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The Big Come Up
Rock · 2002 · 13 tracks

The Big Come Up

The Black Keys

A raw, basement-recorded debut of fuzzed-out blues and heavy stomping rhythms. Stripped to just drums and guitar, it's the sound of the Rust Belt breathing.

May 14, 2002 · Alive Records

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A raw, unpolished surge of adrenaline and soulful grit born from industrial isolation.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Busted
2:34
02
Do the Rump
2:38
03
I’ll Be Your Man
2:21
04
Countdown
2:39
05
The Breaks
3:01
06
Run Me Down
2:27
07
Leavin’ Trunk
3:00
08
Heavy Soul
2:09
09
She Said, She Said
2:32
10
Them Eyes
2:23
11
Yearnin’
1:59
12
Brooklyn Bound
3:11
13
240 Years Before Your Time
23:20
Moments Worth Listening For
The explosive, overblown drum entrance on Busted that immediately establishes the basement aesthetic.
The hypnotic, circular guitar riff on Do the Rump that channels Junior Kimbrough through a fuzz pedal.
The psychedelic, slowed-down reimagining of the Beatles' She Said, She Said into a heavy blues dirge.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Big Come Up sound next to the rest of The Black Keys's catalogue?

Basement Show+2.4σ

Basement Show saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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