Brothers

No es lo mio

I enjoyed the first half of this album but it's not a stand out at all and it's way way too long.

I don’t know why but I was expecting something a bit more alive and edgier. Every song seemed to sound the same and it didn’t take long to start getting bored with it.

Expected to like this more than I did, but it seemed so plodding and samey all the way through.

Didn't like it, but didn't hate it either.

2.4

I quite liked Never Gonna Give You Up but it's not the song I'll be thinking of when I hear that name. Apart from it nothing really stood out

Crazy how these guys have this amount of plays on their songs and I have somehow never heard a single one of these once before Probably for the better, given how much I liked them

Inoffensive, but not bringing anything new, just playing very old blues and marrying it to 60s rock (think The Rolling Stones) and 70s soul sensibilities. Feels like it should have appeared in episodes of LUTHER. Doesn't have a wide enough scope to be in a Bond film, but could saunter into a Guy Ritchie picture. Not bad, but nothing that reveals anything new in the genre. Nothing played or performed that makes me feel like that could only come from The Black Keys. I wish they put something of themselves in that was uniquely their own sound instead of trying to carbon copy others.

Not my cup of tea

meh

I didn't care for this.

Wasn’t the worst. Wasn’t the best. Liked a few & didn’t necessarily hate any, high 2 seems reasonable

Blues for the suburbs. If that's your thing, you'll like this.

- the black keys were my shit when i was like 8 and the only music i listened to was whatever my dad put on my ipod - but now? eh i kind of just feel like im listening to the radio - which is fine, i guess - but im not gonna seek out any of these songs after this - i got really bored really fast. don't know if listening to a whole album in one sitting is the best way to listen to the black keys. but i wouldn't know, i don't listen to the black keys. - oh well! hope tomorrow's is more fun.

To preface this review I really need a bit of sleep, but because I’m doing the daily thing I will put this album on and judge the songs on how good they are at keeping me awake. I’ve only heard two songs previously from the band ”Lonely boy” and ”gold on the ceiling” both of which I feel were playing it very safe just to get on the radio. So I’m not optimistic I’ll make it through the whole thing but I’ll be hoping for an oasis situation where the album previous to the big one is the masterpiece. Everlasting light: I really like the overall sound but the song doesn’t keep me interested, it just feels like the intro prolonged into the entire song. By the end of it I’m already closing my eyes 5/10. Next Girl: Basic rock tune the sort I’ve gotten used to and without lyrics to compensate. By this point I’m really only kept awake by my writing 3/10. Tighten up: It’s not extraordinary in anyway but fun and a bit more to it than the others so far. I’ve gotta say it woke me up a bit 6/10. Howlin for you: I have the same critique I had for the first song and even a bit worse since it’s not as catchy. I’m only still awake because I have the last song’s ending in my mind 4/10. She’s long gone: It feels like I’m going in circles at this point, this is like the second song. Nothing I really like about it and I’m now ever so close to dozing off 3/10. Black mud: Pretty good track. I tend not to rate instrumentals though since there’s not much go on. I can say however that it made me more enthusiastic about continuing. The Only One: Fine song, but nothing special, doesn’t tire me though 6/10. Too Afraid to Love You: it’s just OK 5/10. Ten Cent Pistol: I feel I’m falling in a pattern here I like them but I don’t love them. It may be because i’m now quite tired and tired of the album as a whole but that’s a fair to critique to make because nothing is truly standing out 6/10. Sinister Kid: Second half kept me up but as a whole just not that great 6/10. The Go Getter: I’m kind of bored by this point, figured I would make myself a coffee to finish it but have no motivation to 6/10. I’m not the one: Slow, boring and most likely filler 4/10 Unknown Brother: The album really doesn’t have to go on for as long as it does… but this was cd times so I guess that was preferred 5/10 Never gonna give you up: Change in sound very well done, kept me interested 8/10 These Days: Just an outro song, probably only made because they wanted to put it at the end. I’ve heard a dozen like it. It was a pretty good sedative at least 2/10. zzz zzz zzz…

monotonous, uninteresting, lacks some kick and energy + no charisma in the vocals

ZzzZzz. Kedelige sange og irriterende stemme. Baggrundsmusik til en irriterende craft beer bar i 2011

Great music for selling beer and cars. Minus one star for that. Liked songs added: - Tighten Up - Sinister Kid

Mid lol

21st Century vanilla flavoured blues and soul simulacrum. If The White Stripes are too Bohemian and Two Gallants too junior murder ballad. There's nothing really wrong with it but there's nothing really right either. Or maybe I'm just too old for these younger white guy's version of old music.

It’s just sort of alright. I think it feels pretty samey and tame, I wish it either just rocked harder or lightened up and did something more airy. Where it sits just feels boring.

Car commercial SHLOCK. Was decent at the time but now all I picture for this one is millenials with mustache tattoos, or ads telling me about a 0% APR financing special I could get on a new Hyundai

Jeez, I’m glad that’s over. I mean I really like The White Stripes, you just have to look at my summary. But this lot just leave me cold and I’m not sure I can articulate why. There’s not a lot of passion there, it’s kind of soulless, and in the end all merges in to one. I was willing it to be over. Dull

This album is essentially one long song but at least its an ok-ish song. After listening to this album if anybody ever asks you "Hey have you heard this Black Keys song called-" You can just cut them off and say yes.

The black keys should not be on this list. And if they were they should be on this list with El Camino

Not a fan at all. The voice doesn’t work for me. I like the instrumentals but the voice comes on and I drift off and not in a good way. Only a couple of songs I liked, the rest I felt nothing for.

Enjoyed. Blues rock ish? I’m not good at reviewing ! But I listened to it on the way to work and I didn’t turn it off.

2.5☆/5 07.20.2024

Generic blues rock, thought El Camino was better.

its eh. none of the songs really stood out to me. cool blues rock i guess but it felt so samey. not sure why this is on the list because of that. the middle especially just blended into each other and made it pretty boring to sit through. it really feels like most of these can fit in a truck commercial, and i dont mean that in a good way. id give it a 2.5 but probably wouldnt bump it to a 3 since i didnt enjoy the listen. 2 personal favs: everlasting light

Meh, it's ok It kinda feels like blues for people who don't like blues music; pop blues.

Like a totally solid indie/blues rock album that I wouldn’t ever turn off if I hear it on the radio. But there were no big highlights for me, it’s really samey, and kinda reeks of 2010s commercial indie music lol. 5/10

Pablum. Blues without much soul. Sounds like the soundtrack to mediocre TV. Not terrible, but fluffy and overlong.

Bluesy soft rock riffs. One key mostly. Ok. A bit funky. Affected vocals. But gimmicky. 5.5 out of 10

Mid

Not my vibe

Didn’t much care for this. Disliked the vocals, the songs were so-so at beast.

