Brothers

I liked Brothers. It's simple, groovy, thumping, low-key rock. The first half of the album is really good up through "Black Mud." "Sinister Kid" was another standout to me. It does feel pretty fake-bluesy though and I think that's holding them back. It's a bit too restrained and formulaic. Too much use of the muddy vocal style. And when every song is chock full of fuzz it takes away from the really good moments where that fuzzy guitar and bass really hit hard. Still, I enjoyed my listen. A definite 4/5 for me.

25 Sep 2026 · 7/10 I enjoyed it, but felt bad for enjoying it, because it's sort of shit. Some songs are good! A lot of it is too similar. I like this kind of music, but I'm sure Black Keys have more to offer. For 2010 I think it's pretty good I guess, wasn't that much great music then...

This sounds like an American band wanting to be like Arctic Monkeys, or maybe Kasabian, or even The Fratellis. It's not very exciting.

I like the Black Keys. They have some stand-out singles but I just don't know that they have an album that holds together as a "great" piece of work. It all ends up being kind of derivative blues that was written to be music for car commercials and football intros. I feel like sometime 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.” 2.5⭐️

Clearly not my thing. A couple of good tunes on here but doesn’t make up for the fact that all the other songs sound the same.

A fine album of bluesy rock leanings, from a period well beyond rocks heyday, where it was flailing in all directions to stay relevant. The Black Keys weren’t the answer, but this is a good enough album to be getting on with

Good solid album, 3 or 4 bangers, few more decent tracks, very few complete duffs, all in all a pretty nice listen.

I was obsessed with Ten Cent Pistol in high school and I feel like I must’ve listened to most of this album a decent amount because a lot of it sounded familiar to me, or maybe it just has such a specific sound across all the songs that they feel like ones I’ve heard before. I think the last song (”These Days”) is particularly beautiful and the first song (”Everlasting Light”) is very catchy and reminds me a lot of “Mambo Sun” by T. Rex in a great way that I didn’t clock when I was younger. I do think overall this is an interesting blend of that retro blues rock sound with the rock revival from a few years prior so I understand why it’s on the list, however most of the songs didn’t strike a strong reaction in me even if pleasant. Fav tracks: Everlasting Light; Ten Cent Pistol; These Days

Cool vibe

This was nostalgic for me, especially Tighten Up and Howling for you. At the time, I really liked the sound of HO! HEY! music. But now, it feels overdone and a bit corny sooooo I ain't feelin it at as much

This album was really solid. I'd listened to some of it before, and enjoyed it, but listening to it from start to (mostly) finish made me appreciate it more. I'm honestly surprised it hasn't had a longer-lasting impact than it has. It had some great instrumentation and vibes.

Fun, buoyant

Some albums have great album covers but the music stinks (looking at you King Crimson) and some tapped out on making a nice cover, like Brothers, but the music is enjoyable. This was a pretty good listening experience, none of the tracks were 5 star level but there were enough 4 star experiences that my overall review is about the same. 4/5

Oh, this song. It's fine? Distracted today so maybe it wasn't the best choice for me.

Chill

Synes det er sådan lidt moderne blues rock med meget poppede strukturer så det har den der lyd af 2010. Jeg synes til gengæld at lyden er virkelig blueset og sådan lidt rappet ligesom Gorillaz. Stemningen er der og den har nogle virkelig gode sange men jeg havde ønsket man havde leget mere med kompositioner så det blev lidt mere spændende andet end Burbonstemmen og det tilrøget lokale.

1 hour of just the worst, buzzing guitar tones ever. Mixed in with that are irritating, distorted and over-reverbed vocals. Listen instead to Howlin Wolf, BB King, Muddy Waters or any of the blues artists that this album is trying (and failing) to imitate.

I remembered this being better than it is. My recollections of this were grittier than what I listened to, but this came off, especially on side b, as saccharine and self indulgent. Like, it was fine, I’m just mad at myself for romanticizing it as the only indie album I ever liked.

The black keys came out and dropped the hottest songs for car commercials.

hard to classify the album but worth a listen, songs are 'growers'

I saw The Black Keys in 2003 at a small gig at The Old Marker organised by the great late John Peel and actually stood next to the fellow while the new upstarts with just a guitar and drums tore it up. Was a great gig and I remain a fan of their early stuff. Not so sure about this but will give it a couple more listens to make my mind up

This album rocks good with a solid, heavy beat. And I like the vaguely retro sound to it. My only complaint is that the album is WAY too long.

I was expecting to give this one a 5 given how much time I've spent listening to The Black Keys, but it doesn't hold up quite as well as "El Camino" to me (which I think was aided by being shorter). None of the songs on here are bad per se; they just get a bit repetitive by the end. All that said, I really like this album and the Black Keys in general. This is probably still their second-best album and has some bangers on it. The sequence of "Next Girl -> Tighten Up -> Howlin' For You" is an all-time great trio. 4.4

It's fine, but bloated and just kinda lacking that special sauce

Not a very interesting sleeve design...music's nice though, with a bit of a swampy blues feel.

como he leido…tienen razón, podría ser musica de un anuncio de un coche, de todas formas no me ha disgustado tho me gusta la mezcla blues y rock pero si tuviera que poner esto en público probablemente se reirian de mi

Fire 4/5

Meh, I couldn't get through, maybe I'll relisten in the future

I like El Camino more, but there’s a reason these songs were over-played

My brain just goes to a load of cringe white men in a pub watching the football yelling DA DA DA DA, DA!

Something about the black keys sound like it should be really good, but most of the time it falls flat and I don't know why. It ends up sounding like music for commercials. Maybe better live

Excellent album

A bore

Incredible how outdated that "breakbeat + bluesy vocals" formula feels 15 years later.

Blues rock for very white men.

Interesting (and very good) album. It took me a few listens before songs in the album started to grow on me. Interestingly, I'm not a huge fan of "Howlin' for you" (though it is indeed pretty good), "Black Mud" (even if I tend to love instrumental tracks), or "Never Give You Up" (which happens to be a cover). Actually, if the album were shorter (and we got rid of the instrumental and the cover), this may be in the range of 5 stars. Among the songs I enjoyed the most: "Everlasting Light", "Next Girl", "Tighten Up", "Sinister Kid", "Ten Cent Pistol" (irresistible dark rythm), "The Only One" (probably my favourite, together with "Tighten Up"), "Unknown Brothers", or "These Days". Overall, I enjoyed most of the songs and this is a solid and clear 4 star album for me.

