Reviews (page 7 of 14)
I don’t hate this thing and I consider myself quite a positive reviewer but how is this rated so highly it’s just generic rock that doesn’t do anything special, like people roll their eyes at britpop because they think it’s generic but really against this??? It’s not a bad album though and the songs are quite nice still a 4/5.
Absolute titan of an album. One of the first albums I loved as a kid. Dragged at times, but tons of gems and overall a great collection of modern blues songs with musical themes repeated throughout. 4/5
First time listening to a Black Keys record, and it was quite an enjoyable listen. I enjoy the dynamic range of this record, with bangers like Tighten Up and Howlin for You, and the tragic tracks like The Only One, Too Afraid to Love You. Unknown Brother and Never Gonna Give You Up also stand out, and I want to return to this record to really see what this band was going for conceptually. The only thing stopping me from giving this a 5 stars is that many of the songs here feel flat and unremarkable. Perhaps they'll grow on me the more I listen, but tracks like The Go Getter feel like a vibe and nothing else, even with the great production and performances all around, which I think is largely due to the absense of a catchy chorus or guitar/keys melody. Still, this was quite an enjoyable listen. I'm very much looking forward to listening to some more from this band.
Good for a long car ride, probably will listen again. I feel like a few of the songs could’ve been cut tho 8/10
7/10. Good stuff, nothing earth shattering.
Sterk, nog wel is een keer herluisteren
This was a really good album, nothing more to say really
It’s groovy sh*t. I like it!
I listened to this on Friday and now, on Monday, I can't say I remember a single thing about this album. I think I liked it?
Black Keys give you solidly enjoyable rock every time. They’ve got a very distinct and catchy signature sound, takes me right back to my post-uni restless summer days every time. I might like El Camino better, but this one slaps too. Have seen them live and they put on a hell of a show.
Один из лучших рок-альбомов в мире по-моему мнению. Хоть и вторая часть альбома ощущается слабее, первая более чем компенсирует это своим идеальным блюзовским инструменталом, разнообразными мотивами и по-настоящему живым звуком. Я не особо обращал внимания на текст, так как для меня превыше всего были инструментальные партии, которые являются очевидной звездой этого произведения. (8.5)
Good just blended together for me
7/10 This album continued to surprise and entertain me as it played on. I am a fan of the sound design used throughout the album. Using distortion/overdrive on the vocals is a super interesting touch, and I like it more because The Black Keys aren’t obnoxious with it. The usage of it actually makes the songs that don’t use it stand out significantly. Gentler songs like The Only One and Too Afraid To Love You really gave this album depth, and songs like The Go Getter and Never Gonna Give You Up really emphasize some of the incredible songwriting and sound design that is going on. I thoroughly enjoyed and believe that the drumset parts are essential to this albums enjoyable nature. There is a ton of variation in grooves, some syncopated, but none jarring enough to leave you wondering where the beat is. Above all this album is great due to the things listed above, as well as the pure attitude and emotion that seems to be void in so many albums. Props to you Black Keys!
Þessi plata kom út rétt eftir að ég hafði kynnst The Black Keys, þar sem þeir hituðu upp fyrir Kings of Leon í Hyde Park, London, sumarið 2010. Ég heillaðist um leið og hef verið mikill aðdáandi síðan. Þessi plata er mjög góð, hrá og hressileg. Mæli með!
fan but no song really sticks out to me after 2 listens
I quite enjoyed it
The Black Keys represent one of the directions that 2000s-2010s alternative rock has gone that is actually good. The album has some filler, though, along with some great tracks.
Tighten Up and "Howlin' for You" are the two songs I recognized but also really loved "Never Gonna Give You Up". Great album from start to finish. 7/10.
T3B 1. Tighten Up 2. Howlin’ for You 3. The Only One What a great, easy listen. 4!
Surpreendeu positivamente, achava que se tratava de um indie tentanto soar mais pesado, pelo hit reconhecido. Só que apresenta músicas envolventes, blues com clima muito forte.
When I was 12 I thought it was the greatest rock n roll record ever. Nowadays I consider it a solid 7/10. Fave: Too afraid to love you
I thought it was solid.
