Brothers

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

Repetitive, but okay

This caught me on a good day. I feel like if I had a friend or coworker who loved the black keys and played them everyday I'd get sick of it really quickly, but once in a blue moon they kinda hit.

Nothing super standout in my opinion but solid all around. I don't really like Howlin for You or Ten Cent Pistol. The audio quality of the vocals reminds me of Lord Huron which is probably why I like it. Not a fan of the falsetto singing in some of the songs. Overall I like the Black Keys

Fine. Not enough big riffs for me and it was a bit slow. Every track is good though and obviously loaded with hits. Good production and vibe. Just didn't grip me

Not fully my style but did save one tune “the only one”

After the fifth song of it sounding it exactly the same I got tired. The singing kept sounding the same and it was old quick. Sure the couple of singles are decent but they aren’t great blues singers just a bunch whiny dudes. They don’t play particularly well either. This I didn’t need to hear before I died.

I like the Black Keys quite a bit and this is my favorite album of theirs. A bit of a mix of their blues rock stuff and some psychedelic influence too

Waaayyyyy too long

First track vocal was absolutely horrendous, second track was rather lame and Im afraid that come this morning I cant really remember anything about it. Not good

It's alright. It deserves merit for coming from 2010 and not being so bad I have to turn it off - as it would seem based off other albums on here. It has a Fifa menu feel about it. It somewhat feels dated, and isn't a must listen for future generations, but there's worse out there.

Love this one! Thickfreakness is my favourite of theirs, but this one is maybe their songwriting peak. Dont think there's a dud track at all here. Classic

ufff godines

great tunes, but can't do 5 stars since they acknowledge their inspiration of black roots, but do not give credit to those artists from whom they borrow liberally.

It’s decent but not essential and a very odd addition to the book. El Camino is a better album

Enjoyed the music.

blues rock.. sehr gut. gfallt ma ehrlich richtig gut! trz 4/5 weil es macht jetz nit so emotional voll was mit mir aber halt a nit nix

This record was everywhere when it came out. I have fond memories of walking my dog listening to this on my iPod Nano. Still I hadn’t listened to the Black Keys in years and this was a fun stroll down memory lane.

7/10 - Pretty good! A few standout songs throughout the album but some middling songs.

Derivative, generic, boring blues rock pablum. Like Jet before them and Greta Van Fleet to come they're smack dab in the middle of the uncanny valley between homage and cover band. I listened to this on a walk and I forgot I was listening to something and completely tuned it out. Tighten Up is the one memorable track for me. Shouldn't be on the list.

Brothers es una obra de arte atemporal del rock contemporáneo y el testimonio definitivo de un dúo en su madurez creativa que ha envejecido bien gracias a su soberbia dirección artística. Desde una perspectiva de diseño de ensamble, el álbum destaca por su economía instrumental, ofreciendo una gran claridad y espacio donde la guitarra, la batería y los sutiles arreglos analógicos se entretejen muy bien sin saturar nunca el espectro sonoro. La interpretación vocal e instrumental destila una autenticidad incuestionable, proyectando una fuerza y autoridad superior nacida de la herencia del blues y el soul clásico de Muscle Shoals. A pesar de que el álbum tiene muchas pistas, mantiene una cohesión envidiable que transita entre una reconfortante sensación de paz y fluidez con pasajes enérgicos y bailables. Dentro de este extenso viaje, destacan con luz propia sus piezas más populares y mejor calificadas: el arrollador y magnético ritmo de "Tighten Up" (ganadora del Grammy), el groove infeccioso y cinematográfico de "Howlin' for You", la calidez deslumbrante en falsete de "Everlasting Light" y la profunda melancolía soul de "Too Afraid to Love You". Un trabajo conmovedor, crudo y real cuya extraordinaria versatilidad rítmica lo vuelve ideal para múltiples usos cotidianos, desde potenciar el trabajo creativo hasta musicalizar caminatas y trayectos en carretera.

This one is OK. I didn't realize I liked a couple of these, but didn't grow to like any others.

Great for jamming out to and having on as background noise. Very catchy hooks and its coherent sound is unmistakably cool. I just hate to admit that it gets a little repetitive, and I experience black keys fatigue if I listen to them too much. Still an incredible album with many bangers.

Informed quite a bit of popular music in the early 2010s, for sure, but the songs are frustratingly inconsistent, with many being extremely generic (never bad, though). Guitar work is alright, but never very boundary-pushing, except for "Go-Getter," which reminded me of Tame Impala. "Howlin' for You" is the best song here, amongst the better rock tracks of the decade.

Kinda synth-y, manches ist nice

Tough to rate due to the high level of exposure since its debut. Its a good album. Its a bit long

A solid album filled with soulful songs and bluesy numbers mixed with pop/rock sounds.

I already love the black keys. This album has classics like Tighten Up and She’s Long Gone which have been in my playlist for years. Far from perfect and not very unique, but it does blues rock very well.

Buen album se hace un poco largo en un momento y no llega a terminar de cerrar todas las ideas

Typical blues rock with a lot of deep groove and emotion

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.

2.5/5 I don't mind the black keys in small amounts, but 15 songs sort of dragged a little for me. There's no really bad songs and not any really great songs on this album. A nice middle of the road album.

Cool as a fuckin cucumber.

Very good ‘00s blues-rock sampling; an album front-loaded with popular singles.

My first Black Keys! I was a fan a while ago and kind off fell of them. I enjoyed this album a lot- I love the raw blues/rock sound- stripped down and yet still somehow complex and varied. There is a lot of old sound mixed with some new. I also love Dan Auerbach's voice. Overall- great album. 4.5/5, not quite a 5 for me

In the end it’s a whole lot of the same. Not bad but aside from a few songs, it came out very flat.

