A Hero's Death (studio album) by Fontaines D.C.

A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-07-31
Overall rank: 2,093rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 216 votes)
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Award Top 20 albums of 2020 (20th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2020s (58th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,093rd)
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Fontaines D.C. bestography

A Hero's Death is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Fontaines D.C. on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fontaines D.C. is Dogrel which is ranked number 1352 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,293.

Fontaines D.C. album bestography « Higher ranked (1,357th) This album (2,093rd) Lower ranked (7,541st) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 216 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.

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80/100
From 02/12/2024 19:59
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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80/100
From 02/12/2024 19:54
What a band
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60/100
From 12/03/2021 03:41
A decent album but I can't help but feel it does rip off Joy Division quite a bit
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80/100
From 09/29/2021 21:28
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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75/100
From 06/03/2021 16:40
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
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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From 02/24/2021 11:40
Brilliant second album
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95/100
From 01/02/2021 13:49
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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70/100
From 12/18/2020 18:02
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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From 12/11/2020 10:47
This feels darker and somehow less evocative than Dogrel, but it makes up for any deficiencies with some killer songwriting and musicianship. Can't wait to hear these ones live!
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