This album was great! It was refreshing to hear a relatively recent rock album be this good musically and lyrically. Favorite track: Howlin' for You
Classic. I forgot how many of these songs I knew already and loved. The grunge and bite is fantastic. Honestly 9/10
Great album, but Howlin' for You is the true standout
This is such a class album. They're so cool and bluesy and sexy and cool. Its never been something I listen to over and over again but every now and again think these come up strong as absolute bangers. Never gonna give you up has always been my fave
Yeah it's a belter. I don't think it's their best album but it is great
The Black Keys are cool. Two dudes, rockin' out. Love it.
pretty nice
Although this came out in 2010 it really captures the mood of deep south Delta Blues. The vocals and lead guitar come off sounding distorted but I think that adds more "texture" and grittiness to the music. Most of the album is pretty damned solid with not much filler.
Excellent stuff. Not a bad song on it I don’t think and probably my favourite album by them. Made me want to get my leather jacket out. Saw The Black Keys at glasto once, but they didn’t seem too enthused to be there which was weird.
estuvo bueno xd
No lo escuché todo todavía pero me copa lo que escuché
Mon copain m'a tellement fait écouté certaines chansons que j'en étais lassée, mais force est d'admettre que cet album est excellent, entraînant et a sa propre identité.
GOOD
Nothing startlingly original here, including in the Black Keys oeuvre, but that's no bad thing when it's done this well.
I LOVE this cover. Never Give You Up is a faithful cover that manages to give it a blues edge. Howlin For You is the standout track.
3.5 but I rounded up because the singles are definitely good. I’m always gonna prefer the earlier black keys albums tho
I was vibing with every song! A highly enjoyable listen that I'll definitely come back to
Pretty good, enjoyed the laid back vibe.
So much great stuff on this album. I had a few songs on this album that I’ve loved for years ( everlasting light, tighten up, only one) but hadn’t heard the rest of it( except for howling for you). I really like the production and the drum sounds, guitar tones and all the distorted fuzzy stuff grooves and organs are cool too. It is one of my favorite sounding records but after a while it seems like too much of a good thing. The songs started to all sound the same. I think the song writing and arranging is good ( love how simple everything sounds), but it kinds of sounds like we are hearing every attempt to work to perfect that sound. II would have liked them to mix it up and deviate from the static bluesy sound on a tune or two. Maybe an uptempo tune or something with more harmonic movement - maybe some horns or another singer, another soloist to spice it up. These Days is a great ballad and I dig his voice I would’ve liked another tune like this earlier in the record. It is a really incredible sounding record. It made me want to listen to a couple other records that have some similar production and aesthetics that I love - Circus by Lenny Kravitz. Locked Down by Dr. John (also produced by Dan Aurbach) 3.6
Vet! Samen met El Camino veel gedraaid, maar alle andere platen van die lui hebben me nooit echt kunnen bekoren.
Fijn plaatje!
The answer to the question: what if Jack White fronted T-Rex? The whole album has a distinct glam-rock blues vibe relying on a thumping guitar warble to drive almost every song. There’s a lot of filler - the album has no right to be an hour. Sinister Kid and The Go Getter should have been scrapped as should the last 3 songs. But there are so many fantastic songs on this album: Everlasting Light, Howlin’ for you and Ten Cent Pistol are 3 nostalgic favourites. And Tighten Up and Never Gonna Give You Up are 2 songs I’d forgotten about that made the album worth revisiting.
I loved this when it first came out. For some reason not as gripped by it now. So giving it 4 stars for historic reasons. Otherwise, maybe a 3.
Pretty sure I bought this when it came out but didn't play it much. I thought i was gonna be dismissive but it's pretty damn good. The sweaty heavy blues must be great live in a small venue. Quite a lot of variety considering the genre. I can't give it a 3. It's too good for that Will explore more of their stuff.
I like it. Contemporary blues. Brave of them to record the whole thing through a rizla stretched over a comb!