Already know this album, I own it on CD. I think this is their best album. My top 5 songs are: Everlasting light, Next Girl, Sinister Kid, Unknown Brother and Tighten Up

Fairly good, above average not quite a 5

One of the best mainstream indie-rock albums of the 2010's. This album is super super good, but I don't necessarily think i'd put it above other similar albums Best Song: Tighten Up Rating: 7.5/10 Stars: 4

A high 2/low 3 This is THE hipster core album from my youth. I remember thinking it was a cool sound when I was 12 years old, but I have since grown tired of it

mid and repetitive. maybe only 2 or 3 songs really worth the hype around The Black Keys

WOW

S'ok

Sounds good. Like a few of the black keys albums.

Great album. Need to listen again and add much of it to my likes play list.

tighten up howlin' for you the only one

Nice album cover /s. Unique sounding rock? Most rock music today (and for the last couple decades, for that matter) sounds the same with little to no innovation. Somehow this group breaks the mold. I don’t love it, though. The vocals are just a little bit irritating. And there is a lot of overproduction at play here. Not a bad recording, and different enough that it has its place on this project. 3.5 stars

Fond college memories with this album. Lingers at times but held up well.

naja. c

Listened only like halfway thru, fav tracks: “She’s long gone” and “The only one”

3.5/5 some of the classic early 2010s alt rock sounds, and then there are the songs that spawn all of the ford offroad truck commercial memes. Perfectly balanced as all things should be lol. Maybe i am just too nostalgic but im going to give this one a 4 even though im not sure it deserves it.

This album exists in a specific time and place for me. Hard to go back to it and appreciate it because so much other stuff came through that improved on the sound, but that doesn't mean this is bad.

Curti, só conhecia uma música deles e achei interessante esse som que mistura rock com jazz e blues.

I think 4 is fair This might be a bit of rose tinted glasses talking, but the other day, before going on vacation to HI, I was singing "Tighten Up" a lot to myself, just something about that breakdown at the end of the song where they slow the tempo down and go into a refrain is very cool. When I saw this album pop up on my listening list, I was intruiged, I had never heard the entire record through. I think they do a great job at what they do on this album, it's refined blues rock, with slow tempo and faster tracks as well, with thick riffs, solid bass lines and very thick and suffocating drum patterns. I think the vocals are very pained and passionate as well. The themes are shallow, but they're meant to be so in order to provide their sticky hooks. I think they hit their peak here, the background is love loss and betrayal really fueled something for them. I'm glad they got their moment and I think this album deserves to be on this list more than a lot of other ones I've reviewed already. Very cool.

The album starts out so strong. The second half is less so, although Sinister Kid is still one of my favorites.

Didn’t love it; didn’t hate it. It’s fine but not exciting really

Yeah this album fuggn BANGED when I was in middle school. Not as earth shattering as when I was a kiddo unfortunately.

Bra! Gillar detta mycket. Låter som hmgammal, hederlig rock fast bättre. Flera bra låtar och bra gung albumet igenom.

4.7. So good. Still saving 5’s but damn

Some songs have a high Skyradio vibe but overall very nice.

Rating: 4.6/5 Short Review: This album has swagger without trying too fucking hard to have swagger. The guitars are dirty, the drums sound huge, and the voice gives everything that worn-out blues feeling. “Everlasting Light” immediately surprised me with the falsetto, then “Next Girl” and “Howlin’ for You” settle into these ridiculously satisfying grooves. Favorite Track: “Howlin’ for You.” That drumbeat and riff are stupidly simple and basically impossible not to move to.

Tighten Up was on a FIFA soundtrack a decade plus ago so that was a nice nostalgia trip. Pretty bland though

Aggressively mediocre

I thought I liked the Black Keys more than this. Maybe I need to try a different album. Still pretty good though.

This album is enjoyable. This album gets a 4

I was a big fan of Thickfreakness and saw The Black Keys live during their Rubber Factory tour. I never listened to this album though, so this was a first. By the time I finished it I realised I'd purchased a new Volvo, private health insurance, had switched my mobile provider, and had removed my jumper and slung it over my shoulders so the arms fell down the front of my shirt. I don't know why, but I feel quite stylish now.

This is an album I know very well. And seeing its 16 years old right now in 2026 is definitely throwing me off. This is kind of prime Black Keys. They were a popular alt/indie rock band and had a following before this, but this album seemed to make them a mainstream success. I particularly liked this album as an evolution from their early garage sound with a more radio friendly blues rock influence. I think I’ll enjoy this re-listen. This album starts off so strong. First four tracks are four of my favorite Black Keys songs. This album just rocks. Tighten Up and Howlin For You are just classic Black Keys songs. It keeps going. Not really a weak song. I’m enjoying this immensely. Kinda forgot some of the lesser known tracks on the middle of this album. Some great songs. Just a defined sound throughout too. Less raw than their earlier albums. It feels like a great album to capture The Black Keys sound. The one negative is that it’s a little on the long side. But it still has some great tracks late on the album. Sinister Kid almost feels like it could be the album closer and a few of the songs after don’t have the same energy as earlier in the album. This feels like a 5 for me. Love the Black Keys and really like this album. Length and a few tracks below the rest of the album are having me debating a 4. But still going to go 5. I think there’s 3 songs you can cut to make this an almost perfect album. Still really love it though.

This album is a banger! Hit after hit

Pretty dull actually, there’s a couple of decent tracks but I think this kind of blues rock is a bit tired a lot of the time. 2.0/5.0 Best Song: Next Girl

I hate it

To be fair, I'm speed running a few albums to catch up on my list. This isn't my favorite record from them, but it's alright.

The Black Keys aren't really my thing, but I can appreciate what they're doing. I like some of their songs, and this was a decent album.

Never understand why people put this band on a pedestal. Catchy riffs and a pleasant but boring blues rock voice. Nothing more. Painting by numbers for music. Bland and unoriginal.

I really like their grungy/dirty blues sound, tho there's a point on this album where it starts to feel like they've only got a couple main ideas for writing a song. I really wanted to get to a five with this, anyway, because of how good they are at getting me to sink from my head down into my body. Maybe I need to spend more time with the lyrics to connect even more.

I've been a fan of the Black Keys since 2003's Thickfreakness. That made this the fifth full-length and sixth project I consumed in real time, and I was starting to feel fatigued. Every album has a bunch of great, head-bobby songs, but also every album sounds roughly the same, despite the journey from lo-fi to hi-fi they completed with Brothers. Is Brothers their best album? Is it appreciably different than Rubber Factory? I've mostly lost interest, though some of their earlier stuff was tethered to sense memories that make me nostalgic and/or melancholic. They also did themselves no favors by releasing an EP of Junior Kimbroughs covers in 2006 called Chulahoma, which is far and away the best thing they've recorded. It was so good, in fact, that it made me sour on their three-minute alt-pop-blues thing almost entirely.

