The Big Come Up
by The Black Keys

The Big Come Up by The Black Keys
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-05-14
Overall rank: 5,250th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 183 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (96th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (907th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,250th)

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The Black Keys bestography

The Big Come Up is ranked 10th 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 379 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,358.

The Black Keys album bestography « Higher ranked (4,994th)
Delta Kream
This album (5,250th)
The Big Come Up
Lower ranked (6,016th) »
Dropout Boogie

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The Big Come Up rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,250th | 2000s rank: 907th | 2002 rank: 96th
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2026TroutMaskGregTop 18 Music Albums of 200210/183
2026Johnnyoalbums of 2023 (deleting)75/99 -
2026jlsfourthTop 100 Albums of the 21st Century61/100 -
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 200259/1002
2026 TamthebamTop 96 Music Albums of 200270/961
2026 baystateoftheartTop 50 Music Albums of 200243/501
2026 pedro1976The Black Keys, my ranking11/13 -
2026JohnnyoMost listened to albums in March 2021 (To delete)23/95 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 200235/1003
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200272/1001
2026 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 200299/1000
2025jlsfourthTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s29/10014
2025 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 200277/1001
2025PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200269/1002
2025adbrack1988Top 16 Music Albums of 200214/161
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200299/1000
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (58), #0201-0300*34/65 -
2025 bojolpif71Top 100 Music Albums of 200260/1002
2025juanr1096Top 98 Music Albums of 200276/981
2025JohnnyoTop 97 Music Albums of 200211/974
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 93
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 264
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The Big Come Up ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 183 votes)
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04/27/2026 22:12 TroutMaskGreg  Ratings distribution  1,78569/100
 
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02/28/2026 01:18 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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01/12/2026 15:14 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,24076/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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70/100
It's rusty, it's old shcool, what more can be said. Here It was born of the best best duos in recent rock history.
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90/100
Excellent debut album
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85/100
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Solid debut
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75/100
A good debut, but I think the next couple albums are better. You can see their progression from here.
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It's remarkable how much this band has changed in 12 years while arguably playing the same type of music all the way.
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80/100
The most bluesy album the Keys ever made. Very raw, and very rockin'. The last song is pretty pointless, but the rest of the album is really good.
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