3.5 to 4 stars. It could be half this length and have the same effect. None of the songs are bad, but the record drags near the end as the same blues ideas are repeated
Awesome
Everlasting Light through to Howlin’ For You were highly enjoyable. She’s Long Gone was a just ok, not too gripping. Black Mud was a short instrumental breath of fresh air. The Only One was okay. Too Afraid To Love you was good background music. Ten Cent Pistol I liked. Sinister Kid was good. The Go Getter and I’m Not The One were a bit unmemorable. Unknown Brother would gladly go on a playlist. Never Gonna Give You Up was decent. These Days and Chop And Change were enjoyable. Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth was okay, wish another song had taken the last (vocal) song. Black Mud II closes the album with another short instrumental, wish it was between TGG and IMTO to pull attention back. Overall really enjoyable album, will listen to more stuff by The Black Keys. The majority of the album gave me Muse x Arctic Monkeys vibes, and the vocals were really good. Not a single song sounded the same, so it didn’t feel repetitive in any place. 4/5
A great album that I should listen to more.
Very good!
Unique sound
Had her a few of their songs before but really dug this album.
My first time listening to this album front to back. My awareness of The Black Keys and Auerbach/Carney stems back a number of years and have enjoyed their music over that time, but never done any true deep dives. The third track, Tighten Up, was my first exposure to the band, from the FIFA 11 soundtrack. There is something about the sound of "Brothers" that gives it a timeless feel - you can tell the iconic early 2010s indie/rock vibe right out the gate, but you could also very well be listening to something from decades ago. Great mix of keys and bass lines, notably on tracks such as The Only One. The vocals give a sense of longing and throughout the album tell a compelling story of someone who feels lost and confused, but ultimately knows what they want. Need to get this on vinyl as it is a fantastic album to listen through in one sitting.
This album is loaded with bluesy riffs, given loads of texture by the heavy use of distortion and fuzz along with the occasional wah and tremolo. The vocals are great and the lyrical tone related to moving on past difficult times and having hope for the future.
very good! liked it a lot
Knew some of the songs on this album beforehand. Good, but missing a little in replay-ability for me.
love it
Brothers is a very polish hard rock album for beginners. Your Not going find much substance here but the songs are still very catchy. Has heavy blues rock influences. The song everlasting light is probably the blacks keys most popular song. Songs are less hard hitting in the second portion. Might have something know as the sand witch promblem where the beginning of the album is good and end of album good but the middle part is lackluster The song 10 cent pistol sounds like it got ripped out the 60's
Cleaner production than earlier Keys albums
Great raw and psych-y blues, vintage-sounding but layered and enriched to modern standards. Last few cuts are excellent and deliver more via less banging than earlier cuts.
Great Sunday chilly rock vibes
Heard this one a bunch. Pretty good. Reminds me of when I first moved to NYC.
Strong and punchy tunes. I knew a few of the songs already and I like the style. I can't believe I missed these guys from 2010.
Knowledge of the Black Keys is almost entirely between Brothers-El Camino-Turn Blue, while El Camino might be my favourite of the 3, Brothers is a very close 2nd. HL: “Too Afraid to Love You”, “Next Girl”
sympa bien qu’un peu long
FIFA music <3
Solid album, definitely this and El Camino are the Black Keys at the height of their power. I used to really like them but find myself less interested as time goes on. Somehow it sounds dated already though!
Not all of the tracks in this album are winners, but many of them are. To my ears, these guys have a super refined style but are still hitting some diverse sounds. Great listening.
This album reminds me of high school and it being the new band on the scene. I really like the lofi sound quality of his voice and the guitars. I listened to it in 2 days so i can't remember the first part of the album that much but the whole album was very familiar. Sinister kid does sound sinister, it gave me villan vibes. Maybe my favorite song from this album is too afraid to love you.
This was the breakout album and for good reason. It maintained the dirty bluesy sound they’d been playing while featuring enough catchy choruses to satisfy the mainstream.
A solid album, but nothing revolutionary.
Shannah loves. Very happy. - 4/5 Conor quite likes. Pretty happy. 3.5/5 Bill likes. Moderately happy - 3/5 (3.5/5)
Album goes hard. Possibly my favorite Black Keys album
Decent album,
This is after I stopped really paying attention to this band, but this album is pretty cool if a little long and not as good as Rubber Factory or Thickfreakness. Not sure if I ever actually listened to it all the way through before.