I'll literally never understand the appeal of the Black Keys. Boring band who make car commercial music. Every song on this album sounds identical and only one of them is any good

BIen, se hace largo pero es entretenido.

Definitivt värda en 4,kanske mer? Tillhör ordningen... efter 2000, aldrig hört förut, och gillar.

I dig the sound, the bluesy stuff… The songs are a bit repetitive and unmemorable, and verges into jock jams territory.

It's literally never the 2 person band you want to hear, is it? This is when the Keys officially became TV Ad Jingle Music instead of rock and roll. It's weird because this is basically just the White Stripes with a real drummer and a vocalist attempting to replicate something soulful, but these guys became car commercial dreck and Jack put out a soccer hooligan chant. It's also weird to have a two person band where the drummer isn't wallopping the drum heads. You're half the band. Be memorable. Be part of it. Don't phone it in (or repurpose the Hey song's drum beat, like on Howlin for you). Joe Daniel's and Brian St Clair and Klek would never. Instead, Drumkey acts as a perfunctory rhythm for Guitarkey. Guitarkey Dead Leaves and Dirty Grounds through tepid white blues and one of the least appealing distorted pedals in the biz, all the while trying an impression where Steven Tyler does Jimi Hendrix and nailing neither side of the equation. This feels long by track 5, because the only standout is Tighten Up (because that's the song you heard while you were waiting for TV to start again). Guitarkey likes going a bit into his falsetto range, and that doesn't improve things, but after each song starts, my brain starts singing “most of all… most of all.” These songs aren't literally the same, but functionally they are interchangeable and sonically they could have Frankensteined the vocal and music tracks of pretty much any two songs to make, for all intents and purposes, the same album. Back in the day there was a Mashup that literally just lined up two nickelback songs to show that they were the exact same structure. This doesn't go quite that far, but it's close for me. Ultimately this is annoying background music, but it's better than 21 Pilots, who are the absolute nadir of 2 person “rock” bands, so I'll give them ⭐️⭐️, one for each key.

nostalgic sound, but Turn Blue is their better album

Leuke verassing

Coming right out of the gate with one of those tracks I've had on a random-good-stuff playlist for many many years. Everlasting light is good, but not clearly not enough that I ever looked up the artist. Excited for the rest. The rest was enjoyable enough. I like the comparatively heavy beat and blues influence.

Me encantó la portada pero dios mío que desastre. Aburrido y monótono. Cada canción suena exactamente igual que la anterior y encima con esas letras clichés y simplistas. Le doy una estrella porque sí me gusta el sonido, pero es tan millenial que me harta

Prime millenialcore. Stuff you'd hear at a fancy burger restaurant where they do "things just slightly differently". Pretty good to listen to though.

The highs of this album are pretty high. But there is just way too much filler. Could have cut 20 minutes and it would have flowed so much better

i like the black keys in doses and can respect the craft. blues rock isn't always for me but these guys kill it Would I listen again: yes Deserves to be on this list: absolutely 4.1

I really enjoy listening to this 😊 Three stars…

Beginning was great, most of the middle could have been cut out, and the end was a little better.

Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Very Good - I might prefer Magic Potion slightly but this is a good album. The songs are fantastically tight and the sound is accessible while maintaining a little bit of their trademark grime. Everlasting Light and Tighten Up are very good and Black Mud sounds great. Ten Cent Pistol might be my favourite track here and Sinister Kid is also great. Overall I think this is a very good album that can't quite measure up to the classics it so clearly idolises but ends up being solid nonetheless.

Early on, I thought Brothers was heading toward three stars. “Everlasting Light” reminded me of The White Stripes, I liked “Next Girl,” and even “Tighten Up,” a song I used to change the station on, worked better in the context of the album. Then everything started blending together. At one point I realized I'd forgotten I was even listening to the album. Then it happened again. For an album so heavily influenced by blues and soul, I felt surprisingly little soul coming through. The songs weren't bad. They just weren't making me feel anything. “Sinister Kid” briefly woke me up with its backing vocals, and ironically, the slower closing track, “These Days,” ended up being my favorite because it finally sounded different from everything that came before it. I understand why Brothers stood out in 2010, when so much mainstream music was moving toward glossy electronic production. I can appreciate its place in that moment without particularly wanting to hear it again. Yesterday, Kraftwerk held my attention for a 22-minute song. Today, The Black Keys couldn't consistently hold it for three or four minutes. This one's just not the one for me.

middle school me liked this more than adult me

I feel like I should like this album more, with it being blues rock and all. And there are some good moments. But overall it’s a bit tedious and overlong and derivative of the blues masters who did it much better

Middle of the road, te gepolijst

There is something that I have to confess to - I am a male music fan, and as such, I have been a fan of The Black Keys. I mean, there is a market for the duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, as they are a solid rock band that harkens back to the grimy, lo-fi era of garage rock. They certainly have the knack for making textured, rough-edged melody-driven hooks with some swaggering blues inspiration. It's enough of a formula for the two of them to milk over the course of several albums, only just reaching commercial success with their sixth release, Brothers, thanks in large part to bona fide singles like "Tighten Up" and "Howlin' For You". But therein lies the problem – the band's formula can make for great singles, but not great album statements. Case in point, I listened to this album front to back, and while I can recognize good blues-inspired song construction in cuts like the slow-burn groove of "She's Long Gone", the swampy instrumental "Black Mud", the eerie keyboard penetrating through the mix on "The Only One", and the country-adjacent sway of "Ten Cent Pistol", there's not much throughline in connecting these song vignettes outside of aping influences like Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson. I will give credit to Mark Neill for his production, as the guitars are given some muscle to display a veneer of visceral bite, with the lone exception of "Tighten Up" handled by frequent collaborator Danger Mouse. I'd also be remiss not to mention how obnoxious some of the lyrics can get, especially when Auerbach talks about women. Seriously, tracks like "Next Girl" and "She's Long Gone" had me feeling like he was dealing with caricatures of the women he's come across. Thankfully, the album's not all like that, as Auerbach does provide some genuine character moments, such as the rumination over the excesses of celebrity fame on "The Go Getter", the heartfelt tribute over a brother-in-law who passed away on "Unknown Brother", and the world-weariness in wondering how his life could have gone differently on "These Days". Overall, I get the appeal of an album like Brothers. It does enough to recall the garage rock of yore with just enough modern grit. Of course, The Black Keys have continued to milk their formula since this album, and they've certainly garnered an audience. I respect the hustle.

