Poison Season (studio album) by Destroyer

Poison Season by Destroyer
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-08-28
Overall rank: 2,792nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 192 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2015 (51st)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (463rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,792nd)

Destroyer bestography

Poison Season is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Destroyer on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Destroyer is Kaputt which is ranked number 474 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,805.

Destroyer album bestography « Higher ranked (2,189th) This album (2,792nd) Lower ranked (3,691st) »
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Poison Season track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 192 votes)
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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 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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90/100
From 03/31/2022 16:00
Mature and evocative songwriting with sophisticated arrangements - a true modern classic.
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From 12/17/2018 21:50
Great music but bad voice.
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65/100
From 02/25/2018 09:41
La musica di Destroyer, all'inizio di questo "Poison street" ( ed anche in parecchi momenti nel proseguo del disco ) pare un incrocio tra un Rufus Wainwright più tormentato, Devendra Banhart e ( un poco ) un Vic Chesnutt più pacificato ( ci vuole poco… ), con lontane parentele nel Van Dyke Parks di "Song cycle". Il disco poi prende anche altre strade, ma sempre restando dalle parti di un pop tendente al triste ma mai serioso, orchestrale e melodico pure quando i ritmi paiono diventare convulsi ( cosa che accade raramente comunque… ).
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85/100
From 11/03/2017 21:03
Best Tracks: Times Square, Sun In The Sky
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85/100
From 03/21/2017 07:54
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.
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From 12/14/2015 02:33
HOT DAMN!!! What took me so long to get to this? This is brilliant!!
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80/100
From 11/03/2015 17:53
An interesting listen, as always with destroyer. Pretty solid record but it's not quite at the same level as its predecessor, Kaputt.
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From 11/02/2015 23:15
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.
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80/100
From 10/12/2015 04:33
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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From 09/13/2015 06:06
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.
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