Brothers

very solid garage rock album. some hits on here too that i completely forgot were by the black keys. enjoyable throughout.

Giving it 4 stars because everything can't be 5 stars. Great songs, but it's nothing I couldn't live without ever hearing again.

Always was a fan of the Black Keys and their minimalist stompy rock. This album catapulted them to a new level of fame, and rightfully so, it’s an excellent showcase of their talents and probably the best of their catalogue. A few songs are a little too simple stupid, but the majority prove that there are new and innovative ways to play the blues. Although this came out when rock music was branching into new directions, and sounded somewhat pastiche, I think over time this will hold up well against its peers.

Great album.

Good album, tails off a bit at the end though.

I had no idea what to expect with these guys. I've heard of them, but had no clue what genre they are. I was pleasantly surprised! I like them. Modern, but soulful Good stuff

Consistently good, but falls just a wee bit short of great, in my opinion. Wear their influences on their sleeves, in a good way, but I hoped for more from them, perhaps because I had liked everything I had heard from them previously. A solid 4 stars though, which is better than most!

This album is all about texture and tone. It is also an album of contradictions, with brash distorted vocals and guitars but also subtle details. I would imagine it is a grower with repeated listens. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: These Days Date listened: 15/05/23

sans grandes surprises, s'écoute très bien !

Good album. Very lounge rocky. I like the lyrics, but find the overall laid backness of all the tracks detracts from the album as a whole. That being said, solid 4.

They’re not really my thing but I do get why people like them. I do very much like the song Howlin’ For You, so that it was on this album made me think, oh maybe I’ll like this album as much as that song, but alas, just not my thing. Still giving it 4 stars though because I feel like they deserve it. 😂

It was decent, just overall good vibes and nothing too bad about it at all. Kinda same-ey at time but not much

This is more like it. I knew some of the songs before listening to the whole album, and it's a great listen overall.

Wow echt een mooi album. Ik moet ze eens wat meer beluisteren!

I was surprised to see The Black Keys in 1001. I mean, they are cool, but just random guys from my university playlist. Anyway, the album is easy and nice.

A great blend of rock and blues, and the lead singer's voice adds so much to each and every song

Great record this. Recognised quite a few songs off it despite never listening to this before. I remember them being the leaders of that whole garage rock / blues revolution, but I managed to listen to most of the others without the top dogs. Big fan of that whole bassy, echoey sound, and the subtle added instruments take it beyond most garage rock without detracting. Only downside for me is it is quite long, but I’ll definitely return. For years, ‘Tighten Up’ would get stuck in my head but I never knew who it was, so I’m pleased that mystery is solved.

another mega nostalgic one. feels like 8th grade. i think 10 cent pistol might be the best song on this album this band is just so good and I love that it's just the two of them. Dan's voice is perfect for blues

I love the Black Keys sound, bluesy rock twinged in Americana. This record is one of the earlier ones and is quite raw, and perhaps they have not truly found their groove at this point. Still, a decent listen.

This is the album that introduced me to The Black Keys and it's probably their best (that I've heard, anyway). Authentic sounding blues rock with soulful tendencies. The first four tracks are excellent, and the more chilled final three are nice too. The middle of the album is inconsistent, and there are times when I wonder if it's all a bit... average? But nah, overall this record is solid - not outstanding, but with some stand-out moments. Much like The Black Keys in general. 3.5

It's like the White Stripes but slightly worse.

The first album that I've listened to in entirety before this project! I still like it, but not as much as I remember.

down and dirty blues based garage rock with a retro sound. great use of distortion in vocals and guitars. highlights include: “tighten up”, “she’s long gone”, and “sinister kid”. solid album, top to bottom.

This one was pretty good. Had some bangers.

I really, really like this album. It’s weird, because the Black Keys are a band that I like when I hear them but I don’t go searching for them. This is the first time I sat down with one of their albums and it was just chock full of great songs. I probably would’ve cut a few off towards the end (but the last two or three songs were excellent) as it got a little long but there wasn’t any BAD songs. I’m debating on a 4 here as I can’t go 5 but I feel it’s silly to mark it down as a 3. But I also know I’m not going to go listen to all of their other albums like if I was really, really blown away but I know that they’re probably also great listens. Torn. Fuck it.

Wow can't believe it's just two dudes

Full of hits. Even the non-hit tracks were good. This album sees the band move on from their stripped-back blues sound to a more polished indie-influenced sound. It obviously worked out well for them.

