El Camino
by The Black Keys

El Camino by The Black Keys
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-12-06
Overall rank: 397th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,091 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 2011 (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 2010s (52nd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (397th)

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The Black Keys bestography

El Camino is ranked 2nd best out of 17 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 4,330.

The Black Keys album bestography « Higher ranked (382nd)
Brothers
This album (397th)
El Camino
Lower ranked (1,565th) »
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

El Camino rankings summary
Overall rank: 397th | 2010s rank: 52nd | 2011 rank: 6th  Overall chart history
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2026wizardalienTop 22 Music Albums of 20113/225
2026stanchoiazTop 26 Music Albums of 201123/261
2026mrmcrookTop 20 Music Albums of 20115/204
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 201112/1004
2026 paladisiacall-time fav arteests (pts) #001-10047/100 -
2026 JMGL95Top 45 Music Albums of 20117/454
2026Rm12398Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s23/9916
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 601-70050/100 -
2026JohnnyoMost listened to studio albums of 2021 (101 - 200) (To delete)19/99 -
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 82 Music Albums of 201156/822
2026araidernomoreTop 13 Music Albums of 20115/133
2026DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 20111/1005
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s21/10016
2026SiromynianTop 19 Music Albums of 20113/194
2026fabm0Top 14 Music Albums of 20118/143
2026cicadelicMowno Top Albums 20117/50 -
2026 MauceTop 100 Greatest Music Albums80/10021
2026cicadelicMe Hace Ruido Lo mejor de 2011 Discos en inglés13/35 -
2026KettwigTop 32 Music Albums of 20111/325
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest American Albums16/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 662
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 4,128
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El Camino ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,091 votes)
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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 76.7/100, 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. Inexplicable
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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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