El Camino
by The Black Keys

El Camino by The Black Keys
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-12-06
Overall rank: 398th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,089 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 2011 (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2010s (54th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (398th)

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The Black Keys bestography

El Camino is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by The Black Keys on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Black Keys is Brothers which is ranked number 382 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,353.

The Black Keys album bestography « Higher ranked (382nd)
Brothers
This album (398th)
El Camino
Lower ranked (1,529th) »
Turn Blue

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El Camino track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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El Camino rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 398th | 2010s rank: 54th | 2011 rank: 6th
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2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 201119/1004
2026araidernomoreTop 100 Greatest Music Albums97/1004
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 20114/1005
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Overseas Albums24/100 -
2026JorbaaTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s80/1004
2026SiromynianTop 19 Music Albums of 20113/194
2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 201126/904
2026fabm0List 201110/83 -
2026JohnnyoMost listened to studio albums of 2021 (101 - 200) (To delete)19/99 -
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 81 Music Albums of 201156/812
2026 zags7000Best of 2010's 101-2003/12 -
2026 JMGL95Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s76/1005
2026fabm0Decade 2010s68/86 -
2026araidernomoreTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s31/10014
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s21/10016
2026JohnnyoTop 100 greatest music albums (alternative list)16/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist)45/100 -
2026blueandthemoonTop 44 Music Albums of 201131/442
2026 RomanelliTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s19/10016
2026TroutMaskGregTop 28 Music Albums of 20118/284
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 638
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 4,167
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El Camino ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,089 votes)
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03/25/2026 18:58 Gedi  Ratings distribution  17884/100
 
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03/12/2026 14:24 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,71870/100
 
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02/26/2026 17:33 serge1957  Ratings distribution  23566/100
 
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02/25/2026 22:25 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/25/2026 20:38 Map  Ratings distribution  50181/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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From 05/15/2025 12:24 | #309006
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2013 Grammys. The winner was Babel by Mumford & Sons
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80/100
From 01/17/2023 17:51 | #293013
A continuation of the work done on previous album Brothers with hits ready for the radio but with an emphasis on having cleaner and friendlier production compared to earlier Lo-Fi efforts.
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60/100
From 01/14/2023 14:49 | #292842
11 catchy rock tunes. Can't go wrong. Consistently brilliant. My favourites are Stop Stop, Gold on the Ceiling and Run Right Back
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85/100
From 09/27/2022 12:19 | #289987
Um dos álbuns da década!
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95/100
From 05/05/2022 17:55 | #285000
Album of the year, 2011
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75/100
From 01/20/2022 21:10 | #279757
Interesting one this. The songs are good and consistent right through. However, I can't put my finger on it but there's something lacking. I've listened to this many, many times trying to find what I must be missing. For me there's no popping WOW factor. Decent album but average. A good average though.
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From 04/20/2021 15:59 | #268789
"Rock is dead"....when somebody tells me this sentence, my answer is "listen El Camino".
Who says you can't listent to really good Rock & Roll music in 21st century?
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80/100
From 03/12/2020 02:38 | #248666
Highlights:

Lonely Boy
Little Black Submarines
Gold On The Ceiling
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80/100
From 02/18/2019 04:32 | #232133
A real (good) mixed bag. Since most of the songs have a similar sound/structure, subjectivity comes into play a lot more than usual.

It's a fun album, but some songs are more memorable than others
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75/100
From 12/28/2018 17:04 | #228254
It has some good hits in there but It isn't that good of an album.
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