The Black Keys
El Camino

529099

Track Listing

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1	Lonely Boy	3:13
2	Dead and Gone	3:41
3	Gold on the Ceiling	3:44
4	Little Black Submarines	4:11
5	Money Maker	2:57
6	Run Right Back	3:17
7	Sister	3:25
8	Hell of a Season	3:45
9	Stop Stop	3:30
10	Nova Baby	3:27
11	Mind Eraser	3:15

News & Reviews

Monday, May 14, 2012

The Black Keys Announce New US Tour Dates Out West in October

The Black Keys, who are in the midst of their North American arena tour with special guests Arctic Monkeys, have announced several new arena shows out West for this October. The new leg of the tour includes stops throughout California, including the Staples Center in Los Angeles and the famed Santa Barbara Bowl, and in Arizona and New Mexico. Tegan and Sara open. Fan ticket pre-sales are on now. The Calgary Herald puts Friday's show in as an "early entry into gig of the year." The Edmonton Journal says Saturday's was a "spellbinding show of fuzzy guitar riffs and soulful grooves."
Friday, May 4, 2012

The Black Keys Take Arena Tour to the West Coast Following "Triumph" (Reverb) in the Rockies

The Black Keys take their North American arena tour to the West Coast, starting with two shows in California this weekend, in Oakland and Sacramento, followed by shows in Portland and Seattle, following recent successes in the Rockies and in Tulsa. The band "surpassed the lofty heights they had achieved on their most recent album, El Camino, by unleashing a beat-heavy, surprisingly groovy set that resonated in the concrete under your feet," says the Salt Lake Tribune. Their Denver show proved "a voluminous triumph," Reverb raves. "A Black Keys concert radiates with what every rock show should," says Tulsa World: "very nearly blasphemous, raw, unbridled energy." The Black Keys will appear on an upcoming episode of Comedy Central's Workaholics.

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About this Album

"... tremendous, hook-laden, all-killer-no-filler collection, by some distance the most powerful, compelling rock album of the year." —The Independent

The Black Keys’ new album El Camino will be released December 6 on Nonesuch Records. Produced by Danger Mouse and The Black Keys, the 11-track album was recorded at singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in the band’s new hometown of Nashville during the spring of 2011. The LP edition of the album is pressed on 140-gram vinyl and includes the complete album on CD.

El Camino follows the most successful two years in The Black Keys’ career. In May 2010 they released their breakthrough album, Brothers, to widespread critical acclaim. Debuting at #2 in the US, it went on to win three Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award, and topped numerous year-end lists, including iTunes, NPR, and Rolling Stone. Brothers, which included the hit singles “Tighten Up” and “Howlin’ for You,” has been certified Gold in the US and UK, and Platinum in Canada. Worldwide sales are now over one million and counting.

Drummer Patrick Carney said of the band’s recent success, “We’ve taken the long road to get where we are. It’s pretty cool to be in your early 30s making music with your best friend. We’ve experienced everything from driving a thousand miles to play for no one to winning Grammys.” Auerbach further describes the band’s dynamic, “We don't talk before we play. We don’t practice before we record, we just fly by the seat of our pants.” He says of El Camino, “I think where this record is going to shine for me is playing the songs live. This record is more straight ahead rock and roll—raw, driving, and back to basics.”

The Black Keys—Akron, Ohio, natives Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney—released their debut album, The Big Come Up, in 2002, followed by Thickfreakness (2003) and Rubber Factory (2004). In 2006 they signed to Nonesuch Records in the US and released their fourth album, Magic Potion, which was followed by the Danger Mouse-produced Attack & Release in 2008. El Camino is the first Black Keys album Nonesuch will release worldwide.

Credits

MUSICIANS
All songs performed by The Black Keys
Additional keyboards by B. Burton
Additional vocals by Ashley Wilcoxson, Leisa Hans & Heather Rigdon

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Danger Mouse & The Black Keys
Recorded at Easy Eye Sound, Spring 2011
Engineered by Kennie Takahashi
Assistant Engineer: Collin Dupuis
Mixed by Tchad Blake, except "Lonely Boy," mixed by Tom Elmhirst, assisted by Ben Baptie
Mastering by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering

All songs written by D. Auerbach, P. Carney, B. Burton
All songs published by McMoore McLesst Publishing (BMI), administered by Wixen Music / Sweet Science / Copyright Control (ASCAP)