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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0075597996920 Label: Nonesuch Manufacturer: Nonesuch MPN: 292476 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Nonesuch Release Date: April 01, 2008 Studio: Nonesuch Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk: Of all the two-piece rock bands (Dresden Dolls, The White Stripes, The Kills, John & Jehn) out there making a royal racket, The Black Keys are by far the least affected by the last three decades of popular music, and evolution. Even more so than Jack & Meg. Which makes you check the album credits twice and then seek a second opinion--produced by celebrated uber-producer, superstar DJ and one half of Gnarls Barkley, the ubiquitous and really quite modern Danger Mouse?! No, your eyes do not deceive you, but thankfully neither do your ears. He may have brought a discipline and expensive sheen to Attack & Release, the riffing is buffed up real good, but this is essentially the same band that continues to live less of a life and more a Jimi Hendrix Experience. If there is a change it's that for the first time their foot is teased off the accelerator, with "Lies", "Remember When (Side A)" and "Oceans & Streams" loosening their shoulders and playing a more chilled brand of dusty sunset southern blues, adding in keys and new layers of texture (is that really a flute on "Same Old Thing"?!). There's still plenty of chance, on the massive Zeppelin-esque "Strange Times" and "Remember When (Side B)" for instance, to leave a boot mark though. More release than attack this time around, but the key still fits. --James Berry Album Description: Limited Edition pressing of their 2008 album comes in double fold digipak packaging. On Attack and Release, Danger Mouse is more creative co- conspirator than traditional figure behind the boards. He doesn't radically alter the duo 's sound so much as coax out more of its inherent soulfulness, groove and bittersweet emotion. Two versions of 'Remember When' illustrate how the duo can swing easily from smoldering ballad to thrashing rocker. 'I' m more pleased with the sound of this record than any one we'v e ever made,' says Carney, and Auerbach concurs: 'We never let it all go l ike we did for this one, anything was game. It was just fun to make, and that's why I t hink it's so successful.' V2. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - I'm a little sad...listening to this latest Black Keys album. I know it's very popular to love this album and the collaboration between Danger Mouse and the Keys, but it just ain't got the simple beauty of their earlier stuff. While I agree with others that innovation and change are good things for bands to explore, I do not think that is what happened here. It feels to me like they just dressed up some old concepts and dulled the edge that makes the early stuff so great. I also agree that Magic Potion was not ... Read More Rating: - Please DisregardAll I can say is if you are new to TBK, listen to ANYTHING else but Attack & Release if you want to get a real feel for them. After loving everything they have put out so far, I cannot listen "cringe-free" through this album. I love Dangermouse, but the old recipe was "IT" for me! Please go back!!! Rating:  - Two-piece rock band = one piece of plopYawn ... With the exception of Suicide and maybe the Ravonettes, all two-piece rock bands stink. Get some bass players, do it properly and let's declare this tinny and derivative genre dead. Thank you. Rating:  - Why You Need This Album NOW!A lot of people are saying that this album is too "polished" for a Black Keys project; but I don't hear the "polish," I hear genius. While tracks like "I Got Mine" or "Strange Times" deliver exactly the kind of scorching "attack" the title promises, it's in the album's departures from that familiar terrain that its vision achieves the range of true rock pioneers. The lilting twang and echo of "So He Won't Break" vaguely echoes some great lost gem by surf-rock gods The Ventures, a flutter of piano ... Read More Rating: - Black Keys CDOne of the best cd's I've purchased in a while. Unique blues sound, very original. |
