Rubber Factory

Rubber Factory
Studio album by The Black Keys
Released September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)
Recorded January 2004 – May 2004, Sentient Sound, Akron, Ohio
Genre Blues-rock, garage rock
Length 41:43
Label Fat Possum
Producer Patrick Carney
The Black Keys chronology
The Moan
(2004)		 Rubber Factory
(2004)		 Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough
(2006)
Singles from Rubber Factory
  1. "10 A.M. Automatic"
    Released: 2004
  2. "'Till I Get My Way"
    Released: 2004
  3. "Girl Is On My Mind"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly (A)[2]
Pitchfork Media (8.3/10)[3]
Rolling Stone [4]

Rubber Factory is the third album by American blues-rock duo, The Black Keys. It continues the Black Keys' tradition of raw, heavily blues-influenced indie rock. Rubber Factory was recorded in an abandoned coal burning power plant in the Black Keys' hometown of Akron, Ohio, and like Thickfreakness, was recorded and produced by Patrick Carney.

The song "When the Lights Go Out" was used in the film Black Snake Moan. Additionally, the song "10 A.M. Automatic" was featured in an American Express commercial, in the movie Live Free or Die, in the soundtrack for MLB '06: The Show and in the movie The Go-Getter; this motion picture also features "Keep Me". Their version of "Grown So Ugly" can be heard during the party scene in the movie Cloverfield. "Girl Is on My Mind" was used on a commercial for Sony Ericsson mobile phones, as well as a Victoria's Secret commercial. "Stack Shot Billy" was performed on Late Show with David Letterman.

Carney stated the coal burning power plant had been removed in 2010. The factory was located on the west side of Route 8's Howe Road exit ramp.[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "When the Lights Go Out"   3:23
2. "10 A.M. Automatic"   2:59
3. "Just Couldn't Tie Me Down"   2:57
4. "All Hands Against His Own"   3:16
5. "The Desperate Man"   3:54
6. "Girl Is On My Mind"   3:28
7. "The Lengths"   4:54
8. "Grown So Ugly" (Robert Pete Williams) 2:27
9. "Stack Shot Billy"   3:21
10. "Act Nice and Gentle" (Ray Davies) 2:41
11. "Aeroplane Blues"   2:50
12. "Keep Me"   2:52
13. "'Till I Get My Way"   2:31

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cuyahoga+falls,+oh&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=53.696917,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cuyahoga+Falls,+Summit,+Ohio&t=h&layer=c&cbll=41.117467,-81.490477&panoid=6KDlwzA2_b7kNNhx2XPHIg&cbp=12,346.49,,0,-0.25&ll=41.117707,-81.490209&spn=0.012609,0.01929&z=16 Google Maps Streetview, West on Rt. 8 at Howe Ave.
  6. ^ http://twitter.com/patrickcarney/status/2675142190 Patrick Carney's Twitter update
The Black Keys
Studio albums
The Big Come Up (2002) · Thickfreakness (2003) · Rubber Factory (2004) · Magic Potion (2006) · Attack & Release (2008) · Brothers (2010) · El Camino (2011)
EPs
Collaborative albums
Singles
Other releases
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