The band approached writing and recording differently than on previous albums, as they entered the studio without having written any material and deliberated longer on how to structure songs. The album was recorded from March to May 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee, at Easy Eye Sound Studio, which Auerbach opened the year prior.
Danger Mouse contributed as a co-writer on each of the 11 songs alongside guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. El Camino draws from popular genres of the 1950s to 1970s, such as rock and roll, glam rock, rockabilly, surf rock and soul. The record was the bands follow-up to their commercial breakthrough, Brothers, and was their third collaboration with Danger Mouse.
It was co-produced by Danger Mouse and the group, and was released on Nonesuch Records on December 6, 2011. 9 1/2 Psychedelic Meditations on British Wrestling of the 1970s & Early 80sĮl Camino is the seventh studio album by American rock duo the Black Keys.
