Rubber Factory | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Black Keys
Label: Fat Possum
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 3206
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.6 x 0.3
MPN: 80379
UPC: 457780379268
EAN: 0045778037926
ASIN: B0002O06N0
Release Date: September 7, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | When The Lights Go Out | | • | 10 A.M. Automatic | | • | Just Couldn't Tie Me Down | | • | All Hands Against His Own | | • | The Desperate Man | | • | Girl Is On My Mind | | • | The Lengths | | • | Grown So Ugly | | • | Stack Shot Billy | | • | Act Nice and Gentle | | • | Aeroplane Blues | | • | Keep Me | | • | Till I Get My Way |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The third low-tech, high-impact recording from the Akron, Ohio, duo is once again a loud and lively confirmation that passion, not precision, is what the blues is all about. With Dan Auerbach's insistent, abrasive guitar tone and drummer Patrick Carney's violent percussion workouts, the Black Keys' sound thrashes about with industrial-strength garage-band energy, but it also connects directly to the core sensibilities of the original blues creators with its primal expressions of pain and pride. With Auerbach shouting out the vocals the duo rocks hard in its stripped-down, ragged glory mode on Hendrix-influenced shredders like "10 A.M. Automatic" and "The Desperate Man," the fuzzed-out "Till I Get My Way," and the surprisingly swinging "Just Couldn't Tie Me Down." But it also delivers the same emotional intensity in a less frantic form on the moody mini-masterpiece "The Lengths." And, for all the justifiable fascination with the out-of-control excitement of the duo's punkish instrumental approach, the group continues to excel at songcraft, a talent expressed both in its own material and in its ability to recognize and expand the disguised merits of lesser-known cover songs. It follows a previous Beatles rarity recording with a nod to the Kinks this time via a personalized cover of "Act Nice and Gentle," probably the last thing the Black Keys would ever be accused of being. --Michael Point
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| Customer Reviews:
 Rubber Factory Delivers the Real Deal October 31, 2008
Brett A. Peruzzi (Framingham, MA, USA)
From the gothic spookiness of the opener, When the Lights Go Out, to the delicate guitar beauty of The Lengths, to the innovative remake of a classic in Stack Shot Billy, the Black Keys deliver real deal roots music that will please both blues and rock fans who like their music raw and unpolished.
The duo can craft a hook and has pop sensibility, but they rock as hard as anyone and filter their love of the blues through fat and fuzzy guitar tones and pounding drums that would be just as at home in a Delta juke joint as a big city rock venue.
I found the Black Keys on a Fat Possum compilation CD and while this album is the first of theirs I've bought, it won't be the last.
 I can't stop listening to this August 27, 2008
T. Harrison (TX)
I learned about The Black Keys 6 months ago and started with their debut album and bought everything except their latest to date. If I was going to recommend an album to start with, it would be Rubber Factory. I am a big fan of the White Stripes, and hearing these guys played as a two piece intrigued me. They have surpassed my expectations.
The music is raw blues, with some rocking riffing tunes stuck in. This CD has been on heavy rotation in my house and truck ever since. Thickfreakness is also very solid, I can't get "Midnight in Her Eyes" out of my head - but that's ok.
Amazing CD August 12, 2008
Christopher M. Hitsman (Orlando, FL)
If you like music that is heavily blues influenced, you will love this cd. Great simple music that is much like the white stripes, but so exciting and envigorating because of its heavy blues roots.
Another Winner July 19, 2008
Tyler K. Snel (US)
The Black Keys continue to amaze me, the only way they could be any better (for me) is if I were in the band :) This one has a few more softer tracks than their previous albums.
good beat , easy to exercise to March 31, 2008
Lawrence Clark (San Diego, CA)
Listen to the Black Keys to energize yourself for exercise. I come from Youngstown, OH and this is the kind of music that reflects the Rock and Roll soul of Northeastern Ohio.GO BUCKS
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