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jtwilliams 08-25-2010 08:47 PM
The Black Keys - Brothers (2010)
 
The Black Keys - Brothers
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Track Listing:
1. Everlasting Light
2. Next Girl
3. Tighten Up
4. Howlin' For You
5. She's Long Gone
6. Black Mud
7. The Only One
8. Too Afraid To Love You
9. Ten Cent Pistol
10. Sinister Kid
11. The Go Getter
12. I'm Not The One
13. Unknown Brother
14. Never Gonna Give You Up
15. These Days

jtwilliams 08-25-2010 08:49 PM
Personally I love this album! It is my first Black Keys album but I am sure to love the others, I have heard various other tracks which I love. This is my favorite 2010 work thus far.

TheCunningStunt 08-25-2010 09:40 PM
Not a new release, but meh whatever.

I voted 'It's pretty darn good! '

Rickenbacker 08-25-2010 09:41 PM
'It's Pretty Darn Good!'

I really enjoyed playing along to this album on guitar. It tends to get a little samey when just listening, but it's still quite good.

Violent & Funky 08-26-2010 09:23 AM
It's far too long but the first half is solid and there are a few other gems sprinkled about, such as my favorite, 'Sinister Kid'...

LoathsomePete 08-26-2010 09:53 AM
It was a pleasant surprise for me because I wasn't expecting that much after their last few albums. Catchy, fun, and enough to keep me interested through to the end. Definitely not one of the best albums of 2010 but enough to get the Black Keys back in my good grace.

jtwilliams 08-26-2010 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 923031)
Not a new release, but meh whatever.

I voted 'It's pretty darn good! '
I wanted to do a newer one, but this one wasn't on here and I have been playing it a ton.

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 923189)
It's far too long but the first half is solid and there are a few other gems sprinkled about, such as my favorite, 'Sinister Kid'...
Sinister Kid is also my favorite track :thumb:

Landon 09-01-2010 01:56 PM
It's okay, nothing special, my favourite songs are: The Only One, Howlin For You and Tighten Up.

pourmeanother 09-02-2010 09:56 PM
I voted pretty darn good, but was tempted to vote in the middle. It's a decent album. It's grown on me a bit but has recently tapered back off. It starts off with 3 solid tracks, plateaus a bit, The Only One jumps back out, hits a lull, then finished off on a decent note with the last 4 songs. Just a little too inconsistent, in my opinion, and there are no tracks that truly jump out and grab 'hold of you...

joderu95 09-05-2010 07:33 PM
Excellent album. I've never heard anyone say an album is "too long" if they generally liked it, but whatever. It's 15 songs and 55 minutes, that's not particularly long for that many songs. 1, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 13 are my favorites.

Violent & Funky 09-06-2010 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by joderu95 (Post 927814)
Excellent album. I've never heard anyone say an album is "too long" if they generally liked it, but whatever. It's 15 songs and 55 minutes, that's not particularly long for that many songs. 1, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 13 are my favorites.
Really? It's weird for me to generally like the first half of an album and then think it goes on to long? And 55 minutes is way too long for a blues rock record, and if it's because there are too many songs well, then... there are too many songs...

jtwilliams 09-07-2010 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 927980)
Really? It's weird for me to generally like the first half of an album and then think it goes on to long? And 55 minutes is way too long for a blues rock record, and if it's because there are too many songs well, then... there are too many songs...
I think it just depends on what you like. If an album is say 75 minutes long, but I love all the songs, then I am fine with it. If it is an hours worth of filler tracks, well, then I agree too many songs.

Violent & Funky 09-07-2010 09:17 AM
How many 75 minute albums do you love? The only albums I can think of off the top of my head that are over an hour long that I love are Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Double Nickels on the Dime, and those are the exceptions and not the rule...

sidewinder 09-21-2010 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 928434)
How many 75 minute albums do you love? The only albums I can think of off the top of my head that are over an hour long that I love are Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Double Nickels on the Dime, and those are the exceptions and not the rule...
This thing is 75 minutes long? I hadn't noticed. That's a good thing. It feels a little long, but not 75-minutes long.

Violent & Funky 09-21-2010 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 934300)
This thing is 75 minutes long? I hadn't noticed. That's a good thing. It feels a little long, but not 75-minutes long.
No:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 927980)
Really? It's weird for me to generally like the first half of an album and then think it goes on to long? And 55 minutes is way too long for a blues rock record, and if it's because there are too many songs well, then... there are too many songs...

duga 09-22-2010 11:36 AM
I almost bought this album on vinyl today, but I wasn't too sure since I hadn't even listened to these guys before. Judging from the responses here, I think I made the right choice...I only want to spend my money on truly deserving albums. I think I will still download this guy, though.

