Fading Frontier
by Deerhunter
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Fading Frontier is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Deerhunter on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Deerhunter is Halcyon Digest which is ranked number 286 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,706.
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Fading Frontier 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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/20/2026 07:36 | cicadelic | 13,666 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2026 16:16 |  covecove | 6,677 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:18 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 06:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,469 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2025 08:37 |  MadhattanJack | 5,994 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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Great album - their best in my opinion. All The Same and Snakeskin are my favourites.
Boltzmann 04/08/2021 16:33 | #268334
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Very good.
Favorite tracks: Breaker, Ad Astra
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Repo 04/21/2017 19:10 | #189646 | TOP COMMENT
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It sucks being sick. People treat you different. Even doctors. Even your family. Brandon Cox aka Deerhunter knows this frustration. He knows the despair. Of being alienated, ostracized. But he’s done something extraordinary with this anger and frustration. He’s channeled it into a rallying cry. He’s taken his weakness and turned it into strength. Took fear and turned it into faith. In himself. In his abilities. Fading Frontier is nothing short of rallying cry for the sick & disabled. Anthems to get you fired up that you are important. That you matter. That no one is defined by anything or limited by anything. That one can surpass labels and diagnoses. And do something amazing.
Pretty impressive for a pop album. And this is a pop album at its heart. And it works. Anthems were made to be heard on FM radio after all. And in a different universe, those first three songs would be staples on the radio. Not all the songs work. Snakeskin’s 70s T-Rex stomp has never quite won me over. But, the rest is near perfect indie pop.
Grade: A. This is essential indie pop. These are songs for when the world wrongs you. For when you’re not understood. For when people don’t recognize the strength it takes to just keep on fighting and instead only sees weakness. Illness. This album picks you up, pats you on the back and inspires you to fight back.
cartoken 01/08/2016 08:05 | #156103 | TOP COMMENT
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That's it , this is one of the greatest bands ever.
hoyquarlow 12/28/2015 20:28 | #155288
Best song here ; Ad Astra (by Lockett Pundt) The best song on Halcyon Digest was Desire Lines also by Lockett...So, in the future I wish it could be 50-50 between Bradley Cox and Lockett for songwriting...
meccalecca 12/08/2015 16:35 | #154143 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm with Holden, this may be the best thing Deerhunter has ever done. Certainly my favorite since Microcastle.
HoldenM 12/07/2015 06:38 | #154056
Their best since Microcastle, if you ask me.
SleepDealer 11/09/2015 09:21 | #152695
It's solid and likeable but it doesn't live up to the highs they have set on previous releases.
Pretty unique album compared to Deerhunters last efforts as they went with more of a pop influenced sound with this one. Some really cool sounding songs on here and a great listen overall!
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