Dropout Boogie may share its name with a classic Beefheart cut, but the good Captain’s corrupting influence doesn’t extend past the record spine-the Keys’ first album of originals since 2019’s “Let’s Rock” could’ve easily been titled “Let’s Roll.” After recruiting members of Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Now, after exhausting every play in the post-success playbook-the detour into cinematic psychedelia, the reactionary return to FM radio fundamentals, the covers album hat-tip to their roots-the Black Keys have finally achieved the ultimate marker of classic-rock sainthood: the luxury of coasting into middle age, coupled with the casual assurance that the arenas and amphitheaters will still be packed no matter what they put out.įittingly, the band’s 11th album arrives roughly at the same point in the Keys’ career as the Stones were at in the mid-’80s, when Mick and Keith became less concerned with chasing the zeitgeist and just settled into doing what comes naturally. With the wham-bam Grammy-scooping double shot of 2010’s Brothers and 2011’s El Camino, the Keys thoroughly rewired the sound of modern rock radio over the next decade, uniting wayward factions of 78-collecting blues traditionalists, frat boys, neosoul lovers, Southern rock die-hards, aging hipsters, and their teenage kids purchasing their first guitars. ^ "Gotta Get Away" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 5 on the Ultratip chart.However, while those aforementioned acts succumbed to prolonged hiatuses, break-ups, or failed Pharrell collaborations, the Black Keys’ proverbial junkyard beater was gradually tricked out into an auto-show-worthy muscle car, complete with hydraulic wheels and neon under siding.^ "Gotta Get Away" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 97 on the US Airplay Top 100 chart.^ "Bullet in the Brain" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 33 on the Ultratip chart.^ "Turn Blue" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.^ "Fever" did not enter the Netherlands' Single Top 100 but peaked on the Netherlands' Single Tip Chart at number 19.^ "Fever" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 4 on the Ultratip chart.^ "Little Black Submarines" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 12 on the Ultratip chart.^ "Little Black Submarines" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.^ "Gold on the Ceiling" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 2 on the Ultratip chart.^ "Howlin' for You" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.^ "Ohio" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 25 on the Rock Digital Songs chart. ![]()
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