Destroyer's Rubies

Destroyer's Rubies
Studio album by Destroyer
Released	February 21, 2006
Genre	Indie rock
Length	53:46
Label	Merge
Producer	John Collins, Dave Carswell
Destroyer chronology
Notorious Lightning & Other Works (2005) Destroyer's Rubies (2006) Trouble In Dreams (2008)

Destroyer's Rubies is the seventh studio album from Destroyer, and was the follow-up to Notorious Lightning & Other Works, the 2005 EP.

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.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	(A)[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.5/10)[3]
Rockfeedback	(4/5)[4]
Stylus Magazine	(B+)[5]

The album was highly acclaimed by many reviewers. Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Destroyer's Rubies at number 158 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.^[6]

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Dan Bejar
• Ted Bois
• Nicolas Bragg
• Tim Loewen
• Scott Morgan
• Fisher Rose
• John Collins

Notes

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ The A.V. Club review
3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
4. ^ Rockfeedback review
5. ^ Stylus Magazine review
6. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7706-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-200-151/5/. Retrieved October 1, 2009.