Halfway through the album and I find myself jumping through the songs. too many songs sounds almost exactly the same. Jeremy Renner loved this album I bet

Quite boring

2,5

Long, repetitive and ultimately I got bored

Throwback soul/blues-rock is fine, but this kind of falls into a weird in-between where it sounds like music for a car commercial. Grab your Sunny D and head to the beach.

# 245 : I don't love it. I don't hate it, it is ok but it's not particularly exciting and doesn't have anything catchy enough to make me want to give it a second listen. I feel like sometimes this list mistakes "you must listen to this ALBUM before you die" with "Hey this was popular during 20xx, or had a couple hits on it" with importance.

The Black Keys make the occasional banger but even the bangers sound the same. Pretty boring and not one I'll come back to.

Feeling weird about his one. On the one hand I really like all the styes it seems to borrow from; soul, blues, punk, garage. On the other, something seems off. I want to call it contrived, but that doesn't seem entirely fair. I didn't find anything off-putting about it, just didn't find a single thing that really got me excited about listening to it. If I wanted to hear this style of music there are far better options that if I had to guess, were probably this band's inspiration.

Eh

65/100 Favourite Song: Tighten Up

Hard to think of what to say about this one. It’s that soft indie rock I feel neutral about. Eeh

This all just sounded like the home depot soundtrack. do not like

Synes lyden er rigtig fed, men sangene var ret forgettable. Garage rock revival plader skal ikke være længere end 40 minutter!! [Bemærk: jeg havde aldrig en black keys fase i gymnasiet, ville ellers have været ret in character for mig]

Instrumentals aight, not a big fan of the vocals

In 2010, I was back of for the summer from college. A few of my friends went to an amusement park and one of my friends brought one of her friends. In retrospect, that gal was almost certainly gay, but that didn't stop me from developing a crush on her immediately. While we were there, Tighten Up came on and she told me how much she loves that song. I wanted to seem cool so instead of admitting to not really knowing The Black Keys, I said "Oh yeah. Have you heard their latest album? It's awesome!". Which is the story of how I went home and listed to the album named Brothers multiple times so I wouldn't embarrass myself further the next time I saw her. Much like that pathetic attempt at seduction, this album is dead on arrival. Vapid, boring, and repetitive. It can be fine as some background music, but not really an album to listen to before I die.

Almost as boring as modern rock can get. Not sure how these guys get a pass but Nickelback has been hated forever. Just generic classic rock with absolutely no edge whatsoever. These guys have hints of glory for a minute in each hour of music they produce - which is a terrible ROI. Yeah I'd like to listen to this over some other albums on this list just given the genre. But it's completely and utterly boring.

4/22/24. I do enjoy The Black Keys, but this album seemed a bit... boring? Repetitive? I likely have a built in bias due to my preference to Jack White and Gary Clark Jr., but this one feels a little slow in places and hard to keep me engaged. Far from a bad album though.

I can imagine this is the sort of music that sounds amaaaazing if you've not heard much music before. By which I mean, it's bluesy, yes. It has grooves and keeps it simple, cool. It's a bit like other things but not as good, yeah? Cream, come to mind. As do Hendrix, old blues guys, etc. But also, less salubrious counterparts like Wolfmother or... Well, alright, just Wolfmother. It's a bit light a low-octane Wolfmother. Maybe with the occasional touch of later, crooning, Artic Monkeys. Or that guy with the hat. What was he called? ...Hozier! It all seems kinda bullshit to me. Like people pretending to do "proper" music but dumbing it down a bit to make it popular. It's alright. But so what?

I thought this album was annoying for some reason

This is just meh. Overplayed on the radio, for sure, and a whole album of this just isn't fun. 2/5

Pleasant enough. Nothing special

It's like all the songs have the same underlying beat or rhythm. The songs just blended together.

Poor man's White Stripes. Didn't hold my interest at all.

Over-rated. I like the bluesier numbers without the cloying falsetto, especially the instrumental "Black Mud." In a certain respect this is the BIGGEST rock album of the era. Like, pure rock album. And it sort of stands as the zenith of that whole decade's rock revival. That and its success probably paved the way for all the great indie, garage acts of the following decade. There's something to say too about how Carney and Auerback stayed true to their blues-rock sound while all-the-while filling stadiums, radio channels, and video game start menus; unlike some other rock bands of the era (ahem, Kings of Leon) that very much changed their sound to make that same success happen. I like Patrick Carney and respect the hell out of Danger Mouse's work on these records—a testament to his extreme range and vision and very much the reason, I think, for this album's cross-over appeal. But Dan Auerbach has always rubbed me the wrong way for whatever reason. (Remember his "beef" with Jack White? 😂) I went back and listened to a few of the very early Black Keys cuts long before this album came out. I like the purity of those early blues garage rock tracks better than this polished version. Great album cover. Whoever designed it deserves an award. Liking this less and less as I listen. The Alabama Shakes did it so much better 2 years later. 2 stars.

I like the aesthetic, but the songs just don't really stand out to me. There's lots of bluesy garage rock out there that I like more.

A couple songs with good hooks but a lot of boring ones. Playing is sloppier than I remember but at least it’s “authentic.” I like the vague nod to 70s soul in the production.

A rarity: an album with which I'm already familiar yet doubt belongs on the list. I was pretty into this album when it came out, but haven't gone back to it, especially as the Black Keys stretch their one trick across an expanding discography. Listening ~15 years later, when the Black Keys have more fully embraced their place as generators of televised-sport/video-game-menu/truck-commercial background music, this don't age so good. It feels like every good song has a dark twin on the tracklist, and a pretty bold 8-track lp becomes a sludgy, 15-track death march. My hypothesis is that whoever put this on the list is simply not immune from the whiteboy urge to adore anything with Danger Mouse on the credits. Nothing wrong with Danger Mouse; but tighten it up, white boys.

