On December 6, 2011, “Nonesuch” label released “El Camino”, the seventh Black Keys studio album. It was recorded March – May 2011, at “Easy Eye Sound Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. At the 55th “Annual Grammy Awards”, The Black Keys won the award for “Best Rock Album”, “Best Rock Performance” and “Best Rock Song” for “Lonely Boy”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; Platinum in France by “SNEP”; Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”; 2 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”; Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and Platinum in the US by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
- Dan Auerbach– vocals, guitars
- Patrick Carney– drums
- Brian Burton– keyboards
- Leisa Hans – vocals
- Heather Rigdon – vocals
- Ashley Wilcoxson – vocals
- Kennie Takahashi – engineer
- Collin Dupuis – engineer assistant
- Tchad Blake – mixing
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing
- Ben Baptie – mixing assistant
- Brian Lucey – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks written Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, and Brian Burton.
- Lonely Boy
- Dead and Gone
- Gold on the Ceiling
- Little Black Submarines
- Money Maker
- Run Right Back
- Sister
- Hell of a Season
- Stop Stop
- Nova Baby
- Mind Eraser
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