The Black Keys – El Camino [2LP] (Deluxe)
Tracklist:
A1 Lonely Boy 3:13Â
A2 Dead And Gone 3:41Â
A3 Gold On The Ceiling 3:44Â
A4 Little Black Submarines 4:11Â
A5 Money Maker 2:57Â
B1 Run Right Back 3:17Â
B2 Sister 3:25Â
B3 Hell Of A Season 3:45Â
B4 Stop Stop 3:30Â
B5 Nova Baby 3:27Â
B6 Mind Eraser 3:15Â
It’s a Black Keys album and you pretty much know what your going to get. This is the seventh outing from the great Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach.
They work in what is a somewhat restricted musical seam yet they seem to manage to squeeze every ounce of funky blues and soul base metal from its core and add their own little discoveries. It all adds up to a quality product but one in El Camino which adds a bit more grease and motor oil to the usual mix. The result is the creation of what is one of their best hard rocking blues barrages in sometime which does offer contrast to the more laidback Brothers album. Equally the bands honorary third member Dangermouse (Brian Joseph Burton) is at the control desk again and has decided to place a welcome emphasis on the pop hooks in these 11 great songs and for once the bass player gets a proper look in.
If you came in with the danger mouse records you’ll have no problems, if you’re a fan of the original sound of the black keys we suggest you do some pre listening before you buy this album.
Just have to ask yourself, how light do you want your black keys ?