This is sitting on a knife’s edge between a 3&4, it’s enjoyable enough, pretty standard blues rock, but it does feel a bit long and not much of a variety between tracks.

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

Ok Album - Not the best for me

The album was decent, I did know their most popular song on it. Not something I'd come back to and I didn't take anything away, but enjoyed some parts of it a bit.

The Black Keys have a great song. This album is basically that song over and over again

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.

Brought back so many good memories. I used to listen to this album a lot in the early 2010s and it definitely had an impact on my music taste as a teenager. I'd forgotten about songs like These Days and Everlasting Light. Nice!

Very well defined style, not what I dig the most.

I went into this knowing I like some black keys songs but this blew me away. 4.5/5

Decent

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.

Incredibly inoffensive. I would've given it a 2, but that implies I was offended

4.25. Pretty cool for blues rock. Lots going on percussion wise. Vocals really the only thing consistent between the tracks, lots of different sounds. Really brought it from 3/5 boring blues compositions to a solid >4

I enjoyed this album

I liked it a lot. This is part of the modern rock from the 2010s onward and it is a fresh sound with heavy focus in the drums and how uplifting it feels. Kinda long, but it goes by very well.

Now this is my kind of music. No skips. Could be happy hearing any of these in the background.

Mixed feelings about this one. I liked it but it sounded too much like a pallid version of Bad Company, and while the songs are good, I couldn’t really remember anything about this album afterwards. Embarrassedly at one point I thought a song was really good only to realise Youtube had gone to a ad with a an interesting song. That says it all for me.

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.

Just great music. Good, laid-back rock that really gets you in the mood

Five listens in and still going. That's the review, really — but I'll elaborate. Brothers came out in 2010, which matters: it's upstream. The same raw, blues-rooted fuzz that runs through All Them Witches, King Buffalo, The Murlocs — The Black Keys were already there, doing it with just two people making far more noise than two people should. Dan Auerbach's voice, the minimal approach, the honest dirt of it. You can hear where a lot of what came later learned to walk. It's also the album I'd put on for someone I want to introduce to my taste without hitting them in the face with a heavy bong in a mosh pit. The entry point. The thing that gets you to the door before you find out what's behind it. 5/5 — belongs in my world.

They sure found "their" sound, and this sound is quite cool. Problem is, they exploit it over 15 tracks with only little variation from more rocking to more soulful. So, while I really dig some standouts like "Everlasting Light", "Tighten Up", "Unknown Brother" or the one where they reverse-rickrolled us, the album as a whole drags and doesn't make me want to check out their other stuff. 3/5 - good

I first heard of The Black Keys when they played on Colbert and I always meant to explore them deeper, but never got around to it. I really enjoyed this album and I was surprised to see how many people really dislike this album. Which really makes me want to explore The Black Keys if this is the one people don't like. Favorite Track - Sinister Kid Least Favorite Track - These Days ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This album reminds me of a specific bar in Glasgow that I used to really like going to. Funky, bluesy, usually a really good night. The big hit on this album I can't stand because of over hearing it when it came out, but there's so many other good funky songs on here. Good vibes album.

I thought this was quite good in places

I’m an unapologetic Black Keys fan, but I only ever what to talk about the blues records. I have to believe this is the only BK record on the list, so I'm going to use my time to express all of my BK related feelings. If you’re going to put one Black Keys album on this list, this makes the most sense. It’s their breakthrough, and the bridge between the two-piece blues of their first 5 albums (plus a few later records), and the more layered and expansive commercial sound of the other (how many?) albums. For me, those two sounds are like a regular cola and it's no calorie (but not diet!) alternate version; the stripped down blues being the former, and the multi-layered commercial blues being the latter. The heavy blues sound is great, but full strength isn't for everyone. Unfortunately, all the things that made that commercial sound broadly palatable and successful - the "feel good" stuff - are all the same things that make it easy to tear apart and belittle. Zero calorie soda is still bad for you, you just feel better about it because it's got less calories. Ok, this metaphor really started falling apart. Anyways... they chose to add the artificial sweeteners and, if they're happy with that choice, I love that for them. I own this, and everything through El Camino on vinyl. I had to get off the train there, but I should pick up Delta Kream and Peaches just to round out the blues collection. From my perspective, Brothers is the "I'll have one The Black Keys, please!" album that sums up everything they do. However, hipster as I am, Chulahoma will probably always be my favorite BK album. That’s convenient because absolutely nobody has ever listened to it (or knows anything about Junior Kimbrough) so it’s super easy to have conversations about it, and I love that for me. Recently, there’s an SNL clip from 2018 making its rounds online where Matt Damon and Leslie Jones argue about Weezer and whether they made any good albums after “Pinkerton!” Look it up if you don’t know it. Anyways, I think I’m Leslie Jones in the Black Keys version of that sketch (Brothers would be that inflection point record for me).

Some great songs (first 4!) but with hindsight they built up to El Camino 1. Everlasting Light 2. Next Girl 3. Tighten Up 4. Howlin' For You

Я вже чув цей альбом раніше і навіть маю його на платівці. Слухав його, коли грав на гітарі, бо тоді мені подобався блюз-рок і варіації на тему. Прямо перед сьогоднішнім прослуховуванням я думав, що альбом мені не зайде, але я помилявся. Легко слухається, класний тон гітарки, в альбома загалом приємний настрій. Година прослуховування пройшла не помітно, не потрібно було себе заставляти слухати. На iPod його не запишу, але буду частіше слухати на платівці.

enjoyable, I really liked it. rockin'

Me gusto, sonido medio vintage pero piola

One of the better Black Keys albums. Their commercial and songwriting peak being El Camino, of course.

It would be a 5, but tbh the start of this album was a little weak compared to how good the songs were in latter parts of the album

A descent album, if a bit overly long. 3 1/2 stars

More of a 2.5 for me ... nothing new here, nothing groundbreaking, and then it ran a little long, making me sleepy at the end.