Somebody said they sound like imagine dragons and I can't get that out of my head, so whoever you are, you ruined this album for me

For me Magic Potion and Attack and Release are brilliant. Thickfreakness, Rubber Factory, and Chulahoma are super-interesting. Brothers sounds great - but none of the songs grab me. It's such a perfect example of something I wrote for Sonic Youth's Dirty that I'll add... Almost every innovative band (across every genre) that has found success has followed a common career arc. One, maybe two, ultra-raw albums; one to three albums that are technically imperfect, often quirky, and filled with brilliant songs; and then one to a series of well-performed and well-produced albums that aren't nearly as interesting. I think it's because of boredom and (ambitious) desperation. Artists that want to be unique are desperate to create great works. Starting out, nothing matters but learning to play better, writing better songs, and finding and perfecting that unique sound. And when they first hit the road they have SOOOOOO much down time; so much boredom - hour upon hour in vans and crappy hotels and backstage with nothing to do but joke around, practice, and write. I think the convergence of this boredom and desperation are the periods of intense creativity. Because the artist(s) is/are still searching for that perfect sound, all of their influences are freely thrown into the cauldron and stirred around. No one outside of the band is depending on the next album selling and so there is freedom to explore and take risks. In fact, the five to ten fans a week who come to the shows are the type of people who LOVE the creativity and quirkiness. And those few encounters mean SO much to the artist(s) that it reinforces the desperation and drive to make something brilliant. The desperation is never happy with the results and it fills all of that time with editing, writing, editing, writing, editing. And then they start to perfect and hone in on their "sound." They're mastering the instruments and the song-writing process from all of the practice. The writing and recording become just a bit easier. And then success starts to come. But it doesn't make life easier - it makes it a whole lot more complex. It's no longer a band in a van; it's an organization and a brand. Suddenly there are 1,000 decisions to be made every day about the business of the organization: the touring logistics, political/social/HR shit (among the band members, the roadies, the assistants...), the record label's demands, the publicists, the image, which festivals to play in 18 months...People the artist cares deeply about start to rely on the money coming in for their livelihoods. The band, the manager, the publicist, the roadies start to collect expensive addictions, car payments, significant others, kids, mortgages, etc. And this pressure tends to fall on the one or two people who are doing the writing because it's "their band." All of that time that used to go to songwriting and editing gets eaten up by more "urgent" matters relating to the health and sustainability of the org and the brand. But it's OK, because the artist(s) is/are more practiced at the songwriting and so it comes quicker and easier. We need three more songs? No problem, I'll do it on Tuesday. But the product doesn't lie. All of that desperate creativity, the social "space" for risk-taking, and the time spent editing made great songs. Now the "sound" is polished and the techniques are mastered and the albums sell because they sound great and the concerts are sold out because the brand is known. But the songs don't quite sparkle anymore. And the org and the brand are doing great so no one in the inner orbit notices or cares in the rush of the high-life.

So repetitive and nothing noteworthy

I could only take so much.

Somewhat forgettable stuff. Sounds well produced, but it doesn't evoke significant emotion in me.

Hard to have any real feeling about. It just exists. Wasn't bad or good, just ephemeral. I think that can't be a positive though, so.. 2/5

Not really my vibe at all, but I can’t say that I hated it. Just makes me kinda sleepy. D+

No. I don’t understand how this album got selected in the exclusive list of 1001 albums while Weezer, Tool and Deftones were left out. I simply don’t. The music here is not bad, it just isn’t any good. None of the songs have any passion. Some songs, like Too Afraid to Love is almost really good; I like the style, the ambiance created with the keys and the vocal melody, but it’s delivered as though they don’t really mean it. It’s like they took a mix of all their influences and put it through a blander (see what I did there?) The album might be a three, but I’m going all the way down to two, because of the needlessness of it all

uninspiring

the album started off pretty damn bad like it just was not fun to listen to the high pitch voice like idk why he was trying to be so quirky or whatever. I feel like its just almost fine but there's annoying noises n sounds in there that lowk just piss me off. it definitely gets a bit better later in the album but can't get over the beginning. 5/10 round down

Despite really liking Turn Blue and somewhat liking El Camino, I just couldn't get into this album. Didn't hear anything that stood out and instead sounded like too many numbers that plodded along without much excitement. Disappointing

Beginning to question the proprietor of these 1,001 albums…

I listened to it on Friday and can’t remember anything about it now that it’s Monday. So… yeah. I recall thinking it was fine but ultimately I didn’t care at all. Songs added to Spotify: 0

Thoughts before listening: Not my favorite album by the Black Keys, but this is the one when they started becoming alt rock stars instead of underground indie rock cult heros. I enjoy this band quite a bit and have even seen them a few times, so it'll be nice to re-listen to one of their classics. Review: The hits are definitely catchy and it's overall a fine record. It's not however something I would consider to be one of the 1,001 best of all time. I added "Tighten Up", "Howlin' For You", and "Sinister Kid" to the playlist, and I'll be glad to hear those when they come up. The album however is 2-stars to me.

Who in the world needs almost an hour of The Black Keys on one album? I like a good riff as much as the next person, but this band has a tendency to milk them. The songs that are great are immaculately produced, catchy, and performed well; the songs that aren't are kind of exhausting. I can forgive a repetitive song when it's not a minute too long. It all begins to sound the same. Also, goodness gracious are these lyrics vapid. Highlights: Everlasting Light, Tighten Up, Howlin' For You

Some songs are really good but the whole album is lackluster. It went on too long.

I like a bit of scuzzy blues as much as the next person, but this was just a tad too samey.

I kinda thought I liked this band. Turned out they are boring as hell

This album felt long, lots of forgettable songs. A couple of really good ones, really liked Black Mud and Never gonna give you up. But it doesn't make up for the rest of the album.

Not awful, not great. Was an album with songs

Hm beetje een rock/bluesy album, klinkt in het begin wel nice! Tighten it up is een absolute klassieker, zit die niet in een FIFA? Vind er een heel vervelend toontje in Howling zitten, haalt me echt uit het nummer... Vind dit album een beetje een mindere versie dan Arctic Monkeys. Het pakt me niet heel erg en het eerste woord dat in me opkomt is 'prima'. Ik voel bijna niets tijdens dit hele album, het is vooral muziek voor op de achtergrond. Zou het 2,5 geven, omdat het muzikaal gewoon prima is, maar niet echt bijzonder is naar mijn mening. Dat kan niet, dus worden het 2 sterren, sorry Black Keys jullie hebben echt net pech FAVO:Tighten it up, Never Gonna Give you up

Nothing special

It’s ok, a couple songs I liked but most I wouldn’t want to hear again.

I've heard worse...

The Black Keys have a distinctive sound; you instantly know it’s a Black Keys song when one comes on. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to tell which Black Keys song is playing as they all sound identical, which tends to make their albums drag. I was also disappointed to discover Never Gonna Give You Up wasn’t a cover of the Rick Astley classic.

Started off ok, whitestripes influence but god did it become a slog after the first few songs. Found myself praying they would kick the tempo up a little as one song merged into another and I slowly slipped into a coma.

I used to love a lot of these songs when they were all over the radio. I’m glad I have since changed and grown as a person <3

The Black Keys are what they are. They write blues pop songs. I just don't like blues, and I don't like the radio-jingle style of writing they do. So, I can't give this one stars, as they play well, and there is obviously talent and skill in the songs they write. However, it is very much not for me, and this album, if anything, is the epitome of what they are to me, for better (for other people) and worse (for me).

