Burst Apart
by The Antlers

Album
Burst Apart by The Antlers
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-05-10
Overall rank: 1,152nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 392 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (22nd)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (171st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,152nd)

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The Antlers bestography

Burst Apart is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by The Antlers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Antlers is Hospice which is ranked number 327 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,060.

The Antlers album bestography « Higher ranked (327th)
Hospice This album (1,152nd)
Burst Apart Lower ranked (2,827th) »
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Burst Apart track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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I Don't Want Love
Average Rating: 87 (92 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
French Exit
Average Rating: 82 (74 votes)Comments: View 0
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Parentheses
Average Rating: 80 (66 votes)Comments: View 0
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No Widows
Average Rating: 83 (77 votes)Comments: View 0
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Rolled Together
Average Rating: 80 (67 votes)Comments: View 0
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Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
Average Rating: 85 (85 votes)Comments: View 0
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Tiptoe
Average Rating: 77 (62 votes)Comments: View 0
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Hounds
Average Rating: 80 (65 votes)Comments: View 0
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Corsicana
Average Rating: 80 (62 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Putting The Dog To Sleep
Average Rating: 85 (75 votes)Comments: View 0

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Burst Apart rankings

Burst Apart rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,152nd | 2010s rank: 171st | 2011 rank: 22nd  Overall chart history
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Burst Apart ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 392 votes)
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 !		09/20/2026 01:32 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  4,30275/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.


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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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75/100
From 01/17/2024 05:52 | #301259
This probably isn’t a very good review, but I have to say- if this hadn’t followed up Hospice I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it more. Still pretty decent despite it though (Edited)
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From 05/25/2018 20:48 | #215593
Having heard this a couple of times, I like this as much as Hospice.
Great musicality, and less emotion in the vocals.
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From 08/03/2017 22:05 | #195481
A stunning album.
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From 04/28/2016 17:23 | #164793
Enjoyable! Perfect mix of expiremental and down to earth. I can sense some radiohead-ish influence on this one. Especially on track number 3, 'Parentheses'. The vocals accompany the track very well. Tasteful use of synth and vibe bass. Lyricism is exceptional. Definetly going to return to this one.
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From 02/06/2015 06:41 | #134130
Not as happy as their last record. I guess they don't like it when people dance at a Hospice. I can dig it.
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