Just not for me. This album felt unnecessarily long and boring.

Yes!

loud

didn't finish fully (only like 70%) but i did like it, not my favorite but there was some nice songs... I think my favorite song on the album is "The Only One"

Need a suit and shades to listen to this album

Buttery smooth, start to finish. Found this one a track at time before realizing how good it is front-to-back.

This is a very solid and safe album. Its cliche ridden and repetitive, but it finds a lot of good, simple grooves. Maybe just don't think too much about it and enjoy type of music. I'd throw it on again.

Yeah, I liked it, but I didn't make it to the end

I think The Black Keys and this album are a reason why I began listening to alt-rock back in the early 2010s. Top tier record and band!

Kinda okay, but so repetitive, and samey?

About as slick and precise as any rock album in the last 20 years. Just a bit too polished and neat for me to truly love it like my favourites.

Solid blues album!

Me empezó no gustando. Terminé escuchando 3 discos. Banda de los 2000 que me transporta a los años 70.

Buzzy and chirpy. I liked a lot of songs. Tighten Up was my favorite and Ten Cent Pistol, Howlin' for You, Everlasting Light, Unknown Brother are other standouts. 6.5/10.

Day952 - i don’t know that it should be on this list but it’s a pretty good album

I'd like this to not be boring, because I get what they're going for, but it is.

I haven't listened to these guys very much, which is a mistake, I think. This album was a treat. Great licks, fun songs. I'm definitely going to listen more!

I saw them open for a Milwaukee band called the Lovelies at a little club called Beat Kitchen in Chicago. It was clear that they were a different level of talent - at least the guitarist/singer dude. They don’t open up a lot of new territory but they cover a fair bit and this album is the best of them.

I like some of their later stuff a bit more, but this is good.

4/5 - Doesn't really move the world of music forward in any way, but it's listenable as hell. I enjoyed the whole retro thing.

Good

nice

Really great sound! Never head a lot, but will listen again.

mid. i mean from an artistic standpoint, i guess they were doing something different. not even done with the entire thing and it's just boring, not my thing. too edgy movie soundtrack for me.

8/10

painfully 2012

I think this is better than I thought but I didn't pay much attention when listening to I have to listen again LOL

el primer tema del álbum está genial, el resto medio pelo

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Kinda boring and repetitive

It’s fine

This is an album by a pair of boring, unoriginal, hairy wankers that are mystifyingly popular. The name of this album is Crock of Shite. Okay, not original, but had to be done 😅

Boring bluesy rock that lacks the passion of the real blues.

I agree with the people saying that this is basically just commercial music. I used to like the Black Keys back in high school but now I know there's better blues rock out there. Not a bad album, though I wouldn't mind if this was the last time I hear these guys. Favorite track: Howlin' for You

Meh, not as bad as I expected from the cover alone, but not worldshaking either. I feel music like this was made well before 2012or whenever this was released. I found it boring.

Meh. Boring. Well produced. Whatever.

Сара 4 Марко 4

Love this album. Maybe the last in a long string of great albums by this band. Every song is good. It’s a great listen start to finish.

"this sounds like if chatGPT tried to write a royal blood x white stripes song" - my missus which is an entirely true statement also WHY is it the same song for an hour straight essentially

1) Black Mud 2) Unknown Brother 3) Tighten Up Least Favourite: Not The One

Love The Black Keys but the wikipedia drama was more interesting than most of the album fav songs: "Tighten up", "Ten Cent Pistol", "Unknown Brother"

Turns out as a species we didn't need AI to produce limp slop with algorithmically average, overproduced sounds

No Amount of scuzzy fuzzes and organs can make up for the complete lack of energy and groove.

Arctic monkeys tylko lepsze

this was nice background music. i feel like this is exactly what i'd wanna hear in like a millennial restaurant or an outdoor supply store or a rock climbing gym. i think i was more invested in the vibe of the music than the music itself, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

The fall off after the first 4 tracks is insane. Forever white stripes-lite to me except for maybe rubber factory

Haven’t listened to this in its entirety in close to a decade, so I feel like this time I had a fresh set of ears. While I do feel that it could’ve been 2-3 songs shorter, most of the album holds up really well to me. This was their strongest work that I think was a defining record of the 2010 indie rock era. The top half is banger after banger, and even in the deeper cuts they were able to make some really interesting melodies and sounds out of your typical blues rock.

Not a very engaging record. Loved the singles when it came out when I was younger but I find it didn’t age well.

oh baby we are so back. this is one of my favourite indie alt rock albums of all time. it’s jazzy and smooth while being hard and punchy. if they could go back to making music like this i’d be very happy.

parts i really loved! some where just mediocre

A couple of (at the time) youngish white guys sounding like old black guys. And they do it well, oh so well...

Underated band that never makes a bad sound.

Fun rocking record in the wheelhouse of white stripes but not incredibly standing out

looooved it

One of the closest we have in recent years to Classic Rock. This is a huge album wow.

The more I listen to this album the more it feels likes its cover. Too simple and boring, with only one appealing element, which would be the font in the case of the cover, and the production in the case of the music. Not even modernized blues rock would convince me to like the genre, but it makes the experience greater as I like the sound of the very saturated guitars that gives the record a heavy revitalized garage rock vibe. When it comes to the composition, it is bland blues rock, as it always will be in my opinion, with just maybe some decent moments in here (like the mysterious sounding "The Go Getter" and other a bit catchy melodies and riffs) that aren't enough to make my experience better. I would consider to give this a positive score if it wasn't 55 minutes.

es como un intento de garage rock pero muy mainstream, todo suena muy bien afinado y bonito pero plano. agradable de escuchar, si fuese un penal seria patear fuerte al medio.

The overall execution is good, the songs themselves are not bad, and some parts are mildly interesting, but they get boring fast with so much repetition. This has to be the blandest album I've listened to so far in this list. I feel like I didn't listen to the same album as most people who have rated it here.

In my opinion, The Black Keys' greatest achievement, and this album in particular, is that they made blues accessible to a wider audience. Orthodox fans of the genre criticize the band for this — they say real blues should only be played by illiterate black men from the Mississippi Delta on homemade guitars. That's probably why "real blues" is often technically poor. But here, two guys have recorded an album whose blues foundation blends indie rock, soul, funk, and even hip-hop. This is one of those works worth listening to on vinyl — you wouldn't guess that the album is from the 21st century; everything sounds very analog, rough, viscous, and dirty. You get the feeling you're sitting by a Louisiana swamp; tune the guitar down, and it's not far from sludge metal. I wanted to write that the band's next album is even better, but then I thought that this one perfectly conveys their bluesy mood and roots.

