Keep It Hid
by Dan Auerbach
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Feb 10, 2009
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 36
  3. Negative: 2 out of 36

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  1. BobaFett666
    May 27, 2011
    9
    This record is cream-in-your-mandolorian-armor good. Heartbroken In Disrepair, The Prowl, I Want Some More and even the softer When The Night Comes stand out. I wish that whenever I walked into a place with a lot of sexy chicas, from 2:06 to 3:10 in Heartbroken In Disrepair would be playing in the background as I strut slowly and make eye contact with each one.
  2. JordanW
    Apr 18, 2011
    9
    It's real.

    Auerbach shows off both his playing, arrangement and engineering skills on a thoroughly enjoyable solo album. Retrospective and mournful with a confident, cool swagger. Each sound in every song seems to be carefully chosen, their textures both colliding and seeping into one another beautifully for the vocals to sit comfortably in. Hats off to the brilliant variety of drum    It's real.

    Auerbach shows off both his playing, arrangement and engineering skills on a thoroughly enjoyable solo album. Retrospective and mournful with a confident, cool swagger.
    Each sound in every song seems to be carefully chosen, their textures both colliding and seeping into one another beautifully for the vocals to sit comfortably in.
    Hats off to the brilliant variety of drum sounds (The Prowl is a personal favourite, that snare!).    … Collapse
  3. CPD
    Mar 17, 2011
    10
    One of the most well balanced albums I've ever heard. With a great variety of instrumentation and style, while managing to keep each song as soulful and memorable as the last, Keep It Hid has easily shot up into my top 5 albums.
  4. Ahmad
    May 5, 2009
    10
    Don't compare this album to a Black Keys album, there is a reason it wasn't released as such. Take this album as a Dan Auerbach album and take it for what it is...spectacular. Listen to it twice and there isn't a skippable track. Up and down this is a very solid album. However if you're going to compare it to a Keys album, you'll probably find it a little too laid back.
  5. IlyaR
    Feb 13, 2009
    9
    Astounding variety...Auerbach reminds me why, despite the innovation and creativity that continues to permeate "rock" music, 70's guitar/blues rock is somehow the most heartfelt and soulful music out there. At least when he composes it.
  6. JonathanE
    Feb 11, 2009
    9
    Excellent, a progression of what he does on the records with the Black Keys.

Awards & Rankings

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#89 Best Album of 2009
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#46 Most Shared Album of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Billboard
    80
    Dan Auerbach has veered off the garage-rock path now and then throughout the Black Keys' career, and this solo debut reaffirms that he's no one-trick pony.
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  2. No Ripcord
    70
    While there is no denying that Keep It Hid is the product of one half of modern rock’s most invigorating duos, Auerbach is able to mix in enough of his own spice to make the album a worthwhile affair.
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  3. NOW Magazine
    100
    Auerbach delivers the goods with spooky, sleazy and soulful style.
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