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  • Summary: The ninth full-length studio release for the duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney was recorded in Nashville and is their first album in five years.
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  • 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: 17 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Exclaim
    Jul 17, 2019
    80
    "Let's Rock" is stripped-down, straightforward and ultimately, a blast. Not a single track meanders past the four-minute mark, bringing the band's best to the forefront: Fun jams chock full of Big Riff Energy.
  2. The Independent (UK)
    Jun 27, 2019
    80
    A viscerally entertaining album that never lingers for more than four minutes per song. Rock’n’roll isn’t dead: it’s just been sleeping.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2019
    80
    Sounds like the work of a band reinvigorated. [Aug 2019, p.117]
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  4. Uncut
    Jun 26, 2019
    70
    They're on fine form with the hammered glam-boogie of "Eagle Birds" and the absurdly good-time "Lo/Hi," but underwhelm with the mid-tempo "Walk Across The Water and QOTSA-ish "Shine A Little Light." [Aug 2019, p.26]
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  5. PopMatters
    Jul 10, 2019
    70
    By returning to their stylistic roots and incorporating recent projects and efforts, the Black Keys have delivered on the album's promise and in review, this is a strong rock album: lyrically moody and musically loud.
  6. Pitchfork
    Jul 2, 2019
    70
    “Let’s Rock” is upfront about its meat-and-potatoes aspirations. This is an album by the Black Keys called “Let’s Rock.” It does.
  7. Clash Music
    Jun 26, 2019
    50
    With a low-fi high-five feel, The Black Keys appear to gentrify the rock’n’roll rodeo with an album of carefully poised tunes adhering to the rock-pop formula they spent their golden years trying to avoid.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Smokeyronin
    Jun 29, 2019
    10
    This had to be seventy five characters so let's rock my friends. X
  2. An_Ape
    Aug 11, 2019
    10
    One of their strongest albums. A lively, fun and upbeat blast. You'd have to be a miserable b#*&ard not to enjoy the ride!
  4. Apalomart
    Jun 29, 2019
    10
    Such a complexe, cohesive, deep lyrics album, Its like you are travelling around your own thoughts, fears and hopes. Everything The Black KeysSuch a complexe, cohesive, deep lyrics album, Its like you are travelling around your own thoughts, fears and hopes. Everything The Black Keys does it's pure art and this album it's not an exception! #LetsRock… Expand
  5. lippert18
    Aug 3, 2019
    9
    To me - best albums from the keys!

    Let's rock - simple in some ways but not static or boring in any way. Great great songs in different tempo    To me - best albums from the keys!

    Let's rock - simple in some ways but not static or boring in any way. Great great songs in different tempo and with various style though very coherent. I love it, but a number like howling for you or tighten up would have made it a clear 10! Specially good song:
    Shine a little light
    Every little thing
    Go    … Expand
  6. Bamboozling
    Jun 29, 2019
    9
    Finally a rock album that catches you from the first note to the last. Awesome stuff
  7. mitbruin
    Aug 26, 2019
    8
    It took me a while to get around to this one, but it was worth the wait! The opening track, “Shine A Little Light,” may be the best new songIt took me a while to get around to this one, but it was worth the wait! The opening track, “Shine A Little Light,” may be the best new song I’ve heard all year. The rest of the record doesn’t disappoint either, although at times it feels less like new songs than makeovers of classics. You’ll hear flashes of Aerosmith’s “Round and Round,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies,” Gerry Rafferty’s “Stuck In The Middle With You”... even “The Girl from Ipanema.” Still, even if the mannequins may seem familiar, the window-dressing is spectacular. They’ve fashioned a sound that evokes the bluesy muscle of ZZ Top, blended with a counter-rhythmic groove, à la T Rex, that can’t fail to get you moving. The best part is that, where most modern records would add “glossy” production effects - strings, electronics, samples, etc. - this one just overdubs more guitars. … Expand
  8. plasticnettles
    Jun 28, 2019
    0
    The most boring thing I’ve heard in awhile. No memorable bits, just awful.
    continues the trend they’ve had since El Camino: into obscurity.

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