ALBUM REVIEW

         Album Name: Brothers                                 Band: The Black Keys

     

         Band Members: Dan Auerbach                     Released: May 18th 2010

                                  Pat Carney                         

         Recorded: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

         Length: 55 minutes 29 seconds                      Genre: Blues Rock/Alternative Rock

                                             Brothers was the sixth studio album by American rock duo 'The Black Keys'. The album was written shortly after a huge argument between Pat and Dan, but then realising they were like 'brothers', causing them to give the LP this title.

                                              The album was produced mainly by Mark Neill, but also includes 'Tighten Up' which was produced by a well-known artist and producer, Danger Mouse, which also went on to become the lead single on the album and became the duo's most successful single to that point, spending 10 weeks at number 1 on the alternative songs chart and also there first single on the billboard Hot 100, checking-in at number 87.

                                              The music video for 'Tighten Up' directed by Chris Maris Piliero, won the 2010 MTV music video award for breakthrough video. Brothers sold over 73,000 copies in the first week, in the US alone, going on too sell 1.5 million copies worldwide. The band continued to gain exposure through continued song licensing, so much so that they were Warner Brothers Records' most licensed band of the year with the album 'Brothers'. 

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                                              This album, released in 2010, went on to win many more awards including, Spins 'Artist Of The Year', grammy awards and it was also this album that raised Worldwide awareness of Auerbach and Carney, leading them on tours of many different countries around the world.

                                              Personal reviews and opinions of the Black Keys album 'Brothers' didn't fail to impress Patrick and Dan, when 'The Rolling Stone' magazine, rated the album with 4 stars out of a possible 5.