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  • Summary: Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys produced the seventh album for the garage rock duo.

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Sixpack
Lets load the car up I got a bag of ice I got a six pack And I don't wanna go back It's pretty hot out It's only 50 miles I wanna cool out And get... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Jul 17, 2012
    80
    This record is crawling with too many hooks and good-time jams to quibble over guitar tone.
  2. Jul 18, 2012
    70
    Hypnotic Nights continues with the Weezer worship introduced on 2011's We Are the Champions, but answers the fuzz-pop frivolity with equal doses of motorik groove and psychedelic drone.
  3. Sep 10, 2012
    70
    The production may be a little cleaner, but the same knack for great fuzzed-out ditties is still there... a pretty good album.
  4. Jul 17, 2012
    67
    The Orralls might have benefited from a little extra direction in the songwriting department.
  5. Jul 30, 2012
    62
    The duo shows maturation musically and lyrically, albeit wildly, proving that they are true, spirited forces to be reckoned with.
  6. 60
    The magnificence of their live show is lost a little on an album that screams 'organised fun' more than 'spontaneous party', but mostly it's giddy garage rock.
  7. Jul 17, 2012
    40
    Hypnotic Nights has the feeling of an album created by Venn diagram, with the outer edges of glam, psychedelia, garage rock and hard rock connecting to create "the ultimate rock album…you know, for kids!"

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Oct 14, 2014
    10
    Damned good album that brings very hard rock and party music together with just the right amount of hesher. If you get the opportunity to seeDamned good album that brings very hard rock and party music together with just the right amount of hesher. If you get the opportunity to see them live, you have to do it. Expand
  2. Jul 23, 2012
    7
    The first thought that comes to mind when giving JEFF the Brotherhood