Bilateral
by Leprous
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Leprous bestography
Bilateral is ranked as the best album by Leprous.
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Bilateral track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bilateral rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 52 Music Albums of 2011 | 30/52 | 2 |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 53 Music Albums of the 2010s | 21/53 | 12 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Favorite Albums From Norway 🇳🇴 | 7/10 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2011 by Metal Storm | 2/20 | - |
| 2024 | AAL2014 | Prog Rock | 63/69 | - |
| 2024 | TheKing | Top 75 Music Albums of 2011 | 19/75 | 4 |
| 2023 | NickyTBlizzad | Top 51 Music Albums of 2011 | 29/51 | 2 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 60 Music Albums of 2011 | 15/60 | 4 |
| 2023 | MW19704U | The Hitchhiker's Guide To Progressive Metal | 33/100 | - |
| 2023 | AAL2014 | Leprous: So Far.. | 2/4 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 26 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 134 | |||
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Bilateral ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2026 02:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,560 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 11:31 | TonySayers61 | 25,466 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2025 20:14 | dhbarrett | 8,687 | 65/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.0/100, a mean average of 69.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.2.
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Forum mentions
mozzmozz 04/17/2018 11:50 in What album are you listening to right now?
mickilennial 09/08/2014 01:00 in What album are you listening to right now?Bilateral comments
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AAL2014 04/28/2020 23:25 | #250648 | TOP COMMENT
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Through the first 3 tracks of Bilateral, the sense of belonging and identity blossomed 10 fold for the production, the vocals, and drums. Overall the songwriting on this album is much more sound in comparison to the debut. While some rhythms and time signatures on the first album may have been slightly more out there, the all around feel and delivery of this album is an upgrade.
Forced Entry is a prog masterpiece.
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