Collected Animals • Campfire Songs

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Post **Posted:** Fri Jul 19, 2013 5:14 pm

Can we just take a second to talk about how amazing this album is?

I just finished playing it for the first time in a while, and I realize how amazing it is.

So tranquil.

And Doggy hits everyone right in the feels..

Post **Posted:** Fri Jul 19, 2013 5:32 pm

It's pretty cool.

Post **Posted:** Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:51 pm

i'd just like to let hashmane know that i want this to be pressed on vinyl

Post **Posted:** Fri Jul 19, 2013 8:10 pm

I would love to get my hands on a vinyl release of this!

Post **Posted:** Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:20 pm

Spoiler: show

Post **Posted:** Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:23 pm

de soto de son for best AC song?

Post **Posted:** Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:46 am

'Bros' Owl wrote:

de soto de son for best AC song?

sometimes I think so

Post **Posted:** Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:57 am

'Bros' Owl wrote:

de soto de son for best AC song?

I frequently feel that.

Post **Posted:** Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:01 am

Spoiler: show

seriously though the whole album is perfect

Post **Posted:** Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:08 am

my least favourite AC album, still think it's great though

Post **Posted:** Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:15 pm

i think a reworked version of de soto de son with the current set-up would be the most mind-blowing thing in this world.

Post **Posted:** Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:54 pm

Easily one of their best albums. Probably in the top three for me. I guess I'm really attracted to its mellow nature of the album and it's ambiance. It's really different than all their other recordings, it's the most organic if you will. I mean, when I think of Animal Collective, this is generally what I would imagine, nature inspired tracks followed by acoustic guitars and soft words spoken. This album is heavenly !

10/10 for Pumpkin

no question

Post **Posted:** Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:58 am

I would say it's my number one AC album right now.
I never have a consistent favorite (Except for Spirit is my favorite album of all time)

Post **Posted:** Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:40 am

I second that, being the album I'm listening to a lot lately. Generally at night too, wonder if they recorded that album during the day or night?

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:06 am

My appreciation for Queen in my pictures has vastly expanded lately.

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:11 am

i definitely always pictured it being recorded at night! out on rocking chairs on the porch and the crickets in the summertime ya know? (i know it wasn't but that's what it makes me think of!)

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:21 am

yup, least favorite ac album, still about a 6/10 though

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:07 am

^

in my mind CS takes place starting at 11:00 AM on an overcast 65 degree day

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:39 am

I don't see why they couldn't have recorded it at night, yah know?

And Mister Clams, explain this 6 out of 10 to us...

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:56 am

For me it's just a "good" release and nothing special to me and i have to be in the right mood to listen to it. Basically just a nice chillout album with great melodies and vocalizations and that's it. In terms of Acoustic AC i prefer the Sung Tongs style and for their droney stuff i prefer when it's electronic oriented and punctured with blasts of noise.

But yeah it's my least favourite too.

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:24 pm

marshmallo people say ohyeeeah
caaaause they think it's a masterpieece

This album has so many lyrics that I absolutely love and also have not much idea why I love them.

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:22 pm

deaath taakkes tiiiiiiiiiimme

death taakess tiiiiiimmme

Post **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:24 am

El Camino wrote:

For me it's just a "good" release and nothing special to me and i have to be in the right mood to listen to it. Basically just a nice chillout album with great melodies and vocalizations and that's it. In terms of Acoustic AC i prefer the Sung Tongs style and for their droney stuff i prefer when it's electronic oriented and punctured with blasts of noise.

But yeah it's my least favourite too.

I guess I know where your coming from though. I feel that way about Sung Tongs actually.

Post **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:54 am

Campfire songs is the album that feels the most like one thing to me.
Every single song flows so well.
Probably why it's not on vinyl.

Post **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:39 pm

It's too good for vinyl.

Post **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:14 pm

Still though, that'd be sick...

Post **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:21 pm

It would be. I think that's the only album not yet on vinyl, is that accurate ?

Post **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:26 pm

Yep.
I think every AC release has been on vinyl except for Campfire Songs and Prospect Hummer.

Post **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:43 pm

Damn. They better hop on that...

Post **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:42 am

It's not on vinyl (and probably never will be) because it is meant to be listened to as one continuous piece, as recorded, which would be impossible to achieve with vinyl.

Post **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:04 am

yup makes sense

Post **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:05 am

CHz is the perfect AC album for vinyl.
All four sides are continuous, and no transitions are interrupted!

Post **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:03 am

souleraser wrote:

It's not on vinyl (and probably never will be) because it is meant to be listened to as one continuous piece, as recorded, which would be impossible to achieve with vinyl.

What about prospect hummer?

Post **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:18 am

Always wondered that...

Post **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:25 pm

Absolutely love CS. Probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite AC album and I often find myself listening before I go to sleep, or whenever I'm laying in a park/outside.

I actually love experimenting with some open-minded friends by playing it for them while we lay outside in the right setting (i.e. Central park at night with fireflies everywhere). It's very very peaceful.

Post **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:59 pm

Amen brotha !!

Post **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:22 pm

everyone always says its not on vinyl because its a continuous recording, but there is a second of silence between the third and fourth song so whoo caressssss

Post **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:13 am

^ true. Not to mention other albums most songs are continuous as well...

Post **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:31 am

I think maybe it feels more "whole" to them because it was recorded in one take.
They sat there and played the whole thing, no interruptions.

Post **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:33 am

Tic wrote:

there is a second of silence between the third and fourth song

???
I don't think so...
And there's the nature sounds the whole way through.