Keep It Hid

Keep It Hid
Studio album by Dan Auerbach
Released	February 10, 2009
Genre	Blues-rock, garage rock, gospel
Label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Dan Auerbach

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Keep It Hid is the debut solo album by the American blues-rock musician Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, released in 2009 on Nonesuch Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Auerbach, except where noted.

1. "Trouble Weighs a Ton" – 2:19
2. "I Want Some More" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 3:49
3. "Heartbroken, in Disrepair" – 3:21
4. "Because I Should" (D. Auerbach, Mark Neill) – 0:53
5. "Whispered Words (Pretty Lies)" (Charles Auerbach) – 4:06
6. "Real Desire" – 4:26
7. "When the Night Comes" (D. Auerbach, C. Auerbach) – 4:11
8. "Mean Monsoon" – 3:47
9. "The Prowl" – 3:18
10. "Keep It Hid" – 3:41
11. "My Last Mistake" – 3:14
12. "When I Left the Room" – 4:02
13. "Street Walkin'" – 4:39
14. "Goin' Home"  – 4:57

Personnel

• Dan Auerbach – guitar, drums, keyboard, bass, vocals, producer
• Bob Cesare – drums on tracks (2, 3, 5, 8-13), rhythm guitar on "Goin' Home
• Dave Huddleston – upright bass on "Whispered Words"
• Rob "Thorny" Thorsen – upright bass on "Mean Monsoon"
• James Quine – electric rhythm guitar on "Mean Monsoon" and "Street Walkin'",
  harmony vocals on "Trouble Weighs A Ton" and "Heartbroken, in Disrepair"
• Jessica Lea Mayfield – harmony vocals on "When the Night Comes"
• Mark Neill – maracas on "Heartbroken, In Disrepair"

• James Quine – photography
• Amy Burrows – album cover design
• Bob Cesare – assistant engineer
• Mark Neill – mixer
• Jim Demain – mastering

Tracks 4 and 7 recorded and engineered by Mark Neill for Soil of the South Productions