A Hero's Death
by Fontaines D.C.
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A Hero's Death is ranked 4th best out of 6 albums by Fontaines D.C. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fontaines D.C. is Skinty Fia which is ranked number 916 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,904.
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A Hero's Death track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 06/02/2026 19:31 |  serpico | 854 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 12:00 | cronadigallina | 2,970 | 67/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 16:31 | ecocruzr | 117 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 12:30 | TonySayers61 | 25,042 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 10:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,112 | 70/100 |
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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 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.
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Another quality album from Fontaines. Not quite up to Skinty Fia's standard, but I loved it. Such a cool, eerie guitar sound coupled with unique vocals and brilliant lyrics - they fit together so perfectly. Top tracks are Televised Mind and A Lucid Dream for me.
All your laughter pissed away
All your sadness pissed away
Now you don't care what they say
Nor do I
What a band
A decent album but I can't help but feel it does rip off Joy Division quite a bit
80/100
Glad to hear new post-punk quality albums , the band have potential and i really hope they explode, promising
sszwalbenest 06/03/2021 16:40 | #270337
Some genuine bright spots, but still a little inconsistent. I definitely see potential here though. Highlights: Oh Such a Spring, A Hero's Death
mdbaxter 04/05/2021 15:25 | #268241
It's good but I'm not overly impressed. Like their debut, there is something missing for me but it is even more apparent this time. I think it's a lack of focused energy. It's not bad by any means, it just isn't anything special to me. I do think it gets better towards the end when they switch up the styles. "I Was Not Born" sounds like a Velvet Underground jam and "Sunny" reminds me a lot of Donovan. I think they have something with the latter.
Brilliant second album
I think this album is better than Dogrel. The songs seem more polished, and I fell in love with Fontaines D.C. the moment I heard I Don't Belong. Although they aren't the most inventive of this resurgence of post-punk/art punk, I do think they crafted a masterful bunch of songs here.
Favorite songs: I Don't Belong, A Hero's Death, A Lucid Dream
HoldenM 12/18/2020 18:02 | #262878
I'm mainly annoyed that I don't like this more, because it's millimeters from being an album I would truly adore. The songwriting is just a little not there, and the consistency isn't totally there either.
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