The Black Keys - The Big Come Up

"Rawboned blues duo the Black Keys hail from Akron, Ohio, but a listen to The Big Come Up suggests the Keys may have been raised by Mississippi ridge-runners. While Dan Auerbach's overdriven ax is powered by the same internal-combustion engine that drove blues legends Junior Kimbrough and Fred McDowell, this is no po-faced retro show. There's Wu-Tang Clan-schooled funk in drummer Patrick Carney's fatback beats, and on the cranked-up 'Countdown,' Auerbach suppresses a sob with the droll closing couplet, 'You stole my heart and damn near drove me mad/I gotta get back home to my mom and dad.'...In a world gone White Stripes crazy, save room in your heart and CD wallet for the Black Keys." - Peter Relic, Rolling Stone

1. Busted

2. Do The Rump

3. I'll Be Your Man

4. Countdown

5. The Breaks

6. Run Me Down

7. She Said, She Said

8. Heavy Soul

9. Yearnin'

10. No Fun

11. Them Eyes

12. Leavin' Trunk

13. Brooklyn Bound

14. 240 Years Before Your Time

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