "Act nice and gentle", a Kinks tune, follows (interestingly enough). "Aeroplane blues" is the rawest of the lot, the most to the core of the Keys sound. "Keep me" drops in like a meteor out of the heavens (keep me clean, keep me warm, keep my soul away from harm). "Till i get my way" closes the album quite nice, to the point the first instinct is to run out and buy the rest of the Black Keys catalog, which is what you should do! This is by far the best band around, don't miss the bus!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yay!, December 31, 2010

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oauk - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rubber Factory [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

I got this for my boyfriend cause he digs The Black Keys and collects vinyl. The products arrived really quickly and well packaged, the sound is great, and it was a fair price. Overall a great purchase, and he loves it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blues with "bump", September 30, 2010

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M. Shirley (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rubber Factory [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

The Black Keys have defined a two-man "bump" blues that is infectious and well crafted. This vinyl release puts them in the mix with other musicians I respect - in an actual record collection.