El Camino (The Black Keys album)
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Released | December 6, 2011 | |||
Recorded | March – May 2011 | |||
Studio | Easy Eye Sound (Nashville) | |||
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Length | 38:18 | |||
Label | Nonesuch | |||
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El Camino is the seventh studio album by American
The album was recorded from March to May 2011 in
Lead single "Lonely Boy" became the group's highest-charting single in several countries, including the United States, Australia, and Canada. The album was acclaimed by critics and was ranked in many publications' year-end lists of the best albums of the year. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and reached the top five of the album charts in Australia, Canada, Belgium (Flanders), and New Zealand. The album was certified multi-platinum in the US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, as well as platinum in the United Kingdom, France, and Ireland. The Black Keys supported the album with the El Camino Tour, their first headlining arena tour. Four additional singles were released, including "Gold on the Ceiling" and "Little Black Submarines", which were rock radio successes. El Camino won the award for Best Rock Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, while "Lonely Boy" received honors for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.
Background
From 2001 to 2009, the Black Keys experienced underground success, but after the release of their critically acclaimed sixth studio album,
The band's sudden success proved overwhelming, as they found themselves booking additional promotional commitments and facing demand for additional touring dates.[5] In January 2011, the group canceled concerts in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, citing exhaustion, thus clearing out most of their touring schedule into April.[7] Drummer Patrick Carney said, "We've been touring long enough to know when we're about to hit our breaking point." The desire to record another album soon after Brothers also led to the decision. Carney said, "We could have waited another year or so, and milked the Brothers album and kept touring, but we like bands, and our favourite bands growing up and even today, are bands that put out a lot of music and every album is different from the last."[5]
Recording
El Camino was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, at Easy Eye Sound Studio, which was opened by guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach in mid-2010 after he relocated from the group's long-time hometown of Akron, Ohio.[4][8] Carney spoke of how the success of Brothers impacted the follow-up record: "For me, there were physical jitters about everything that was going on. Seeing how big the shows were getting, feeling like people were paying attention, kind of made me anxious, and I think that's part of the reason [El Camino's] songs are so fast. I think we wanted to just muscle through it."[4] Despite the growing expectations of the band, Carney said that the El Camino recording sessions were much more relaxed than those for Brothers, during which he had been dealing with his divorce.[9]
The band hired Danger Mouse to co-produce the record with them, based on their experience with him producing their 2008 album Attack & Release and the single "Tighten Up". Danger Mouse served as co-writer for all of the songs on El Camino. Speaking of their willingness to involve him in the songwriting process, Carney said, "It took us a long time to be able to trust somebody like that, and not be arrogant little kids about it."[4] Auerbach said, "It was difficult at times. Some days it worked great. Some days it was just infuriating. You gotta lose any kind of insecurity. It was a totally different way of thinking for me."[10]
Recording for El Camino began on March 3, 2011.[11] In contrast to their previous records, the Black Keys entered the studio for their new album without having developed any new material,[8] with the exception of the lyrics to "Little Black Submarines", which Auerbach and Danger Mouse had pre-written.[12] Each day, the band began from scratch and in Auerbach's words, "brainstormed until we had songs and we did a song every two days or so".[8][13] The material was then refined over several days, and after arrangements were agreed upon, the group quickly finished recording the songs, often in just one or two takes.[14] Each song was recorded in a live take of guitar and drums before overdubs were added. This was done to give the music what Auerbach called "that human element, that live feel". Similarly, the group eschewed playing to a click track, despite a tendency to speed up during choruses, to keep a natural feel in the performance.[15] "Dead and Gone" was the first song to be completed.[14]
The band recorded using a
For the first time, the band deliberated over the musical details of each song. Auerbach said, "we were getting into the nuances of each song by asking ourselves, 'How long should this intro be? How long should the pre-chorus be? Should there even be a pre-chorus?' We were playing with tempos and BPMs, seeing how a vocal hook does or doesn't work at a faster speed. And usually, we went with the faster option."[8] Differing from the band's lyrics-first approach on Brothers, the lyrics for El Camino were written after the music, often being improvised at the microphone.[17] Explaining their focus on melody,[13] Auerbach said, "the words had to fit in this pre-existing space. It was really confining and totally different from anything I'd done before."[17]
