Keep It Hid

Keep It Hid
Studio album by
Dan Auerbach
ReleasedFebruary 10, 2009
Genres
Length50:43
LabelNonesuch
ProducerDan Auerbach
Dan Auerbach chronology
Keep It Hid
(2009)		 Waiting on a Song
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(80/100
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. ClubB+
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
AustinistA−
In Review OnlineStarStarStar
Now MagazineStarStarStarStarStar
Paste Magazine8.5/10
Pitchfork6.2/10
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
SpinStarStarStarHalf star

Keep It Hid is the debut solo album by the American blues-rock musician Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, released on February 10, 2009, through Nonesuch Records. The second track, "I Want Some More", was featured in season 2, episode 2 of Peaky Blinders. "Heartbroken, in Disrepair" was featured in the 2011 video game Need for Speed: The Run and in "Bad Optics", an episode of the HBO Max series Lanterns. The final track, "Goin' Home", was included in the soundtrack of the 2009 film Up in the Air.

Critical reception

Keep It Hid was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 23 reviews.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Auerbach, except where noted.

  1. "Trouble Weighs a Ton" – 2:19
  2. "I Want Some More" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 3:49
  3. "Heartbroken, in Disrepair" – 3:21
  4. "Because I Should" (D. Auerbach, Mark Neill) – 0:53
  5. "Whispered Words (Pretty Lies)" (Charles Auerbach) – 4:06
  6. "Real Desire" – 4:26
  7. "When the Night Comes" (D. Auerbach, C. Auerbach) – 4:11
  8. "Mean Monsoon" – 3:47
  9. "The Prowl" – 3:18
  10. "Keep It Hid" – 3:41
  11. "My Last Mistake" – 3:14
  12. "When I Left the Room" – 4:02
  13. "Street Walkin'" – 3:52
  14. "Goin' Home" – 4:57

Personnel

Tracks 4 and 7 recorded and engineered by Mark Neill for Soil of the South Productions

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 91

References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
  2. ↑ Bevan, David (February 10, 2009). "Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ Keep It Hid at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  4. ↑ Courtright, Nick (February 25, 2009). "The Morning After: Keep It Hid by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)". Austinist. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  5. ↑ Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Perlich, Tim (February 11, 2009). "NOW Magazine // Music // Dan Auerbach". Nowtoronto.com. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
  7. ↑ Leahey, Andrew (February 11, 2009). "Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Paste. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid". Pitchfork. February 12, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  9. ↑ Murphy, Sean (February 9, 2009). "Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  10. ↑ Zimmerman, Shannon (January 28, 2009). "Dan Auerbach, 'Keep It Hid' (Nonesuch)". SPIN.com. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  11. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 21.