Collected Animals • Favorite Animal Collective Release?

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Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:13 am

Personal life stuff gets in the way of being objective about how animal collective just makes better music every time they make music.

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:14 am

I just don't like to ever throw around the word "perfect" in reference to music or any art form really

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Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:07 am

c Hz is the worst AC relase acc. 2 me

best= FEELS 4 LOIFE

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:07 pm

if you don't like chz, you don't get it. Go listen to Father Time 100 times

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:38 pm

Diomedes wrote:

if you don't like chz, you don't get it. Go listen to Father Time 100 times

gee.. father time seems to be a hard sell in this forum. one of my favorite songs on the album, though, and love hearing it live. i love centipede hz as well. i believe it was you, above, who was talking about [i read it yesterday and don't fully remember] loving the most recent or current album/material the most. i have to say i completely agree with this. i love whatever they're currently working on the most. or at least i'm most excited about/by it.

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:42 pm

I'm glad someone feels the same way. Spirit of the times, baby

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:08 pm

Gosh my favorite will always be Spirit, theres just not a single thing I dont like about it. I seem to relate to it the most. Strawberry and Merriweather are tied for second, followed by Water Curses, Fall Be Kind, Feels, Centipede, Sung Tongs, ODDSAC, and the rest (I can't even decided which of the others I like less hah)

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:14 pm

Feels is a masterpiece. that album is perfect. Had Panda Bear had a lead vocal track on this, it wouldn't even be up for discussion.

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:04 pm

cant pick a clear favorite. voted for campfire songs though cause it had 0 votes and y'all need to recognize.

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:54 pm

I'm surprised nobody has picked Fall Be Kind and that Indian only has 1 vote. Both seem to be pretty loved on this board. I haven't been here as long as some of y'all so I could be way off on this, but maybe the board seeming to get younger and younger has something to do with this.

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:35 pm

^yeah I know for a fact we have some huge HCTI fans on here but they really dont visit the top half of the forum anymore. Next gen of top half-ers.

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:55 pm

CampfireBeast wrote:

^yeah I know for a fact we have some huge HCTI fans on here but they really dont visit the top half of the forum anymore. Next gen of top half-ers.

Yep

There's like 5 of us left who actually spend time up here haha

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:11 pm

Don't have a favorite, it all sucks. So i picked Spirit.

Post **Posted:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:22 pm

CampfireBeast wrote:

^yeah I know for a fact we have some huge HCTI fans on here but they really dont visit the top half of the forum anymore. Next gen of top half-ers.

HCTI has been my favorite forever but i voted for down there for sum reason. i think down there and fall be kind are with hcti in a level slightly above their other stuff

Post **Posted:** Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:32 am

would be cool if they released an album where they re did songs from other albums in the style of other albums. like when they played chocolate girl for mpp or purple bottle for chz. but this in a whole album form. guess it would hard to play new songs in an old format, but easier to play old songs in a new format.

Post **Posted:** Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:47 pm

Strawberry Jam
Feels
Sung Tongs
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Spirit They're Gone Spirit They're Vanished
Here Comes The Indian
Centipede Hz
Danse Manatee
Campfire Songs
Hollinndagain

Post **Posted:** Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:55 pm

it came down to transverse temporal gyrus and young prayer for me, so i voted for feels since they weren't included on the poll. nice poll work.

kestrel wrote:

would be cool if they released an album where they re did songs from other albums in the style of other albums. like when they played chocolate girl for mpp or purple bottle for chz. but this in a whole album form. guess it would hard to play new songs in an old format, but easier to play old songs in a new format.

the versions of winters love, wcwar and leaf house that they were doing in the sj/mpp tours owned. the bbc sessions for those jams rock but but i agree that it'd be awesome to have them in some sort of release. they always talk about how they record all of their shows, though. it'd be nice to get some more crackbox releases with material like that.

Post **Posted:** Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:33 pm

Feels is their "best" but I had to pick MPP because that was a magical time in my life

Post **Posted:** Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:52 pm

If childhood had a soundtrack , it would be spirit they're gone , spirit they've vanished.

It is close to near perfection and no question its a masterpiece. Not sure how they did it , but thank the good lord that they did do it. Spirit is what started it all !

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:23 am

especially now after a number of years now passed since my peak listening to this band, the one that still sticks in my mind and still never fails to put a smile on my face is nutty ole sung tongs

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:26 am

though i think HCTI is ultimately their most powerful/truly unique/'important' album and there will never be another record truly like it ever again

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:01 am

I still feel like Danse Manatee is their most singular and unique work. Like there's other music that gives me Spirit or HCTI vibes but DM is sort of alien, like how I feel when listening to The Residents or something.

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:24 am

yeah it is totally on another plane

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:27 am

i dunno

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:37 am

^colin 4 worst poster

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Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:48 pm

I don't know what it is, but just something about the cinematic quality, the strength of the songwriting, the key changes, the sonic landscape and the production of Fall Be Kind kills me every time, and I wish Merriweather was more like it. I could listen to both of them any day, but FBK is just too rad for me.

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:54 pm

^Ya FBK is super cinematic in a really cool way. I think they continued that with Chz stuff too

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:20 am

i chose Person Pitch. All of the following were under consideration: MPP, FBK, Water Curses, Hollinndagain, Campfire Songs, maybe HCTI (i haven't listened to it for a very long time though)

also wanna give big ups 2 prospect hummer

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:29 am

CampfireBeast wrote:

^colin 4 worst poster

campfire for most conformist conformer ever

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:19 am

lol using the word conformist is so conformist you conformist.

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:45 am

srsly

nice try boi

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:08 am

mhwhell its not conformist persay

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:16 am

Diomedes wrote:

^Ya FBK is super cinematic in a really cool way. I think they continued that with Chz stuff too

i agree, i relistened to FBK recently after a long time not hearing and it was really cinematic and beautiful and better than i remembered. also i think prospect hummer wins for prettiest AC release

colin i think you're tied with stanshall for most controversial poster and i like you even though you tried to punk me in the chz thread for saying i dont like that album

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:26 am

come on guys, ain't nothing wrong with colin!

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:51 pm

good to see all the FBK love, it's wayyyyyy up there in my rankings of AC classics

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:14 pm

El Camino wrote:

come on guys, ain't nothing wrong with colin!

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:38 pm

uhh im sorry i can't vote because Monkey Been to Burntown isn't on here ... so ...

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:02 pm

wow it isn't on the list? Whoever made this poll is so elitist/exclusionary. GET WITH THE TIMES.