- blues rock, rock
- 42 min
- 13 tracks
- Fat Possum Records
Rubber Factory is the third studio album by American rock duo the Black Keys. It was self-produced by the band and was released on September 7, 2004, on Fat Possum Records. The album was recorded in an abandoned tire factory in the group's hometown of Akron, Ohio. Rubber Factory received positive reviews and was the band's first album to chart on the Billboard 200 in the United States, reaching number 143.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 81/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Boston Herald3.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Independent4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork8.3/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- SpinB
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Tracks
- 1When the Lights Go Out3:24
- 210 A.M. Automatic2:59
- 3Just Couldn't Tie Me Down2:58
- 4All Hands Against His Own3:17
- 5The Desperate Man3:54
- 6Girl Is on My Mind3:28
- 7The Lengths4:55
- 8Grown So Ugly2:28
- 9Stack Shot Billy3:22
- 10Act Nice and Gentle2:42
- 11Aeroplane Blues2:51
- 12Keep Me2:52
- 13Till I Get My Way2:31
13 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Black Keys
- Label
- Fat Possum Records
- Released
- 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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