I was a huge fan of this record, particularly Next Girl, back in 2010. Still so good.

5/10 ganz ok aber irgendwie bisschen langweilig

Okey… lo ame, es un buen disco la vdd pero si siento que ay canciones a las que le faltaron ritmo, si definitivamente ay canciones que se van a mi playlist

fuck patrick carney

This album was definitely influential to the alt rock and Americana scene, but there is a lot of filler here. There's no rise and fall of energy, every song just feels like more of the same. Its not a bad sound, but its not one I want to listen to for over an hour straight. This feels like a 3 star album in every way. Not great, not terrible. Just steady and...okay.

A 21st century blues-y garage rock revival album by two people? So, kinda like The White Stripes? I love The White Stripes so I should also love this, right? Wrong! And I'm not sure why. I think it's the songs that aren't are creative or memorable, or the production a bit bland. It's definitely not terrible by any means and I do enjoy their follow up El Camino way more. Maybe it's the more concise tracklist on that one? I don't know. Key tracks: Tighten Up Howlin' for You

This is an early 2010s-core album by arguably the most 2010s-band I've heard so far on this generator. The vibe of this album is "Ex's and Oh's" meets Tame Impala psych-rock meets Amy Winehouse-like vocals (3.5).

Es un buen disco, personalmente prefiero "El Camino" pero este disco no desmerece.

Just okay.

Pretty good album, pretty overhyped, though. It’s gotten great tunes, but sounds pretty generic, three stars.

Great Black Keys album

Another great discovery through this challenge. I enjoyed this one a lot. TOP Songs: The Only One, Tighten Up, I’m Not The One, Everlasting Light

Firstly, no chance is this album 16 years old. Secondly - it’s a fine, fairly catchy album where half the tracks feel like the same song. Favourite track: Sinister Kid

So I've been hit with a string of complicated albums lately. Not challenging, exactly, but albums that are more than just the music on the page, so to speak. "Brothers" is 100% more than just what you're listening to here. It is impossible, in 2026, to hear The Black Keys and not immediately feel some deep urge to go buy a Ford truck. After years of watching sporting events that were jammed to the gills with hours of Bud Light and car commercials for the last 16 years, this sound is synonymous with selling a product. Is that ok? I mean - it severely limits my ability to hear this record and take it seriously in any artistic way. I don't believe anything this guy is saying - every line, every bass drum beat, every slinky guitar line is designed to strike a pose, of hip, white, urban guys who know enough about pre-WWII black urban music to be able to create a modern facsimile that is appealing to modern white males who buy razor blades and fitted white t-shirts. The groovy ness of some of these riffs is completely lost on me because of all the overhanging baggage. Also - I cannot believe that right now anyone needs to hear this record. It is a sound we are all painfully sick to death of. Just look at the ratings of "Brothers" over time on this website - it is just a sad downward slide. Therefore: TWO STARS

Really not bad for 2010s indie, couple well known songs here

I find it weirdly hard to get a handle on my thoughts on the Black Keys. Are they great? Is this actually quite embarrassing? Does it occasionally feel like cultural appropriation of the blues? In the end, I come down on it just being 'quite a fun way to spend 45 minutes or so'. It definitely isn't anything special. Also, by the way, I don't think I'll ever stop being annoyed by how lazy the album cover is. I bet there's people who think that's art.

Amazing hooks , somehow drags

The black keys can put together great sounding tracks and I think with repeated listens I could get to like the Brothers album.

I struggled to connect with Brothers. There are individual elements which I could imagine being able to lose myself in a different setting (I quite like the vocals) but the songwriting is very boring and the further you get into the very long tracklist the more of an issue that becomes. I had to listen to it in two sittings because my wife asked if we could put something “more fun” on. Fair enough!

Black Keys reminds me of being 16 and getting lifts from my only mate who had a car, he was and still is a quiet and quite distant guy but i never saw him happier than when driving as a teenager playing the only two CDs he had in his car: this album and the one after it. It never did much for me then and still doesn’t but i’ve always understood the appeal and it’s by no means bad, high 2

I’ve never really listened to the Black Keys but found 5he album refreshing - a nice mix of blues/rock with some softer more melodic tracks. Have enjoyed this one!

I knew so many more songs than I thought! I really liked this album and I played it twice through!

Love this album and as a guitar teacher this album was huge for students.

3.5

It isn't a bad album, but there weren't any grooves or lyrics in it that made me go oooooooh like my favorite blues records do.

Man. What a boring album. The Black Keys journey into overproduced indulgence could use a lot of trimming down and a lot more variety. It is easier to respect a dedication to minimalism if it produced something artistically brave. In their defense this might have been a fresh take on their own sound at the time, but it is now doomed to car commercial status. If all you do is midtempo pentatonic riffs you do not need 18 songs.

Pretty good. Interesting tracks and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. 7/10

This album came out right after I got my driver’s license, working my first job with just enough pocket change to buy the CD and put it on constant rotation. The disc had a special print on it that would change colors after playing it for a while in the car stereo. It’s been a while since I’ve returned to the album, and I still love every track on here. Listening takes me right back to those teenage summers, driving around on hazy summer evenings with nothing better to do.

What a nostalgia trip this album is. Absolutely lovely Millennial Blues. Auerbach and Carney have such a great creative partnership. "Brothers" highlights all that is great with the Black Keys and showed the world they could create an overplayed hipster hit. A+ start to the album, A- finish. Not a perfect score, but a 5 nonetheless.

I’ve listened to this album on many road trips. I find The Black Keys sort of hit this vanilla music preference for many folks. It’s also just great road tripping music.