Clearly should've listened to people when they said I would like The Black Keys

(8.8)

I like, pretty jazzy, catchy indie rock. Nice voice, nothing particularly unique but I enjoyed it all the way through, so can't really complain.

Like the Black Crows, they had their moment in the sun. It's an attitude album, if you will. But their reach is much less than they think. In 2024 they canceled an entire tour because their estimate of the venues they could fill was vastly wrong. But glad to have heard the album.

A taster menu of shit riffs, the sommelier brings out a new compressor, "I recommend sir applies this to every channel".

Track 1. Everlasting Light was cute and fun. I hummed it a bit afterwards. Track 3. Tighten Up's riff is one of those brutally simple and wonderful inventions that you wonder how it was never found or used to better effect before. Beat change was very fun. The riff under a different filter makes it even more insane. Track 4. Likewise, Howlin' for You is fun but, gracious, it is NOT done favors from its overplaying. Overall, I know this album was "influential" and these guys produced so many other records, but gracious. The album is really not done many favors by its contemporaries or descendants. The sounds and ideas are definitely buoyed by the source-defined purity (it does it better than the descendants) but they also feel very washed out now that a decade and a half has passed.

This album is the other half of my teenage bias. I have heard the singles from this album so many times. And now having heard the rest of the album, it’s all so bland. It’s like they traded their souls to play soul music and didn’t see the irony. The music just hums along, each song feeling more same than the last with no real features. It’s not unlistenable, but after 30 minutes it’s likely to just get tuned out.

It's alright, there are a bunch of songs that people enjoy on this album. For me it was overplayed on the radio when it came out and I kind of got over it. The music isn't bad and the vocals are good but I just don't need to listen to it again for a long time.

Great vibe to the music and really liked the diversity. Not 5 stars because I’m saving that for a golden album

FM rock station anthems for males

This is an album comprised completely of songs that would be used in a reality TV competition show. This is entrance music for Pottery Throwdown.

I understood The Black Keys.

This album wants to call me a jive turkey so bad. If I admit how much I liked this I fear an immovable fedora will appear atop my head and Chelsea boots will be permanently placed on my feet. It really is great though

Feels like everything I hate about Millennial Imagine Dragons ass boom clap boom clap car commercial music. Absolutely terrible listening. How this is on here with above a 3.5 puzzles me. Just sort of everything terrible about early 2010s music. Will age very poorly if it hasn't aged poorly enough already. Atrocious.

Mikil nostalgía

Nokkuð solid blúsplata.

Including this album is ridiculous. And I purchased and enjoyed this in high school. However it does not need to be revisited, don’t be silly.

Aquí se ve ese sonido blues rock tan característico del grupo antes de los pelotazos, o del fantástico "El Camino". Me ha gustado volver a escucharlo tras tantísimos años sin hacerlo. Sinceramente, me da igual dónde lo grabasen o quién produjese qué, porque la mayoría de canciones están muy bien hechas. La distorsión de 'Brothers', muy sutil de fondo pero presente igual, me vuelve loca. Y, como creo que queda claro, el guitarreo en general siempre va a hacer que la puntuación de cualquier disco de rock sea aceptable. Mis canciones favoritas: 'Tighten Up' y, obviamente, 'Howlin' for You'

Very listenable. Yet derivative.

Really close to a 5. Love the Black Keys, fantastic garage rock

Second time for this one. It’s not revolutionary or amazing. But it’s really very enjoyable. 4 Boolean: true

Loved this! A bit long album wise but I love the bluesy guitars and the distortion on the vocals

It's really good, with some memorable guitar riffs that carry you through. I like how dark the guitars sound, almost reminicent of heavy metal/ Black Sabbath-esque tone. I can't say the lyrics or vocal stood out too much, but the musicality of the album was good enough, it doesn't matter much. Would listen again.

This reminds me a of a lot of things I really like. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but I definitely like this less. Feels quite repetitive. The opening riff on Unknown Brother was the first thing that made me go "oooo"

Steady, guitar led melodies and recognisable vocals. Good to hear some bass leads. Good intro to the band.

The album art gives me a laugh, that's a positive. If they'd elected to use good microphones to record the voice/not mixed the voice fuzzily, I'd be rating this more highly. The weird buzzy, static sound that's in several of the tracks severely detracts from the whole experience. If I try my absolute best, I can almost look beyond the tinny voices and buzzy guitar which pervades the bulk of the album. But even if I manage that, what's left is what I'll call "white bread" music. It's competent. But it's too simple. It doesn't challenge any expectations. As a listener, it's just not engaging. I know I'm listening at 2230 on a Thursday, but it was putting me to sleep. The music is Ok I guess, but I'm completely puzzled as to how this was inducted to a list of 1000 wonderful albums. Also, why on earth would they remaster it only two years later, and not fix the terrible audio quality of the voice? To the album's credit, it did pick up a bit in the last quarter. They found microphones which came out this century. Rating: In terms of music, this is competent, but simple. Briefly, it's boring. There's no interest in it. But we need to take in to account that most of this feels like it has been recorded with museum piece microphones, and then mixed with a persistent buzzing noise. It pushes an experience which I would have described as "low C grade" down dangerously close to F. It's an E grade from me, aka two stars.

O álbum não é ruim, mas não faz muito meu estilo. 7,5/10

a few skipped songs; i don't really enjoy his voice or the keys

Pas mal, un peu long mais kiffant très homogène

Conheço e já ouvi bastante. Excelente albúm

It's been a while since I heard this album. This is better than I remember

6.5 Liked the bluesy songs

4.5/10 = felt like it was quite generic but also very manufactured to have a specific sound in a way but with no pay off, probs wont listen again for a while but i imagine my dad will put this on randomly

The album as a whole does not flow well. Most, if not all songs, are around the same tempo and generally have the same feel. It felt very samey after the first 4 songs, and I had to check if the track had changed. This may have been a defining album when it came out, but I don't see it being talked about in the next decade.

I really liked their first two albums but I feel like they are a one trick band and I'm a bit bored of that trick. This album doesn't really show much growth to me and feels pretty much the same. I kinda find their music a bit boring now. I don't hate it but I just don't particularly care for it.

Is it revolutionary? Not really. But I quite like it.

Serviceable, standard indie rock. Offensive in its inoffensiveness. Meandering and bloodless. There’s nothing new or unique here. How did it make this list?

