- blues rock, rock
- 54 min
- 13 tracks
- Alive Records
The Big Come Up is the debut studio album by the American rock duo the Black Keys, released on May 14, 2002, on Alive Records.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Regina Leader-Post4.5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
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Tracks
- 1Busted2:34
- 2Do the Rump2:38
- 3I’ll Be Your Man2:21
- 4Countdown2:39
- 5The Breaks3:01
- 6Run Me Down2:27
- 7Leavin’ Trunk3:00
- 8Heavy Soul2:09
- 9She Said, She Said2:32
- 10Them Eyes2:23
- 11Yearnin’1:59
- 12Brooklyn Bound3:11
- 13240 Years Before Your Time (Ghost Track)23:20
13 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Black Keys
- Label
- Alive Records
- Released
- May 14, 2002
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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