Departing (studio album)
by The Rural Alberta Advantage
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The Rural Alberta Advantage bestography
Departing is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by The Rural Alberta Advantage on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rural Alberta Advantage is Hometowns which is ranked number 11932 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 97.
(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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Departing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Departing rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 99 Music Albums of 2011 | 74/99 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Mauce | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 19 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  ssteve | Top 65 Music Albums of 2011 | 37/65 | 2 |
| 2022 |  buzzdainer | Top 72 Music Albums of 2011 | 55/72 | 1 |
| 2020 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2011 | 16/20 | 1 |
| 2019 |  ProfessorSquid | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 30/100 | 14 |
| 2017 |  bertrandu | 2010s Indie Folk | 72/100 | - |
| 2016 |  fractaljazz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2015 |  dfulfo01 | Top 80 Music Albums of 2011 | 69/80 | 1 |
| 2015 | Alpharatsnest | Top 49 Greatest Music Albums | 1/49 | - |
| 2014 | dfulfo01 | Favourite Live Acts, & Supporting Albums | 22/27 | - |
| 2013 | soundsnaive | Top 47 Greatest Music Albums | 43/47 | - |
| 2013 |  Music4All | Top 32 Greatest Music Albums | 32/32 | - |
| 2011 | Storia della musica | Classifica dei Migliori Dischi del 2011 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2011 | Austin Town Hall | Albums Of 2011 | 47/50 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 46 | |||
Departing collection
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Departing ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 21 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/19/2025 03:58 | dhbarrett | 8,191 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2024 20:54 | LosWochos | 46,643 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2022 04:33 | Moondance | 19,867 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2020 10:34 | ssteve | 2,473 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2017 19:21 | buzzdainer | 3,338 | 79/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.
Departing comments
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junodog4 06/23/2015 01:22 | #144408
Like Hometowns, but bleaker. Kind of like the difference between a prairie summer and a prairie winter.
ProfessorSquid 04/22/2013 19:36 | #74188
I know this is far from greatness, but there's something about it that really suits me. I think it's the touch of sadness.
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