Brothers (studio album) by The Black Keys

Brothers by The Black Keys
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-05-18
Overall rank: 374th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 1,233 votes)
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Award Top 50 albums of the 2010s (47th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (374th)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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45/100
From 08/22/2024 18:57
Much preferred El Camino to this. It's got its highlights (Howlin for you, Never Give You Up, Tighten Up, The Only One) but there are too many filler tracks that I didn't get anything out of and the album is a bit too bloated.
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80/100
From 01/17/2023 10:40
The album that allowed all action movies to have a great soundtrack for things blowing up. Brothers shows that being faithful to rock and roll can still produce great guitar music in the 2010s.
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95/100
From 10/30/2022 10:27
WOW - I'm just hearing this album for the first time in Oct 22 and unlike many comments, I am loving it from start to finish. I felt like I knew so many of the tracks right from the off and after 6 listens it's ingrained in my mind. I don't feel 56 minutes is too long or there is much below great on this album. It's scoring an average of 79 on the site so it's obviously resonating with many others too. I like when you find an album from a band that have a few other albums to go and explore and they have another 10 to explore - let's hope more of the same!
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80/100
From 07/19/2022 06:35
Another solid blues garage rock album by The Black Keys that shows them getting more comfortable in what would be their 2nd of four albums with Danger Mouse. However the 55 minute length holds it back from being a truly great album and it starts to drag in the last third.
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From 02/01/2022 08:40
Solid 80 points worth of roots related music.
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From 02/02/2021 16:53
It's not bad, but the White Stripes comparison is obvious and doesn't do them any favors.
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75/100
From 09/09/2020 21:24
I was not ready for that last song to be so good!
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From 05/22/2020 18:59
Great!
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From 03/12/2020 02:49
Highlights:

Tighten Up
Howlin' For You
Everlasting Light
The Only One
Never Gonna Give You Up
Black Mud
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