Rival Dealer
by Burial
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Burial bestography
Rival Dealer is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Burial on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Burial is Untrue which is ranked number 333 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,991.
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Rival Dealer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rival Dealer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 53 Music Albums of 2013 | 1/53 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 2013 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (65.94-65.42), #001-100* | 28/61 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Greatest EPs | 15/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 30 Music Albums of 2013 | 3/30 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 10/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 91 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 309 | |||
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Rival Dealer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/31/2026 01:42 | Proto | 4,439 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 16:02 | cicadelic | 14,306 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 08:47 | Leginlists | 3,847 | 83/100 |
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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 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Rival Dealer forum mentions
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This is not really anywhere near Burial's best work, but I respect an artist's attempts to change and progress their sound and challenge their listeners. I'm not all too crazy about some of the percussion on here, in particular the very tacky off-kilter drums on Hiders. I hope if he/she ever drops a 3rd LP it sounds like Kindred, I fucking love that shit.
Favorite tracks: Rival Dealer, Come Down To Us, and Hiders (Edited)
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/13/2013 16:32 | #97470 | TOP COMMENT
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Since it's an EP of 3 songs, i can talk about each track. First off, the first song (the title track) faintly resembles what Burial did on "Untrue", his masterpiece. It's unrelentingly brutal (reminding me of kid606's last album). Just when you think the song will take the steel-heeled boot off your throat with its pauses for reload, Burial finds new weight to crush your larynx. By the time the first track's over, you are not only slayed by Burial, but the song has courteously haunted you on the way out. "Hiders", a subtly-beautiful track, especially for Burial, continues the haunting at a briefer pace. Closer "Come Down To Us", another long-player, stretches the beauty into a celebratory hand-holder, inviting more people to hold hands as the song plays out. (Edited)
Love the more melodic direction here, still matched with great beats. 'Come Down To Us' is magical. (Edited)
Love the direction burials work is going in. All 3 tracks for me are top drawer and its my favourite since street halo. (Edited)
Great running track, lots of different levels, my first listen to Burial works, definitely give the older stuff a listen. (Edited)
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