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Attack and Release by: Black Keys List Price: £9.99 CD-Charts Price: £6.98 You Save: £3.01 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5033197504520 Label: V2 Manufacturer: V2 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: V2 Release Date: March 31, 2008 Studio: V2 Sales Rank: 445 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Of all the two-piece rock bands (Dresden Dolls, The White Stripes, The Kills, John & Jehn) out there making a royal racket, The Black Keys are by far the least affected by the last three decades of popular music, and evolution. Even more so than Jack & Meg. Which makes you check the album credits twice and then seek a second opinion--produced by celebrated uber-producer, superstar DJ and one half of Gnarls Barkley, the ubiquitous and really quite modern Danger Mouse?! No, your eyes do not deceive you, but thankfully neither do your ears. He may have brought a discipline and expensive sheen to Attack & Release, the riffing is buffed up real good, but this is essentially the same band that continues to live less of a life and more a Jimi Hendrix Experience. If there is a change it's that for the first time their foot is teased off the accelerator, with "Lies", "Remember When (Side A)" and "Oceans & Streams" loosening their shoulders and playing a more chilled brand of dusty sunset southern blues, adding in keys and new layers of texture (is that really a flute on "Same Old Thing"?!). There's still plenty of chance, on the massive Zeppelin-esque "Strange Times" and "Remember When (Side B)" for instance, to leave a boot mark though. More release than attack this time around, but the key still fits. --James Berry Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Breath of fresh air!I love the Black Keys, seen them live a couple of times and own first 3 albums. But for me the magic was starting to wear a little thin! A little one tracked for my liking so much so Ive not even heard the last album. This is great and a real breath of fresh air from 'em. The groove on Remember When (Side B) is totally kicking and Psychotic Girl is being spun and spun. Not so sure about the "over produced" comments, yes its more than we are used but its a welcome change from the straight drums and geeeeetar! No longer a one trick pony and a great record. What next a collaboration with Jay-Z at Glasto? 5 Stars. Rating: - Blues Rock with a progressive tinge.......This album has been universally praised by the critics and has somewhat divided the fans, my opinion lies somewhere inbetween the two. Apparently so legend goes this album is the result of some songs the Keys wrote for Ike Turner to be included on an album produced by Dangermouse. However when Turner died Dangermouse and the Keys decided to collaborate directly and record the songs intended for Turner themselves. This may be why songs of the songs on the album aren't quite from the top drawer compared to the Keys previous illustrious standards, notably the opener "All You Ever Wanted" which is just a bit dull and the diptych of "Remember When (sides A & B)" at the album's heart which just isn't that great a song to merit two versions (or ... Read More: Rating: - Free are gone - but the ghost lives on.Who could believe that heavy R+B could sound so fresh? The lads have done good. A great blues feel allied to sound songs and perfect singing and playing. A tad too bluesy for todays taste perhaps but that was what they said about the White Stripes and they did allright. The comparison has to be made as out of Industrial Heartland USA a invigorating hard R+B is being formed. Free here are your inheritors. Rating: - not the same - but differentI can't believe the reviews of this album from some existing black keys fans. Ok the production on this album is a step away from previous albums but is that a bad thing or is it not the band just growing and taking their music on to a new level? I agree that the attraction of their earlier albums is the rawness of the production but this doesn't exactly represent the band selling out and going for No 1 in the charts!! If I can quote from history, I remember Led Zeppelin III being greeted with reviews of shock horror because it had acoustic tracks but what this album represented was zep moving on to a new level and from their they produced two of the all time best rock albums in IV and Physical Graffiti. Point being, The BKs could go on ... Read More: Rating: - Not more of the same....thank god !!!!I'm amazed on how people want bands to stand still and churn out the same music album after album, song after song, riff after riff...zzzzzzzzzzzzzz Lets be honest, Magic Potion was just boring compared to the high standards set by previous albums Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory. Dare I say this, but they needed to (gulp)...move on, and maybe, just maybe (gulp again) be creative. Imagine my surprise and sheer overwhelming delight upon hearing Attack and Release!! The Black Keys sound alive once more, the catchy riffs back with `Strange Times', `Remember When Side B', but also tracks like `Remember When Side A' `Same Old Thing' `Psychotic Girl' and particularly `Things Ain't like They Used To Be', which just add a whole ... Read More: |
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