The sessions for El Camino lasted through May 26, 2011,
Composition
El Camino follows the Black Keys'
In contrast to some of the slower, quieter tracks from Brothers, the songs on El Camino are more
Packaging and title
The album was named after the Chevrolet El Camino, a coupé utility car.[13][26] The inspiration came from the band sighting an El Camino while on tour in Canada in 2010; Carney admitted that the title was selected "as a joke".[11] "El camino" is Spanish for "the road" or "the path". The band found out the phrase's meaning after selecting it as an album title, and they joked about the record taking on deeper meaning afterwards.[26] Andy Gill of The Independent said of the title, "it's a nod to the pilgrimage of dues-paying, the months of one-night-stands in tiny Midwest towns which hone raw talent into rock'n'roll gold."[27] Michael Carney, the duo's art director and Patrick's brother, was initially hesitant about the title.[28] Patrick recounted the conversation with his brother about selecting the title and artwork:
I told my brother the idea and my brother was like, "You know, if you name the record El Camino, everybody's going to think of the car the El Camino." And I was like, "Yeah exactly. That's the fucking point!" And he was like, "OK, but why don't we just put a car on the cover that's not an El Camino?" And I said, "OK, what kind of car?" He says, "Just put the first car you guys ever toured in on the cover."[11]
The vehicle in the cover image is a
Release
Promotion
Prior to the release of El Camino, promotional copies were limited to a small pressing of just 50, given mostly to music labels and the Black Keys'
According to Michael Carney, the promotional strategy for the album embraces "the spirit of doing it the wrong way".
The album's release date of December 6, 2011, contrasts with the conventional record release strategy within the music industry. Carney said, "There's a rule you release albums in February–March, then you tour the summer. Then there's the September–October schedule. Our new album is out on December 6. I asked the label for a list of major rock bands that had released albums in December. In the last 10 years there's maybe four. But our manager said it's a shame more bands don't, 'cos it would force the industry not to shut down."[28] The group had intended to release El Camino in September but decided to push it until December to allow for a three-month break. Ultimately, they booked this free time up with additional concerts and a promotional tour.[18]
A week prior to the release date, the duo decided to stream five tracks from El Camino on their website after the album leaked online.[3] The Black Keys appeared as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on December 3, 2011, for the second time that year, and they performed "Lonely Boy" and "Gold on the Ceiling".[38] Two days later, the group held an album release concert at Webster Hall in New York City that was streamed live on MTVHive.com.[39] The group made several appearances on late-night talk shows, including Late Show with David Letterman and The Colbert Report,[40] as well as at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards.[41] The group was the subject of a cover story in Rolling Stone for their issue dated January 19, 2012; in a widely publicized quote, Carney criticized Canadian rock band Nickelback, saying that "rock and roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world".[35][42]
Singles
"Lonely Boy" was released as the album's lead single on October 26, 2011, and became one of the group's most successful singles. It topped several rock radio charts, including the
10th anniversary edition
On November 5, 2021, a 10th anniversary edition of El Camino was released. It includes a remastered copy of album and four bonus CDs with live performances. Discs 2 and 3 are from a concert in Portland, Maine, and Disc 4 is from a BBC recording session. Disc 5 contains an Electro Vox session, but it is not included in the CD or vinyl release, only digital download copies from the label's website.[53]
Reception
Critical reaction
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10[54] |
Metacritic | 84/100[55] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [20] |
The A.V. Club | B[56] |
The Daily Telegraph | [57] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[58] |
The Guardian | [59] |
Los Angeles Times | [60] |
NME | 7/10[61] |
Pitchfork | 7.4/10[62] |
Rolling Stone | [63] |
Spin | 8/10[64] |
El Camino received acclaim from music critics. According to review aggregator website
Michael Hann of
Commercial performance
In the US, El Camino debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 206,000 copies in its first week on sale. This marks the highest single-week album sales and, to that point, charting position that the group had achieved in the country.[66] In Canada, the album debuted at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart and sold 27,000 copies in its first week.[67] In its first two weeks on sale, El Camino sold nearly 293,000 copies in the US.[68] The album has been certified: triple-platinum in Canada;[69] double-platinum in Australia,[70] New Zealand,[71] and the U.S.;[72] platinum in the United Kingdom,[73] France,[74] and Ireland;[75] and gold in Belgium and the Netherlands.[48] As of April 2014, the album has sold 1.4 million copies in the United States.[76]
Accolades
