Destroyer's Rubies
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| Studio album by Destroyer | ||||
| Released | February 21, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 53:46 | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
| Producer | John Collins, Dave Carswell | |||
| Destroyer chronology | ||||
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Destroyer's Rubies is the seventh studio album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer, released on February 21, 2006 on Merge Records.
Release
The album peaked at #24 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers music chart, and made it to #30 on the magazine's Top Independent Albums chart.
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 88/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | A[3] |
| Blender | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10[6] |
| Spin | A–[7] |
| Uncut | [8] |
Destroyer's Rubies received widespread acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 30 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[1] Matt LeMay of Pitchfork Media gave the album a very favorable review, stating: "The album is structurally complex, thematically dense, and labyrinthine in its self-referentiality. Dan Bejar's vocals are, like many of his indie contemporaries, yelpy and dramatic, and many of his lyrics seem preordained to serve as mp3 blog headers. In other words, the qualities that once made Destroyer albums so "difficult" make Destroyer's Rubies a perfect record for this critical moment."[6]
Pitchfork Media placed Destroyer's Rubies at number 158 on their list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s.[9]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Dan Bejar.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rubies" | 9:25 |
| 2. | "Your Blood" | 4:14 |
| 3. | "European Oils" | 4:52 |
| 4. | "Painter in Your Pocket" | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Looters' Follies" | 7:25 |
| 6. | "3000 Flowers" | 3:46 |
| 7. | "A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point" | 6:01 |
| 8. | "Priest's Knees" | 3:06 |
| 9. | "Watercolours into the Ocean" | 4:43 |
| 10. | "Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever" | 5:53 |
Total length: |
53:46 | |
Personnel
- Dan Bejar
- Ted Bois
- Nicolas Bragg
- Tim Loewen
- Scott Morgan
- Fisher Rose
- John Collins
Notes
- 1 2 "Reviews for Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer". Metacritic. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Destroyer's Rubies – Destroyer". AllMusic. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ Battaglia, Andy (February 15, 2006). "Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ Sinagra, Laura (April 2006). "Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies". Blender (46): 111. Archived from the original on May 4, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ Hermes, Will (February 20, 2006). "Destroyer's Rubies". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- 1 2 LeMay, Matt (February 20, 2006). "Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Quick Cuts". Spin 22 (3): 95. March 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies". Uncut (119): 94. April 2007.
- ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 1, 2009.