Tramp
by Sharon Van Etten

Tramp by Sharon Van Etten
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-02-07
Overall rank: 2,849th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 170 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (49th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (466th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,849th)

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Sharon Van Etten bestography

Tramp is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by Sharon Van Etten on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sharon Van Etten is Are We There which is ranked number 1267 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,374.

Sharon Van Etten album bestography « Higher ranked (1,338th)
Remind Me Tomorrow
This album (2,849th)
Tramp
Lower ranked (4,506th) »
We've Been Going About This All Wrong

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Tramp track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Tramp rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,849th | 2010s rank: 466th | 2012 rank: 49th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
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Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 187
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 546
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 170 votes)
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07/12/2026 02:34 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  14,94970/100
 
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02/27/2026 23:24 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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10/07/2025 14:40 JacobMullis  Ratings distribution  77588/100
 
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07/17/2025 23:21 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,64874/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.


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70/100
From 08/16/2019 11:07 | #241253
Astonishing album from S.V.E that established her as an artist of rare talent

I'm a massive fan and my love affair began right here

'Tramp' is a triumph
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90/100
Tramp means a lot to me. Something about Sharon's beautiful, slow voice and melancholy tone just make me feel really touched. Songs like "Give Out" and "In Line" especially bring out some serious angst. While arguably not as good of an album as its successor, Tramp is a darker beast that really sticks with a mood and explores it in full.
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85/100
From 06/02/2016 13:03 | #167586
A great album. Leonard, is possibly the greatest song of the last ten or fifteen years, it's a stunning song, great lyrics and beautiful music. Elsewhere, tramp, doesn't disappoint, it's full of excellent songs from an artist destined to be around for a while. Good stuff.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 06/07/2014 01:22 | #113944
Bizarre that this has inspired some hatred... some people have no life and no soul perhaps. Lots of beautiful music here. If it's not your thing move along. You're generic.
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90/100
One of my all time favorite albums. Sharon has a way of bringing about this catharsis within her music, and it is magical. The way she plays on the energy and dynamics of songwriting and crafting, commands a response from the listener. Every song on this album is pure gold.
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Rating:  
80/100
Only just bought this album but it's already one of my favourite of the last 12 months.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 12/05/2012 07:36 | #56799
Great honest album.
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Rating:  
5/100
From 11/10/2012 19:16 | #54716
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70/100
From 10/20/2012 15:35 | #52843
maybe, professor, it has to do with the nerve-racking voiceovers.
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85/100
Yeah I don't get why this has a paltry 72/100. I can live with it not selling millions of records, but it should at least get proper respect on here.
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