Pretty swanky fart rock

15 versions of the same song. And to be honest, it's a good song. Well, a decent song. No, a good song. But Jesus Christ anything can get old after too long. Same tempo, same emotion, same vocal affect, same fuzz, same chords. This is a great album to put on in the background for a cool kind of event. Or behind a beer commercial. But like a pretty cool beer, at least. Fave tracks: - Everlasting Light - Howlin' for You - She's Long Gone - Black Mud - Ten Cent Pistol

Biased because songs from this album were on the first playlist my now-husband made for me 🤭 but genuinely good stuff regardless! Playlist add: "Tighten Up"

What a great voice and some good artistry throughout this one. Listened to it twice on back to back days and I'll probably go back for more soon. There's a number of songs of theirs that I had enjoyed, but this was my first time listening to one of their albums in full. I was very impressed and will be seeking out more from their discography.

Overall: 4/10 I'll never understand how The Black Keys got to be as big as they have gotten. I find this style of blues rock to be generic, bland and boring. Honestly, I don't really know anybody else who enjoys these guys either, they just kind of got forced upon all of us and now we have to hear Howlin' For You in every car commercial for the rest of eternity. Fav Song: Tighten Up

Great sound, feels very retro

This is an industry plant that directly steals from the black community. How is it okay for two white hipsters from Akron, Ohio to make a whole album trying and failing to emulate blues, soul, and funk to then name their album “Brothers”? I personally find it majorly disrespectful and it’s low key blackfishing. Also these chuds are exactly the type of guys that the Blues Brothers were aiming to mock. I hate that I have to dignify this garbage with a star because it deserves no stars.

Was much better than I was expecting... just too long

corporate fungus! i only listened to two songs! first album i refused to listen to all the way! i am allergic to the black keys!

What a blast from high school past. Hard to understand how popular this album was my senior year, but I think the first four were all radio staples. There was a lot I didn't know here, though, as I wasn't really an album listener back then. I liked this album a lot, I listened to it a couple times, but they definitely have a sound they like and lean on as it can be difficult to differentiate songs here. Of the new ones I really enjoyed The Only One and Ten Cent Pistol. Great hooks, same great blues-rock. The duo is pretty great and I definitely see why this was so popular.

3.2/5 - vocals and some other harsh sounds threw me off Reference: 1 = Dislike, nty 2 = Not my taste, objectively pretty good though 3 = Fine, tolerable BG music but not preferred 4 = Pleasant BG music, but not necessarily top preference 5 = Liked this, might listen again in future

Is it bad that I don't find this amusing? I don't have a good feel for it; it's okay. I'll give it a 3 for now.

Excelente

My opinion on this album has changed since it first came out. I liked it a lot more then but now it doesn't do much for me. Some really good songs--"Everlasting Light," "Tighten Up," Howlin for You""--but if I want white guys playing blues rock, I'll play "Exile on Main Street" or even Eric Clapton over this. It gets way too repetitive and bogs down in the second half. I prefer the album that came after, "El Camino," over this one. Or their earlier, sludgier stuff.

A lot of people dismiss these guys as divorced dad rock/beer commercial soundtrack composers or a White Stripes ripoff. I feel they're somewhat unfair labels, but maybe thats nostalgia talking. I listened to this one a lot when it came out. It gets repetitive, but especially the top half has some great songs. They definitely went from garage blues to arena rock with this one but it mostly works for me. 3.5 rounded up

Somehow I never got around to listening to this album before, although I loved El Camino. The only version I can see is the deluxe anniversary edition but the track list just has a couple extra tracks on the end compared to original release. It seems from the get go this album is going to be fun of that same familiar bass line that El Camino had everywhere. Which is fine, because it's a sick bass line. Tighten Up is a song I have heard many times, great song. Ditto for Howling for You. Honestly the album is just straight consistent throughout. It's a little too clean maybe, but gosh does it sound good.

Zeroes in on a sound and hews to it for dear life. It has a nice Sound, fuzzy, tight, attractive, but then it turns out it's just boring. Boring isn't a crime, but there does seem to be this sense that the whole affair is overwrought, pretending to strain at the seams when it is in fact almost antiseptic. Weird combo that's a little unsettling, but you can't deny the smoothbrain experience.

Nice, retro, great voice.

Undeniably enjoyable. Deniably a must-listen.

Fun album, great musically, very fun in the moment, just didn't stick with me after even a few hours.

I bought this when it first came out. It took a few listens for it to grow on me. Now it's one of my favorites by them.

Some of these songs like Tighten Up still hit but overall it is generic blues-rock from a lesser version of the White Stripes. Fine with me but odd that it's on here.

i really liked this album

Super meh album to me because all of the songs are low-key the same. Once you've heard one, you've heard all. I listen les to the first three songs and skimmed through the rest and found myself to be bored. 2/5

The album is fine, nothing interesting that makes it stand out - 3/5

Very pleasant for the right mood. 3/3.5

Cracking

First time actually listening to blues mixed with rock and I fall in love with it. This is one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard in my entire life.

I don’t know much from this band other than ‘Gold On The Ceiling’ and ‘Lonely Boy’ so it’s nice to hear more !! Fav song is ‘Next Girl’.

Очень достойная музыка, хотя лично для себе никаких конкретных треков не выделил.

nah

Rounds up to a 4. It starts strong and kinda trails off over the course of the album.

what an odd album. I couldn't decide if I liked it or if I found it intensely offputting, and I think the answer is both in equal measure. I ended up comparing it to a similar band I like unequivocally (The Heavy, and specifically their album The House That Dirt Built). Brothers felt like 15 tracks of the same song and I didn't react strongly to any of it. The first time I heard How You Like Me Now, I told everyone I knew they had to listen to it. I sent that Letterman performance out on every social media site I was using at the time. fuck man I FELT something. ran out and bought that CD the very next day. Every track on there felt like the band but none of it sounded the same, you know? Brothers just kind of existed. I enjoyed it well enough but my time with it begins and ends with this album review. it's a fine album. I should probably be giving it a three but comparison is here to steal joy, sorry

Soulful stuff. Good guitar and drums. A lot of hits. One critique is that a lot of the songs sound the same. Some skip songs.

Not a huge fan of this genre

Brothers is supposed to be a turning point for The Black Keys. As this is the first album of theirs that I have listened to I can't say where they turned to but the grunge/soul vibe kinda works. A few songs like "Tighten Up" are catchy and full. Others are bland and repetitive, and could have been dropped making the album a tighter experience and not as drawn out. I won't be adding it to my collection but I won't skip "Tighten Up" if it hits my YTM feed.

