Collected Animals

We’ve gotta trudge through two more months of waiting until Isn’t it Now? is released. Last time as we not so patiently waited for Time Skiffs, Foxtrot gave us an incredible listening schedule through the band’s entire discography to pass the time. Perhaps we’ll do that again this time around, but I’ve got another little game that will help us pass the time.

Background:

It’s 2024, and all four band members have tragically died at the hands of the Paw Patrol, who initiated a war with the band after they lost the sales & critical praise battle of September 29, 2023 -- hurt dog egos and all that. An estranged family member of Deakin’s whose only mention in the will was a cut of posthumous album sales had been sitting on some massive dirt on Domino Records and blackmailed them with this proposition: though against the band’s ethos and against their wishes, he demanded Domino release a “Greatest Hits” album or else he would spill their tea, surely ending Domino’s famed run as indie music’s favorite turtle-paced album-rollout record label.

Domino reluctantly agrees. The de facto greatest hits album will be called Simmer Limber Hits, and will be a limited edition 2xLP that has the below image as the cover in embossed gold (think Watch the Throne) and each copy will be sold for $1,000.



Rules:

– The album can be no longer than 88 minutes. (4 sides x 22 minutes)
– No more than 3 songs per album can be used in the compilation.
– Unreleased songs such as “Sponge Luke” ARE valid for this compilation, as completed studio versions of these songs were found on Geologist’s hard drive, however unreleased fake songs such as “Cherry Berry” are not.

Banshee, Loch raven, Fireworks, Defeat, Alvin, Infant Dressing Table, Meet the light child, De soto de son, brothersport, and mercury man are my picks atm

1. Alvin Row
2. Essplode
3. Doggy
4. Slippi
5. Loch Raven
6. For Reverend Green
7. My Girls
8. Applesauce
9. Recycling
10. Palythoa
11. Royal and Desire
12. Defeat

ANIMAL CRAP BOX

Together forever: their greatest flubs, duds and cruds.


1. Father Time
2. Jabbawocky
3. Midnight Special
4. Cherokee
5. Invisible Darlings
6. Lisbon Zoo
7. Monkey Riches
8. Golden Gal
9. Saturdays
10. Taste
11. Rosie Oh
12. Goalkeeper
13. Passer-by
14. Brother Sport
15. Wish I Knew You

ANIMAL CRAP BOX

Together forever: their greatest flubs, duds and cruds.


1. Father Time
2. Jabbawocky
3. Midnight Special
4. Cherokee
5. Invisible Darlings
6. Lisbon Zoo
7. Monkey Riches
8. Golden Gal
9. Saturdays
10. Taste
11. Rosie Oh
12. Goalkeeper
13. Passer-by
14. Brother Sport
15. Wish I Knew You

I agree with a lot of these but brothersport has to be rage bait right

… say sike right now

Banshee, Loch raven, Fireworks, Defeat, Alvin, Infant Dressing Table, Meet the light child, De soto de son, brothersport, and mercury man are my picks atm

excellent. this is such a vibe

1. Alvin Row
2. Essplode
3. Doggy
4. Slippi
5. Loch Raven
6. For Reverend Green
7. My Girls
8. Applesauce
9. Recycling
10. Palythoa
11. Royal and Desire
12. Defeat

methodical. one song per album. chronological. why the fuck not. it works!

ANIMAL CRAP BOX

Together forever: their greatest flubs, duds and cruds.


1. Father Time
2. Jabbawocky
3. Midnight Special
4. Cherokee
5. Invisible Darlings
6. Lisbon Zoo
7. Monkey Riches
8. Golden Gal
9. Saturdays
10. Taste
11. Rosie Oh
12. Goalkeeper
13. Passer-by

you took it in your own direction and i respect that. great concept, well executed. props as always, Stan

The weird/amazing thing is that AC are so good that I look at Stan’s and still think “yeh that’s a fun listen”

The weird/amazing thing is that AC are so good that I look at Stan’s and still think “yeh that’s a fun listen”

totally, really couldn't complain if that came on. is Wish I Knew You the song from the inspection? can't remember if I listened to that or not haha oh no

Yep I gotta say, Wish I Knew You is the only proper stinker from that tracklist imo. Otherwise, all flubs no duds!

ANIMAL CRAP BOX

Together forever: their greatest flubs, duds and cruds.