It's chill easy listening with some nice blues influence

Stomp and clap music, but make it edgy. Honestly felt like these guys were one trick ponies. Same mild love song lyrics, same muffled guitar, same filtered voice effects, with the same heavy bass drum throughout. It wasnt bad, but as an album it wasnt great. I think I would much rather listen to their singles, or a song or two rather than a full album. Or just throwing this on as background music, but then again I think theres better background music out there than The Black Keys.

Oh, looking forward to this! It’s been years! Man I do love this thing. So this feels like a guilty pleasure. I mean does it really matter to music in the lager scheme of things? Is it highly derivative? But to I love rocking to it while I do dishes? And if I am going to rate the Stones highly… I mean they really weren’t that innovative, they were just first off the line. And as much as I want to go back on it, every time I listen to a Stones album it ends up getting a 4. Because I enjoyed it. Same thing here. Guilty pleasure. 4 Boolean: yes, actually. I am glad to hear the black keys again and probably again before I die.

This felt way longer than it actually was. Songs started bleeding into each other and sound pretty much the same after a while. I think the Black Keys are fine in small doses, but almost an hour of them is just too much.

Solid throughout though not much did it for me in particular.

Херь

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

difícil sacar un album luego de El Camino, pero es bueno. Tiene mucho de esa energía del El Camino y em gustó.

It's alright. Some are good, others are just fine. Not my complete cup of tea.

I LOVED this album. almsot every track felt like it had STANK on it. favorited a bunch of songs from it

Meh. Decent radio rock I guess. Back half was more interesting. Black Keys has better albums.

Harry asked me if American Idiot was the last massive rock album, and I agreed, but I forgot just how big The Black Keys were in 2011/2012. These songs were everywhere. The summer I graduated college, I drop the family plow truck everywhere. A '94 F-350 that got 7 miles to the gallon with no ac. I'd roll the windows down and listen to 104.1. Songs from this and El Camino were always on. I was stoked to revisit this one. Once, Everlasting Light kicked on, I was even more stoked. But this thing runs out of steam quick. It's too long. The entire back half is just mediocre blues tracks.

mostly inoffensive and boring. half the songs sound like they were written for licensing, though maybe that’s just cause I’ve heard these songs soundtrack commercials so many times since the album’s release. gimme Magic Potion over this any day.

I like to think that if I were Jack White, I’d be more flattered than peeved that these guys had so much success ripping off my worst music. But to be fair to Jack, these guys aren’t even wearing fedoras. Chelsea listened to The Black Keys a lot when we first got together, and I expected to recognize more than “Howlin’ for You,” but the rest is truly forgettable. 2.5

Not for me

Deze landde heel slecht. Vond het zielloos en ongeïnspireerd, dnf dus ik neem volle verantwoordelijkheid als het tweede deel van de plaat indrukwekkender is, maar het werkte n bietje op mn humeur dus heb die gok ff niet genomen haha

I thought I'd never heard this album before. Then Tighten Up started playing and I was suddenly transported back into my parents' car at age ten or so, playing FIFA 11 in the back seat. I used to LOVE this song, and hearing it here was a very fun and nostalgic surprise. Now, to the rest of the album: I really like it! 2010s alternative rock often does it for me, and Brothers is no exception.

kinda annoying

mja een jaren 10 alt rock album. maar dat is het ook wel. beetje te zeikerig

Nice

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!

Favourite Songs: Tighten Up

Alsof ze Jack White (die ik hierna ook nog moet) een FIFA 22 soundtrack hebben laten maken. En dat bedoel ik niet denigrerend, want Jack White maakt lekkere muziek en de FIFA soundtracks gaan er toch ook altijd wel lekker in, maar dit klinkt echt heel erg als alles wat je hoort als je de afgelopen 6 jaar een keer een half uur hebt zitten kloten met een SBC in Ultimate Team. Het is me iets te leeg om er een 5 voor uit te delen, maar ik vind dit lang niet slecht. Ik kan helaas tegelijkertijd wel meteen melden dat ik dit nooit meer ga aanzetten; zo eerlijk moet ik ook zijn.

An ok album. I’d heard it before but not for a few years…’Tighten up’ is the only single from the album that I’d saved to my library back in 2021 and is still the only real stand out track from the album.

Overall: 3.15 (rounded to 3) Originality/Innovation: 2 Track Consistency: 3.6 Enjoyment: 4 Virtuosity (includes instrumental, compositional, lyrical): 3 1. Everlasting Light - 3 2. Next Girl - 4 3. Tighten Up - 5 4. Howlin' for You - 5 5. She's Long Gone - 4 6. Black Mud - 3 7. The Only One - 2 8. Too Afraid to Love You - 3 9. Ten Cent Pistol - 5 10. Sinister Kid - 5 11. The Go Getter - 4 12. I'm Not the One - 3 13. Unknown Brother - 3 14. Never Give You Up - 2 (great song, bad cover) 15. These Days - 3

Man I was really into the black keys when this album came out. I preordered the cd and everything. It was a heavy departure from their previous albums, but I still thought it was ok. I still like everlasting light, it’s a solid first song, and I like how a lot of the songs flow into one another, but revisiting it now after however many years, it is a mostly forgettable album with some decent singles. I lost interest in the keys after this album, I checked out el Camino and wasn’t impressed and haven’t kept up with them since then. If it was still the cd era I bet they’d have a killer best of album that would sell well. They just have a lot of filler on their albums.

Why did I get imagine Dragons vibes:( Sorry just not my vibe

Favorite songs: Tighten Up, Howlin’ for You, Too Afraid to Love You, Sinister Kid, The Go Getter, Never Gonna Give You Up, These Days

Кухня be like: Макс опять проебался и затирает какую то хуйню в конце серии. Прикольный хипстерский рок. В нем как бы есть что то такое вайбовое, но к сожалению такое себе. 3/5

hella solid, just bad memories related to breakup[d.v. done on me yay life was great]

Outdated boring blues rock.