Never listened before apart from what makes the radio. Definitely need to go back to some great songs that dont make the public playlists
Loved it. Fuzzy, bluesy guitars with a nice slice of sleaze sleaze. Will for sure listen again
This isn't a soul album but this album has soul. Stand out tracks - everlasting light - next girl - howlin' for you - unknown brother
My style of music
I enjoyed this a lot more that I thought I would. I didn't have much of an impression of The Black Keys but the music is fun, even if wholly unfamiliar. Howlin' For You is just great, and Next Girl. I like The Doors and CCR and ZZ Top, so what not The Black Keys? That said 18 songs and over an hour runtime is perhaps a bit generous.
4/5. Good ass burger music 👍
Really enjoyed this one, had some good moments.
grungey and heavy with a square eye at big festival shows
yir boi
Moderne blues-rock, råt, garage, solidt
Enjoyable modern blues with soul. Can’t help comparing to White Stripes because if similar set up and I think Black Keys are far superior - more melodic, less harsh with the vocals and more groove. Good music.
Nearly 5 stars for me - very familiar and really like it but gets a wee bit samey in the back half
Fantastic album
Love how sludgy this sounds but it is a bit overlong
Just a solid album. Start to finish every song is solid.
Back in 2012 they were the most important band around, but I did not knew any of their music, and even worse, had tickets for a festival of which they were headlining, so I did what everyone would have done, I downloaded their most recent album and started to listen… damn I loved those records, the other one more than this one but not by much, to this day I stop to listen Sinister Kid or Next Girl, it is one of those records that just speak to you. That day at the festival I had some of times ever (not only for the music of course but it was a major factor). 10 years after my first contact with the record I still love it, but now I can see it’s too long and that it actually looses punch towards the end, I don’t mind it he some great memories attached to it and I’m glad a got to listen to this mostly in time lol
Percussive drums, heavy bass and meddling guitar riffs, very cool Edit: percussive everything, alot of rhytmics on this record, way too long though
moderniji pothvat na blues sa miksom garage rocka. inače su mi dobri, ne slušam ih previše, ali si znam nekad kad sam u takvom raspoloženju pustiti koju pjesmu, a nekad i album. dobar album, nema ničeg lošega, ima dosta dobrih pjesama, ali nažalost ubija ga dužina albuma, reklo bi se da izgubim taj neki interes kroz neke pjesme (Sinister Kid, The Go Getter...), ali opet one koje su jako zanimljive i dobre vrate taj gubitak u neku ruku (Everlasting Light, The Only One, Ten Cent Pistol, Too Afraid to Love, Unknown Brothers, These Days). Everlasting Light - slažem se da je rip-off od T.Rexove stvari Mumbo Sun, ima bome sličnosti. Za #14 pjesmu sam mislio da je cover, heh, zeznuli me. These Days je tako jeben closer track. nije čista četvorka, tbh, ali nek' ga voda nosi.
Iss nisam ih slušo od osnovne. Ak je ovaj tu znači da će i El Camino doć 😊
Oh, Brother
Like the black keys a lot! One of the newer bands that feels pretty innovative to me, plus one of the members wrote the bojack theme song
Tämähän on aika solid todiste siitä että rummuilla ja kitaralla voi vielä tehdä aika suathanan kiinnostavaa musaa. Täähän on tällänen blues- ja garagerockin helmi, joka ainakin itsellä oli nimenomaan se sisäänheittolevy koko artistin tuotantoon. Kestänyt aikaakin jotenkin paremmin ku se puhkijyrsitty El Camino -hittiputki. Mut siis yksinkertainen on kaunista ja siitä tässä kai pohjimmiltaan on kyse. 4/5
Uuh, mehevät ja tarttuvat riffit ja paksut cläpit on mun makuun. Vaikee sanoo että onko 3 vai 4/5, että oliks tässä nyt musiikillisesti kuinka jänniä juttuja lopulta. Ehkä löyty sen verran hyviä biisejä että ansaitsee nelosen.
Tääkin levy alkaa hyvin! Ylipäätään tykkäsin kyllä tästä rockin "mausta" keskimääräistä enemmän, laatua!
