Collected Animals • What's your favorite Animal Collective album cover?

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Post **Posted:** Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:29 am

Hashmane wrote:

there you go! thanks, this is the one I meant:

the colours are sooooo pretty

This is what I was mentioning on the bottom of page 1. so fantastic.

Post **Posted:** Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:37 am

yusss

Post **Posted:** Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:02 pm

ballparkmanatee wrote:

here's what it looked like at first, if you're interested

ok, people have dissed it as a cover and i dont get it but fucking fine..

would make for a pretty sick poster, though

Post **Posted:** Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:13 pm

Hashmane wrote:

what's winning now?

Post **Posted:** Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:02 pm

CHz cover makes me feel gross but I don't disagree with it :hoobastank:

Post **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:05 am

Hash, can you not see the poll or something? HCTI is winning with 18 votes, while Feels trails with 16.

Post **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:01 am

Yeah I'm really glad Indian is back in front, it'll be a crime if it doesn't win.

Post **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:11 am

whaaa?!
So cool!

Post **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:11 am

Does anyone know the story behind the Centipede Hz art change? Was it in response to all of the criticism? It looked unfinished to me when I saw it, maybe they eventually thought so too.

Post **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:31 am

No-one knows, they didn't say anything about it i believe

Post **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:05 pm

My vote would prolly be Spirit for some reason. But Indian is awfully close too.

Post **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:30 pm

pumpkin knows whats up

Post **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:58 pm

El Camino wrote:

No-one knows, they didn't say anything about it i believe

they were embarrassed I guess...

Post **Posted:** Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:08 am

IkoOvo wrote:

pumpkin knows whats up

OH you !

Post **Posted:** Fri Aug 23, 2013 3:53 am

kafkaesque wrote:

Hash, can you not see the poll or something? HCTI is winning with 18 votes, while Feels trails with 16.

okay thanks

I haven't voted yet because I still can't decide which two of ODDSAC, Strawberry Jam and Merriweather to vote for

Neither Feels nor Here Comes the Indian are in my favourites

Post **Posted:** Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:23 am

It's set that you can change your response. So you could vote now and change your choices later.

Post **Posted:** Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:10 am

I actually kinda like the Danse cover, which i guess is pretty uncommon

Post **Posted:** Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:23 am

The Danse cover rules!!
That was my iPod background for forever!

Post **Posted:** Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:29 am

I think the only AC cover i don't like is Campfire Songs, which still has some really cool art inside the booklet.

Post **Posted:** Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:19 pm

DannyBrown wrote:

ODDSAC probably. Love the colors. That being said I'm not really that stoked on a lot of their album art. Person Pitch might be second for me even though comparatively it's not an album I listen to often.

This. I think I have an attachment to the ODDSAC cover more than just for it's looks. I remember looking at it whilst tripping once and the ripples on the back seemed to move and actually pop off the cover. But, Spirit would have to be my favorite. The cosmos behind the 6 winged angels and their "Statue of Liberty" spikes just looks awesome to me. Plus, I feel it matches the overall vibe of the album.

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:44 am

i might pick campfire songs... followed by MPP. idk those seem like lame choices. all the artwork is pretty rad in its own way

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:09 am

how do those seem like lame choices?

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:39 am

there are no lame opinions or choices!

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:41 am

yeah that's what I thought, I don't get it

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:15 am

well, lemme break it down for everybody. within the realm of animal collective album covers, there are indeed no lame options or choices, but in general...animal collective album covers are generally quite shitty. but it's unique. it's specialized to tailor the music, which has its own principals and standards that we have all come to know and love and accept as "good".

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:18 am

ew no, stop

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:19 am

OBVIOUSLY THEIR ART IS TERRIBLE IN GENERAL AND IMPOSSIBLE TO APPRECIATE UNLESS YOU FORCE YOURSELF TO BUT IT WORKS FOR WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW?

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:35 am

popeye wrote:

but in general...animal collective album covers are generally quite shitty.

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:37 am

spirit is one of my favourite pieces of art ac covers aren't fucking shitty
don't play the hate
participate!

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:54 am

oh shite. danse manatee might be the sickest

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:24 am

popeye wrote:

in general...animal collective album covers are generally quite shitty.

going to have to agree with this but not the comment you made after

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:33 am

no one can deny the greatness of the hcti cover though, surely

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 1:32 pm

i agree that AC art is generally pretty shitty

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:17 pm

okay.. just to clarify, it isn't ALL shitty

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:48 pm

scarybaeri wrote:

the album art is a large part of how I visualize the music itself. I would probably be a little lost if it wasnt for ACs appropriate art

I agree with this!

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:22 pm

lol i actually completely disagree with the fact that their art is shitty... CHz is their only cover ever that even comes close imo

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:40 pm

Post **Posted:** Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:54 pm

all im saying is comparing ac's aesthetic to others' is fruitless. it's far less contrived and game for flaws. that's what i meant by shitty! no one presents themselves quite like ac.

Post **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:07 am

popeye wrote:

all im saying is comparing ac's aesthetic to others' is fruitless. it's far less contrived and game for flaws. that's what i meant by shitty! no one presents themselves quite like ac.

that's an incredibly weird use of the word "shitty", I have to say

lol

also if by "game for flaws" you mean "obviously basically all of their album covers have glaring flaws but that just adds to their charm!" could you please point out some of these flaws?

just for an example, what would you say is a flaw about the artwork for Strawberry Jam?

Post **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:24 pm

well, i ain't good with words, dude. as for game for flaws, another thing with words i said probably not too well, i mean the whole ac vibe. there are extremely beautiful things about their music, but some of it is right next to abrasive elements. their use of melody and sonic experimentation for instance make spirit one of the most baffling, yet rewarding albums i've ever heard. if they just went with pure catchy melody it wouldn't hold my interest at all. that's their style. and as you implied, we don't have to force ourselves to like their art, but that moment in which we respond to something particular in their music is special, which is why we're always making threads of "how did you get into ac?" because something so unexpected became so important to us. that being said, it's not my place to decide what ac album covers should look like, or even is it my place to judge them or whatever, but they definitely
work well to perpetuate that quality in ac's music that there is something foreign here worth exploring within.