El Camino (studio album) by The Black Keys

El Camino by The Black Keys
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-12-06
Overall rank: 390th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,068 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 2011 (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2010s (52nd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (390th)
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The Black Keys bestography

El Camino is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by The Black Keys on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Black Keys is Brothers which is ranked number 367 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,823.

The Black Keys album bestography « Higher ranked (367th) This album (390th) Lower ranked (1,476th) »
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El Camino track list

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,068 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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80/100
From 01/17/2023 17:51
A continuation of the work done on previous album Brothers with hits ready for the radio but with an emphasis on having cleaner and friendlier production compared to earlier Lo-Fi efforts.
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From 01/14/2023 14:49
11 catchy rock tunes. Can't go wrong. Consistently brilliant. My favourites are Stop Stop, Gold on the Ceiling and Run Right Back
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85/100
From 09/27/2022 12:19
Um dos álbuns da década!
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From 05/05/2022 17:55
Album of the year, 2011
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70/100
From 01/20/2022 21:10
Interesting one this. The songs are good and consistent right through. However, I can't put my finger on it but there's something lacking. I've listened to this many, many times trying to find what I must be missing. For me there's no popping WOW factor. Decent album but average. A good average though.
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From 04/20/2021 15:59
"Rock is dead"....when somebody tells me this sentence, my answer is "listen El Camino".
Who says you can't listent to really good Rock & Roll music in 21st century?
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From 03/12/2020 02:38
Highlights:

Lonely Boy
Little Black Submarines
Gold On The Ceiling
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From 02/18/2019 04:32
A real (good) mixed bag. Since most of the songs have a similar sound/structure, subjectivity comes into play a lot more than usual.

It's a fun album, but some songs are more memorable than others
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75/100
From 12/28/2018 17:04
It has some good hits in there but It isn't that good of an album.
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From 02/24/2018 10:55
"El camino" mi è piaciuto più degli altri dischi dei Black Keys che conosco per una questione di piccoli dettagli, come una vittoria al fotofinish. Qualche canzone un po' più bella della loro media ( "Sister" ad esempio ), l'esuberanza sempre velata di malinconia un po' più marcata; non trovo siano niente di speciale ma almeno apprezzabili, quello si.
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