Attack & Release

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Attack & Release
Studio album by The Black Keys
Released April 1, 2008 (2008-04-01)
Recorded August 9–August 23, 2007 at Suma Recording Studio, Painesville, Ohio
Genre Blues-rock, garage rock
Length

37:21 (w/o Bonus Track)

41:23 (with Bonus Track)
Label Nonesuch
Producer Danger Mouse
The Black Keys chronology
Magic Potion
(2006)
Attack & Release
(2008)
Blak Roc
(2009)
Singles from Attack & Release
  1. "Strange Times"
    Released: 2008
  2. "I Got Mine"
    Released: 2008
  3. "Same Old Thing"
    Released: 2008
  4. "All You Ever Wanted"
    Released: 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars....[1]
Art Nouveau Magazine (positive)[2]
Blender 3.5/5 stars....[3]
Entertainment Weekly (A-)[4]
The Guardian 3/5 stars....[5]
NME (mixed)[6]
Paste (positive)[7]
Pitchfork Media (7.5/10.0)[8]
Robert Christgau (dud)[9]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars....
Spin 3.5/5 stars....[10]
The Times 4/5 stars....[11]

Attack & Release is the fifth album by American blues-rock duo, The Black Keys. It is their second release on Nonesuch Records, and the first produced in a studio. It was released on April 1, 2008, and debuted at #14 on the Billboard 200.[12] The album ranked 83 on Rolling Stone's Magazine for greatest albums of the 2000s. The song "I Got Mine" was number 23 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.[13]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, except "Things Ain't Like They Used to Be" by Dan Auerbach. 

No. Title Length
1. "All You Ever Wanted"   2:55
2. "I Got Mine"   3:58
3. "Strange Times"   3:09
4. "Psychotic Girl"   4:10
5. "Lies"   3:58
6. "Remember When (Side A)"   3:21
7. "Remember When (Side B)"   2:10
8. "Same Old Thing"   3:08
9. "So He Won't Break"   4:13
10. "Oceans & Streams"   3:25
11. "Things Ain't Like They Used to Be"   4:54
Notes

[edit] Personnel

  • Dan Auerbach - vocals, guitars and lots of other instruments
  • Patrick Carney - drums and lots of other instruments
  • Danger Mouse - Hohner bass 3, Korg and Moog synthesizers, piano and some organ too
  • Carla Monday - harmony vocals on "I Got Mine", "Psychotic Girl" and "Lies"
  • Jessica Lea Mayfield - harmony vocals on "Things Ain't Like They Used to Be"
  • Ralph Carney - jaw harp on "I Got Mine", contra bass clarinet on "Lies", clarinet on "Remember When", flute and concert bass harmonica on "Same Old Thing"
  • Marc Ribot - guitar solo on "Lies" and "So He Won't Break", rhythm guitar on "Remember When (Side A)" and slide guitar on "Oceans and Streams"

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Attack & Release - The Black Keys". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1334676. 
  2. ^ http://www.artnouveaumagazine.com/may-june/sounds-gnarlsbarkleryreview.html%7C[dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5007[dead link]
  4. ^ "Attack & Release Review". Entertainment Weekly. March 28, 2008. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20186678,00.html. 
  5. ^ Rogers, Jude (March 28, 2008). "CD: The Black Keys, Attack and Release". London: The Guardian. http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2268607,00.html. 
  6. ^ "The Black keys". NME. http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-black-keys/9588. 
  7. ^ "Attack & Release". Paste. http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/6964/review/music/attack_release. 
  8. ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49615-attack-release[dead link]
  9. ^ "Inside Music: Consumer Guide". Robert Christgau. http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide/2009/1/dudofthemonth/. 
  10. ^ "The Black Keys, 'Attack & Release' (Nonesuch)". Spin. http://www.spin.com/reviews/black-keys-attack-release-nonesuch. 
  11. ^ Asthana, Anushka. "Black Keys: Attack and Release review". London: The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article3619289.ece. 
  12. ^ [1][dead link]
  13. ^ "The 100 Best Songs of 2008". Rolling Stone (December 25, 2008). Retrieved 2008-12-25
  14. ^ "Pitchfork Media: Attack & Release Review" (album review). Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49615-attack-release. Retrieved 2008-04-13. 
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