A Hero's Death
by Fontaines D.C.
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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 1074 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,617.
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Gedi | 29 | 88/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:02 | mutant | 1,634 | 55/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 10:20 |  Tamthebam | 22,868 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 14:49 | Araldo | 1,471 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2025 23:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 5,420 | 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 12.9.
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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.
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.
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!
Brad1770 10/03/2020 09:23 | #258941
I’ll make a declaration right here right now that FDC’s will release a masterpiece album within the next 5 years unfortunately this isn’t it but its very good none the less franking the bands status as one of the most important rock acts on the planet today
“And
Don't give up too quick
You only get one line - you better make it stick
If we give ourselves to every breath
Then we're all in the running for a hero's death
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty”
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