Poison Season
by Destroyer
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Destroyer bestography
Poison Season is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by Destroyer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Destroyer is Kaputt which is ranked number 438 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,822.
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Poison Season track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Poison Season rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top Greatest Music Albums 101-200 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2015 Year in Review | 16/78 | - |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Indie Rocks! 100 mejores discos de 2015 | 24/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 19/100 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 177 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 602 | |||
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Poison Season ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/11/2026 17:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,491 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2026 16:15 |  covecove | 6,737 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:19 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Poison Season forum mentions
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Poison Season comments
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Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/13/2015 16:39 | #145675 | TOP COMMENT
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Fantastic follow-up to Kaputt. Love it. Bejar definitely gained a huge group of new listeners four years ago, and I'm assuming he figured he'd need to up his game a notch. It's a super lush album, layered with dense orchestration, yet it still feels so dreamy and light. TImes Square and Dream Lover are two of the years best tracks.
FlorianJones 09/13/2015 06:06 | #149648 | TOP COMMENT
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Wow I love this, I didn't think any albums would come even close to dethroning Kendrick or Sufjan as 1 and 2 for the year, but the more I listen the more I think it (very slightly) beats out Sufjan for second best record of the year.
I was waiting with bated breath for Destroyer's next album for quite a long time. I think I checked Google and various websites every day for months leading up to its release. I wasn't completely and utterly "wowed" by "Poison Season" but I did love what I heard when I finally got to play the record. Dan Bejar pulled another 180 and made an album with lush orchestration that often sounds like a musical. The production is perfect, and each song is very tuneful. I rated every song highly. I'd say the sound of "Poison Season" is most similar to "Your Blues". They both share the same sing-songy quality, but "Poison Season" is a much more developed effort. Here Dan Bejar really shows his musical range and talent. I didn't like this album quite as much as I liked "Streethawk: A Seduction", and the best of "Poison Season" doesn't match the best of "Kaputt" - but I would rate this as one of the better Destroyer albums.
Komorebi-D 03/21/2017 07:54 | #187788 | TOP COMMENT
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Despite what I first thought, this doesn't live in the shadows of Kaputt. I think the moral of the story is: never try to peg Dan Bejar.
Still is one of favourite records of the year.
travelful 10/12/2015 04:33 | #151341 | TOP COMMENT
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On my first listen I loved it, now I just find it kind of boring. I'll probably come back sometime and try again.
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