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Entertainment WeeklyLooser, but no less excellent, than their last collection. [15 Sep 2006, p.72]
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The group sounds as wonderfully debauched, degenerate and dejected as ever.
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Paste MagazineThis is the band's best yet. [Sep 2006, p.73]
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UrbThey take their place among the scruffiest, ugliest and most crowd-pleasing bad guys the West has ever spat out. [Sep 2006, p.131]
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It may take a while to sink in, but "Magic Potion" enhances its effects with every listen.
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This is vulgar music, completely unsentimental or nostalgic but with a deep, wild, and tenacious heart; it's spooky, un-caged, and frighteningly descriptive of our time and place.
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Throughout the record, the Black Keys don’t rock the boat much with their style, just continuing to hone it and make it all come together.
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There's nothing surprising about what the Keys do here, but it's seldom less than satisfying, either.
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Rolling StoneThe sound may be retro, but pure blues rock of this caliber is really timeless. [21 Sep 2006, p.84]
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Nothing new.
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Magic Potion never really manages to distinguish itself as an album; there are a number of excellent songs, but even with quite a few listens I never get the idea of the thing working as a collective whole.
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MagnetMore than ever, Magic Potion hears the duo transitioning from blues to blues-based. [#73, p.87]
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At this point, homage is almost expected of the Keys, but in doing so, the band is starting to dilute the "Heavy Soul" and Thickfreakness of their earlier material, as well.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 69 out of 84
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Mixed: 11 out of 84
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Negative: 4 out of 84
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