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The Black Keys|"Let's Rock"

"Let's Rock"

The Black Keys

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Dan and Pat have been writing the handbook for rock’n’roll for almost 20 years. A decade after leaving their hometown Akron in Ohio for Nashville, the Black Keys have produced Let’s Rock, a sort of return to the roots of original classic rock that pays homage to the electric guitar from the very first minute to the very last. In other words, the title of the album says it all. After both having worked with various other musicians, the pair have accepted one another’s infidelities and are back together. Dan Auerbach founded the Easy Eye Sound label named after his studio in Nashville, released his second solo album, Waiting on a Song, and produced a fine selection of albums for Yola, Shannon & The Clams, Dee White, Sonny Smith, Robert Finley and Gibson Brothers. Meanwhile, Pat Carney produced and recorded music with Calvin Johnson Michelle Branch, Tobias Jesso, Jr., Jessy Wilson, Tennis, Repeat Repeat, Wild Belle, Sad Planets Turbo Fruits and many more, and last but not least, he wrote the theme-song for BoJack Horseman on Netflix. After this success, Auerbach admits that it felt like the perfect time for their reunion, “That period really cleared my mind, and it made it so much more enjoyable when I got back together with Pat, because we’d had all that time off. I feel like the record is a testament to that feeling”.


Let’s Rock revisits all the great big seventies guitar sounds that the duo admire. A vast array ranges from Glenn Schwartz and Joe Walsh from James Gang to Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and Stealers Wheel (Sit Around and Miss You is very similar to Stuck in the Middle With You), T. Rex, Link Wray (Polydor period), Blue Öyster Cult and many more. “I didn’t want to overthink it” adds Auerbach. “I wanted it to feel spontaneous. I wanted to be able to record something not dissimilar to ‘Louie Louie’ and be perfectly happy with it. I was looking for the Troggs!”. “Funny, I was looking for the Stooges ‘Down on the Street’”, laughs Carney, who insists on his love for “big and dumb songs. They’re my favourite. I think on this record Dan and I came to a similar place in terms of what we wanted.  I was sitting in my studio for the last year just playing electric guitar, and for the first time in a while, Dan was playing a lot of electric guitar. The record is like a homage to electric guitar [..] We took a simple approach and trimmed all the fat like we used to”. All that now remains is the meat, the best bit! © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

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1
Shine a Little Light
00:03:16

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

2
Eagle Birds
00:02:40

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

3
Lo/Hi
00:02:57

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

4
Walk Across the Water
00:03:55

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

5
Tell Me Lies
00:03:39

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

6
Every Little Thing
00:03:19

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

7
Get Yourself Together
00:03:56

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

8
Sit Around and Miss You
00:02:40

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

9
Go
00:02:26

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

10
Breaking Down
00:03:25

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

11
Under the Gun
00:03:16

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

12
Fire Walk with Me
00:02:58

Richard Dodd, MasteringEngineer - Tchad Blake, MixingEngineer - Dan Auerbach, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Patrick Carney, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Leisa Hans, Background Vocals - Marc Whitmore, Engineer - Ashley Wilcoxson, Background Vocals - M. Allen Parker, Engineer - Bryan Schlam, Vocal Director, VideoProducer - Brickhouse, Video Production

© 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2019 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States

Album review

Dan and Pat have been writing the handbook for rock’n’roll for almost 20 years. A decade after leaving their hometown Akron in Ohio for Nashville, the Black Keys have produced Let’s Rock, a sort of return to the roots of original classic rock that pays homage to the electric guitar from the very first minute to the very last. In other words, the title of the album says it all. After both having worked with various other musicians, the pair have accepted one another’s infidelities and are back together. Dan Auerbach founded the Easy Eye Sound label named after his studio in Nashville, released his second solo album, Waiting on a Song, and produced a fine selection of albums for Yola, Shannon & The Clams, Dee White, Sonny Smith, Robert Finley and Gibson Brothers. Meanwhile, Pat Carney produced and recorded music with Calvin Johnson Michelle Branch, Tobias Jesso, Jr., Jessy Wilson, Tennis, Repeat Repeat, Wild Belle, Sad Planets Turbo Fruits and many more, and last but not least, he wrote the theme-song for BoJack Horseman on Netflix. After this success, Auerbach admits that it felt like the perfect time for their reunion, “That period really cleared my mind, and it made it so much more enjoyable when I got back together with Pat, because we’d had all that time off. I feel like the record is a testament to that feeling”.


Let’s Rock revisits all the great big seventies guitar sounds that the duo admire. A vast array ranges from Glenn Schwartz and Joe Walsh from James Gang to Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and Stealers Wheel (Sit Around and Miss You is very similar to Stuck in the Middle With You), T. Rex, Link Wray (Polydor period), Blue Öyster Cult and many more. “I didn’t want to overthink it” adds Auerbach. “I wanted it to feel spontaneous. I wanted to be able to record something not dissimilar to ‘Louie Louie’ and be perfectly happy with it. I was looking for the Troggs!”. “Funny, I was looking for the Stooges ‘Down on the Street’”, laughs Carney, who insists on his love for “big and dumb songs. They’re my favourite. I think on this record Dan and I came to a similar place in terms of what we wanted.  I was sitting in my studio for the last year just playing electric guitar, and for the first time in a while, Dan was playing a lot of electric guitar. The record is like a homage to electric guitar [..] We took a simple approach and trimmed all the fat like we used to”. All that now remains is the meat, the best bit! © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

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