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El Camino - The Black Keys
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84 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 37 Critics What's this?

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 88 Ratings

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  • Summary: Danger Mouse returns to produce the seventh studio album for The Black Keys.
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk, Indie Rock, Punk Blues
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. Mojo
    May 31, 2012
    100
    It's never just meat and potatoes. It's more like eating bone marrow in a fashionable restaurant - earthy, carnivorous but still beautifully designed and knowingly conceptualized. [Jan 2012, p.88]
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Dec 6, 2011
    100
    Sometimes, a CD scratches an itch you didn't even know you had, and El Camino is that record.
  3. The Observer (UK)
    Nov 29, 2011
    60
    In revving so hard, though, the Black Keys have perhaps left behind in the dust the subtleties that made Brothers such an intriguing ride.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. evergreenOldboy
    10
    This album kicks so much ass I can't see straight. Love their old stuff but come on, the black keys have never had swagger like this before, how can you not love it?… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. 9zep_peppers
    10
    Lots of good songs on here, they all kick ass in so many ways. This album proves that there is still good rock and roll out there. Thank you Black Keys for making awesome music, top 5 album of the year.… Expand
    • 3 of 4 users said yes
  3. ramonefvk
    4
    gone are any and all killer guitar riffs which have always been the backbone of their music. instead we get an overproduced pop album of songs that with the changing of a few lyrics could pass for a katy perry record.… Expand
    • 1 of 10 users said yes

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