Huh. Never listened to the Black Keys before but there's a certain pulsing smokiness to their music that I enjoy. That said, for me this album isn't a banger-after-banger situation. Despite that, though, tracks verge from sorrowful to sexy and back again. Definitely worth a listen and maybe even a few re-listens. Fave track: Howlin' for You. There's a certain sexy, wailing quality to the treble. It shouldn't work but it does. Probably thanks to the counterbalance with the percussion.
Better and rougher than el camino, but there's still a softness to the Black Keys that I bounce off of
I was burned out on this album around the time of its release, but I really enjoyed listening to it. Still dig the Keys’ early stuff best, but this is solid all the way through with some great, standout tunes. Next Girl, Howlin’ for You, Never Gonna Give You Up.
Bangers through and through
Yeah, excellent
Always liked this one
"Lonely Boy" from their album after this one has been a favorite song of mine in my playlists. I was glad to go a bit deeper into The Black Keys' music with their breakthrough album. I enjoy their blues rock sound. "Tighten Up" and "Howling for You" were justified hits, and the latter has earned its place in sports arenas. Besides these, I enjoyed "Sinister Kid" quite a bit. I now really want to listen to "El Camino" and see where they went from there.
I was familiar with a few songs from The Black Keys so I knew the general vibe of the band. On my first listen this wasn't a love connection... Fortunately I gave this another listen and the second time around enjoyed it quite a bit more. The soulful bluesy feel is pleasant and while it was a little long to attend to closely I did enjoy having it on. I like the single "Tighten Up" a lot, but I was surprised to prefer the dreamier songs like "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "These Days." "Howlin' For You" is a good song but I think I'm a bit tired of it as I heard it a lot on TV commercials.
Riktigt bra skit 😀
Great great album. Loved it when it came out
One of The Black Keys' best albums for sure. This album is just wall to wall killer rock. I love it.
Probably my favorite Black Keys project, just a lot of feeling bottled into these tracks
Rival sons-esque, liked it, gonna give some of their other stuff a whirl based off that album
Hadn’t heard of them but they were good
Great album
Above average rock album. Few tracks were a little boring, others are timeless.
Pretty good
This was a big surprise. I basically liked every song. Always believed that they were a White Stripes wanna be band, without having listened to their music. They deserve more of my attention. 4 🌟
Great
Great
Solid wordsmith and song writing all around. One of the best albums to come out of the 2010s.
nice bluerock with a style filled with soft distortion decent album
buen disco para poner mientras haces una tortilla
album one, una stella in meno per eccessivi assoli chitarrosi
Good album. I like it
Is quite a vibe that can't find anywhere else. Refined arrangement
Amazing start to the album. Thought it would be 5 stars but there were some weaker tracks in the second half. Loved the heavy bluesy sound
Fun
A regular listen on the car stereo rotation. Love this stuff.
Solid, reliable
Man this is a total 3.5 for me. I like it but perhaps not as much as their first few albums. They are a very sonically consistent band which is sort of a blessing and a curse. I do like their general sound, but on the other hand no individual tracks really stick out to me more than the others. I'm going to be generous and round up to 4 because I absolutely love the simplicity and directness of the album cover - at once both bold and humble - which would also work as a pretty apt description of their sound.
It's rare for an album to not have a single bad track, these are all bangers and I think I've heard every single one on indie radio at some point. Hugely influential in some circles and brought back a bit more blues-y guitar into the indie mainstream. Hard to rate since I've heard it so many times, I will go with 4.5 down to 4.
an oh yeah I forgot about this album yes
I just love how the album cover is straight to the point and simple, yet unique. The music is consistently good and though I only loved a few tracks, it will be played a lot in the future.
Really unique album. No other sound like it and I really like that. The instrumentals are really good, and feel very garage-y and bluesy in their performance and production. Good job black keys
Not bad, though I don't know that I would want to own this one.
