2003, Alive Records

VINYL FORMAT. This vinyl features FOUR TRACKS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE CD including alternate versions of "Heavy Soul," "She Said, She Said," "Yearnin'," and one unreleased track: the STOOGES classic "No Fun."

"Auerbach's voice is equal parts heartache and hellfire. He hollers with all the sass and sorrow of a drunk at last call, and his guitar playing is just as rambunctious - going from fleet, foot-stompin' blues workouts to reverb-drenched garage-rock overdrive in a heartbeat. With backing from Patrick Carney, who pounds out sloshed, ramshackle rhythms on a broken drumkit, it all amounts to lots of weathered, world-weary thrills. The Big Come Up is one of the finest albums - local or otherwise - that we've heard all year". - Cleveland Scene.