Attack & Release (studio album)
by The Black Keys
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The Black Keys bestography
Attack & Release is ranked 5th 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 378 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,447.
(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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Attack & Release 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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/15/2025 20:07 | CrazyDiamond84 | 31 | 66/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 15:48 | Araldo | 1,469 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 12:12 | mash | 1,403 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 17:31 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,730 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2025 15:35 | cabvo | 599 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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I've been looking for a Black Keys album that worked for me. I am pretty sure this is the one. It's got the rawness of the earlier albums but with better production
llibnanoon 06/22/2020 18:34 | #254226
Average Track Rating = 78.19
llibnanoon 06/02/2020 14:37 | #252725
LIKE!
some good stuff on here. Needs a few listens before you get some of them.
That's what they call rock 'n' roll
The album that broke them into mainstream. Pretty good album, got better with the next two.
Solid album, however I think each record of theirs has improved each time upto and including 'El camino'
junodog4 05/09/2012 03:38 | #41885
Might be better than Brothers - it's certainly more consistent.
Mike43 04/01/2012 15:24 | #39306
This is probably my favorite Keys album. Some of their absolute best songs are here, with I Got Mine still being the bands live closer. Danger Mouse did a good job on this album, creating a completely different atmosphere while retaining the bands bluesy sound.
Despite having many albums before this, with the help of Danger Mouse, I think this marks the Black Keys move in to the mainstream and stardom recognition they have today.
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