Fantastic album that had somehow passed me by. Will listen again and again
I've always liked this album, but I definitely prefer Turn Blue
First time I've listened to this album; I'm glad I did. All the great Black Keys ingredients
I listened to a lot of crap when this came out, so I was afraid that a fresh listen would reveal it to be the same. It holds up. What a great sound they have. Best track: Howlin' For You
Not really my genre but enjoyed nonetheless
Pretty good. Some songs great. I wouldn't have searched them out, so this site will really expose me to new music. Loved "These Days"
-Not as bad as I thought it would be -I liked Too Afraid To Love You & Unknown Brother -Good music to listen to while I wear my leather jacket
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Beggining of the album consists of well known song, but I don't like them too much, so I didn't like it from the start. The other part seems much more interesting to me. Starting from "the only one". Drop one star for the beggining.
4.5/5 Terrific album. It's been a while since I've listened to The Black Keys, and I have actually never listened to Brothers until today. Dan Auerbach is an oft-overlooked guitarist, who takes advantage of his cache of vintage instruments to sustain the group's unique sound during the 2000 - the garage-band 1960s meets post-90s grunge. Catchy songs, but never trite. Good stuff.
There are some great tracks here.
Yup
Can’t beat The Big Come Up, Thickfreakness, and Rubber Factory for nasty — but Brothers has got groove. Deep cut pick: These Days
banger, zero skips
1st song has the same feel as T Rex ... Mambo Sun. Then a couple hits that I recognize. So far I like the slow bluesy feel of this album. The Only One stands out so far. As does the follow up track; Too Afraid to Love, and it actually continues pretty much all the way through slow burn closet These Days. An excellent album 4 🌟
¿Qué hizo que este disco fuera distinto al resto del grupo de garage revival que nos ha tocado como para que me agradara tanto? En realidad no estoy 100% seguro, quizá es el punto que por lo que leo ya era su sexto disco. Posiblemente el hecho de que aquí se escucha un poco de más atención a su sonido y que no solo se siente como la manera fácil y rápida de hacer música de moda, nomás con que suene asi a "garash loufai ya la hicimos" tenga que ver. Está también el punto que aunque en parte tiene mucho ese sonido diría que muchas de las canciones se sienten mas revival de rock setentero, entre hard rock y psicodelia casi ácido más que revival de bandas garage. Me agrada que las letras no están tan simples como la mayoría de esas bandas, la música es variada, hay desde canciones como Howlin For You que parecen diseñadas por un publicista para pegarte directo en el tallo cerebral y estar hechas para ponerlas directo en un comercial, hasta algo como Too Afraid to Love que parece The Animals o Ten Cent Pistol que pudieras hablarle a Morrison y presumirle cómo puedes hacer canciones en su estilo quizá mejor que él. Me agrada haber por fin encontrado un grupo de toda esta sección enorme de estilo que pegó tanto del que puedo honestamente decir que me gusta mucho.
Este es una chulada de disco. No conozco TODA la discografía de Black Keys, pero lo que me gusta de las canciones que conozco es ese componente "sucio" de su música. No es precisamente "garage rock", porque está producido en estudio, pero tampoco suena del todo limpio, y eso lo hace agradable. Creo que si le hubieran quitado algunas canciones al disco habría quedado mucho mejor, pero aún así es bastante bueno. Como nota adicional (y que no tiene que ver con la calificación), siempre me ha impresionado que esta banda sea (o fuera) de dos personas.
Es uno de mis discos favoritos de su época: sólido, variado, con canciones pegajosas que puedes escuchar casi en cualquier momento y caen bien. Aunque para estas alguras los Black Keys ya se habían alejado un poquito del concepto inicial de tener únicamente guitarra y batería (ya se notan arreglos en teclados y otras cosas) aún conservan la onda bluesera con garage que los identifica en un principio. Escuché también la versión Deluxe y está buena para fans pero son demasiadas canciones para un solo jalón y al final podría cansar.
Rocking, really enjoyed
Fand ich erst langweilig, zündet erst nach dem ersten Hören.
Some bops on here, but how much ye olde timey microphone shit do I need to listen to?
En ole aikasemmin suuremmin TBK:sta perustanut, mutta tätä levyä tuli luukutettua videopelin taustamusana ja meno oli chilliä. Ei paskoja biisejä ja hyvä kokonaisuus.
