| Product Summary | | Label: Caroline Distribution | | UPC: 00095081004429 | | Release Date: 5/14/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60558697 | | Item#: MM7JD7 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Busted ~ The Black Keys |  | | 2. Do The Rump ~ The Black Keys | | | 3. I'll Be Your Man ~ The Black Keys | | | 4. Countdown ~ The Black Keys | | | 5. Breaks, The ~ The Black Keys | | | 6. Run Me Down ~ The Black Keys | | | 7. Leavin' Trunk ~ The Black Keys | | | 8. Heavy Soul ~ The Black Keys | | | 9. She Said, She Said ~ The Black Keys | | | 10. Them Eyes ~ The Black Keys | | | 11. Yearnin' ~ The Black Keys | | | 12. Brooklyn Bound ~ The Black Keys | | | 13. 240 Years Before Your Time ~ The Black Keys | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Black Keys: Dan Auerbach (vocals, guitar); Gabe Fulvimar (Moog synthesizer, keyboards); Patrick Carney (drums). | | Recorded Synth Etiquette Analog Sound, Akron, Ohio between January and February 2002. | | Personnel: Dan Auerbach (vocals, guitar); Patrick Carney (drums). | | Recording information: Synth Etiquette Analog Sound, Akron, OH (01/2002-02/2002). | | Photographer: Michael Carney. | | On paper, two Ohio white guys forming a drum-and-guitar blues duo seemed like the last thing the world needed in 2002. Fortunately, the guys revisiting the tried and true were guitarist-vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney a.k.a. the Black Keys. With the former's blown-cone distortion and slinky riffs, and the latter's positively Bonham-esque way of inhabiting each change with a loose power, they smacked judgment out of one's brain before anyone could call it cliche. Taking cues from Fat Possum-centric blues legends like Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside (both covered here on the first two tracks) and garage fetishists like Billy Childish and Jack White alike, the Akron duo arrived with swagger on these 13 tracks. Tackling covers traditional (like Sleepy John Estes's "Leavin' Trunk") and non (the Beatles's "She Said, She Said") and their own workouts (the aptly titled "Heavy Soul"), THE BIG COME UP wins on the strength of Auerbach's ravagedly expressive vocals--which match the egdes in his guitar tone crag for crag. |
Producer: Patrick Carney |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/14/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 44 | | Label : Alive Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00095081004429 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (10/02, p.69)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...A righteous choice for rock debut of the year..."Spin (p.116)
- "This Ohio duo indulges in Gories-style minimalism, with a heavier dose of the blues." Magnet (10/02, p.80)
- "...A genuine by-product of their situation....[The band has] an intimate understanding and reverential respect for the music..." Mojo (Publisher)
(1/03, p.75)
- Ranked #25 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002" |
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