Holy Fire
by Foals
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Holy Fire is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by Foals on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Foals is Total Life Forever which is ranked number 1301 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,325.
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Holy Fire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Holy Fire rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 54 Music Albums of 2013 | 30/54 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 24 Music Albums of 2013 | 5/24 | 4 |
| 2026 | ornot27 | Top 13 Music Albums of 2013 | 13/13 | 0 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000) | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | araidernomore | Top 17 Music Albums of 2013 | 8/17 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (65.94-65.42), #001-100* | 2/61 | - |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 19 Music Albums of 2013 | 1/19 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | NBHAP’s Favourite Albums of 2013 | 2/11 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 212 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 902 | |||
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Holy Fire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2026 21:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,669 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 11:32 |  Gammarus1979 | 631 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 21:42 | araidernomore | 491 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Holy Fire forum mentions
CharlieBarley 02/15/2022 14:46 in What album are you listening to right now?
RoundTheBend 02/27/2018 03:30 in Album of the day (#2631): Antidotes by Foals
dihansse 03/11/2017 17:37 in My discoveries per yearHoly Fire comments
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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.
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/01/2016 04:46 | #170247
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.
bojolpif71 02/01/2015 09:59 | #133533
Du bon et du moins bon sur cet album mais l'impression générale est bonne. Morceau préféré Inhaler.
Matteo92 12/31/2014 14:38 | #130522
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.
7+/10
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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