The Black Keys? I think The Blah Keys would be more accurate. The same old, run of the mill, bog standard, pretentious blues rock that you have heard a thousand times. Even the album cover is up its own backside. All the songs sound the same, nothing is memorable and it’s a drag to listen to. This was the first time I had ever heard this band and it will probably be the last.

I love music that feels like a film... and this feels more like a beer commercial. At least it's a craft beer commercial, but it's still fairly underwhelming. I really enjoyed the band's previous album, "Attack & Release," enough to buy this one on release without hearing anything. In the few times I tried to play it then, I don't think I ever made it to the end. There's too many songs because there's not enough variety in the sound to justify the length. The worst moment on the record for me is "Howlin' for You," which flat out sounds like fake corporate "Indie" music to my ears. It's as if a focus group listened to The White Stripes and asked them to copy it. "The Only One" was the first track I thought was above average. I feel like I'm being more negative than my experience with this record suggests. I found it mostly average, and enjoyable in spots. It's just a little disappointing to play an album for an hour and feel almost nothing.

Alright! Didn’t expect another foray into blues rock this soon, but I really enjoyed this one. Going in, I hadn’t really heard too many songs by The Black Keys, but I knew that they were like a modern blues rock band, which did intrigue me. After listening to it, I definitely feel like this one feels less dated than the last one I got. The songs do have a more modern style to them, but it doesn’t feel like they are simply of their time. The drums on the album are pretty heavy, and they give the music a feeling of motion. The guitar, which I do feel could have been a tad bit higher in the mix on some songs, was also very impressive in songs like Howlin’ For You and Black Mud, two of my standout songs, I really liked how fuzzy the tone on it was throughout the album. The other problem with the album is that the track-list could have been reworked to intertwine the ballads and the rockers better, as sometimes it would feel like you’d get too many of one type of song. However, that doesn’t mean that the ballads on the album are bad, some of them are really good, such as my other two standouts, Two Afraid to Love You and Unknown Brother. Overall, I really liked this album, and I’m glad that it showed that good old rock and roll was still alive and kicking in the 2010s.

Non mi ha detto niente

it was cool. tried to look past the car commercial sound, but i used to genuinely like this stuff. i still do to an extent.

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I like The Black Keys, would listen to this album again. I liked the singles. I'm surprised it isn't El Camino in this list, though.

This is mid Black Keys. All of the songs on this album sound like a Black Keys song.

this was fine enough but not good

They really caught the apex of the Garage Rock Revival movement and surfed that into shore, just to get ousted by a bunch of bearded dudes in Baldwin Hats. Really could go almost nowhere without hearing a song off this album for a few years.

Really definitive band and sound for a short period of time. Kinda wild in retrospect the chokehold that The Black Keys held on the culture

The best kind of rock of all the others (the best of the boring ones)

it was good, but not spectacular

There’s a reason why it is talked about as one of the best rock albums of the 2010’s. From start to finish, this album is perfect. My favorites are These Days, Ten Cent Pistol, Everlasting Light, and Tighten Up. I love ❤️ this album, so overall, I would give this a 4.6/5! 🙂🙂🌱🌷🍃🕊️🥀.

boring

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

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Lo elimine de mi galería hace poco, me gustaba cuando adolescente. Ya no.

Me gusto muchísimo. Muy estimulante de escuchar, muchos sonidos atrás, lo disfrute mucho. La primera canción parte jevi fue de mis fav. Y el nombre de la cancion “next girl” me gusto me dieron ganas de crearme una cuenta de ig con nombre de usuario nextgirl.

Not for me.

If gentrification is to run its course unabated, you would find this album festering at the end of the road. I say this with the understanding that Danger Mouse had a hand in the production, whose work with Black Thought I am familiar with. His work is evident in the fact that this record is remotely listenable and inoffensive on the ears. It's unfortunate that his prowess wasn't able to do much besides polish a turd. Each song is passable, viewed individually. The arrangements are logical and easy-going, and there certainly is a white guy trying to croon over them. The problem arises when you group fifteen of these songs together, and not a single one stands out from the rest. Everything is so sterile, bland, and safe. I'm not one to be pretentious about my music; all I need is to feel something from it. The only thing I am feeling here is fear that a Ram 3500 equipped with a light rig from the pits of Hell will pull out, not in front of me, but behind me, and bear down on me with the illuminance of a million suns. Maybe he will tell me about his single digit financing, although to get that you've gotta go up on your trim level, of course. What exactly is this record supposed to do for me? If it's truck driving music, I'm picking better rock music; if I never heard this again, I would be happier for it.

The Black Keys – Brothers is a solid album with a warm, bluesy sound and some really good songs. It feels very cohesive, but overall it’s a bit too laid-back for my current taste. I can appreciate the musicianship, yet I was missing a bit more drive and energy throughout the album.

Some popular hits on it. I liked the heavy blues influence of many tracks brought to modern times. Here and there the distortion of the vocals felt too repetitive but the harmonies still made it a great album. Lot of variety throughout the main parts.

This style of rock and roll does not hold 16 years mater like I thought it would

Not a fan and I don’t believe this album belongs on this list.

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 was initially irritated by the vocals of the first track but these switched for the next track. I was left with a kind of indie blues rock which was largely uninspiring. Not my cuppa overall.

The Only One, Too Afraid to Love, Sinister Kid, Unknown Brother, These Days Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth are worth remembering. There were a few songs that were "lame" but most are worth runing in the background for a blues/Rock themed session(Everlasting Light, Im Not the One, Never Gona Give You Up, Howlin for You, Long Gone, Chop and Change, Black Mud I&II, Tighten up ) . 9/10 (upon second listen)

decent, almost playlist worthy

I remember it wasnt that good and sounded bland

I like The Black Keys, I like their style and many songs of theirs I would recommend to others, so I was looking forward to dive into their discography. Unfortunately, besides a couple of songs, this album is not one of those I'd recommend. It's not that it's bad; it just feels like half of the album is missing: after "Howlin' for You" it gets forgettable, it gets repetitive, it loses the punch the first songs built up. Don't get me wrong, overall the album is not bad. It's definitely more of a background though: an enjoyable one, but still a background.

If you asked someone to come up with a hotel lobby version of a full rock album, or another setting where you need decent but inoffensive background music, this would be it. The guitar sounds great but there’s so little variety in the album and when they do stick vocals on, it just sounds like music to be used in American tv programmes. Maybe this is what they were going for and I don’t hate it, but it’s incredibly samey.