El Camino appeared on several end-of-year rankings by music publications and critics. The album was ranked by Mojo as the sixth-best album of 2012, even though it was released in 2011.[77] American Songwriter ranked it as the ninth-best album of 2011,[78] while Rolling Stone ranked it as the 12th-best.[79] The album placed 21st on the "Best Albums" list from The Village Voice's 2011 Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[80] Paste ranked the record as the 22nd-best of the year before it had been released.[81] Spin placed it at number 36 on its list of the 50 best albums of the year, writing, "Glam-blooze guitar, poppy melodies, and hockey-rink keyboards fit the Keys like vintage denim."[82] Claire Suddath of Time magazine and Andrew Leahey of The Washington Times both named El Camino one of the Top 10 Albums of 2011,[83][84] while the staff of AllMusic selected the album as one of their favorites of the year.[85] In end-of-year polls, writers for Rolling Stone selected "Little Black Submarines" as the 18th-best song of 2011,[86] while the publication's readers voted "Lonely Boy" the year's third-best song.[87]
At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, The Black Keys won the award for Best Rock Album for El Camino, and Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for "Lonely Boy". Auerbach was honored as Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for co-producing El Camino and producing records by Hacienda and Dr. John. The Black Keys also received nominations for Album of the Year for El Camino and Record of the Year for "Lonely Boy".[88]
Tour
In December 2011, The Black Keys announced a 2012 concert tour, their first playing arenas as a headlining act.[89] The tour opened in Europe on January 23, 2012, with three weeks of shows,[90] before visiting North America from March to May.[91][92] The tour made multiple return visits to Europe and North America throughout the year, while also visiting Australasia from October through November.[93][94] In total, the group played 112 shows in 2012.[95] Among the support acts that accompanied the band were Band of Skulls,[96] Arctic Monkeys,[92] and Tegan and Sara.[97] After tickets went on sale, The Black Keys' concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City sold out in 15 minutes,[98] resulting in the addition of a second date at the venue to satisfy demand.[3] The tour grossed $12.7 million in 2012,[99] and after 129 shows, it ended on July 13, 2013.[100]
Just as it did on its previous tour, the group added bassist Gus Seyffert and keyboardist/guitarist John Wood as touring musicians in order to perform songs as close to their studio arrangements as possible.[35][101] Auerbach explained the decision for the expanded live band: "It wasn't about the size of the venue. It was just that we could afford to do it and our songs deserved it. We wanted to finally present the songs like we'd written them."[102] During the middle portion of each concert, Auerbach and Carney played older material as a duo without the backing musicians. Many critics singled these performances out as the shows' highlights.[103][104][105]
The concert stage used a setup with a lighting system and video projections designed by Karl Lemieux.[106] The lighting comprised four banks of on-stage vintage spotlights,[105] along with two disco balls and a lighted sign bearing the band's name that were lowered for the encores.[107] Lemieux's video, which was projected onto a white sheet at the stage's rear, incorporated black-and-white footage of junkyards, deserts, and open highways.[105][108] Carney explained that the band was aiming for a retro aesthetic, saying, "We kind of wanted to make the whole stage look like an old-school rock 'n' roll show, as much as possible. We're referencing bands in the '70s, what they were doing when they were playing arenas."[101] Moreover, the footage was meant to pay homage to the group's origins. Auerbach said, "We wanted it to represent our music and the Midwest where we're from, the Rust Belt and open spaces. We find that stuff beautiful and uplifting."[109]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, and Danger Mouse
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Lonely Boy" | 3:13 |
2. | "Dead and Gone" | 3:41 |
3. | "Gold on the Ceiling" | 3:44 |
4. | "Little Black Submarines" | 4:11 |
5. | "Money Maker" | 2:57 |
6. | "Run Right Back" | 3:17 |
7. | "Sister" | 3:25 |
8. | "Hell of a Season" | 3:45 |
9. | "Stop Stop" | 3:30 |
10. | "Nova Baby" | 3:27 |
11. | "Mind Eraser" | 3:15 |
Total length: | 38:18 |
Personnel
The Black Keys[110]
Additional performers[111]
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Production[111]
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[70] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Belgium (BEA)[138] | Gold | 15,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[139] | 4× Platinum | 320,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[140] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
France ( SNEP)[74]
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Platinum | 100,000* |
Ireland (IRMA)[75] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[141] | Gold | 30,000* |
Netherlands (NVPI)[142] | Gold | 25,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[71] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[143] | Gold | 10,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[144] | Gold | 20,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[73] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[72] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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