Customer Reviews
Damn it. - By: Mr. Rh Megson, 03 Apr 2008 
This is easily the best album they have done, i've owned it for a while & not written a review but upon seeing alll the other reviews i felt it had to be said. THE ONLY SIMILARITY WITH THE THE WHITES STRIPES IS THAT THEY'RE A TWO PIECE BAND. They sound entirely different & for a start, Pat can drum & meg can't. However there is a feel of hendrix & definately cream/clapton about theyre songs; this the best album out of the 6(including te EP, which is worth buying aswell)and everyone should buy it. Enjoy.
Black Key to the Blues - By: Montgomery Snapper, 08 Mar 2007 I've always been into The Gun Club & Jon Spencer Blues Explosion rather than The White Stripes. So I wasn't sure I was going to like this album. Mainly because, at first sight, they seemed to be another `colour-tagged' blues duo. Just a bunch of copyists I thought. Oh, how wrong can one be? This album is jam packed full of great tunes & gritty low-down blues. 1AM Automatic sounds like the best track the Exile era Rolling Stones never released. Whereas The Desperate Man & Stack Shot Billy ooze real blues menace & wouldn't be out of place on a Howlin' Wolf album. But how do these guys do it when so many others get it so wrong? Partly it's down to unquantifiable judgements like `feel' & `intensity' & alll those other words that critics throw around in an attempt to describe the indescribable. It's also down to great tunes & playability & alll the reasons one needs to play it for the tenth time in one twenty four hour period strung out on the English equivalent of moonshine, work engendered dislocation & too much damp weather. If you reallly think the Blues are dead, I suggest you buy the Rubber Factory & bounce them back to life.
A Dirty Blues Sound - By: eclectic warrior, 11 Jul 2006 
I enjoyed Thickfreakness, having bought it on the strength of a good review, so I got hold of this as soon as it cam out. It's even better with a good quality throughout, where perhaps the previous album had a few peaks & troughs. Overalll you can't go wrong with either if you like bluesy / garagey / Hendrixy music.
Another corking album - By: Leon McComish, 29 Apr 2005 Being a huge fan of their previous offering, "thickfreakness", I'm delighted to report that The Black Keys keep up their stirling work with this follow up. Great guitar work dominates the album, reminding me of Jimi Hendrix once again - they reallly are that good. Strains of the promise the Lenny Kravitz keeps offering (but failing to deliver on in this reviewer's opinion) can also be found peppering the album. Vocals are appropriately gritty & seem to come out effortlessly.
This is rock at its best - & they're only 3 albums in. Great stuff. Don't hesitate to buy this album ASAP.
