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: 5,216th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 181 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (96th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (904th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,216th)

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The Black Keys bestography

The Big Come Up is ranked 9th 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 4,356.

The Black Keys album bestography « Higher ranked (4,586th)
Magic Potion
This album (5,216th)
The Big Come Up
Lower ranked (5,806th) »
Delta Kream

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The Big Come Up track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Big Come Up rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,216th | 2000s rank: 904th | 2002 rank: 96th
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2026jlsfourthTop 100 Albums of the 21st Century61/100 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 90 Music Albums of 200233/903
2026JohnnyoMost listened to albums in March 2021 (To delete)23/95 -
2026 TamthebamTop 96 Music Albums of 200270/961
2026 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 200299/1000
2026 baystateoftheartTop 50 Music Albums of 200243/501
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200299/1000
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 200259/1002
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 200240/1003
2025Johnnyo10 essential debut blues rock alums - Blues Rock Review7/10 -
2025juanr1096Top 98 Music Albums of 200276/981
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s74/1005
2025spinoutTop 94 Music Albums of the 2000s43/9411
2025PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200269/1002
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2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200272/1001
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (58), #0201-0300*34/65 -
2025panapsalTop 97 Music Albums of 200271/971
2025adbrack1988Top 16 Music Albums of 200214/161
2025 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 200277/1001
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 91
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 261
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 181 votes)
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02/28/2026 01:18 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
65/100
 
01/26/2026 05:49 mattmaster  Ratings distribution  44779/100
 
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01/12/2026 15:14 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,15076/100
 
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01/04/2026 21:24 bjorndedrij  Ratings distribution  16464/100
 
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01/04/2026 12:47 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,49477/100

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This album is rated in the top 23% 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 13.9.

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70/100
From 12/23/2018 05:11 | #227726
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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From 07/19/2018 06:30 | #218483
Excellent debut album
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85/100
From 12/04/2014 02:08 | #128657
Solid debut
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75/100
From 06/24/2014 18:25 | #115156
A good debut, but I think the next couple albums are better. You can see their progression from here.
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From 06/09/2014 18:50 | #114109
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
From 04/01/2012 15:02 | #39301
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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