Delta Kream

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Delta Kream
File:The Black Keys - Delta Kream.png
Studio album by
the Black Keys
ReleasedMay 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)
RecordedDecember 2019
StudioEasy Eye (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreHill country blues
Length54:15
Label
Producer
The Black Keys chronology
Let's Rock
(2019) 		Delta Kream
(2021) 		Dropout Boogie
(2022)
Singles from Delta Kream
  1. "Crawling Kingsnake"
    Released: April 20, 2021
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[2]
DIYStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
NMEStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[5]
Pitchfork6.8/10[6]

Delta Kream is the tenth studio album by American rock duo the Black Keys, released through Easy Eye Sound and Nonesuch Records on May 14, 2021. It is a cover album of hill country blues songs.[7] It was preceded by the April 15 release of a cover of "Crawling Kingsnake", based on Junior Kimbrough's rendition.[8]

Background, recording and packaging

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The album was recorded "in about 10 hours" over two afternoons at Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville at the end of the Let's Rock tour, with little planning and no advance rehearsals.[9] It includes contributions from R. L. Burnside's guitarist Kenny Brown as well as Junior Kimbrough's bassist Eric Deaton; the Black Keys had previously covered Burnside's "Skinny Woman" (titled "Busted") and Kimbrough's "Do the Romp" (titled "Do the Rump") on their 2002 debut album The Big Come Up, and released the Kimbrough tribute album Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough in 2006.[8] Brown and Deaton had been recording at Easy Eye Sound studio concurrently along with Auerbach for the album Sharecropper's Son by Robert Finley, which lead to their availability for the Delta Kream sessions.[10]

In a statement, Auerbach said: "We made this record to honor the Mississippi hill country blues tradition that influenced us starting out. These songs are still as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our instruments."[11]

The album cover features a 1970s photograph by William Eggleston of the Delta Kream shop in Tunica, Mississippi, with an Oldsmobile Cutlass parked outside – the shop no longer exists.[12][13]

Promotion and release

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The Black Keys announced Delta Kream on April 13, 2021, exclusively through their Lonely Boys and Girls fan club. Through the fan club, on the same day, they also released the album's lead single, a cover of Junior Kimbrough's version[8] of "Crawling Kingsnake".[14] It was released to digital music platforms two days later. Additionally, a music video for the song was released. Directed by Tim Hardiman, it features a performance of the song by the band at the Blue Front Cafe, owned by blues musician Jimmy "Duck" Holmes.[15]

Delta Kream was released on May 14, 2021, through Easy Eye Sound and Nonesuch Records on digital music platforms and physical media. The album's digital release includes a shortened edit of "Crawling Kingsnake" as a bonus track.[16] Physically, the album was made available to purchase as both a CD and double 12-inch vinyl record,[17] with standard black, limited edition "purple haze",[18] and Spotify user-exclusive pink[19] options available for the vinyl release.

Track listing

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Delta Kream track listing
No.TitleCredited songwritersLength
1."Crawling Kingsnake"John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman6:08
2."Louise"Johnnie Temple4:23
3."Poor Boy a Long Way from Home"R. L. Burnside4:08
4."Stay All Night"Junior Kimbrough5:44
5."Going Down South"R. L. Burnside3:48
6."Coal Black Mattie"Ranie Burnette3:48
7."Do the Romp"Junior Kimbrough5:01
8."Sad Days, Lonely Nights"Junior Kimbrough5:57
9."Walk with Me"Junior Kimbrough5:36
10."Mellow Peaches"Big Joe Williams3:47
11."Come On and Go with Me"Junior Kimbrough5:55
Total length:54:15
Digital bonus track
No.TitleCredited songwritersLength
12."Crawling Kingsnake" (edit)John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman3:52
Total length:58:07

Personnel

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The Black Keys

Additional personnel

  • Eric Deaton – bass
  • Kenny Brown – electric guitar
  • Sam Bacco – additional percussion
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • M. Allen Parker – engineering
  • Caleb VanBuskirk – additional engineering
  • Michael Deano – engineering assistance
  • Mickey Smay – engineering assistance

Charts

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