The album sold a million times worldwide in 2010, but that is no reason for The Black Keys to build on that. And so the band exchanges the ballads for screeching guitars to deliver the blues rock album El Camino. That genre is not entirely new for the duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, because this seventh studio album is a bit like (2003). The Black Keys teamed up with producer record El
… Caminointo the Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville. Danger Mouse was already involved in the production in the early years of The Black Keys and the new collaboration has also resulted in a solid album. El Camino opens with perhaps the strongest song from the album Lonely Boy. Furthermore, on the majority of the songs on El Camino, a backing choir plays a prominent role, which means that this album also has some pop influences. All in all, El Camino is a versatile blues rock album, which is not innovative, but a daring successor to the very successful Brothers. (BvdV)more
