Rubber Factory
by The Black Keys
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The Black Keys bestography
Rubber Factory is ranked 4th 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 381 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,320.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Rubber Factory track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rubber Factory rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 72 Music Albums of 2004 | 51/72 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 86 Music Albums of 2004 | 6/86 | 5 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 14 Music Albums of 2004 | 6/14 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 55 Music Albums of 2004 | 29/55 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 36 Music Albums of 2004 | 21/36 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 98 Music Albums of 2004 | 15/98 | 4 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 34 Music Albums of 2004 | 17/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 52 Music Albums of 2004 | 38/52 | 1 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 27 Music Albums of 2004 | 27/27 | 0 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 47/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 248 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,093 | |||
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Rubber Factory ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2026 20:50 | luukvdschepop | 767 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 15:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,080 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Rubber Factory forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmV
pedro1976 09/07/2026 15:12 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 12/01/2025 17:03 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2025Rubber Factory comments
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Mike43 04/01/2012 15:12 | #39304 | TOP COMMENT
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Fantastic album by the Keys, easily one of their best. Some of their best songs are on here, and there isn't a bad song in the bunch. By this point they had developed into one of the best rock bands in the business.
I think this is the best Black Keys album to date. Great guitar. My 5 favorite songs are: 10 A.M. Automatic, All Hands Against His Own, The Desperate Man, Girl Is On Mind, and Aeroplane Blues.
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/02/2011 00:58 | #31858 | TOP COMMENT
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Pretty good, but they suffer from the "all songs sound the same" syndrome.
First Black Keys album I listened to and loved it straight away. Some great guitar on this and still their best album.
Mdemauri 06/24/2014 18:30 | #115158 | TOP COMMENT
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On par with Thickfreakness, not sure which one I like better. It might be a toss up. Modern blues-rock at its best.
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