Instead I went with the new Black Tambourine compilation and Siamese Dream (it being my favorite album, I figured I should probably have it on vinyl).

Violent & Funky 09-22-2010 06:02 PM
If you buy a Black Keys vinyl try to get one of their first three albums. Those were the ones recorded in like basements/abandoned factories around Akron and truly fit the vinyl sound...

sidewinder 09-22-2010 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 934372)
No:
Doh. I only saw the post I quoted as the most recent when I came back in this thread. Without the context of the other posts, it sounded like you were saying it was 75 minutes and one of the few 75 minute albums you loved. :p:

55 minutes makes more sense. I do agree it could be a little bit shorter.

JSADD 10-09-2010 12:56 PM
This album is great.

Dr_Rez 10-14-2010 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete (Post 923211)
It was a pleasant surprise for me because I wasn't expecting that much after their last few albums. Catchy, fun, and enough to keep me interested through to the end. Definitely not one of the best albums of 2010 but enough to get the Black Keys back in my good grace.
I really think there more of a live band. Watching the two of them play together is so much better than there recorded experience.

Violent & Funky 10-22-2010 08:51 AM
We're gonna set a record for most miss uses of "there/their" in one thread!

Dr_Rez 10-23-2010 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 946442)
We're gonna set a record for most miss uses of "there/their" in one thread!
Who give a ****. Last time I checked this was a music forum not a reminder that we are not all English majors.

Violent & Funky 10-24-2010 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by RezZ (Post 947136)
Who give a ****. Last time I checked this was a music forum not a reminder that we are not all English majors.
I give a ****? And if it bugs me then I'm probably not the only one...

Violent & Funky 11-11-2010 01:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sc0ttMurray (Post 954940)
I'm not a long-time fan or follower of the black keys but I've found myself jamming out to this album a lot! The first 3 tracks: Everlasting Light, Next Girl, and Tighten Up are my **** but then I kinda have a falling out with the album. Overall it's thick, chunky, and down right durtyy when it comes to classy grooves that feel like a blast from the past. It's good to see the "old-fashioned" trend coming into style over the Screamcore nonsense that's been going around.

Good examples of new "Old" grooves:

Ceelo Green's "**** You"
Anything by The Dead Weather or Raconteurs
Black Keys - "Thickfreakness" and "Brothers" (albums)
Last Shadow Puppets - (Alex Turner and Miles Kane) Recommend!
"That is Why" - Say Anything
"Antigravity" (Summer Love Song) - Incubus
Them Crooked Vultures
I'm a fan of a lot of that music! :thumb:

joderu95 04-01-2011 06:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 928434)
How many 75 minute albums do you love? The only albums I can think of off the top of my head that are over an hour long that I love are Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Double Nickels on the Dime, and those are the exceptions and not the rule...
There's probably a lot if you're talking double albums like Double Nickels. But 75 minutes for a single disc? That's a bit more rare I'd guess. Ænima from Tool or Frances the Mute from Mars Volta probably make it though.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 927980)
Really? It's weird for me to generally like the first half of an album and then think it goes on to long? And 55 minutes is way too long for a blues rock record, and if it's because there are too many songs well, then... there are too many songs...
Sorry it's taken months to reply, I don't come by very much.

I guess I can't say for sure if it's weird or not until I know if you liked the album in general. Actually, now I've got several questions and I ask because I am genuinely curious and I recognize arguing taste isn't going to accomplish much, but it is interesting. What is a good length for a blues rock record? And why should that vary (apparently) between genres? What is "too many songs"? 15 but not 14? 14 but not 13?

Violent & Funky 04-04-2011 05:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by joderu95 (Post 1029047)
There's probably a lot if you're talking double albums like Double Nickels. But 75 minutes for a single disc? That's a bit more rare I'd guess. Ænima from Tool or Frances the Mute from Mars Volta probably make it though.



Sorry it's taken months to reply, I don't come by very much.

I guess I can't say for sure if it's weird or not until I know if you liked the album in general. Actually, now I've got several questions and I ask because I am genuinely curious and I recognize arguing taste isn't going to accomplish much, but it is interesting. What is a good length for a blues rock record? And why should that vary (apparently) between genres? What is "too many songs"? 15 but not 14? 14 but not 13?
Blues rock is a very stripped-down, simple genre, especially the way the Black Keys play it. Brothers is a pretty good album that is weighed down by the last few tracks and hence its overall length. I think 40 minutes, like their two best albums, Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory, is ideal. This isn't prog...


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