1. Father Time
2. Jabbawocky
3. Midnight Special
4. Cherokee
5. Invisible Darlings
6. Lisbon Zoo
7. Monkey Riches
8. Golden Gal
9. Saturdays
10. Taste
11. Rosie Oh
12. Goalkeeper
13. Passer-by
14. Brother Sport
15. Wish I Knew You

Cherokee and not Passerby? Puzzling choice here Stan.

Track 13 for that honking dud (which I really still enjoy).

Track 13 for that honking dud (which I really still enjoy).

Oh sorry I blacked out after I read Cherokee

Carry on

1. Dreams
2. Jimmy Mack
3. Transverse Temporal Gyrus pt.1
4. Bleed (live)
5. Seed Song
6. Coral Realization
7. Transverse Temporal Gyrus pt.2
8. Boat Race
9. Do the Nurse
10. Micheal, Remember
11. Untitled 7
12. Bad Crumbs

Just think about it.

1. Gnip Gnop
2. Defeat
3. A manatee danse
4. Defeat (MBV)
5. Defeat (Meow Wolf)
6. Come To Your Senses (Are you mad?)
7. My favorite colors
8. College
9. Daffy Duck
10. Visiting Friends
11. Infant Dressing Table
12. On a Highway
13. Todays Supernatural
14. For Reverend Green
15. Taste
16. Floridada

1. Gnip Gnop
2. Defeat
3. A manatee danse
4. Defeat (MBV)
5. Defeat (Meow Wolf)
6. Come To Your Senses (Are you mad?)
7. My favorite colors
8. College
9. Daffy Duck
10. Visiting Friends
11. Infant Dressing Table
12. On a Highway
13. Todays Supernatural
14. For Reverend Green
15. Taste
16. Floridada

It gets more confusing the longer I look at it.

The best I can do with these restraints

A
My girls
Applesauce
The purple bottle
Floridada

B
Chocolate Girl
Who Could Win a Rabbit
Essplode
Slippi
Prospect Hummer

C
Prester John
For Reverend Green
Fireworks
Tantrum Barb

D
Water curses
Man of Oil
What Would I Want? Sky
Brothersport

These are not all my favorites but (mostly) what I think would constitute a collection of their most popular tracks from most of their releases. Side A and C are crunching it in there a little but the band is dead and getting a greatest hits album so we’re not going to honor their wishes about quality. Tried to represent most major releases but timing was a little tight so no Campfire Songs and Tantrum Barb instead of Screens (which would have been ideal but too long). Why Man of Oil and not Doggy? Tik Tok.

I interpreted "3 max from any album" as 3 max from any era. I would do honorable mentions but it doesn't seem in the spirit of this and they'd be real easy to guess. Actually listened to this and think it makes a good set of songs

1. What Would I Want? Sky
2. Honeycomb
3. Strung with Everything
4. Who could win a Rabbit?
5. Turn into Something
6. Chores
7. Daily Routine
8. Royal & Desire
9. Grass
10. Slippi
11. Winter's Love
12. For Reverend Green
13. Fireworks
14. Brothersport
15. Golden Girl
16. Purple Bottle

Ok fine I'll do it too

Mr Fingers
On Delay
Summertime Clothes
Winters Love
Kids on Holiday

Strung With Everything
Fireworks
Leaf House
New Town Burnout

Peacebone
Street Flash
Cherokee
WWIW?S

Magicians from Baltimore
Grass
The Purple Bottle
Brosport

Might've went over but oh well!!

Golden Era Greatest Hits

1. Kids on Holiday
2. For Reverend Green
3. Applesauce
4. Loch Raven
5. Did You See the Words
6. Peacebone
7. Summertime Clothes
8. Turn Into Something
9. Daily Routine
10. Brother Sport
11. Winter’s Love
12. We Tigers

This is too hard. Have tried to get it down to 88 mins and it’s a massive struggle.

Gonna sort of ignore the 'greatest hits' aspect of this.

Hair Cutter
Street Flash
I See You Pan
Bat You'll Fly
Peacemaker
Also Frightened
Banshee Beat
Sweet Road
Loch Raven
Cuckoo Cuckoo
Kindle Song
I Think I Can
Crimson
Mouth Wooed Her
I Remember Learning How to Dive
Two Sails on a Sound
College

Roughly 88 minutes. Was a minute off on first go so tacked on College

Gonna sort of ignore the 'greatest hits' aspect of this.

