User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 124 Ratings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 97 out of 124
-
Mixed: 12 out of 124
-
Negative: 15 out of 124
Review this album
-
-
Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.
-
-
Submit
-
Check Spelling
- User score
- By date
- Most helpful
-
ChrisMMar 7, 2006Completely different to anything I've heard in a long while. The tracks on the album go on for what seems like ages though they never bore. Brilliant stuff.
-
-
KristianFMay 5, 2006My favourite so far this year
-
-
RogerSMar 6, 2006Vancouver sound? Is there such a thing? I heard this one was good so I tried it and liked it on the first listen. This is music to be creative with. I wanted to get my "watercolours" out and paint. There is poetry in this and sort of like My Morning Jacket or music for independance. Music that just sounds really good.
-
-
MatsLMay 2, 2006just finished listen to this, this great shit...! easily his best album yet. could it perhaps be one of the best albums this year...?
-
-
RossWJun 5, 2006
-
-
ChaseHJul 6, 2006A fantastic album that tops the New Pornos critically acclaimed 'Twin Cinema'. Pianos and horns abound in this eclectic journey with Dan Bejar and his band. Lyrics are smart and clever while the vocals are.. interesting but fit nonetheless. In two words: "get this".
-
-
PeytonJFeb 22, 2006I can already guess this will be in my top 10 albums of the year, hands down. I'm a newcomer to Dan Bejar outside of the New Pornos, but i already like this album so much more than Twin Cinema. Brilliant!
-
-
PeterPFeb 22, 2006This album is subtle where it needs to be and outright at just the right points. Destroyer fans will be handsomely rewarded with all the self-referential lyrics, and newcomers will be teased into the exhuberant literary and musical experience that we have come to expect from sex god Dan Bejar.
-
-
scoossFeb 22, 2006This is a great album that gets better with every listen. If you're a fan of Destroyer you won't be disapointed.
-
-
RyanSFeb 22, 2006One of very few lyricists that challenges his listener to imagine, more and more. And the music shines but in a different light than before on his other albums, it's clean rock...perfect. All the emotion still intact. "You can huff and you can puff but you can't destroy this stuff"
-
-
ChrisSFeb 26, 2006More fantastic music from Dan Bejar. The lyrics are great, but Bejar lets the music do more talking here than he usually does. Check out "European Oils" - it's one of the finest tunes so far this year. Maybe after this, more people will know of Destroyer. One could only hope.
-
-
massinissaDZMar 23, 2006It was unforgettable listening experience. Thanks very much Dan!!!!
-
-
mikesMar 30, 2006This is going to be in my top 5 this year no matter what, I can't stop listening to it.....furthermore I do not gripe about vocals....many great artists don't have an "ideal" singing voice(see Dylan,Waits,John Darnielle for example)...its fresh to hear music that is so creative!
-
-
ErikMar 3, 2006The best album of 2006 so far. (March 3rd) Worthy of multiple listens. Strikingly original.
-
-
AaronSApr 20, 2006As of right now, my favorite album of the year. By December, this is certain to remain in the top five. Bejar's eccentric vocals and superior, at times surreal songwriting skills are evident on every single track, making this a treat from start to finish. One of Destroyer's best efforts. It's certainly the most accessible release from Bejar to date.
-
-
ShawnVMay 10, 2006
-
-
DavidHJun 8, 2006
-
-
AlexFSep 20, 2006
-
-
rayrayMay 10, 2007People who dont get it shouldnt hate. They should just ignore and go critic something else. This is a brillant record by a brillant artist. No one ever said he sings like Elvis. People said the same on Dylan and Dylan remains Dylan.
-
-
TravisBOct 30, 2006
-
-
hondajFeb 22, 2006Sit down and listen, and you'll find lyrically dense, surprisingly melodic affair
-
-
LGraceFeb 22, 2006with this fantastic release, dan should be able to expand his listening audience outside beyond its small, rabid, internet-bound fan base and become extraordinarily wealthy.... even beyond his wild fantasies.
-
-
BuddyHFeb 24, 2006Absolutely classic!!!
-
-
VegFeb 26, 2006Dan Bejar is truly one of the best songwriters of this decade and this record confirms it. For a Destroyer fan, this album is a whole hell of a lot more than you could ever have expected. For the new fans this is a great introduction to a classic songwriter.
-
-
mattaFeb 27, 2006
-
-
justinbFeb 27, 2006repeated listens needed to find out how great this one is.
-
-
TBoneMar 11, 2006
-
-
BenWMar 18, 2006As a massive David bowie fan, i now feel i have another artist, in a comparable way, that I can listen to and love for many years to come. This will definitely be in my Top 5 at year end.