Sounds like a Kia sorento ad

Me gustó, muy chill, lo escuche la mayoría a la madrugada. No agregué ninguna canción a mi playlist pero me gustó para tener como música de fondo

Love the Black Keys! Blues rock at its near-finest, though the second half of the album drags a bit for me.

Some classics here. Fun vocals and bluesy instrumentation.

Love love love

A guitar and drums duo playing old school bluesy-rock, who turn out not to actually be siblings despite calling their album Brothers - where do they get their crazy ideas from, eh? Comparisons with another duo aside, it turns out that these two have actually been friends since childhood and this album saw them working out some emotional fallout caused by drummer Patrick Carney having just been through a painful divorce. They managed to sort themselves out and work out their problems through their music. As might be expected, they have a distinctive sound with echoes of early 70s (and earlier) blues rock focussing mainly on guitar and drums, with some keyboards thrown in for a bit of variety. They had previously worked with producer Dangermouse (of Grey album fame) and he returns here on one track, adding to the retro sound. It’s not revolutionary, but I enjoyed it enough to give it a perfectly respectable 3 stars.

Love this one

Good vibe. Liked some songs I already knew. A few were kind of whiny for lack of a better word.

good album but not my personal preferred type of music.

An enjoyable indie-rock album with a bluesy tinge. I liked this, especially the track "Next Girl." It's not an album I'd ever seek out to actively relisten to, but I'd happily hear it again if it was playing somewhere or if I was on a long drive.

Really liked it. Another one that kind of falls off in the back half. Probably only needed to be 12-ish tracks.

I came to the Black Keys for raw, real, bluesy guitar and loose, muscular but nuanced drumming. Didn't need bass, synths, or an "atmospheric" or "retro" production package, but there's so much production, the Black Keys are almost entirely lost. Just try to image the Black Keys as a two-piece garage band while you're listening to this... it no longer makes sense. This is a Danger Mouse album. It's so Danger Mouse, that the fact that only one track was produced by Danger Mouse makes be think that Dan Auerbach spent the last album learning Danger Mouse studio tricks and then imitated them all in this album. Dan Auerbach's voice still anchors the album well enough, and there's some good tracks I just can't help but enjoy, mostly "Howlin' For You" and "Black Mud," but the rest kinda blurs together. 2.5/5

I wanted to like this alot more than I did. Just didn't hit

no

Straight forward, solid enough, blues rock.

Solid album by a band i only know by singles. Enjoyed the album but wasn’t blown away by it.

Good album. Love the blues inspired rootsy rock feel. Already have a few BK albums but hadn’t heard this one. Like it. 4

I don't like this one, feels generic. Album felt very long. Not for me.

3.5/5

Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? I had friends that really liked this album, I know a bit of it that plays on the radio How do I feel about this artist? I used to be a little biased against them because I’m a big Jack White fan and they had beef for a while. But that fued ended a while ago and I have since been enjoying some of their hits on the radio. First impressions (before listening): I think I’ll enjoy it based off of the radio hits. I always thought this album cover was stupid, but I guess there was a strategy behind it. Cooper Black is always fun to see on an album, it really stands the test of time. Favorite track(s): Tighten Up, Howlin’ For You Overall Thoughts: I liked this as much as I like the radio hits. The album overall is very solid.

I already really really loved this album.

This was pretty good. I only knew Howlin For You off of it. Probably more like a 7/10 then a 6/10 - but I think I would only get a couple of listens out of this.

A nice blend of indie rock and blues makes this album an all-around solid listen. Could definitely have done with some editing to leave a few tracks off and really refined the sound, but a lot to enjoy overall. Top tracks: Howlin' For You, Too Afraid to Love You, Ten Cent Pistol

It’s meh! Very 2010 Apple commercial music. Just not interesting to me. I can barely remember it honestly.

If we could do halves, this would be a 3.5 but it's definitely not a 4 so...

They’ve got a sound‼️

I’ve listened to the album three times today and read others’ reviews. I get what people are saying. This is safe, not exceptional, and maybe even a little car commercially. But during my listens, I never got bored and I liked every song. That has got to mean something. I am giving it a 4. And I reserve the right to change it to a 3 or 5 after listening to it some more. Okay, I got bored. It’s a 3😆

150. not bad

Enjoyable bluesy, moody rock

Pretty solid bluesy rock album. Only ever heard a few of their songs up to this point, but full listen was interesting. Not super attention grabbing but sets a nice mood.

The name of this review is, This Sucks. 1

Didn't realize that the first few tracks are a real great set of hits --- "Howlin' For You" is still great. Learning that this is a divorce album adds some color to it. Still, the middle gets a little same-y and I don't love the underwater sound on some of it. Great closer though.

Spectacular album. Fast, slow, happy, sad. A full rollercoaster ride of emotions.

Good. I've always wondered why these guys fell from favor. Their music is very listenable rock.

The most inoffensive treacly boring blues rock, as soon as a song ends I forget it. All the effects and fuzziness make it seem like it was recorded in a basement and I’m listening from the attic. His production and style gave way to the boring soft pop blues rock of the late 00’s and 2010’s Boo black keys 1.5 I do like his voice

Decent

Gosto dessa banda, é um dos melhores álbuns deles.

not really my type i found it really similar with the neighbourhood and artic monkeys n allat booze and i dont really enjoy listening to them so yeah but this was alright overall

I like the Black Keys simple, thumpy sound. Album opens strong with “Everlasting Light.” It is a very similar sound throughout, though, so I began to tune it out. It’s a bit repetitive. Solid album though. “These Days” caught my ear.

Had some hits but nothing to write home about

It is average, which would suggest 3. But average in a list which is excludes other, far more interesting, albums deserves to be punished.

