Thickfreakness
by The Black Keys

Thickfreakness by The Black Keys
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 3,010th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 272 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (61st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (506th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,010th)

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The Black Keys bestography

Thickfreakness is ranked 6th 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 4,380.

The Black Keys album bestography « Higher ranked (2,308th)
Attack & Release
This album (3,010th)
Thickfreakness
Lower ranked (3,250th) »
Let's Rock

(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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Thickfreakness rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,010th | 2000s rank: 506th | 2003 rank: 61st

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Thickfreakness ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 272 votes)
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80/100
 
02/28/2026 01:12 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
95/100
 
12/20/2025 06:41 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,55273/100
 
75/100
 
07/26/2025 10:05 markl73  Ratings distribution  55579/100
 
75/100
 
07/15/2025 14:33 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,10073/100
 
60/100
 
06/17/2025 20:23 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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85/100
From 02/23/2021 13:50 | #266633
É sempre uma alegria ouvir esse álbum!
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65/100
From 12/23/2018 18:59 | #227756
"Set you Free" is such a banger
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90/100
From 06/01/2018 23:39 | #215926
Deserves a much higher rating. Hendrix and the Allmans had a love child.
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85/100
From 10/27/2017 15:59 | #200152
Great album, a very swampy, beautiful, and soulful, blues album. Dan and Pat mesh in a way that not many bands can. With "low-fi" production quality adding another layer of emotion. a true modern masterpiece of an album, if you enjoy blues, listen to this album, if you like the black keys clicking on all cylinders, listen to this album.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 01/02/2015 19:20 | #130655
Very good sophomore effort by Dan and Pat. This is surely better than The Big Come Up (although that one was really one), the tracks are more heavier, bluesy (if such a word exists), and infectious. This, Brothers, and Rubber Factory are my favorite Black Keys albums
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80/100
From 06/24/2014 18:27 | #115157
Better than their first album, it might be my favorite Black Keys albums. Heavily steeped in the blues.
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85/100
From 04/01/2012 15:07 | #39303
Better than their first album, Thickfreakness is a little heavier, and more songs stand out. Set You Free is one of the best Keys songs ever.
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