A terrific album opener - arguably one of the best album openers of all time, full of swagger and promise of more to follow - but the rest of the album fails to keep up and fades away into a morass of similar sounding tunes. The cover of Never Give You Up is fun but otherwise not quite enough.

Hm war ganz okay aber mir hat die ganze Zeit was gefehlt

"Brothers" is regarded as one of the best albums from The Black Keys. "Tighten Up" and "Howlin' for You" were very popular singles. The Black Keys have an indie, garage rock vibe. Every song on the album sounds kinda similar and its all very sterile. Their musical success is cold, calculated, and devoid of artistic flair or individuality. This band was blocked on my Spotify and this album helped me remember why.

this album was almost offensively dull. the first few tracks were fine but the blues-rock-for-white-people vibe got pretty stale after that. i'd rather listen to a car alarm for an hour than this annoying fuzzy guitar tone and artificially heavy drum sounds while some soulful white guy sings nothing of importance at me. it's honestly impressive that they managed to write the exact same song 15 times and not realize it. favorites: everlasting light, tighten up, howlin for you

I don't get the Black Keys.

It was okay

This is fine. If you want to listen to pretty good blues rock made in 2010, you could do worse than this album. However, there are lots of better blues rock albums to listen to, so I'm not sure why you would go out of your way to listen to this one.

I've never really been that into The Black Keys. They've always just felt like really generic alt-rock guys doing unoriginal blues rock and trying to sound old-timey. The production of this album is a perfect example, they've obviously added a tape hiss/reverb effect to a lot of the vocals and tracks overall. That being said, this album isn't bad, just not something I'd ever really choose to listen to as I don't find it very interesting or exciting. So, I'm going with a middling rating. Standout Tracks: Everlasting Light, Howlin' for You, Unknown Brother, These Days

I can get why they're popular, but I don't get why they're loved

Very forgettable indie rock with a touch of blues and a fuzz pedal to create some "edgy" moments. Pretty dull in general.

This might be the most mid/2.5 stars thing I've ever listened too. On one side, you have beautifully toned and well recorded and played instruments, but on the other side, you have the most already-hearded boring and predictable blues rock compositions and lyrics. And you have to go through 55 minutes of it.

This an album by the Black Keys. The name of the album is Brothers. It's the album where we sell out.

not interesting indie rock

studio eksekutiivi rokkia.. keinitekoista bluessia.. konkkaronkka kuin valkaisuaineella hangattun naamalärvit puhtaaksi. tarvitsee kaikenäköistä efektiä vokaaleihin kun ei tarpeeksi soulful ääni.. noh noh on siellä osattukin.. keskiosaa albumussa kivaa instrumentointia, kelpaa pintamutiin pohjamutien joukosta... black mud

I have always felt like people who like the black keys have never really heard good music, and just like the idea of rock music still being cool. I don't care much for the sound of this record. The songwriting is not very interesting to me, and does not justify the long runtime. The single Tighten Up is the most memorable track, yet the 2010 twee ass whistling hook has not aged well. After almost one whole hour of very distorted mid performances of bland rockisms, the cover of Never Gonna Give You Up stands out. I can, however, not understand why anybody would listen this version rather than to the original. 2

More blues tinged rock I just can't get into. Not bad but nothing engaging for me. I wasn't a fan when these singles were on the radio either. The last song was slower, almost like Mazzy Star, which I kind of liked, but at 50 minutes in, it's too little to late. Best Songs: These days Listen Again: No

The big commercial letdown. Dan went all in on his pho-psychadelic sounds and expanded the band. Lyrics sound like a teenager's basement chasing hits. Lost the soul and the things that made the band special.

Achei muito repetitivas as músicas. Parecem uma banda indie querendo ser um arctic monkeys. Meu deus do céu cara, não acaba esse álbum. Tem 1h8m, mas porra, parece que to a 3 horas ouvindo ele e querendo que acabe logo, saco do caralho huahuahuauh. Vibe num geral é massa, me lembra do cheiro da noite em Joinville novamente. Mas nada impressiona e enche um pouco o saco.

Mid

Pleasant enough - bit samey and no particular highlights for me

It's fine

One trick pony. I only liked Howlin' for You

Most of the songs sounded too similar. Exception made for the cover of Never Gonna Give You Up, and the big famous song.

didnt care for it

A perfect meh album. There were some great songs and some forgettable songs. Tighten up, Howlin for You and Next Girl will always remain as excellent records. For whatever reason, the rest of the album really didn't do much for me.

Bass player was drunk and forgot to show up to work!

Repetitive and dry - not as strong as I remember

there's definitely some hooks on this, although not a whole lot of substance. Some tracks were so generic and familiar I just skipped them. I kind of doubt I'd want to re-listen to anything. Maybe just "The Only One", which sounds unlike anything I've heard from them.

It was ok

apple commercial core

Enjoyed the jazzy tunes but most of the songs seemed to blur into the background and it was hard to tell many of them apart. Don’t know the history of the album or much about the black keys, but the album was fine. For my taste though, most of the songs are on my skip list.

Top Tracks: 1) Black Mud 2) The Only One 3) Too Afraid to Love You

Music for beer adverts

Meh not my bag 2

There were a few great songs

Shallow. Souless. Typical.

Inoffensive, but that's hardly a recommendation. Bland.

It's okay, but overstays it's welcome. Would benefit from being cut down to a shorter album.

i want 2 die.

Most of it blended into nothing for me, some of it caught my attention but not for long

I guess this was okayish, nothing really stood out as overly grating, just all a bit formulaic and dull.

One of my closest, stinkiest friends has definitely spoken of the Black Keys a lot over the years with considerable fondness. Naturally, I ignored him and never sought out a listen for myself. I’m not entirely sure what to expect - probably rock, but who knows? Let’s listen and find out! Songs I already knew: Howlin’ For You Favourites: Sinister Kid This listen was a bit of a rollercoaster to listen to. The first five or so songs seemed really good, then I got bored. There were a few ups through the rest of the album, but on the whole I was bored by the end and it lost me. The music itself was an interesting mix of soul and rock, but it just didn’t feel captivating enough for my attention for the most part. I wasn’t a big fan of the vocals either. I’m not sure why, but they just didn’t click for me.

everlasting light was nice but after that everything is so amazingly similar that it becomes the same song for the next 50 minutes. this would be awesome if it actually did anything during those 50 minutes but alas it doesn't

Yeah, it’s sort of ok

Derivative.

