This isn't your typical Thickfreakness. A studio, a brand name producer with a Stax fetish and a handful of instrument additions somehow avoids turning the Keys' sound into some sort of Frakenstein's monster. Instead listeners make their way through a few radio friendly tracks coupled with some slowburners that highlight DM's additon to the mix.

See Black Keys above and Gnarls Barkely below. Another Danger Mouse stamp in 2008.

Its just like the comfortable slipper fit of pop radio superstars such as Coldplay merged with the expirmental attitude of Radiohead without the pretense or Bonoisms of either. My wife also tells me that this reminds here of some long lost Peter Gabriel album.

Not wholly different from their first effort, a collection of equal amounts of hits and misses, without the mega-hit that will be burned into your psyche for life. Given his recent relentless output, the world will not be shocked when the Phil Collins / Danger Mouse collaboration is announced. Expect 'Phil the Mouse' to go multi-platinum.

Written off for dead and fast entering the annals of classic rock radio they strove so hard to mimic early in their career, the Crowes find new relevance with an update to their rootsy sound convincingly avoiding the gloss of modern rock radio while adding hints of those individual components (gospel, blues, country) responsible for the evolution of not only their sound but also their forbearers.