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	Destroyer (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bob Ezrin, who had previously worked with Alice Cooper, was brought in to produce the album.
		Destroyer is the first KISS album to prominently feature outside musicians, such as members of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra.
		In 2003, the album was ranked number 496 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Destroyer_(album) (385 words)

	Destroyer (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Destroyer (album), a Kiss album released in 1976
		Destroyer (Ryan Adams album), an album by Ryan Adams
		Destroyer (truck), a monster truck on the USHRA circuit
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Destroyer_(disambiguation) (216 words)

	Tiny Mix Tapes Reviews: Destroyer Music Review
		All of this is to say that the experience of this album takes place in a disruptively invasive commercial context, and this compels me to consider it from a consumer perspective.
		Destroyer's new release is called Your Blues, and like its predecessor, it is filled with quirky and inventive pop songs packed with sultry harmonies and an immense level of musical intuitiveness.
		Destroyer was a relatively new group to my ears until I learned that it was the brainchild of Dan Bejar, best known for his time with the pristine indie pop of the New Pornographers.
	www.tinymixtapes.com /musicreviews/d/destroyer.htm (1814 words)

	Talitres records - Destroyer
		Your Blues is Destroyer's vainglorious retreat from the American rock'n roll tradition, in the wake of their bloated and oft-maligned (and oft-praised) magnum opus, This Night, which quietly assaulted the bankrupt college rock arena of 2002.
		His new album, Destroyer's Streethawk: A Seduction, is the most potent collection of pop songwriting in a long, long time.
		Destroyer has not been the only vehicle for Bejar's distinct songwriting; he is also a main contributor on the much acclaimed New Pornographer's Mass Romantic (Mint).
	www.talitres.com /destroyere.htm (1126 words)

	Untitled Document
		In 1998 Destroyer added a rhythm section to the mix and went into a real studio to record City Of Daughters, a sparsely produced but engagingly catchy batch of pop songs in which Bejar’s inventive lyrics began to evolve into an obtuse and poetically original voice.
		By the time the band’s fourth album, Streethawk: A Seduction, hit the streets in 2001, Destroyer was poised for greatness and the critical acclaim flowed freely.
		Your Blues is Destroyer’s vainglorious retreat from the American rock’ n roll tradition, in the wake of their bloated and oft-maligned (and oft-praised) magnum opus, This Night, which quietly assaulted the bankrupt college rock arena of 2002.
	www.billions.com /artists/destroyer/index.html (534 words)

	Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies (2006): Reviews
		This is the defining Destroyer work because of its size and scope, because of its melodicism ("Painter in Your Pocket" the hottest pop song Bejar's authored yet), because of the caliber of its musical chops, and because of the shots Bejar continues to fire.
		Destroyer’s Rubies is one of those rare albums whose literary value is so compelling as to make any imperfections simply blend in as an essential part of the storyline.
		Destroyer's Rubies is an inadvertent Guide To Destroyer - every defining quirk, every 70's pop nod and ill-advised but forgivable falsetto is condensed and framed, only without becoming something fans of Bejar will have all heard before.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/destroyer/destroyersrubies (969 words)

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		His 2001 album, Destroyer’s Streethawk: A Seduction, is the most potent collection of pop songwriting in a long, long time.
		Destroyer is not Bejar's only songwriting vehicle; he was also a main contributor to the much acclaimed New Pornographers’ Mass Romantic (Mint).
		Destroyer have created an unforgettable album of baroque pop songs - ranging from rollicking piano vamps to softly plucked ballads - that is easily the most accomplished Destroyer release to date.
	www.misrarecords.com /destroyer/bio.asp (369 words)