I just done get the hype. I’m partial to a more gritty, lo-fi garage rock sound at times but the songwriting needs to be bloody good to make up for the lack of production. This does not have it. Sloppy, amateurish drums with basic chord progressions on fuzzed out guitars that don’t really add anything interesting to the texture other than saturate the mid range and crowds everything else out.

A consistently enjoyable album, but it's almost too safe. A great first effort but it lacks the depth, power, and experimentation of their later stuff.

Just a bit dull ?

Not bad. ★★★

It was good

Not for me. It gives white guy burger shack in silicon valley serving truffle fries. Fav song was never gonna give you up

Instrumental was ok. One other song was alright. Rest of the album was incredible. Brothers is why I love The Black Keys.

Everlasting Light - 2/5 Next Girl - 1/5 Tighten Up - 4/5 Howlin' for You - 4/5 She's Long Gone - 3/5 Black Mud - 3/5 The Only One - 1/5 Too Afraid to Love You - 1/5 Ten Cent Pistol - 2/5 Sinister Kid - 2/5 The Go Getter - 3/5 I'm Not the One - 3/5 Unknown Brother - 2/5 Never Gonna Give You Up - 1/5 These Days - 1/5 Average score: 2.2/5 ⭐️⭐️ i wouldn't personally consider it bad or unlistenable, but this album definitely sounds like redundant, pedestrian blues rock made for hipsters living in gentrified neighborhoods. if you've heard one track by these guys, you've heard just about all they have to offer musically. i will gladly leave this in the 2010s where it belongs after today

A masterclass in how not to sequence an album, blows it's load in the first six or so songs - which are very enjoyable and follows it up with nine of so less noteworthy ones. I like the cover of Never Gonna Give You Up, controversially - the Black Keys have a lot of great covers (maybe more than they have great originals)

Very nice

Reminds me of a better Cold War Kids.

That sound! I could listen to this album on repeat and repeat

This is a great album. Although I might prefer El Camino slightly more than this. Everlasting light is a banger too.

If you're into gritty blues rock with a modern edge, give Brothers a spin. The Black Keys really know how to craft a tight sound. Everything's locked in and working together here. There's also some nice use of horns and strings sprinkled throughout, which add an extra layer of depth to the overall production. My only complaint is that it can start to feel a bit one-dimensional at times. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions - Everlasting Light - Tighten Up - Howlin' For You - The Only One

It was okay.

mükemmel

What came first, the Black Keys, or the White Stripes?

This was much better than I thought it would be. Would be a 4 if it were 20 minutes shorter.

6/10

This was great! Not sure why I discounted these guys for so long. Love the Texas, Louisiana kinda sound. The old school production just works here too. Good stuff!

I get the appeal, but it got boring pretty fast for me.

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.

Some absolute bangers but some fall flat and a bit too homogenous as an album

Ставлю класс за то что эту фигню можно послушать на стриминге в отличие от двух предыдущих

Забавно, что этот альбом находится между двух моимх любимых альбомов группы. И кроме двух мощных хитов и еще пары крутых недооцененных треков - The Only One и Never Gonna Give You Up (такое название видимо гарантирует качество) - ничего особенного тут нет. Но хоть треки по большей части не запоминающиеся, но планку качества звука группа все равно не опускает ниже 4.

Спустя 90 альбомов пошла НАСТОЯЩАЯ музыка. Маме снова 17.

О боже, с 10 подхода мне зашли Блэк Киз, челлендж творит чудеса

Boring aah music

жаль, что за пределами первых 4х песен больше нет хитов, хорошо, что интересных песен там все еще достаточно, твердая 4ка

6/10 Some decent songs, but it drags a bit in places

La verdad que se me olvida como es que sí me gustan.

This is peak Black Keys.

Pretty solid album.

Dieses Album ist ein Vibe, ein Bluesiger Hipster ass Vibe, der Vibe ist ganz cool aber mehr als Vibe gibt's nicht. Das ist Bluesrock aber ohne das was Bluesrock zu Bluesrock macht abgesehen vom Oberflächlichen Vibe. Ich habe ein Kommentar zu dem Album gesehen der es Beschreibt als ich es je könnte "This is the sonic equivalent of that wood textured paneling people would put up in their basements instead of drywall" Eigentlich ist das Album nicht so schlecht aber ich hasse alles wofür es steht

five songs in and im in love

omfg i fucking hate this album i absolutely struggled through it!!! midfest galore

It’s funny, as someone who never gravitated towards rock music, I was super into this album when it came out. I think their sound made me nostalgic for something I never really experienced or understood in the first place. Now that I understand more of their reference points and context (thanks in part to this challenge) I can adequately describe this band as: competent. Everything is totally in its place. Everything sounds exactly as it should (shout out Danger Mouse). But they never dare push against the boundaries they set for themselves in becoming a down-the-center blues rock band, and the result is something impressively listenable but incapable of reflecting anything personal, interesting or unique about them as a band or as people. FWIW, El Camino is better. #MichelleBranchForever

Brothers feels like cruising through dusty roads with massive guitar riffs blasting confidently, sounding cool, energetic, and effortlessly stylish while every song somehow keeps the momentum alive, making you want to nod along constantly and immediately replay the album once it finally ends afterward again.

Can't quite put my finger on what I don't like about this. I can't discern a particular genre or any influences--it just sort of rambles along? It's not very--melodic? The songs lack structure? Hovering between 2 stars and 3 stars. Leaning toward two because of the negative je ne sais quoi of the whole thing, but I didn't hate it as much as it just sort of made me uneasy. I guess 2.5, which rounds up to 3.

music is love

2,8/5

Probably not the album I would have chosen for the Black Keys, probably would have gone with Magic Potion. But still, this album was huge for me in high school and I have listened to it countless times. The album starts of strong from Everlasting Light through Howlin' For You. Other standouts Too Afraid to Love You, Ten Cent Pistol, Sinister Kid, and Unknown Brother.