Moneen kertaan ennenki kuultu levy. Todella lähellä viittä tähteä, mut pieni ripaus sitä jotain lisää tarvittais
Good but not great. Some pretty forgettable songs on here. The good ones are really good though. "Ten Cent Pistol" is probably my favorite, but the most popular are probably "Howlin' For You", "Next Girl" and "Tighten Up" which are all also pretty great. Could skip the rest and not miss anything.
I like the style, but the vocal effect is a little abrasive after a while. I’d be interested in hearing more of their stuff though
Never listened to this before but I can see this being a grower and will be on my rotation.
Solid Album from the black keys
A mostly-solid album, and a great example of modern pop-blues. Fantastic opener "Everlasting Light," which makes brilliant use of a few simple parts. Continues with another three amazing tracks before taking a dip. Truthfully, this record is front- and back-loaded. Save a few highlights the middle is kind of a slog, and I could easily see tracks like "Black Mud" relegated to B-side / bonus track status. The 10-or-so great tracks are screaming out for a tighter record to live in.
Good driving tunes. Recognised a lot more than i expected.
Right day for this album. Good lyics good instrumentals
Wayyyyyy better than the first album. I genuinely enjoyed it
Track 1 4/5 Track 2 5/5 Track 3 4/5 Track 4 5/5 Track 5 4/5 Track 6 5/5 Track 7 3/5
Pretty good 4/5
Listened to it before and still holds up. We don't get raw rock and roll like this anymore
Bajos pronunciados y distorsión a lo que marca, es como pegarle un mordisco a una esponjilla de alambre: una maravilla. Por como están hechos los trabajos vocales, la estética juvenil-intrépida te llega como parece ser la intención. Te hace sentir cual si fuera una película de acción sobre asaltantes de banco.
I knew Lonely Boy, now I’m really curious about this band.
7/10 Buenas fusiones y ritmo.
Klingt Retro, ist aber vergleichsweise neu. Gewinnt durch Vertrautheit.
Amazing album, a personal favorite of my dad. Fav tracks include Everlasting Light, Tighten Up, Howlin' for You, She's Long Gone, The Only One, Ten Cent Pistol, and These Days. No tracks are bad really, just not as good as the other ones. If you liked this one do yourself a favor and listen to El Camino as well, my dad loved that album too. 8.5/10
talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.
Nice
Nice.
This is a record that works almost at every time. I remember this being released and becoming an instant classic.
Ya había escuchado The Black Keys, pero no le había prestado mucha atención a este álbum. 7/10
I really enjoyed it They'll make you think making music is easy And that you can use a broken mic
I really like the Black Keys (although they gave one of the worst festival shows I have seen). Solid album throughout with Sinister Kid being the late album standout for me.
Not bad for a couple of guys who Seem to have a “let’s drink some beer in the garage” vibe. I like the bluesy rock with a bit of bluegrass in there somewhere. ‘Ten Cent Pistol’ was my favorite track and I also really liked the instrumental ‘Black Mud’. Brought back memories of watching them open for the Black Crows at a MN State fair show about a decade+ ago. Good stuff.
"I wanted love, I needed love Most of all, most of all Someone said true love was dead And I'm bound to fall, bound to fall" (Tighten Up) "And that's me, that's me The boy with the broken halo" (Sinister Kid) Ningún disco de The Black Keys va a ser tan bueno como aquel que contenga Lonely Boy, pero es un buen intento.
Soulful garage rock. Infectious grooves over a bed of rock-solid bass and drums with some interesting and sparse overlays (synth, guitar flourishes, etc). Nice vocalizations. A good listen from start to finish, few if any weak moments. Didn't blow my mind but it's an album I can come back to.
What a great rock album, the one which put them in the spotlight and probably their best
Quite delicious garage and blues sound. Relatively new to me. Curious for their earlier stuff.
Good stuff
Ah man. I saw the Keys the year after this came out. What a phenomenal concert, even if it was at the Target Center. I must have put holes in the CD from the amount of times I've heard this. One of the standout features on my iPod Nano. It's as good as I remember it. The crunchy guitars and the lilting vocals are bluesy and kinetic. But it's hard to deny the little weird sections, the fadeins of other songs. The crazy distortion on the guitars. It's a warm blanket. If a warm blanket was made of singing about being a vindictive cowboy.