	The KISSFAQ - The KISS Album Focus: "KISS" © Julian Gill - "DESTROYER"
		The studio sessions for "Destroyer" were the first time that the band members as songwriters had worked with outsiders, and they discovered that the outsider view could be a critical forum for feedback.
		Bob felt that the track was an unrealized piece on the album and that the introduction riff was not real good "rock." He has also suggested that the riff should not have been used on the song, even though that was how Gene had presented it in demo form.
		he album would be closed with and unlisted tenth track that has become known as "Rock And Roll Party." This unlisted track closes the "Destroyer" album and is something of a teaser, finishing the album with a bit of audio illustration much as the storyline of "Detroit Rock City" starts it.
	www.kissfaq.com /focus2/destroyer.html (8621 words)

	YPP.net
		The album’s 12 tracks are a rollicking 42 minutes of music careening variously between the sound of classic greats such as the Clash and the Who, and modern masters like Sublime, the Strokes, and the Foo Fighters, with vocalist Brad Germain doing a great Joe Strummer on several of the tracks.
		Destroyer was the first one I listened to in one sitting — and on the stereo at that.
		Yes, this album, Destroyer’s Rubies on Merge Records, was one worth inflicting on the roommates, despite their habitual distaste for anything that deviates from Top-40 acceptability.
	www.ypp.net /411.asp?ID=130 (19580 words)

	Kiss : Destroyer - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Destroyer is one of Kiss' most experimental studio albums, but also one of their strongest and most interesting.
		But it was the aforementioned Peter Criss ballad, "Beth," that made Destroyer such a success; the song was a surprise Top Ten hit (it was originally released as a B-side to "Detroit Rock City").
		Also included is a song that Nirvana would later cover ("Do You Love Me?"), as well as an ode to the pleasures of S&M, "Sweet Pain." Destroyer also marked the first time that a comic-book illustration of the band appeared on the cover, confirming that the band was transforming from hard rockers to superheroes.
	ubl.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,115404,00.html (310 words)

	False 45th: Destroyer
		Since then, he's crank out a bunch of albums (when he's not playing guitar in The New Pornographers) and added other musicians to the band.
		His latest album, Destroyer's Rubies, came out earlier this year.
		It's not an album that knocks you over from the first listen; particularly when that first track is nine friggin' minutes long.
	false45th.blogspot.com /2006/06/destroyer.html (220 words)

	Destroyer: Your Blues - PopMatters Music Review
		Where the last Destroyer album This Night found Bejar sounding like a burnt-out Billy Corgan on lithium, this album strips away the rock trappings of the electric guitar/bass/vocals arrangements in favor of keyboards and acoustic guitars.
		The other key to this album is that Bejar has fine-tuned his eccentric brand of Bowie by way of Nick Drake pop by trimming away many of the kitsch references that often littered his work.
		The one constant that remains in place is the willfully obtuse lyrics that have become a signature of a Destroyer album.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/d/destroyer-yourblues.shtml (940 words)

	Destroyer: Your Blues: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But the album's unique and defiant expression makes this the most holistically accomplished album Bejar has released to date.
		The album's opening track, "Notorious Lightning", finds Bejar sing-speaking his way through a string of vague-yet-striking images, slowly building to a rousing, anthemic finale.
		Seventh album from Dan Bejar encapsulates and elevates the best of his back catalog, serving as a potent reminder that the intelligence of his songs has never obfuscated their emotional weight.
	pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/16988/Destroyer_Your_Blues (659 words)

	Amazon.com: Your Blues: Music: Destroyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The instrumentation of the album is limited to synths and a nylon stringed guitar, which at times give the album a feeling that it came from 1984 not 2004, "Certain Things You Ought to Know" could have replaced The Dream Academy's version of "Please Please Please" on the Ferris Bueller's soundtrack.
		The music on this album is the soundtrack to the time between your first kiss and the loss of innocence that it would soon bring.
		This album puts the bits and pieces that were spit out in Streethawks and This Night and arranges them into the language of beauty.
	www.amazon.com /Your-Blues-Destroyer/dp/B0001EFV72 (1600 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Destroyer *
		In his seventh full-length as Destroyer, Daniel Bejar doesn't just cross it, he dances on top of it, piling metaphor on fractured image, embedding assonance and inside jokes into even the briefest snippets.
		Destroyer's Rubies is a mass of crisscrossing themes, sardonic sketches and self-lacerating putdowns, but I think one of its main ideas is the friction between life and art, the ever-present balancing act between sex and success and self-expression.
		There's a buoyancy to "Rubies,” with its rifle-shot drums and wordless sung choruses that carries you through its nine minutes, a simple rock joy in the attack of "3000 Flowers," a twisted love anthem in "Painter in your Pocket" that doesn't need to be analyzed to be enjoyed.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/2687 (605 words)

	Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard Review - sputnikmusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Most of the album's songs barely make it over a minute in length, and there are even some songs that are even under the thirty second mark.
		Pig Destroyer's drummer is the highlight of the band if you ask me. Not only does he play incredibly fast, but his drum parts are also tasteful.
		This album isn't their best work, but it is still better than a lot of the grind out there today.
	www.sputnikmusic.com /album.php?reviewid=5495&ref=mx (1620 words)

	betterPropaganda - free MP3 downloads Destroyer
		In 1998 Bejar added a rhythm section to Destroyer and headed into a real studio for the first time to record City Of Daughters, a sparsely produced but engagingly vibrant batch of songs in which Bejar’s unique and inventive lyrics began to evolve into an obtuse and poetically original voice.
		This Nigh, Destroyer album number 5 and Bejar’s debut on Merge Records, was released in the fall of 2002 and continued to raise the bar, confounding perceptions of what exactly Destroyer was, or could be.
		All that is about to change as Bejar assures us that the current line-up of Destroyer that emerged from the recording sessions for Destroyer’s Rubies shall the definitive and permanent line up for the band from this point forward.
	betterpropaganda.com /artist_page.asp?id=178 (698 words)

	Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies / Album Review / Rock Music Review
		Finally, after just listening to the album on repeat over the past couple days, I realize that Destroyer's Rubies is not about the ends justifying the means.
		Instead, Destroyer fires the opening salvo of "Rubies" and casts the die with rambling poetic precision.
		The disenchanting truth is that if those are the only reviews that someone reads in relation to the album, they will entirely ignore the fact that these are, in fact, songs, and by majority definition, songs have musical aspects to them.
	www.rockmusicreview.com /albums/000429.php (749 words)

	Album Review :: Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Musically, what hooks there are tend to be layered and understated; most of the songs on the album eschew the immediately catchy in favor of the subtle and gradual, with different sections building up and bleeding into each other over Bejar’s nasally sing-speak voice, but no single section dominating.
		Instead, Bejar has succeeded in creating an album of great poetic craft and artistic integrity which, while not deviating greatly from the eleven-year-old band’s formula, further refines and solidifies it.
		On the scale with which Anubis weighs the sins of the dead, this album comes up a bit heavier than the feather of Ma’at, but the crocodilian judge Ammit is unlikely to devour its heart.
	www.yale.edu /gunslinger/albumreviews/apr06/destroyer.html (238 words)

	Metal-Rules.com
		Destroyer of Worlds is the tenth studio album from Bathory in a row, well Quorthon's own solo efforts won't naturally be calculated by any manners.
		Destroyer Of Worlds is a kinda mix of all kinds of various metal elements tied up to the same output.
		The whole album takes a real huge u-turn, bringing back the thrash elements of Requiem and Octagon, but definitely with the better sound quality.
	metal-rules.com /review/viewreview.php?band=Bathory&album=Destroyer+... (483 words)

	Kiss MP3 Downloads - Kiss Music Downloads - Kiss Music Videos
		Their breakthrough, Alive!, was going to be hard to top, so instead of trying to recreate a concert setting in the studio, they went the opposite route.
		The pressure was on Kiss for their fifth release, and the band knew it.
		This album is available for download from our partnered music services.
	www.mp3.com /albums/9051/summary.html (515 words)

