Holy Fire (studio album) by Foals

Holy Fire by Foals
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-02-11
Overall rank: 1,852nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 348 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2013 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (303rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,852nd)
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Foals bestography

Holy Fire is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Foals on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Foals is Total Life Forever which is ranked number 1342 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,289.

Foals album bestography « Higher ranked (1,342nd) This album (1,852nd) Lower ranked (1,890th) »
Total Life ForeverHoly FireAntidotes

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 348 votes)
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05/21/2025 02:12 EyeKanFly  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,59065/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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95/100
From 12/25/2021 14:55
As good as this album's predecessors (Antidotes and Total Life Forever) are, Holy Fire marked a slight change in Foals to become a little heavier. Tracks like Providence and Inhaler would have been out of place on the previous two albums, but fit perfectly on this - my favourite Foals album. But it's not just a heavy rock album - there is plenty of diversity, with quieter tracks like Late Night and the final track Moon. A very consistent album with no real weak tracks. My highlights are Inhaler, My Number and Everytime.
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75/100
From 07/01/2016 04:46
Inhaler is a fantastic song. These ideas had great potential, but they didn't realize them. It stayed in an almost mediocre/average area for most of the record.
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70/100
From 02/01/2015 09:59
Du bon et du moins bon sur cet album mais l'impression générale est bonne. Morceau préféré Inhaler.
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70/100
From 12/31/2014 14:38
To be honest I don't understand the hate for this album. I don't rate it better than the first 2 (especially the first one by Foals), but still I love some of the tracks, like Inhaler and Late Night.

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60/100
From 02/26/2014 17:15
I really dug the single "My Number", but the rest of the album doesn't hold up as well. And I think relative to the potential Foals had shown, this album doesn't really sound special, more like all the rest.
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80/100
From 12/20/2013 17:29
Favourite Foals album so far
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65/100
From 12/20/2013 16:30
I'm guilty, your honor. After many years of countless radiohead clones copied themselves by numerous coldplay and muse wannabes like keane and the magic numbers (and that was 8 years ago!), i swore off further generations of groups striving for some leaf off the grand radiohead tree. Cheap knockoffs still are born today. As unbelievable as i find it, and as long as foals has been around, i shouldn't be accusing them of mimicking radiohead like i am nor can i keep from liking this album. It's really a fine album with soaring-yet-subdued choruses and a full wall of guitar to flush out the sound. Ironically, if it weren't for the lead singer's 4th generation eddie vedder -like grungy groany, low register vocals, i'd like this even more.
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From 10/29/2013 00:08
Don't care for the album too much. Not bad, not great. Some nice songs, but the majority of the songs are just slightly (above) average.
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95/100
From 10/26/2013 16:52
Best album from Foals, great from start to finish. Even a couple of weaker tracks as Stepson and Everytime don't really spoil it because the other are just awesome. Inhaler, My Number and Providence are powerful songs, Late Night, Milk & Black Spiders and Moon are really beautiful ones. And Prelude is a great opener as well. My favourite album of 2013.
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85/100
From 07/28/2013 10:58
Good album! i like the song My number
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