Magic Potion | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | The Black Keys |
Cover: | The Black Keys - Magic Potion.jpg |
Recorded: | The Audio Eagle Nest (Akron, OH) |
Length: | 40:55 |
Label: | Nonesuch |
Producer: | The Black Keys |
Prev Title: | Live in Austin, TX |
Prev Year: | 2006 |
Next Title: | Attack & Release |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Magic Potion is the fourth studio album by American rock duo the Black Keys. It was released in 2006 and was their first record released on Nonesuch Records, the band's current label. This album marks the first time they wrote and composed entirely original material, unlike on previous albums and EPs.
Like the group's first two albums, Magic Potion was recorded in the basement of drummer Patrick Carney;[1] in his estimation, the record was made using "$5,000 worth of crappy equipment".[2] The group's guitarist Dan Auerbach explained the decision behind the recording location:[1]
Carney expressed disappointment in the quality of the finished record:[2]
The cover art depicts a Fabergé egg. Inside the album is a picture of a fried egg. The back cover depicts a falcon.