I like their sound but some of the songs on this album felt a little uninspired. I found myself cringing at some of their lyrics too at times. The production is awesome, there's no denying that. Very creative and original. It's also a very long LP and it gets repetitive after awhile. Overall, not bad. It had some bangers like Sinister Kid and Howlin' for You but some of the tracks just sucked imo

to quote a tweet by user perma___ben: Thinking about how much I hate the band The Black Keys because they gave us another generation of Rock n Roll guys and all their music is good for is playing during the climax of a Red Lobster commercial when they pour liquid butter over a pile of endless shrimp in slow motion

Midpack

With the exception of 1 or 2 catchy songs this album felt very empty, really not much to it and I’m not quite sure why it’s on here

I am soooo bored. This must be what people mean when they tell me they don't get Radiohead. I don't get this. I saw them live once at some festival and I remember thinking the same thing about their set. "I am bored. When is it over?"

fine I guess. not bothered

Wasn’t a big fan of this one. Safe blues rock that goes on for too long (or at least feels like it does) and all blends together. The production and sound of the album did inspire a lot of bands mostly for worse but is ok here. Howlin for You is catchy but still not my thing.

I didn't like this album. It's supposed to be a kind of tribute to classic rock and blues, but there's very little of that. It feels as if it was made based on what someone assumes rock and blues should be, but they've never really listened to these genres. The production is nice and it has some interesting moments, but overall, it's quite bland

Interesting choice with this, not my favorite album by them but I'll give it another shot

this is a rip off white stripes band. i'll admit that i do enjoy their song 'Lonely boy' from the El Camino album, but did they ever make another significant song like that again? in this album, they didn't. 'Howlin for you' was quite decent, and the only standout track. 'The only ones' was tolerable. The rest of the album was dull and forgettable. This is the definitive safe and boring sound. I'd rather listen to something excessively shit, than this crappy mediocrity.

так и не могу их слушать. может если бы они сняли фильтр с вокала и пели нормально в микрофон...

Far too dramatic. It all sounds like it comes from adverts, no cohesion. Just not for me.

A handful of decent songs, but feels like the definition of generic rock.

Meh

Ugh, half of the songs are pretty much about their "baby girl", which I wouldn't mind if this was done more interestingly. Not bad, just meh. Would be a 3 if it weren't too long for what it is. 2/5

The last song was nice by virtue of its variety.

Pleasant listening but did not appear to be particularly inventive. Comes off as a blend between the Beatles and Raconteurs/White Stripes. Top songs: None

Everlasting Light - first listen: 1.4/3 Next Girl - fl: 1.2/3 Tighten Up - fl: 1.5/3 Howlin' for You - fl: 1.4/3 [BEST.] She's Long Gone - fl: 1.6/3 Black Mud - fl: 1.4/3 The Only One - fl: 1.3/3 Too Afraid to Love You - fl: 1.4/3 Ten Cent Pistol - fl: 1.5/3 Sinister Kid - fl: 1.4/3 The Go Getter - fl: 1.2/3 I'm Not the One - fl: 1.4/3 Unknown Brother - fl: 1.4/3 Never Gonna Give You Up - fl: 1.7/3 These Days - fl: 1.5/3 Final Verdict: 2 Good Songs, the rest are not my cup of tea. Overall underwhelming album

PREFS : Everlasting Love, Tighten Up, Sinister Kid, Unknown Brother MOINS PREF : Next Girl

De tycker nog att de rockar, men de tycker fel.

Este disco me aburre un poco. Creo que con 10 canciones sería mucho mejor.

I know I'm beating a dead horse at this point, but holy cow does The Black Keys owe a tonne to Jack White. Their sound is incredibly similar, but much safer than both White's solo output and his time in various groups. And much like most of White's output, I grow tired of listening to a full length album. Especially one as long as Brothers. The lyrics are vapid. It's garage rock that isn't gritty enough, and it's blues rock without heart. It's music designed for commercials. But it's not unlistenable. I just don't see the point in any of it. I like 'Howling For You' though.

boring af

turgid rawwwwwk

The highlights were The Only One & Never Gonna Give You Up, but overall it was just a meh bluesy album.

Was ok, irked by the constant references to them being a duo when there's usually at least four instruments being played on each track. Didn't particularly rock me or move me. Hoped for more.

Pretty boring ass rock music, honestly. Tighten Up is a decent song, though.

The Black Keys, a jednak bialy duet muzyczny prosto z Ohio, plyta z 2k10, ktora ma byc graniem rokowo bluesowym, ale brzmi tak radiowo, ze pasuje bardziej na popowe rokowanie, stad pewnie fakt, ze jest to najlepiej sprzedany album duetu, a mieli ich calkiem sporo w dyskografii, bo jest to pozycja szosta, pomimo tego ze sklad stanowi tylko dwoch czlonkow, to grana muzyka nie brzmi tak skormnie jak moznaby przypuszczac, bo jest to polaczenie zywych instrumentow i mocno digitalowego obrabiania muzyki, a chyba to najbardziej oddaje popowe brzmienie, wszystko jest zbyt dokladnie idealne, nie moglem sie rowniez zaczepic na czymkolwiek lirycznie, mial byc album dla kazdego, czyli rownie dobrze dla nikogo szczegolnego moze byc, no i na 55 minutach materialu znalazlo sie miejsce na dzwonki, ktore brzmia podejrzanie swiatecznie, chociaz nie wiem czy jest jakas korelacja pomiedzy unkown brother a utworami swiatecznymi poza tymi dzwonkami, ktore sa tam dziwnym instrumentalem, ale takich dziwnych wyborow jest na krazku wiecej, no i nie jest to jedyny trak z dzwonieniem, choc z pewnoscia najbardziej swiatecznym, wiec posluchac sie da, jesli ktos szuka latwego odsluchu czegos okolo rokowo garazowego, ale z naciskiem na przystepnosc brzmienia, na plejke rzuce sinisterowego kida

Meh, pretty bland. Sounds like advert music to me.

Zzzzzzzz

I went into this album knowing a few of the songs, having listened to them individually. I didn't expect to have such a hard time listening to this, but I constantly kept on checking how many tracks were left. The overall sound of the album seems too polished, and every song starts to sound more or less the same. Not for me.

Booooooring

I was excited to see this come up as I haven't listened to The Black Keys much. For me, this album didn't live up to the hype. Songs started to blend together and I was just waiting for it to be over by the end.

I was pretty bored by the end of this record There are some nice tones and layering and production but ultimately the songwriting is not very interesting and if you’re writing riff-based songs I think you need stronger riffs 2.5

It just sounds like a poor-man’s Kings of Leon to me, but without the catchy licks and soulful southern drawl. Part of the generic garage-band sound of that was endemic in the 2010’s. Inoffensive, but forgettable.