Classic

Just a bit vanilla. Kind of like a fifa sound track but not the good kind

I can see the cynicism others have for this album, but i tried to put this aside. Decent blues influence rock, and the guitar tones are great and I like the soul/stax/motown influence on it. Production is overly loud though which undermines the old school aesthetic.

This album was overproduced. Blues Music should have minimal production so the singer’s emotion can shine through.

aldrig riktigt lyssnar på enskilda projekt av bandet men nog värt att lyssna på, 3/5

3/5. Några bra låtar och bra stil, men lite för långdraget tycker jag.

Good

The first album I heard of the Black Keys was “Attack & Release” from 2008 and already by then I wasn’t really convinced: too foreseeable melodies, too poppy, too boring. What followed didn’t ever interest me again.

Nice like a hip hop vibe, nth special but i liked it, i would give 3.5/5, but i m gonna give 3.

No deep thoughts. I just like this record.

6 7. Actually incredible drums

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

Even when not at their best, this duo is still great.

Sounds like rocket league background music

Early, bluesy greatness. You can hear the beginnings of stardom.

Beer might be talking but the music is very nice to listen to, the singing is great. All in all solid and didn't mind the over an hour length.

You can tell The Black Keys are an indie band, because of course they have that trademark indie fuzz to their sound. However, they also have a really distinctive magic bass fuzz that somehow automatically turns all of their tracks into a bop. Vocals are pretty good, though do get a bit tiring after a while - they are pretty much all one style. Album is slightly on the long side and I'm not sure if there's enough variety to justify the length, but it's all pretty enjoyable to listen to. Definitely some playlist submissions here even if I wouldn't listen to the whole album again. Impressed they got away with Rick-rolling us all too. Decent 4.

The songs seem to follow this strange pattern of being repetitive for most of the song and then doing something interesting in the last 30 seconds. I found it generally enjoyable but not very memorable High 3

I made a noise similar to getting into a jacuzzi for the first time when finally listening to this.

Feeling the main character right now!

I thought I'd never heard this before, turns out I have heard it in every car advert I've ever seen

2.5 but because I like them, went with a 3

I love this album. In 2010 my girlfriend at the time and I were going through a long distance breakup and for whatever reason this album was what helped me get through it. Belting out Next Girl, or Howling For You, or Everlasting Light just helped. It's what I gravitated to. So yeah for me this one's personal.

I didn't love this. The "soulful-voiced white guy yelling bluesy-rock at me for an hour" genre isn't really for me. The songs were somewhere hummable and melodically interesting, but the sound really grated on my after a while. Two stars.

i never really liked the black keys for two reasons: the overplaying of lonely boy etc and the fact their signature sound just feels too samey across the songs i had heard. there was a happy place in my heart for "tighten up" bc it was on the fifa 11 soundtrack. i listened to that a lot while my brother played the ps3 and then just saved the playlist bc it was so full of fantastic indie / electric hits... but i think that nostalgia does a lot of heavy lifting. "The Only One" and "Unknown Brother" were distinct favourites. The Only sounds a lot like Jabaal by the Dur Dur Band (is it synth??idk.) The guitar riff in Unknown Brother is delicious and dirty and really reminds me of the riff in "Janitor " by Suburban Lawns. This definitely isn't, as a whole, my usual "sound," and my preexisting distaste for them has influenced my enjoyment of this album. Unfortunately, I think the things I loved most about the three songs mentioned was that they didn't sound like the black keys as they've always existed in my mind. Usually when I've up a few songs to a band I've previously find difficult to enjoy I enjoy they become a gateway into tuning into a bands particular "sound" but I get the feeling this wont be the case here (and I just don't feel curious, or interested, enough about the rest of their music to prove myself wrong.) Liking songs in spite of an artists sound isn't the greatest praise, but I will say I do appreciate the black keys more (or at least this album) than I did before. It's a lot more varied/complex than I ever gave them credit for, I would probably spin those three tracks on my own accord but I don't think I'd listen to the album again without hearing something from them that truly surprised me. 6/10

Never want to hear Gold on the ceiling ever again, but shit this album sounds great. Low end sounds fantastic and a great heavy blues theme across the whole record. Glad to have given this one a go. Heaps of songs on there that are way better than what I've heard from this band.

Great album, proper solid listen, a few standout tracks, can't remember what they're called though!

a very interesting genre of music! second half of the album made up for the first… it was okay.

Had enough of this stomp clap crap after 2 songs. This is just all the same song it did not have to be an hour.

meczacy rock, nope

Me lembrou um arctic monkeys no começo, porém ao decorrer do álbum, dá pra ver q se inspiram até mais no Soul do que no rock plenamente dito. Voltaria pra ouvir algumas, muito bom no geral. HIGHLIGHTS: EVERLASTING GIRL, TIGHEN UP, BLACK MUD, The only one, unknown brother, these days 8.5

Very familiar with this album - received a lot of airplay in the early 2010s. There was a simplicity here with the 2-player format like White Stripes that was attractive during the era. Listening today the songs feel a bit played and stuck to that era. While Tighten Up remains a favorite, I'm not sure I'd put this on for a regular listen. I've listened to a lot of older albums here and graded them higher than I might have originally. This might be the first time I hear and album in ~10 years and ask what did I see here; what did I like so much? What seemed fresh and amazing then is mid today. 3/5

The only great record by these guys is Chulahoma. The singles on this are very tired for me but like the other cuts especially side 1; track 1 and 10 cent pistol. I appreciate what they’re doing…

It's ok. I like El Camino better. This is probably their 2nd best?

