Poison Season (studio album)
by Destroyer
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 458 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,756.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 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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| ! | 09/14/2025 15:34 | RemainInLight | 3,152 | 36/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2025 03:11 | Fatkins | 164 | 97/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2025 07:36 | Invader666 | 2,623 | 65/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2025 13:52 |  ExTeaSea | 5,078 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2025 05:10 | jnmayles | 2,025 | 73/100 |
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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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flamingyesdept 03/31/2022 16:00 | #283645
Mature and evocative songwriting with sophisticated arrangements - a true modern classic.
Great music but bad voice.
Sandrof1969 02/25/2018 09:41 | #209560
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… ).
Best Tracks: Times Square, Sun In The Sky
Komorebi-D 03/21/2017 07:54 | #187788
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.
HoldenM 12/14/2015 02:33 | #154520
HOT DAMN!!! What took me so long to get to this? This is brilliant!!
An interesting listen, as always with destroyer. Pretty solid record but it's not quite at the same level as its predecessor, Kaputt.
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.
travelful 10/12/2015 04:33 | #151341
On my first listen I loved it, now I just find it kind of boring. I'll probably come back sometime and try again.
FlorianJones 09/13/2015 06:06 | #149648
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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