I remember having this in the car when it came out on CD. When It popped up today, I couldn't remember a single track, and now I know why. Perhaps when it was first released, it offered a nice counterpoint to the talent show era: gritty, bluesy, stripped back and quite retro. Fast forward 12 years, and it just sounds a bit empty and repetitive: too many songs built around simple riffs and that aren't taken anywhere. But when they break that formula on Unknown Brother, it sounds fantastic: lots of melody and a couple of filthy chord changes. But that’s the only track I did actually remember from all those years ago. Prime cuts: Unknown Brother, Ten Cent Pistol.

Everlasting light 4/10 - Tambourine was annoying Next girl 6.5/10 - cool opening riff, singer is better in this one, lyrics are odd, very repetitive, distorted guitar has such a basic part Tighten up 6/10 - hate the whistling at the start - really cool either keytaur or heavily pedalled and distorted guitar solo at the end Howl-in for you 3/10 - cheesy lyrics 😭 - I know this song and I hate it - so repetitive Shes long gone 1/10 - so bad Notes: I hate the main singers voice, WHY SO MUCH TAMBOURINE, i hate the reverb on the singers voice, sounds like twenty one pilots if they were pop, NO THEY SOUND LIKE THE ARTIC MONKEYS IF THEY HADN’T HIT PUBERTY, They sound like a mix between AJR, twenty one pilots, and Arctic monkeys Over all this one sucks . I would not listen too it in my free time it absolutely sucks

Not exactly Howlin' Wolf.

Meh

Tråkiiiigt. Vgdpl

3 Kinda bored me 2

Unoriginal.

It's not that this album isn't lovely - it is, all 60s psych and soul with layers of fuzz. I have put two tracks (Everlasting Light and Howlin For You) on my 'listen again' list. It's just... Is this the height of ambition in 2010? To faithfully recreate the sounds made 40 years before? Except without any of that pesky melanin this time? It's a good album. Just a dispiriting one. And possibly a little overlong.

I remember this album being better then it actually is. Two strong singles but quite a lot of filler and a bit samey. Had been a while since I’d listened to it - it’ll be a while before I listen to it again!

its ok but it does go on a bit without much happening - nowhere near as good as the Junior Kimbrough covers album

Generic. Not worth listening.

Long, occasionally tiresome. I'm not at all familiar with the band, but I did listen to the album when it came out and thought much the same thing then. Seems a bit like a proof-of-concept than a work with an internal sense of direction, if you know what I mean...

Eh. Nothing special.

I never really cared for the limited exposure I had to this band and this album didn't do much to change my mind. The opening track is pretty good, but it quickly went downhill for me. Aside from the occasional bass line or vocal delivery nothing much really caught my attention. I just kind of went along with it for just under an hour. The band clearly has some chops but this just isn't for me. The music can be a bit dull and the vocals are mostly just average at best. 3/10. I'm sure there are others who will really dig this though.

Didn't really grab me at all

No

fairly intense start. not really my thing

Background music for a hipster party. I actually don’t really like this. I don’t dislike it; I’m just neutral. Something about it sounds like it’s not as important as it wants to be. Favourite track: “Too Afraid to Love You”

All tracks seemed to break the loudness scale.

Listened to these guys once before, but didn't hold my interest. On proper inspection, I can appreciate the way they take retro rock sounds and make a big, clean, stripped-back sound, which feels both classic and fresh at the same time. Lots of people out there are looking for new versions of the rock sounds they were mourning the demise of. However, that's not me whatsoever. While I can appreciate it on a shallow level, as a fine pastiche of bluesy rock n roll, I also find the whole thing massively boring. Also, I don't want to keep coming across as having no attention span, because some of my favourite albums are long and slow... but this album simply suffers from being 55 mins long. It's no-frills rock music ffs: get in there, play it loud and fast, then gtfo. 2.5

It sounds exactly like what I imagined a Black Keys album would sound like.

ultimately pretty bored by this

Good

no me acuerdo

It has some pretty good songs, but they sound very similar! Also too long

Not a real big fan of their sound. Doesnt help every single off this thing i s used in a car commercial.

Ah, classic. I enjoyed this album, even if I haven't returned to it much at all since the year it came out. Literally listening to this with the impeachment hearings in the background, gives it a vibe that feels scary. It's like when I played BBNG during the insurrection. Chaos to match chaos, things falling apart. Blues to match the impeachment. Honestly though this album... isn't remarkable. To be included on a list of 1001 albums you must hear before you die... like... I enjoy this album but... it just feels skewed. Recency bias and rock & blues bias. When I rank these albums, I'm going to be... harsh. To only have a scale of 1-5, that means 3 is enjoyable, 4 is remarkably good, or strange, and 5 is pushing new ground for what an album can be, while being a damn listenable album. 2 & 3 means it could have skippable tracks... 2 means a good number are skippable. and 1 means I doubt I will ever listen to the album again. This feels like a 2 or 3.

Teilweise ansteckende Beats, keine Gänsehaut. Insgesamt überraschend, groovy und ertragbare Stimme. Hab mich dreimal aufgerafft, um es weiterzuhelfen, aber dennoch nicht beendet. Nicht nochmal hören.

Ok, but very samey

Generic

Dull and hard work

Strong start that ends up cutting itself short. About every second feels redundant in sound and presentation to the previous track. It makes you think you’ve heard all of their music

I find myself saying this a lot, but what on earth is this doing on the list? It's not even an especially good Black Keys album. I liked El Camino but I've barely been aware of anything else by them. This record seems to start, fuzzily crackle and bumble along, then stop. I can't remember a thing about it. It was like one really long song but apparently I've just listened to 18 tracks. Meh.

I don't believe I’ve ever listened to a less inspiring and more unauthentic album in my entire life. Deathly boring and I hope there is no more of this ilk on the list to come. This is not a criticism of the vocalist (he can obviously sing rock/blues well enough) but the recording and production style of the vocals are genuinely awful and make it difficult to listen to. Best song on the album is the last one, better vocal style and not a bad song arrangement at all. Blues for the sake of it. Everyone involved here to blame... Songwriters and production team alike. For shame.

Too grungy loud and abrasive. His voice does not fit and it feels like it’s trying to be something. Am I trippin?.

Nothing by The Black Keys belongs here. Docking an additional star off for the unnecessary inclusion although there is some good blue-eyed soul on Never Gonna Give You Up. Keep the rest.

Sorry, I cannot believe that there aren't 1001 albums better than the 6th album by the Black Keys. I am willing to test this hypothesis and will give this a better rank upon finishing (should I be proven wrong). This is album 150.

Objectively this music sounds nice. But jesus is it boring. It's not their fault? I enjoyed Strange Times back in the day, but this sound has been co-opted by every advert/Guy Ritchie TV series and it's just so tired. 15 tracks of it, no thanks.

fuck patrick carney

Didn’t spend long listening to this.

