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Why DO two young skinny white guys sound SO black etc etc - this is rock n roll: no thinking should be involved! "Don't forsake a desperate man" they plead...how right they are! 3 songs you need to hear: No 1. "10am Automatic" - first single from the album and the bastard child of Hendrix and Paul Rodgers. What you always loved about The Balck Keys bottled into a couple of minutes. No 2. "The Lengths" - you may be scared if I use the word ballad, so let's say unbelievably stoned: or The Stones Beggars Banquet era all Gram-ed up and honky tonking. The highlight for me hands down. No 3. Girl Is On My Mind / When The Lights Go Out / Act Nice and Gentle - OK, so I cheated - there's more than 3 songs on here you MUST hear: the former in case you need to hear "Set You Free" again ;), the latter The Black Keys trying their hands at a pop song (you know it doesn't sound like one, but still it's the thought that counts) and 'When the Lights Go Out' starts the album off a treat - any song that has a melody line played on a VERY scratchy out of tune fiddle needs your consideration! So many tunes, so little space. I STILL think they sound like what the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band should have (their singer was pretty damn special - just a pity you had to sit through Kenny Wayne's guitar heroics to hear him!). I know I know, why DO two young skinny white guys sound SO black etc etc - this is rock n roll: no thinking should be involved! "Don't forsake a desperate man" they plead...how right they are! Disc 1
When The Lights Go Out
10 A.M. Automatic
Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
All Hands Against His Own
The Desperate Man
Girl Is On My Mind
The Lengths
Grown So Ugly
Stack Shot Billy
Act Nice and Gentle
Aeroplane Blues
Keep Me
Till I Get My Way

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