	Illinois Times: A & E: Music: Reaching beyond his inner geek
		Destroyer leader Daniel Bejar is the perfect pinup boy for a small but insanely devoted faction of rock critics, music bloggers, grad-school dropouts, and die-hard potheads.
		In many ways, Rubies is a quintessential Destroyer album, harking back to the apocalyptic tumult of 2002’s underrated This Night and the anxious slop-pop of 2001’s reputation-making Streethawk: A Seduction.
		Indeed, it’s the most accessible Destroyer album yet, the one most likely to convert listeners who would rather rock out than pore over a lyric booklet.
	www.illinoistimes.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:5115 (565 words)

	HYBRIDMAGAZINE.COM \| REVIEWS \| Low - The Great Destroyer album review
		After their first three records, Low began to move away from the slow, dirgy aspects of their music and began to embrace more of a rock and roll/pop ethos.
		Instead, we are treated to thirteen songs of pure mid-tempo rock goodness, ranging in sound from the familiar pop female-vocal sound of songs like "California" to the synth heavy darkness of "Monkey".
		The album is full of the trademark feedback heavy guitars and somber moods that have always graced Low records, and drives harder than any of their previous recordings.
	www.hybridmagazine.com /reviews/0405/low.shtml (410 words)

	Metal Invader ( Hidden Hand - Mother Teacher Destroyer [featured album] ) Review.
		One could say this album is like a crown with 11 diamonds, (one for each song), all different from each other, but all equally valuable.
		Beyond the music, I feel I should mention the very interesting (often allegoric) lyrics, which really are food for though, and the beautiful artwork of the album’s booklet and cover.
		However, I’ll dare say that MTD is one of the greatest albums of this decade, even if we only are half-way through it.
	www.metal-invader.com /db/reviews-1265.html (989 words)

	Kiss - Destroyer
		-- it means the album is a set of slick pop/rock that hides its lack of improved songwriting with stylish production flourishes.
		By the time their fifth album was released, Kiss was the most popular band in America, with sold-out stadium tours and eventually its own pinball machines, makeup line and a TV movie.
		Built around the proto power ballad "Beth," this is a ridiculously over-the-top party-rock album that just gets better with age.
	www.superseventies.com /spkiss3.html (272 words)

	+++ neumu [ datastream ]
		Regarding his use of biblical references — which appear on all three albums but were particularly salient on Thief from track one with "Destroyer's the Temple" — he says, "I think it's fun to use the old rhetoric in ways that are not the standard ways.
		Although Destroyer is his main band, he wrote and recorded three new songs and sang on a couple others with Neko Case for the Pornographers' follow-up, due out in early 2003.
		Destroyer will go on tour in October and November, with 22 stops, 21 in the U.S. and one in Canada.
	www.neumu.net /datastream/2002/2002-00136/2002-00136_datastream.shtml (2013 words)

	Destroyer by Kiss CD
		DESTROYER, on which they teamed with Alice Cooper producer Bob Ezrin, was the breakthrough that finally got Kiss' grandiose rock ideas down on record.
		DESTROYER also includes a ready-made rock anthems ("Shout It Out Loud"), a swipe at manipulative groupies ("Do You Love Me," which is punched up with tubular bells) and a foreboding song about "the lord of the wasteland" that became Gene Simmons' signature tune ("God Of Thunder").
		The opening of the album with the radio announcer talking, and the kid gettiing in the car and jammin` with the radio is awesome!!!!
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1055801/a/Destroyer.htm (584 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Destroyer *
		Aside from Bejar, the only musicians on the album are “JC/DC” (New Pornographers bassist/producer John Collins and the Smugglers’ guitarist David Carswell), who also co-produced the first three Destroyer albums.
		Despite what would seem to be drastic changes in instrumentation and style, Your Blues is surprisingly similar to the albums that preceded it: whatever style Bejar chooses to work in, his own idiosyncratic approach to songwriting and arrangement seems to dominate, relegating all other variables to a minimal level of importance.
		Fortunately, the rest of the album more or less avoids this problem, as the synthesized orchestral arrangements are more subtly integrated at strategic moments, heightening the overall effect of Bejar’s songs, and defining the album’s unique “orch-coustic” aesthetic.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/1306 (572 words)

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