I took a reddener the whole way through. Pure scunderation. 0 Thought you could sneak a fifth Jack White album past me by changing the name a bit. ‘The Black Keys’. ‘This is an album by The Black Keys’. Pfff. Nice try dickheads. 1/5

a couple white guys call their blues band The Black Keys and decide Brothers is the album title. that's really something. that's really something.

Some bands paint a picture of a different world and then ask you to check it out for the length of an album. It can be hit or miss, depending on how compelling the world is, or how convincing the band is. The Black Keys ask you to imagine a world that is pretty much exactly the same as our own, except for that in this world, The Black Keys, two dorks from Ohio, and the kinds of smooth operators who say “Baby, I’m howlin’ for you,” and women go nuts for it. More bluntly, they ask you to imagine a world in which two dorks from Ohio are cool black guys from the 70s. I thought this would be a fine and neutral album that would wash over me, but it ended up being one of my least favourite experiences on the whole list!

Outdated boring blues rock.

no

The name of this review is, This Sucks. 1

It was okay.

Technically proficient but so utterly soulless. Safe and uninteresting, boring, bland. The unseasoned chicken breast of music that you drink your lite beer with. Car commercial fodder.

Too 2010s coded and a little corny. It’s just not my kind of music.

I blocked the Black Keys on Spotify MANY years ago because I just cannot stand them. But, because of this project I gave them another chance. I was right the first time. Back in the early 2010's I feel like they were all that KROQ played. I'd just hear that obnoxious and grating whining of "tiiightteen uuUUUUPPP" and would change the channels immediately. The song is still ass this many years later. And every single song manages to be obnoxious, repetitive, about 50% too long, and empty. Blocking these guys immediately after listening felt just right.

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Every song is an Applebee's commercial. Well, the five I managed to get through were, anyway. Just lamest, whitest, tryhard version of the blues flung in my general direction. It's what Portland hipsters in 2010 would listen to in order to let loose after a long day listening to The Decemberists and gossiping about those sellouts at Voodoo Donuts. Just awful.

3/10 I found myself constantly zoning out while listening to this one. Most of the songs blurred together in a mess of buzzy, distant vocals and overproduction. There were some momentary highs - I quite liked Unknown Brother and These Days. The rest are not for me. Best track: These Days Will I revisit?: No

Not my taste

It's not my style

their arrangements and guitar are kinda fun sometimes but i find the lyrics/singer annoying lol

total bleh holy cow

Nope

Boring.

it was boring for me. I couldn't even finish it

awful.

From the knowing album cover to the tiresome and predictable drumming and guitar work this is one long snorefest. No real reason to listen to this once never mind twice

Oh brother… These Guys STINK!!

No matter how much Black Keys I listen to, it just doesn't resonate with me.

It was simply torture to even listen to this all the way through. And I have no objective reasons for feeling this way.

Blues inspired rock

I'm worried about myself. These guys clearly know how to play instruments and produce an album and entertain people. But i really didn't like it. It felt calculated and cynical. Big beat sounds ramped up to the edge of nasty distortion. 2- chords songs designed instead of felt. Faux blues riffs. Shallow lyrics. Just said nothing to me. I was worried I was having issues with music but then I discovered the new School of Seven Bells album and realised this Black Keys shite is just not my cup of tea.

Found this a bit monotonous. I am not sure what the point of this band is. Formulaic, pompous US Indie Rock of a certain age.

Zero. Dislike this band.

Hate. Let me tell you how much I’ve come to hate the black keys. There are approximately 10,000 microbreweries and sports bars in the greater statistical area of northeast Ohio. If Tighten Up was played across every single nanoangstrom of those establishments, on every alt rock station, on every truck commercial, on every bumper between the coverage of Browns games, in every dingy record store in an old brick building, that would not equal one billionth of the hate I feel for this band in this microinstant. This fake blues band, this whiter white stripes wannabe, this insult to the city of Akron that somehow every other person around me thinks is good because they’re from the same area as us. I cannot begin to describe how often I’ve had to hear this band for the past fifteen years of my life. Hate. Hate.

2/10

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50 long minutes of meandering, sauceless blues rock. I cannot think of one stand out moment in the entire album. At the very least it provides unobtrusive and not wholly unenjoyable background music. Why exactly must I listen to this before I die. Favourite Track: 14 - Never Gonna Give You Up Best Three Track Run: 13, 14, 15

where to begin with this one, and not for good reason. this is one of the dullest, most REPETITIVE albums i might have ever listened to. this simply leaves you unsatisfied, you begin listening and here some decent instrumentation, but are met with the same old monotonous lyrics. a poooor poor attempt at blues rock imo. the best song if i had to choose would be never gonna give you up, but that’s actually not even there original song which i think tells you everything needed to be said about this piece

Don’t dig it. 1.

Keep being told I might like this band, can now say I've given it multiple attempts and I still don't.

I GOT THE LOV-oh wrong album. 1/5

Hate to say, but this album did nothing for me. Was probably about 5 songs too long and the blues-rock drunken whiskey bar sound got old pretty quickly. A few highlights at the end but not much else. TOP 3: Never Gonna Give You Up, These Days, Tighten Up

Not my music...isn t new

Not for me

Nothing really stands out to be about this album. I have heard some of the Black Keys things, and enjoyed them. I don't think this album is anything to write home about, though. After reading some reviews, I can agree that this is music for a car commercial. Very repetitive, and overall very... millennial? (I will give this one more star than the David Bowie mess I was forced to listen to yesterday)

It was alright - classic indie rock album. Not my kinda music but pretty up beat and chill - the lyrics didnt feel meaningful. I know maybe a couple of years ago I woulda liked it better.

The music on its face is not terribly bad or offensive, but what it represents is. Another overrated, mediocre and derivative white rock band from this century’s album that I did not need to listen to in this lifetime or any other. The White Stripes/Jack White already did this and did it with more idiosyncratic production and lyrical content.

Never cared for them.

Perhaps I'm biased but this is an early 10s faux hipster boy in song form.

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Aburrido, horrible

So boiling generic rock, dnf

Not sure why this retro tosh is supposed to be alternative.

There's people among us who listen to this and think it's really good. Chilling.

Honestly pretty boring album. Fine as background music but couldn't finish it.

Hellllll nah

Contrived, derivative, boring. I truly hate this period in "rock" music, and I hate the Black Keys for perpetuating it.

"This is nice cup of espresso" THIS IS DECAFF, YOU BASTARDS!

Fuckin’ awful!

At what point did someone decide "white people playing blues for the indie crowd" was something that needed to exist? It's just boring and unimaginative.