Hair Cutter
Street Flash
I See You Pan
Bat You'll Fly
Peacemaker
Also Frightened
Banshee Beat
Sweet Road
Loch Raven
Cuckoo Cuckoo
Kindle Song
I Think I Can
Crimson
Mouth Wooed Her
I Remember Learning How to Dive
Two Sails on a Sound
College

Roughly 88 minutes. Was a minute off on first go so tacked on College

Yeah I’d rather listen to this than the one I made but LOL @ imagining Crimson or Mouth Wooed Her on a hypothetical “Greatest Hits” album

Too difficult to do an actual favourites comp that sticks to 88 mins but here's a legit submission:

Banshee Beats: Best Behemoths

A1. Defeat

B1. Two Sails on a Sound
B2. De Soto De Son

C1. Safer
C2. Visiting Friends

D1. Banshee Beat
D2. Alvin Row

We all know that if there was an actual greatest hits though it would 75% of MPP plus Peacebone, Fireworks, Today's Supernatural, Golden Gal and Prester John.

1. Untitled
2. Spilling Guts
3. Our Little Chapter
4. Satin Orb Wash
5. Goalkeeper
6. Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
7. Polly (Nirvana cover)
8. Amazonawana / Anaconda Opportunity
9. Father Time
10. Dolphin
11. Visiting Friends
12. My Girls

Too difficult to do an actual favourites comp that sticks to 88 mins but here's a legit submission:

Banshee Beats: Best Behemoths

A1. Defeat

B1. Two Sails on a Sound
B2. De Soto De Son

C1. Safer
C2. Visiting Friends

D1. Banshee Beat
D2. Alvin Row

We all know that if there was an actual greatest hits though it would 75% of MPP plus Peacebone, Fireworks, Today's Supernatural, Golden Gal and Prester John.

I like this one. reminds me of getting into the band- one of the first things I understood about their discography was that most of their albums have some massive slow burn-centrepiece. [s]Maybe the first time I discovered cathartic music could be slow[/s] thats a bit bs actually but certainly got me listening way deeper than I ever had been prior

Tough exercise. This track listing doesn't split evenly into 4 sides of 22 min or less, but I think it'd work well on CD. I'd go with the big crowd pleasers and songs that I felt embody their "sound." I stuck mostly to their poppier stuff as it's a "hits" record:

Soul Capturer (single edit)
Cherokee
Fireworks
The Purple Bottle
Who Could Win A Rabbit
Peacebone
Summertime Clothes
What Would I Want? Sky
FloriDada
My Girls
Today's Supernatural
Prester John
Banshee Beat
Applesauce
Kinda Bonkers
We Tigers

Tough exercise. This track listing doesn't split evenly into 4 sides of 22 min or less, but I think it'd work well on CD. I'd go with the big crowd pleasers and songs that I felt embody their "sound." I stuck mostly to their poppier stuff as it's a "hits" record:

Soul Capturer (single edit)
Cherokee
Fireworks
The Purple Bottle
Who Could Win A Rabbit
Peacebone
Summertime Clothes
What Would I Want? Sky
FloriDada
My Girls
Today's Supernatural
Prester John
Banshee Beat
Applesauce
Kinda Bonkers
We Tigers

I think this is really the most likely of the bunch, maybe with Kinda Bonkers swapped out for bro sport

tulis wrote:

Tough exercise. This track listing doesn't split evenly into 4 sides of 22 min or less, but I think it'd work well on CD. I'd go with the big crowd pleasers and songs that I felt embody their "sound." I stuck mostly to their poppier stuff as it's a "hits" record:

Brother Sport
Soul Capturer (single edit)
Cherokee
Fireworks
The Purple Bottle
Who Could Win A Rabbit
Peacebone
Summertime Clothes
What Would I Want? Sky
FloriDada
My Girls
Today's Supernatural
Prester John
Banshee Beat
Wide Eyed
Kinda Bonkers
We Tigers

I think this is really the most likely of the bunch, maybe with Kinda Bonkers swapped out for bro sport

Thanks!

If I could add one song to fit with this set it'd be Brother Sport, but I'd put it as the first track. I like Kinda Bonkers for its "Unity of all kind" lyrics, which I think is a nice sentiment/vibe they try to put out there with their music

ETA: I feel bad not putting a Deakin song on here, could absolutely be convinced to replace Applesauce with Wide Eyed (although I prefer Royal). Final list edited into the quote.

This is the best I can do:

1. Leaf House
2. The Purple Bottle
3. Dragon Slayer
4. Meet The Light Child
5. Also Frightened
6. For Reverend Green
7. Fireworks
8. Too Soon
9. Did You See The Words?
10. New Town Burnout
11. Honeycomb
12. Winter's Love
13. Strung With Everything
14. Brother Sport
15. Safer

So much that misses out

Absolutely loving these.