Condition: New
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Label: Nonesuch
Catalog#: 292476-1
Format: Vinyl, LP
Gatefold Cover
Record NEW (listen to our copy)
Cover is in shrink
Country: US
Released: 01 Apr 2008
Genre: Blues, Rock
Style: Blues Rock
Credits: Artwork By [Artwork And Design] - Michael Carney
Bass [Hohner 3], Synthesizer [Moog And Korg], Piano, Organ - Danger Mouse
Drums, Performer [Lots Of Other Instruments] - Patrick Carney
Guitar, Vocals, Performer [Lots Of Other Instruments] - Dan Auerbach
Mastered By - Robert C. Ludwig
Mixed By - Black Keys, The , Danger Mouse , Kennie Takahashi
Mixed By [Assistant] - Todd "Itod" Manfalcone
Producer - Danger Mouse
Recorded By - Paul Hamann
Vocals [Harmony] - Carla Monday (tracks: LP-A2, LP-A4, LP-A5, CD-2, CD-4, CD-5)
Written-By - Black Keys, The (tracks: A1-A6, B1-B4, CD1-CD-10)
Notes:
Tracklisting:
A1 All You Ever Wanted (2:56)
A2 I Got Mine (3:59)
Jew's Harp [Jaw Harp] - Ralph Carney
A3 Strange Times (3:10)
A4 Psychotic Girl (4:10)
A5 Lies (3:59)
Clarinet [Contra Bass] - Ralph Carney
Guitar [Solo] - Marc Ribot
A6 Remember When (Side A) (3:21)
Clarinet - Ralph Carney
Guitar [Rhythm] - Marc Ribot
B1 Remember When (Side B) (2:11)
Clarinet - Ralph Carney
B2 Same Old Thing (3:09)
Flute, Harmonica [Concert Bass] - Ralph Carney - B3 So He Won't Break (4:14)
Guitar [Solo] - Marc Ribot
B4 Oceans And Streams (3:26)
Guitar [Slide] - Marc Ribot
B5 Things Ain't Like They Used To Be (4:36)
Vocals [Harmony] - Jessica Lea Mayfield
Written-By - Dan Auerbach
The Black Keys' latest release was originally intended as the collaborative product of DJ Dangermouse, Ike Turner, and the title band. The man responsible for "Crazy," a couple of white Midwestern bluesmen, and the guy who almost sent Tina Turner rolling down the river was an unlikely grouping to say the least, and I for one was curious to hear the inevitably bizarre album. Unfortunately, before this marvelously disparate musical collision could get on its way Ike Turner passed away. Who knew decades of drug, alcohol, and spousal abuse could end a life so early? Ike left this plane of existence at the age of seventy-six.
I half expected a DJ Dangermouse mash up between The Black Keys and Li'l Bow Wow (or, does he go by Bow Wow now?), but thankfully Dangermouse decided to mostly stay out of the way and let the Keys do their thing. If you were to suck all the studio trickery out of Attack & Release you would still have a collection of some damn fine songs. What Dangermouse ends up doing best is accentuating the open space on the slower songs. He adds a psychedelic atmosphere that fits perfectly with the classic rock underpinnings of The Black Keys' songwriting, which has always been a few steps closer to Cream and Hendrix than Robert Johnson.
Dangermouse is most effective on "Psychotic Girl," an acid trip on the bayou that's enhanced by wraithlike backing vocals and eerie piano notes. Auerbach provides appropriate paranoia-by-moonlight lyrics and infuses even the slower songs with a strong sense of melody, something that had been sorely missing on their previous record. While most Black Keys albums feel as if they just stop regardless of the whether the last song is an appropriate end point, here "Things Ain't Like They Used to Be" is a note perfect closer. The slow-dance pace and female backing vocals add just the right amount of effervescent heartbreak.
I'll put myself on record as being disappointed with The Black Keys' previous album, Magic Potion. After their superb (and still best) album, Rubber Factory, The Keys sounded listless and without momentum. The Ohioans needed a new direction. Attack & Release sounds like a true follow up to Rubber Factory, and even though I can't help but miss their minimalism, I fully welcome their rediscovered sense of adventure.
Black Keys - Psychotic Girl
The Black Keys - Strange Times / I Got Mine - Live at Martyrs' in Chicago April 12th 2008
These guys (especially the drummer) so entertaining.
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