Rating: 0.6 The Black Keys and their wretched Lorax soundtrack Bastille ass millennial sensibilities need to retire now. The whole thing was offensive musically, tired lyrically, and pointless conceptually. I think this species of weird gross hipster is dying out and it can’t come soon enough.

I've always thought it would make sense for The Black Keys to make raucous garage rock like their two-person band counterparts The White Stripes and Japandroids. Which makes these mid-tempo, safe songs sound pretty jarring. Even once I adjust my expectations, it's hard for me to find anything special about this. The production is clean enough to remove most of its edge outside of the vocal effects that make it feel "old." It lacks memorable riffs and impressive instrumental moments are rare. And the songs mostly stick to the same formula. Which to be fair, is also true of the blues this is emulating, but this lacks the passion, grit, and vocal emotion of blues. I'm not even a blues fan and I'd rather listen to any classic blues over this.

Okay, it has one or two mildly enjoyable songs, but overall it's so BORING, that I would let it play only in some crappy roadside pub, where I won't stay too long.

Every song sounds the same. I try and pick a track from every album and I honestly can’t remember anything about any of them. Boo!

The brand new Skoda Octavia from just £26,740, various payment plans available. Terms and conditions apply… …wait, you're telling me I haven't just spent an hour indulging myself into a barrage of car adverts that someone with a deep seated self-hatred assembled into a YouTube playlist? Does anyone seriously care about these soulless hacks? This is the definition of “live, laugh, love” blues rock for people whose greatest sense of danger and excitement in their life was mixing cider and beer on a night out once. Music for people who don't like music. Thoroughly depressing stuff.

Not a fan of Black Keys. I'll try to give it a listen. Welp, still very meh. I don't see the appeal to these guys at all.

Crap

Aalxi lagyo 🤣

There are some redeeming qualities in few songs... But still not enough to rate it 2. I've got so bored :( I Don't know why people call it garage rock or blues rock. It's so bland and the album lasts forever

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuu

Not for me, and not for this list, in my opinion. I see that The National’s High Violet, also released in 2010, has since been removed from the 1001. I suggest Brothers would be a better candidate for removal.

No interest in this band or this album. Even if Richard Osman is the drummer.

1 star All filler. I was never even a fan of the singles, although “Howlin for You” isn’t bad. But this is not an impressive album and is not memorable.

This is #day306 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… It's sad to see such a high rating for this kind of music. But then, I guess people have always gravitated toward simple and accessible, right? What we have here is garage/blues a la The White Stripes and The Kills with a kind of Arctic Monkeys-circa-AM feel (I know it was released only three years later, but still). That's not the most compelling mix out there. This album/band hasn't aged well enough to be worth hearing before you die. I doubt it/they ever will. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day307.

What a terrible album

boring and listless

Sounds like music made for beer commercials. The highlight for me was thinking track seven was going to be a cover of Dr Hook's When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman from the opening couple of bars. The low point was realising it wasn't...

I used to like this album, and the first few tracks almost tricked me into thinking it was ok… but it’s so long and I was pretty PO’d listening to this tbh. Giving it the rare 1

im sorry but this is absolute dogshit lol

kinda boring but not horrible

Just some people doing an impression of music from 50/60/70 years ago. Did we need this? I've not heard much that made me think there was any originality. Not offensive in any way, but not innovative either. Wouldn’t listen again; it sounds like people doing an impression of an older band. Cliches abound.

I was driving whilst listening to this and happened to pass a van that was on fire on the M25. I figured they were having a better time than me.

I have tried for years to enjoy Black Keys but can't. It's boring, poor drumming, and intentional lo-fi without any originality.

The most insufferable and soul-less version of blues/rock to exist. I hate it. It's like they specifically make it to license it out for car and beer commercials so that insufferable alpha male idiots buy it thinking it's cool and manly. Makes me want to rip my ears out.

When did repetitive, boring, monotonal, wanna-be rock win 3 grammys? In 2010. This album has no creativity whatsoever. It doesn't create ideas, it just riffs the same one on the same instruments for 15 fucking songs. Like what the fuck is this one of the worst albums i've ever listened to. 0 stars

Peak piss millennial hipster music. Long beard ipa drinking flannel and fake glasses wearing $25 burger selling ass bullshit music. What, you think you’re better than us because you add reverb to all of your vocals? Fuck off. Or is it the shitty tambourine stomp clap beats that have you on your high horse? Fuck off. On the Wikipedia page the lead singer refers to the drummer as “homeboy”. Fuck off. Fuck off. Fuck off. Howlin for you has to be one of the worst songs of all time to get significant radio play. Hey let’s make a song that sounds like it should be playing on a sports video game menu, but with as much pretentiousness as we can fit in the 10-track recorder. I generally like the black keys overall, but man I hated this album. I can tell that I would despise all of the band members just from how the album sounds. And that’s why this gets a 1

At first I thought you guys were being overdramatic about this album, then I got into it myself. To its credit, it starts off really well & I do quite like a few of the black keys songs - Fever in particular is one I’ve always had a soft spot for. Back to this album, this thing felt like a marathon, it went on for hours! I felt like I had to stop halfway through & eat a banana, There’s like 100 songs here and they’re all the same! Everytime I hear Howlin’ for You I think it’s going to be a cover of Rock & Roll part 2 Tried to engage with this in good faith but the middle of this album had me question if I ever really liked the black keys at all. Maybe it’s just very samey & I can only listen to one of their songs at a time. Strong start, a couple near the end are good but the middle of this is just noise. Three songs added to my playlist, 5 added to the 1001 playlist. That sounds good, until you remember there’s 500 songs on this album. Who’s excited for and Imagine Dragons album in coming months?

Love to listen to this and get 0% finance on a new Hyundai hatchback. ----- That's a trite comment, but does encapsulate the feeling of the whole album. The moment I heard the slightly fuzzy vocals, I was checking which of the songs were deluxe edition only, so I could shorten the experience.

i would rather listen to 5 kings of leon albums than one black keys album this is so dreadfully 2010 and i have very little respect for the vocal distortion sound they're so in love with. it is not 1950. you are not more authentic because you've made yourself sound like you're on a record being played on the radio in 1950.

Rock muzak for people who don’t actually like rock music at all (or haven’t listened to any rock music before). About as lackluster, uninspired, and formulaic as rock can be. The guitarist’s range is extremely limited not only by the complete lack of skill or style in his playing, but also by the fact that he doesn’t know how to play any notes outside a simple pentatonic scale. I also find the singing style really cringeworthy, and the little bit of distortion they put on his vocals makes it even more irritating. The last two songs on the album (original tracklist) were probably the most interesting

This is to my ears a poorly recorded album which was a a hard listen. The poor audio quality could be excused if the actual album was up to scratch. But there was nothing at all to hold my attention. All been done before by better artists. 1/5 9/1/25