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| 3.5 great | Antonius | July 3rd 21 |
Before listening to this record, I was not aware that the spiritual home of the Black Keys lies in the Mississippi Delta, the home of country blues and the swamp that gave birth to American blues. This is an album recorded in a 10-hour session that was made to honor and pay tribute to the duet's Delta heroes: to those hill country blues elders that did not travel to Chicago to convey the blues and the fame that that Muddy, Wolf, Little Walter and B. B. King enjoyed. They stayed back at home. They farmed, they drove tractors and worked for themselves and their family. rIn Delta Kream, the Black Keys explore textures and emphasize grooves and rhythms. They keep steadier riffs and simpler guitar chords with fewer changes, exactly what characterizes hill country blues and at the same time differentiates them from their Delta brothers. It is an album that is closer to the aesthetics of Turn Blue rather than the commercial stardom of El Camino or the jovial spirit of Let's Rock.rIn this record, Dan and Patrick embrace the stories as told by blues legends (Fred McDowell, R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough) with all their roughness, their poorness and their difficulties. With no intention of commercialism or flashiness, the Keys deliver a loving and respectful result. They play the blues that are buried deep in their soul. Recommendations: Stay all Night, Louise, Poor Boy a Long Way From Home, Do the Romp
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| 4.0 excellent | Voltimand | May 15th 21 |
Finally, more of what I originally liked about the Black Keys, their take on old blues
rock. If you liked all their albums up to and including Brothers–especially the EP
'Chulahoma'–you'll enjoy this.
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| 4.0 excellent | bigguytoo9 | May 14th 21 |
Oh yeah, BABY, this is what you want from a Black Keys album. Mellow but still down and dirty blues. This cover's album is a breath of fresh air from the boys, at least production wise. Everything sounds killer on here.
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| 1.5 very poor | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 21st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | February 28th 22 |
| 3.0 good | flea182 | September 30th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | Lalka | September 27th 21 |
| 3.5 great | thawey | August 24th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | lewzis | August 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | tycobb | June 18th 21 |
| 3.0 good | wwf | May 21st 21 |
| 2.5 average | bharry | May 15th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Skoop | May 15th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sowing STAFF | May 14th 21 |
| 3.5 great | gijsr | May 14th 21 |
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