High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rubber Factory is the third studio album by American rock band The Black Keys. It was self-produced by the band and was released on September 7, 2004. The album was recorded in an abandoned tire-manufacturing factory in the group`s hometown of Akron, Ohio. Rubber Factory received positive reviews and was the band`s first album to chart on the Billboard 200 in the United States, reaching number 143.