Turn Blue
by The Black Keys
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The Black Keys bestography
Turn Blue is ranked 3rd 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 4,326.
(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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Turn Blue 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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Turn Blue rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | WATM Magazine Best 50 Albums 2014 | 3/50 | - |
| 2026 | araidernomore | Top 13 Music Albums of 2014 | 10/13 | 2 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 21 Music Albums of 2014 | 12/21 | 2 |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 20 Music Albums of 2014 | 19/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 91 Music Albums of 2014 | 56/91 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 57 Music Albums of 2014 | 15/57 | 4 |
| 2026 | radio-head | Top 79 Music Albums of the 2010s | 35/79 | 11 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Overseas Albums | 85/100 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 76 Music Albums of 2014 | 73/76 | 0 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 42 Music Albums of 2014 | 20/42 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 269 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,108 | |||
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Turn Blue ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 16:40 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2026 16:11 | wizardalien | 904 | 48/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2026 14:22 | ItNrok | 409 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Turn Blue forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5383): By RockyRaccoon
pedro1976 05/12/2024 11:41 in What album are you listening to right now?Turn Blue comments
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Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/08/2014 14:47 | #111178 | TOP COMMENT
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This is actually a lot better than I anticipated, and almost the opposite of what I expected sound wise. I really thought the band would go in a more pop-direction on this album with all the recent success, but they didn't. In fact, they almost went the opposite direction with more laid out garage-band types of tracks with a bit of jamming. It's actually a pretty cool album.
It doesn't have knock-out songs like Howlin For You, Lonely Boy, Tighten Up or Gold On The Ceiling, but it still comes together quite well as a collective album.
Weight of Love is stellar, probably my favourite track off the entire thing, but I think the best moment of the album is the three closing tracks. Just really good rock songs.
Surprised and impressed.
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/27/2014 22:42 | #115497 | TOP COMMENT
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I really liked Rubber Factory and the dirty bluesy records the preceded it, and Brothers was one of my favorite albums of that year, but I can't defend this one. Turn Blue just feels totally lifeless in comparison to everything else they've done.
Mdemauri 07/30/2014 17:54 | #118147 | TOP COMMENT
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I don't understand all the hate for this album. The Black Keys are adding some psychedelic touches to their blues based rock, nothing wrong with expanding your horizons a bit. This may not be their best, but this is still a good album.
Good album, Especially the first track. I just wish they would stop use the same two chords all the time. On most of the songs, you can replace the lyrics with those from Pink Floyd's "Breathe"
The opener is nice, too bad there are also a lot of dull tracks.
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