The positive of BK is the unique guitar sound they have which is rustic and pretty chilled for the most part despite is heavy tone. The negative for me is less about how good the songs are, and some are excellent, it's the diversity.  They lack major variation which does become a fatiguing factor over this album, and I think they lose a point for that for what is otherwise an excellent concept. It conjures a vision of peaky blinders and an older grittier time which I like its atmospheric in that way. Too much of a good thing is bad for you, it seems!

I have a tricky relationship with the Black Keys. I know this album well and think its a great album, but I always get about halfway through when my initial enthusiasm wears off and I start to get tired of it. Perhaps it's because it's quite repetitive, they seem to have realised they've struck gold with a formula and then set about milking it for all that its worth. Perhaps it is because ultimately they are quite derivative. Maybe the album is just too long. The thing is, they do sound awesome and almost every track on this album is a banger that I would really love in isolation. It's like ordering a really great pizza but its just a bit too big. Only an issue if you are forced to eat it all in one sitting.

fantastic!

Good if you like a 70s vibe. Kinda giving "expensive burger place" except the food is unseasoned and they only serve three things.

A cathartic listening experience - they really have a unique sound and so nice to hear some times I've not heard for a while!

This album was ubiquitous in my college days so it gets some nostalgia stars. There are some catchy melodies. Their sound is also unique and they clearly made their mark on indie music with this album. I just wish it was slightly less repetitive sounding, and even after multiple listens all the way through, many songs felt indistinguishable or forgettable. New favorite song with these recent listens: Too Afraid to Love You

It’s fine.

Sorry, this was pretty boring and making me want turn it off.

This is a fantastic album. Well balanced, with a variety of songs to fit most any vibe.

7 / 10

Decent, just not my favorite flavor of blues rock

Fake Blues. Fake Rock. Fake Blues Rock? It's not musically awful but it sounds like an American advert / the better songs should be on a FIFA soundtrack. Fun in a pinch but not for a 15-song stretch. every song that followed the last felt so derivative of that last song

Tighten Up was on a FIFA soundtrack a decade plus ago so that was a nice nostalgia trip. Pretty bland though

I bought this album when it came out and was immediately disappointed. Nothing has changed since then. The Black Keys best and most significant music was on their early works, when the recorded music was the same as their live lineup. Guitar, Drums, Vocals, and nothing else. That formula was immediate and right up in your face. This is more distant. Almost as far away as Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama is from a basement in Akron.

Good album.

Shoo, people are really triggered by this one. It's supremely listenable and there's nothing wrong with that. Not every album has to be hard work. Lekker!

this is forgettable background music for me

Have never quite felt like the Black Keys lived up to the hype, even at the peak of their powers. At their core they still lean on the blues, which I've acknowledged not to be really my thing, and I think they were lauded for just being a duo doing "back to basics" blues rock, but they do sometimes do more interesting things with it. Tighten Up and Howlin For You back to back is a pretty great 1-2 punch, but a whole lot of the rest just doesn't do a ton for me.

Excellent. Hypnotizing. Every track feels solid

Enjoyable listen, altough this record's sound is a bit too consistent for my taste.

The other day I was telling my wife that I did not like the black keys. This album just have my pause on that statement. This album really impressed me, maybe I had set the bar to low on my mind? Whatever the reason the result is that I enjoyed this album much more than I thought.

This is a great album, I really enjoyed listening to it while driving in the evening. It gives me tons of nostalgia for 2010s. This is peak late-night music.

pretty good. def heard several of these songs before. not really the type of music i listened to. reminded me of being in high school.

everlasting light isch jo richtig catchy und de groove wird nöd langwiliger obwohler voll glichblibt. aber so wie s tamburin inechunt und so ischs afoch suoer arrangiert. jo de daniel het gitarresounds uhuere druff de dude. songs sind super simpel aber chunt viel gfühl übere. huere hends 10 stund gha für das. aaah de schluss vo tighten up kenni. huere cool. aaah und howlin for you natürlich. legendärs riff. scho retro aber au 2010? tönt suuuuper. ooooh mein gott sie hends in muscle shoals ufgnoh wie coooooool mann. endlich nimm ich mol es giti solo wohr uf she's long gone. goil. cembalo time uf too afraid to love you?? funny? finds hard. ok zweiti hälfti vom album chliii schwächer aber immerno sehr guet. staaarchs vieri.

omg de oscar het mega e black keys phase gha (v.a. mit turn blue), mega schöni erinnerige JAAA TIGHTEN UP HEMMER SO VILL GLOST BAAANGER omg howlin for you hani soo vergessee d perkussion chönnt schochli spannender sii aber de v i b e isch immaculate, es tönt alles so warm teilwiis hets mich jz sogar ah black sabbath erinneret, eifach halt meh indie uhhh too afraid to love you isch schön! und es isch eifach sooo COOL au go getter isch so laid back und groovy wauw jaa de schluss isch chli gar langsam. guets 4i

this was great, like genuinely no skips. but, i don’t know if that’s because a few songs in particular are quite strong and the others seem really similar. it’s like copying someone’s homework but changing it slightly so you don’t get caught. i played a few tracks in the shower and listening passively made me realise i didn’t know which song was which.

really enjoyable! I really liked it, rockin'

Yesssss loved it

smooth melodies with a lot of soul, ok for a spin or two but nothing i would long to relisten on my own.

lubię ale znałam wczesniej i tylko pare piosenek spox

Fantastic album, nostalgic and so memorable. Howlin for You never not hits

Millennial burger spot music. Some songs aren’t bad tho! They know what they’re good at. Takes me back to when this was all over the radio. Didn’t age great, but I don’t hate it.

Et rart album, selvom det nok var meningen, det skulle virke mere rocket, end tilfældet er.

They sound like the greatest bar band you ever heard, the right amount of ballsy and bluesy. Though this was maybe part of the ‘00s rock revival scene, they come by their identity honestly. They’ve got the chops. It’s a good, tight listen, preferably knocking back a beer or three.

The Black Keys have a cool sound to them, so I enjoyed listening to the album, though nothing really stood out as amazing. Howlin' For You is a good track, and there are a few others which were solid, but that's about it. Pretty average.

I really enjoyed this. My first listen in a couple of years and it’s full of the fat guitars and riffs that I loved, but I’d forgotten how sensitive some of the songwriting was. I’d like to make music like this.

Noisy

A good blues-y rock album. The best songs have great hooks. It meanders toward the end but a worthwhile listen. Rounding a 3.5 up to 4.

75

So good!!

Not my shi