Truant / Rough Sleeper
by Burial
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Truant / Rough Sleeper is ranked 7th best out of 14 albums by Burial on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Burial is Untrue which is ranked number 327 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,071.
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Truant / Rough Sleeper track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Truant / Rough Sleeper rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  kadupheming | Top 99 Music Albums of 2012 | 30/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2024 |  Strangel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2024 | ASOARE | Top 99 Music Albums of 2012 | 80/99 | 1 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Burial (UK) - Ranked | 6/16 | - |
| 2023 | sonicdiscourse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 67/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 101 | |||
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Truant / Rough Sleeper ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/30/2025 09:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,601 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2024 23:45 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,747 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2024 15:16 | FrancK | 530 | 83/100 |
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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 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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revolver94 06/03/2015 06:11 in What album are you listening to right now?Truant / Rough Sleeper comments
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JulianR 12/29/2017 22:45 | #204106
Maybe my favorite EP of his so far
Edit: Maybe my favorite EP of all time
A great double single. "Truant" is cold and cyclical, whereas "Rough Sleeper" is its warmer counterpart complete with melodic percussion and more optimistic vocals. As a whole, it's yet another unmissable half an hour of music from Burial whose quality manages to compete with the excellent "Rival Dealer" and "Kindred" EPs. (Edited)
Strangel 09/21/2016 06:25 | #175492
Just so many beautiful, subtle shifts and alluringly addictive layers of music that disappear without you knowing it yet leave you yearning for it's return subconsciously, then consciously...
Along with Kindred, this EP includes his most expansive electronic work.
kinglyostrich 06/11/2014 04:22 | #114246
I was not disappointed. (Edited)
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