Stale, dull, unoriginal. Marginally better than some of their other dross due to competent production and a touch more sonic variety but fundamentally it's music for boring dads.

volin crne ključe, nekuzin hejt prema ovom albumu

I am 3 songs in and I know I'm biased but this album is probably one of the best things that came out of 2010 (right up there with Patti Smith's Just kids and Elena Ferrante's - My brilliant friend) Even though some songs sound like the anthem for a beer ad, others make up for it ( Black Mud w. the instrumentals)

not for me. reminded me someone i would hate

This was their peak, no ifs ands or buts about it

Great musicianship, but albums like this make me realize I love a tight 40-50 minute album with 10 tracks.

Not terrible. But not my jam either. 8/21 61.72%

Goated album.

echt een paar lekkere nummertjes hierop (vooral Howlin' For You & She's Long Gone) maar het is wel een beeeeetje veel van hetzelfde zoals the Black Keys dat eigenlijk altijd zijn. jammer dat je geen 3,5 kan geven

Was not familiar with this band. Don't know much at all about this genre either. Garage band music? However, I somehow listened to this album twice and realised that it was growing on me. The next girlfriend track for example.

This album screams 2010s indie rock-pop, with a distinctive, fuzzy sound that stands out at first but becomes pretty repetitive by the end. The single Howlin’ For You is great, though.

Coole Musik Entspannt zum Anhören Werde ich immer wieder mal reinhören

8/10

saying this is car commercial music is a cliche but it really is car commercial music.

It's got kind of a commercial cool guy vibe but its not bad. It's very polished. I imagine they call themselves a blues rock revival or something like that. Either way there's a rockabilly mixed with psychedelic rock mixed with the modern rock like the white stripes foo fighters, etc. I thought it was solid.

I am 10 years too old to enjoy this. When this came out I was beginning my real crotchety old man phase (at the ripe age of mid/late 20's) with respect to popular music. Anything that sounds like this just reminds me of handlebar mustache, whiskey out of a mason jar, suspenders wearing barn music . It smacks of try hard white people soul with little to no instrumental talent. The corrugated steel hut double tracked voice doesn't help either. It's not quite the "clap clap HEY" genre which is so much worse but it approaches it. Music for advertising mid size sub-luxury SUV's and male hygiene products. I hate this kind of music, but I realize that I am the exact opposite audience for it. I guess it's a unique sound, even if I dislike it.

good

Absolutely lover this one. Resisted the band for a long time because if I hear Gold on the Ceiling one more time I'll lose it. But this was full of great tracks, the production is unique, refreshing and very satisfying, lots of buzzy, electronic and raw low rhythmic and percussion sounds, and a genuine pop sheer enjoyableness that felt particularly great after Mellon Collie

Hermoso/s géneros, muy buen álbum, excelentes melodías y ritmos, lindas letras. Nada más para agregar.

Heard Before? I vaguely remember it. Notes: - this seems like an odd pick. the Black Keys are certainly pleasant and popular, but I had no idea that anyone thinks of them as important or influential. - this particular album is one decent 2 minute song stretched out to 55 minutes. Verdict: Snore. Listen Again? This will be probably be playing in beer commercials until the heat death of the universe.

this was good, some great guitar and just really good tunes

Used to hammer this. Tighten up in still one of my favourite music videos

LOVEDDDD

Unknown Brother

Great album

Smiths>White Stripes>Black Keys

The band you want playing when you walk into a quality establishment to drink a beer and shoot some pool.

Listened on 4/10/26. Heres my thoughts on some of the songs. "shes long gone" not the best I heard. its alright. I don't like the guitar parts either. thoughts on "never gonna give you up": I do like the lyrics and the way how he delivers it with his voice. very catchy and I like the instrumentals in this. "tighten up": I didn't really enjoy the start of it. highlight of this song begins at the end when everything switches. best song on this album I would say is,"never gonna give u up". its different from the rest of the songs and it has more emotion. the way how he sings in this song is more catchy. it becomes more listenable overtime. the other songs in the album I don't think I would listen to them twice. Everlasting light is ranked top 5. I like the image this song gives. all the other songs have that vibe of car rides and "enjoying life" but this one gives more cozy, a little more romantic, and surprising. I also do like the end as well. "unknown brother" the lyrics is more bold and outgoing. "these days", more emotional, slow, meaningful. I would love to hear this song in a concert. Overall I would say the best song on this album is "Never Gonna Give You Up".

Vibessss

This album is great from start to finish. I actually just revisited a lot of their discography recently, and this was the first album I went to. They really lock in their modern blues-rock sound here and execute it just about perfectly.

Liked it

Es un graaaaan álbum, es sensual, vulnerable. Toca muchas fibras y tiene demasiadas joyas

Good grooves, unique sound. Enjoyed the album

Zero skips. Only one song on there I didn’t love, The Go Getter. Every other song was impeccable vibes. Need on vinyl.

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.

Very good, I like the genre but had never heard about that album, a really good discovery

It didn't feel very genuine to me like they're putting on a persona.

5/10

It was OK enough but by the fourth song I started getting tired of hearing more white boys cosplaying the blues. Oh, I'm sure these two mean well & have a real love for Howlin' Wolf or whoever but for my money it all sounded too cutesy and at times unauthentic. Some white boys can play the blues. Someone like Johnny Winter can play the blues damn near as good as any black man ever could and better than many well regarded black blues men, but The Black Keys are not even on the same ocean much less boat as Johnny Winter. Brothers is a pretty inoffensive album, it makes fine background music, I bet they sound great after a few beers but with so much great blues out there I have no idea why anyone would bother with Brothers.

Not bad

Blues rock from the 2010s, my prime music years. Love it!

Boring. It's loud and fuzzy, generic airy vocals, but feels too well mastered and controlled. let it loose a little and perhaps a better time would be had.

Tighten Up Howlin’ For You Ten Cent Pistol Sinister Kid The Go Getter

All songs