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Topic: Animal Collective Appreciation Thread
Posted: February 11 2009 at 17:05

I can count on my hand the good thing sabout Animal Collective it is zero my hand is closed in fist.

Merriweather Post Pavilion > Kid A

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Posted: February 11 2009 at 17:05

Seriously, they're pretty much my favorite band right now, and Merriweather Post Pavilion will almost certainly be the best album of 2009. Appreciate them.

Edited by Pnoom! - February 11 2009 at 17:06

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Posted: February 11 2009 at 18:37

I appreciate them

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Posted: February 11 2009 at 18:40

Merriweather Post Pavilion > Kid A

Fact.

I think. Honestly, they're right to next to each for me. Both top 15 all time for sure.

Merriweather Post Pavilion: 9.9
Person Pitch: 9.9
Strawberry Jam: 9.5
Feels: 9.4
Sung Tongs: 9.0
Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished: 8.5
Here Comes the Indian: 7.6

Water Curses: 7.8
People: 7.4

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Posted: February 11 2009 at 19:44

is their new album really that good? I've listened to it twice and it is really underwhelming...

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Posted: February 11 2009 at 19:52

Yes it is. My Girls, Summertime Clothes, Taste, and Brothersport are among the best songs they've done, and the rest are all very good.

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Posted: February 11 2009 at 20:01

Tomorrow I shall just sit in and listen to MPP. Anyway I'll add to the fun

Strawberry Jam: 9.3
Feels: 9.2
Sung Tongs: 8.9
Person Pitch: 8.7
Here Comes the Indian: 8.1
Spirit They've Gone: 7.5

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Posted: February 11 2009 at 20:23

mmm animal collective. i love me some animal collective. havent had too much time to give MPP its due yet but i love in the flowers, my girls, and summertime cloths so far. Favorite from them is feels, then sung tongs, then strawberry jam. but thats interchangeable any given day.
just recently got campfire songs and here comes the indian and spirit they're gone.

you guys counting Panda Bear as Animal Collective? i wasnt huge on person pitch, though i do like it. too much music, not enough time. i promise to give my week to AC and related projecs and maybe then ill be able to come here and give nice numbers next to my album ratings

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 00:12

I thought Merriweather was good, but kind like Strawberry Jam pt 2,
what I always loved about Animal Collective before is that each new album was a completely different exercise from their previous,

when I saw them live they blew, 3 guys on keyboards with looped drums was boring

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 00:22

IMO, Merriweather Post Pavilion sounds way more like Feels than Strawberry Jam, and it doesn't even sound that much like Feels.

Plus it's better than anything else they've done.

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 10:29

Man I'm late to this but HUUUUUGE appreciation for this group. I love them so much. Merriweather is booty-thumpin' fun start to finish! I also want to highlight "Bluish" and "Daily Routine" as among the best songs they've done, especially the former. That one and "My Girls" are my two favorites, though I do love the whole thing. It's hard for me to rate the albums (especially to the .1), but here's my equality statement:

Strawberry Jam=Merriweather Post Pavilion>Feels>Sung Tongs=Water Curses>>>Everything else

I would give SJ & MPP 9.5-10, Feels a 9, Sung Tongs and Water Curses 8.5. They're all great, really. I'm not too much into their old stuff or the Panda Bear album, but I can't get enough of their recent stuff.

Edited by Moatilliatta - February 12 2009 at 13:34

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 10:30

Also, that Animal Collective picture in my signature is hilarious.

Edited by Moatilliatta - February 12 2009 at 10:31

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 11:23

Yes it is.

MPP:
1. Summertime Clothes (10/10)
2. My Girls (10/10)
3. Brother Sport (10/10)
4. Taste (10/10)
5. In the Flowers (9.5/10)
6. Bluish (9.5/10)
7. Also Frightened (9/10)
8. Guys Eyes (9/10)
9. Lion in a Coma (9/10)
10. No More Runnin (8.5/10)
11. Daily Routine (8/10)

Daily Routine loses because of the unnecessary, way overlong outro.

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 13:04

I don't think intro is that bad, lengthwise. It kinda locks in a trance, which is cool by me. Also, I don't think Taste is that good. For me it's one of the least spectacular songs on the album (though of course it's still a great song).

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 13:07

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 13:17

moreitsythanyou wrote:

Tomorrow I shall just sit in and listen to MPP. Anyway I'll add to the fun

Strawberry Jam: 9.3
Feels: 9.2
Sung Tongs: 8.9
Person Pitch: 8.7
Here Comes the Indian: 8.1
Spirit They've Gone: 7.5

Yeah I see it like that, too. I need to listen to MPP a few more times before I give a solid opinion, but from what I can grasp it's a pretty decent album, but I feel it's lacking something sonically that was present on their earlier stuff. That said, Bluish is one of the best songs they've released in their career (in my opinion).

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 13:19

I love Animal Collective!

My favorite still is Strawberry Jam, but Merryweather comes pretty close. My favorite moment in Animal Collective history is the part in In the Flowers where he sings "I like this song", because that's exactly what I feel at that point!

Have you guys tried Water Curses EP? The first track is unbelievable. In fact I don't think they've done a bad song. I don't like listing favorite bands, but at the moment AC are at the top.

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 13:34

Hooray! Another Bluish fan!

Also, yes! Water Curses is one of my favorite AC songs. The rest of the EP is pretty darn good, too.

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 14:48

Moatilliatta wrote:

I don't think intro is that bad, lengthwise. It kinda locks in a trance, which is cool by me. Also, I don't think Taste is that good. For me it's one of the least spectacular songs on the album (though of course it's still a great song).

The outro to Daily Routine is the sole thing that keeps the album from being a perfect 10 for me (there are only 5 albums I'd give a perfect 10, fyi), unfortunately.

Taste is the album's darkhorse. Listen to the album enough and that song will just start creeping up on you like nothing else.

I'm listening now and OMFG this album is amazing.

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Posted: February 12 2009 at 15:01

Top 35 Animal Collective tracks:

1. Summertime Clothes
2. My Girls
3. Banshee Beat
4. Leaf House
5. Grass
6. Fireworks
7. Brother Sport
8. For Reverend Green
9. The Purple Bottle
10. Winters Love
11. #1
12. Water Curses
13. We Tigers
14. In the Flowers
15. Did You See the Words
16. Taste
17. Peacebone
18. Bluish
19. People
20. Who Could Win a Rabbit
21. Kids on Holiday
22. Chores
23. Tikwid
24. Lion in a Coma
25. Guys Eyes
26. Also Frightened
27. Winter Wonderland
28. Slippi
29. Cobwebs
30. Turn Into Something
31. Native Belle
32. Unsolved Mysteries
33. No More Runnin
34. Street Flash
35. Derek