Destroyer's Rubies
by Destroyer
Destroyer bestography
Destroyer's Rubies is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Destroyer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Destroyer is Kaputt which is ranked number 455 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,764.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Destroyer's Rubies track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 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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| ! | 12/29/2025 17:43 | mutant | 1,634 | 55/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2025 21:17 | LittleM1971 | 5,837 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 13:40 | cicadelic | 11,582 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2025 12:41 | Hyggevinyl | 4,195 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2025 17:36 | ChadMiles | 866 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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The more I hear of destroyer the more obvious it is to me that he's one of the most underrated artists on this site.
A totally different kettle of fish from the sleazy, easy-listening/New Order feel of Kaputt and Ken (my introductions to Dan) but still a brilliant, dense listen that offers you slightly more each time you dive in.
Dense, dramatic and complex. Incredible album! I'd highly recommend, at the very least, giving it a listen.
Komorebi-D 03/21/2017 07:50 | #187785
The full-band approach is phenomenal and the venture into chamber pop is magnificent.
flamingyesdept 07/11/2016 11:14 | #171080
An epic masterwork - gorgeous melodies and chord progressions, ambitious and indiosyncratic arrangements and truly poetic and vivid lyrics - this is up there with the very best
Interesting that charters/rankers here prefer Kaputt. That's an intriguing melding of influences, but this one's pure gold. Lively imagery, sharp humor, and a creative knack for melody. His best.
Mercury 12/25/2012 18:49 | #58894
Really solid album. His freewheelin' style of writing is at times ingenious and at times a little over the top. The music is strangely symbiotic to the lyrical style, sort of loose and volatile and swinging one direction than another. Really good strong points. Reminiscent, to me at least and for some strange reason, of "Horses" by Patti Smith.
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