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[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE BLACK KEYS "el camino" cd, 2011.

career stats:
studio albums.........8
singles..................20
Grammy Awards.....7

this album: #1 US,#1 AU, #1 CAN, #2 UK
singles:
"lonely boy".....................#64 US, #2 AU, #33 CAN, #80 UK
"gold on the ceiling"..........#94 US, #34 AU, #51 CAN, #57 UK
"little black submarines"....#106 US, #53 CAN

Akron,Ohio group's seventh studio album and the one that launched them into the mainstream and dollars in the bank!
i say Ohio because they formed there, but were originally from Tennessee...
this album has a distinct alt rock sound mixed with heavy blues rock...
songs are drum thumpingly good with fuzzy/distorted guitars and catchy songs...
lead off single "lonely boy", ended up going three times platinum here and although only peaking at #33 in Canada made it ot 9x platinum over there....
the video for that song was the most viewed youtube video in 2011 also...
that video is so cool with some middle aged black dude dancing infront of the camera and lipsyncing the words to the song...i still get a bit of a thrill whenever i see that one!
album picked up three of the band's seven Grammy's also for 'best rock album' and two for that 'lonely boy' track..."best rock performance" and "best rock song"...and rightly so IMO!
all up a very good album of good old fashioned rock and roll!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: hell of a season
best track: lonely boy

tracks:

1. lonely boy ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8 video (this one is so cool)
2. dead and gone **
3. gold on the ceiling ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgF5j6G7xMA live on 'later....with jools'
4. little black submarine **
5. money maker **
6. run right back **
7. sister **
8. hell of a season *
9. stop stop **
10. nova baby **
11.mind eraser **

3s=2
2s=8
1s=1

rating: 2.0 converted to 6.7/10