A Hero's Death
by Fontaines D.C.

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-07-31
Overall rank: 1,847th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 234 votes)
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Award Top 20 albums of 2020 (20th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2020s (73rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,847th)

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Fontaines D.C. bestography

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 1069 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,621.

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Overall rank: 1,847th | 2020s rank: 73rd | 2020 rank: 20th
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2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)87/100 -
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2026 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 20206/505
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Overseas Albums83/100 -
2026 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 100 Music Albums of the 2020s86/1002
2026 paladisiactop 65r albums (65), #0001-0100*24/80 -
2026 dihansseTop 100 Music Albums of 202068/1002
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2026 xo66Top 28 Music Albums of the 2020s8/289
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2026Cheboygan74Top 75 Music Albums of 202023/754
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Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 263
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 908
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 234 votes)
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02/11/2026 02:40 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,63879/100
 
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02/06/2026 10:52 ornot27  Ratings distribution  13276/100
 
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02/06/2026 10:32 robertoveltri  Ratings distribution  82279/100
 
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01/19/2026 01:19 evo  Ratings distribution  19773/100
 
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01/02/2026 20:56 Gedi  Ratings distribution  15884/100

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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 76.2/100, 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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60/100
From 01/18/2025 12:46 | #307073
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.
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From 02/12/2024 19:59 | #301954
All your laughter pissed away
All your sadness pissed away
Now you don't care what they say
Nor do I
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From 02/12/2024 19:54 | #301953
What a band
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Rating:  
60/100
From 12/03/2021 03:41 | #277042
A decent album but I can't help but feel it does rip off Joy Division quite a bit
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Rating:  
80/100
From 09/29/2021 21:28 | #274428
80/100

Glad to hear new post-punk quality albums , the band have potential and i really hope they explode, promising
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Rating:  
75/100
From 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
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70/100
From 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.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 02/24/2021 11:40 | #266650
Brilliant second album
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Rating:  
95/100
From 01/02/2021 13:49 | #263681
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
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Rating:  
70/100
From 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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