Wow, an old favorite. I went through a Black Keys binge phase when I discovered them in college, and I still think they're a fantastic rock duo. Brothers isn't my favorite of their albums, but I understand the selection because this was their breakthrough and it's got a crazy roster of hits. The opening four-track run is pretty insane. This album (or the Black Keys in general) is the kind of thing you show to your uncle who says rock died in the '80s. Favorite tracks: Howlin' for You, Everlasting Light, Black Mud, Next Girl, Tighten Up. Album art: Sort of creative by being uncreative. Black and pink color scheme is always good, but I never dug this one very much. Probably part of the reason I gravitated to other Black Keys albums more. 4/5
This album is pure joy :D
Bängeri Skön Garage/blues/indie/whatever genreskit
Love this album.
I’m not used to the genre of music but it was pretty cool, actually added a song or two to my Apple Music!
Excellent album. Great songs, great guitar work. 4 stars.
Black keys are good
Classic. Lyrics felt relatable to Taylor situation
It's a pretty chilled listen. Just a shame the remaster is still such poor audio quality.
This is the album that sent the Black Keys into superstardom. The first half of this is single after single of pop-blues rock. I do think this album suffers from being too long and a lot of the second half could’ve been cut as b-sides. This isn’t my favorite Black Keys album, but is probably the one I’d recommend if somehow you had not heard them. Favorite track: Sinister Kid Least favorite track: Never Gonna Give You Up
Good aughts vibes. I'd never listened all the way through.
Quick playing album. I liked the hard blues in the beginning and some softer blues at the end
Fav Song: Unknown Brother
The Black Keys are great. Good, chill, cool rock that's fun to listen to.
This was actually the first time I listened to this and I liked it a very decent amount.
Me likely. Everything is distorted and has just enough edge. Will probably add to my library.
A mix of blues and the back-half of the grunge era of rock music.
Enjoyed it, sleazy and funky, but also quite forgettable.
Good stuff. Gotta listen to it again
A couple of songs that I've heard in like trailers and commercials! Never heard the album, not bad.
I think this is the album before they lost the plot. Lot of fun bluesy, funky tracks on this one. Favorite tracks: "Next Girl", "Sinister Kid"
I remember when this album came out, I thought it was the bees knees! still think it is a very good and solid album, but not as in love with it as I first was.
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.
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.
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.
The album is fine, nothing interesting that makes it stand out - 3/5
Very pleasant for the right mood. 3/3.5
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is mid Black Keys. All of the songs on this album sound like a Black Keys song.
it was good, but not spectacular
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.
This style of rock and roll does not hold 16 years mater like I thought it would
decent, almost playlist worthy
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!
Good if you like a 70s vibe. Kinda giving "expensive burger place" except the food is unseasoned and they only serve three things.
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.
7 / 10
Decent, just not my favorite flavor of blues rock
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.
this is forgettable background music for me
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.
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.
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.
lubię ale znałam wczesniej i tylko pare piosenek spox
Fantastic album, nostalgic and so memorable. Howlin for You never not hits
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.
75
Repetitive, but okay
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.
It’s decent but not essential and a very odd addition to the book. El Camino is a better album
7/10 - Pretty good! A few standout songs throughout the album but some middling songs.
This one is OK. I didn't realize I liked a couple of these, but didn't grow to like any others.
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
In the end it’s a whole lot of the same. Not bad but aside from a few songs, it came out very flat.
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
Decent
Incredibly inoffensive. I would've given it a 2, but that implies I was offended
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.
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.
I thought this was quite good in places
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.
Me gusto, sonido medio vintage pero piola
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.
5/10 ganz ok aber irgendwie bisschen langweilig
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.
Pretty good album, pretty overhyped, though. It’s gotten great tunes, but sounds pretty generic, three stars.
Great Black Keys album
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
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’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!
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.
Pretty good. Interesting tracks and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. 7/10
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.
Solid throughout though not much did it for me in particular.
It's alright. Some are good, others are just fine. Not my complete cup of tea.
Meh. Decent radio rock I guess. Back half was more interesting. Black Keys has better albums.
Nice
Favourite Songs: Tighten Up
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
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
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.
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.