Overall a very consistent album, not something I would usually check out but after hearing the first couple of songs and recognising the classic that is ‘Howlin” for you’ I did begin to enjoy it, not sure how often I’ll return to it but it was a nice first listen

pretty front loaded but I still like the music

Godt album!

I really enjoyed this. Bought a second-hand CD of it.

Listened Before? N Man, 1001 on a ROLL lately. This one was unfamiliar as well, but I enjoyed it a lot. Enough to add it to my collection, so good job! Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: I'm Not the One

Well, this was revelatory to me. I thought I’d heard of the band. I thought I knew a couple of tracks. And I think I recognised that a couple of songs have been used for adverts. But on the whole, this was completely new to me. Sometimes when this list has offered me up something that I have very little or no previous knowledge of, it has turned out to be stupefyingly mediocre or something that I never want to listen to again. However, this to me felt like a timeless classic. If you’d asked me to pinpoint an era, I would never have gone with 2010. It feels earlier. Or somehow out of time. But my instinct has been to have the album on hand to play, whenever I could today. I think I’m on my third listen and it’s just getting better. I absolutely love Sinister Kid and Howlin for You and Too Afraid to Love You and Tighten Up. This has been a great new find. I’m just trying to wonder what happened in 2010 for me to miss this?

This was a nice surprise. I didn't care for it when this album came out, but today I was totally digging it. It could probably use a little trimming, but all in all I like their sound and the guy's voice—even though it's limited in range. Good production, too.

Great

Generic rock album with 2-3 bangers but a lot of filler. I would almost describe this as "lounge" rock - I imagine it being played in some underground swanky rock club filled with cigarette smoke. Not the biggest fan of the vocals outside of the hit songs, and same with the drums. The best sound on the album is the overdriven guitars and fuzzy bass. Still, the Black Keys are definitely talented at what they do, and I enjoyed the listen overall.

This is a five star album through 9 or 10 tracks. I love the distorted, bluesy sound for both guitars and vocals. The album is at its peak when, as I listened the second time, the volume was unexpectedly way too high and smashed me in face. It get good in my bones. The last 4 or 5 tracks are fine, but feel like a significant drop off.

Great album. Was my intro to Black Keys and am enjoying my repeated listening.

Excellent guitar riffs, true rock vibes, and overall songs were energized and exciting.

Really great album

אלבום נהדר. מוזר שיש ללהקה הזאת יותר מ7 מליון מאזינים חודשיים בספוטיפיי ומעולם לא שמעתי עליה. דן אורבך ללא ספק מוכשר מאוד ואני הולך להישאר עם הלקה הזאת לעוד הרבה זמן לדעתי.

nostalgia pura por este disco

Vau, nice, tikrai above average mano skoniui

Preferred El Camino

Great album, good stuff - 4 stars

Amazing modern rock and blues album.

Album classique de mes 16ans mais moins bien que el camino

Man, everybody in high school was always telling everybody to listen to the black keys. I liked this, but I do feel like it leans heavily on that specific, somewhat distorted sound. Many songs are similar. These Days was my favorite, although I was kind of hoping it would be a cover of the Jackson Browne song.

Almost a classic though I still think it's a touch too long.

Very good performance of twee musi ians!

great album, 4.

I like the Black Keys even though I can't name any of their music. I've seen them perform on TV, and occasionly heard their music through YouTube. Only one track on this album was familiar to me. I forget how bluesy their music can be. I might come back for a second round. "Tighten Up" and "Everlasting Light" were my favorite tracks.

Really brought me back, lots of nostalgia here 4.4.

This is a really tight album

Black Keys are generally pretty fun, kinda wear down over the course of a whole album. 2010's kind of the tail end for this sort of sound being fashionable, the bass is mixed more heavily, we're not quite to the point historically of dubstep being shoved in everyone's faces for half a decade, but it's hard not to think about that coming as this starts to die off

I think the most astounding this is album his how many songs got airplay. It's not quite my vibe, but I cannot deny the mastery.

Unique sound and enjoyable listen

Very nice blues rock. The first half of the album is better imo

A solid effort by the BKs, but otherwise outdone by Camino.

Bit on the long side, but hard to complain when it's all this fresh, innovative and gleefully hedonistic. A great record.

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.

I really enjoy listening to this 😊 Three stars…

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

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

middle school me liked this more than adult me

Middle of the road, te gepolijst

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

Need a suit and shades to listen to this album

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

Solid blues album!

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

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

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

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

nice

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

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

It’s fine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nokkuð solid blúsplata.

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

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

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