-
-
BrianO.Mar 31, 2006From an on-again, off-again Destroyer fan - this is really excellent stuff, and puts me firmly back in the fan camp. It is a real treat to hear this album unfold all at once.
-
-
rollandbMar 3, 2006no words necessary...
-
-
RyanLMar 5, 2006Sometimes it drags, but you can't help on repeated listens but get caught up in Destroyer's self-indulgence.
-
-
JimH.Apr 25, 2006Better than Your Blues, more profound, more accessible. I'm not sure what people are talking about when they say it's not as good as his older stuff or that his voice sounds stilted. I think it's easily the equal of Streethawk if not better.
-
-
PeterMApr 25, 2006AThe best album of the year. Beej is his own genre and this is his most realized work to dtae. Don't feel bad if you can't properly sing along at the show. The man can't stay put. Plus, he's really drunk and wants to get it over with. But a studio master he is turining out to be, yes indeed.
-
-
AaronQApr 28, 2006I love epic pop music, and this is the epitomy of that. Totally weird, totally brilliant.
-
-
romanmcMay 16, 2006I tend to think David Bowie plus Stevie Wonder multiplied by completely stream of consciousness in the lyrics = Destroyer, but all that is just a neat way to try to sum this sound up. Summing it up is kind of impossible. If you fashion yourself quite the noveau musical hipster, you should give it a shot. Even the haters have to love "Watercolours."
-
-
marklMay 27, 2006best album of the year so far
-
-
DavidMMay 3, 2006Would actually give about an 8.4... Inconsistent, but it's best moments are better than the best moments on any other album out this year. Rubies and 3000 Flowers have moments that are jaw-droppingly good.
-
-
codedelphiJun 11, 2006
-
-
mr.hankeyJun 12, 2006
-
-
GeoffJul 16, 2006Makes a strong arguement for best album of the year so far. Songs like Painter in Your Pocket and European Oils are immediately catchy, while songs like Rubies and Sick Priest are lyrically and conceptually dense. Much more cohesive than Your Blues (previous album). A 9.
-
-
CarlosMAug 4, 2006Masterpiece! His voice is hard to diggest, I can give that, but the instumentation, the lyrics, the conposition, everything shines lke a ruby set on fire. Anyone giving up listening these songs because of the song should stop writting reviews, since this is not an album for your ears.
-
-
sanitJan 7, 2007I know nothing about who this guy is or even if it is a band. But the thing that i do know is: upon the first spin, i was absolutely captivated by the brilliant composition and how sincere the vocalist's voice is. Further listening merely substantiates my initial impressions. And that's saying something because i am extremely fastidious over my choice of music.
-
-
ejJul 12, 2007This Is a beautiful record, and my advice to jared and brian is to stop listening to their own assholes and start listening to real music. thank you
-
-
AndyGMar 19, 2008Incredible music, and lyrics that you can tune out for a bit, then tune in again and become engaged immediately.
-
-
WesM.Aug 31, 2008(I forget whether or not I already rated this) Anyway, it takes a few listens, but every track - with expected variance, and if you can handle the pretentiousness - is really good indie rock!
-
-
JaredFeb 22, 20069. something. Just brilliant plus "3000 Flowers" is indelibly catchy.
-
-
shortbread71May 19, 2006these user comments are fucking terrible
-
-
AnthonyJun 28, 2006Stupendous album! All the tracks are great! For the people who claim Bejar's voice sucks, they have never heard Dylan.
-
-
CatSep 25, 2006
-
-
davegJan 12, 2007it took me a very long time to get past the voice, i'm not going to lie. but this is amazing-- it's all just so catchy and solid. people need to stop being so closed-minded.
-
-
TerryBSep 14, 2007Dan Bejar's monumental ambition to bring a high-minded sensibility to rock in a new and deeply profound way has finally come to fruition; previous albums were very, very good but "Destroyer's Rubies" makes them look like practice sessions.
-
-
AlexanderKDec 12, 2006wonderful spring album, the best of 2006 for me so far Bejar is a genius
-
-
ReubenFDec 18, 2006
-
-
Jan 31, 2021
-
Mar 2, 2016
Awards & Rankings
-
Entertainment WeeklyHis insider snipes at indie-rock pretense show Wildean wit. [24 Feb 2006, p.64]
-
Encapsulating and elevating the best of Destroyer's back catalog, Destroyer's Rubies serves as a potent reminder that the intelligence of Bejar's songs has never obfuscated their emotional weight.
-
Bejars songs have, in the past, sometimes seemed like vehicles for his lyrics, yet with Destroyer’s Rubies he seems to have made peace with the musical element of his work as well.