Kaputt
by Destroyer
Destroyer bestography
Kaputt is ranked as the best album by Destroyer.
(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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Kaputt track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Kaputt ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 13:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,070 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 16:35 | Andras | 242 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 16:34 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 01:47 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 07:40 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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A surprise package full of artistic jazz pop that manages to stay enjoyable with great melodies and catchy choruses rather than fall into the trap of becoming pretentious.
VictorVale 09/27/2022 20:03 | #290002
Conseguiu pegar tanta coisa boa de um jazz mais comercial. Belo trabalho.
sszwalbenest 02/23/2022 00:56 | #281809
I kept on hoping that each track would be instrumental. I love the jazz groves on this album but I find the song structures and lyrics to be uninteresting at best, annoying at worst. This is the perfect case of an album with a great sound but weak songs.
I had very high hopes for this album after hearing the opening tracks but by the end it does slow down and lose your interest. There are a lot of great cuts in between and so it is difficult to get bored. The instrumentation is fantastic as well with lots of variation and each song sounds completely unique. It is also a very smooth and easy listening record and would definitely help to relax if you ever needed to. Overall, not the greatest album but it is definitely far above an average record.
Brad1770 02/04/2021 00:12 | #265719
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Boltzmann 04/13/2020 18:01 | #249892
From listening his latest and first album, I was wondering how this minor artist was even found. But listening to this one, I get it. The only improvement is a slicker production however.
Smooth, jazzy and easy listening. This is the first album I've listened to by Destroyer and was blown away by its excellence. My girlfriend uses this record to calm her nerves during long flights, which is saying something.
Favorite tracks: Kaputt, Suicide Demo for Kara Walker, Downtown
That is absolutely beautiful!
Another great album BEA has pointed me toward.
Komorebi-D 03/21/2017 07:48 | #187784
I don't usually enjoy the jazz rock thing too much, it's a little cheesy but there's some things I can't deny:
This Destroyer at his most vulnerable, pivotal and in one of his best phases.
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