Collected Animals

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..

It's pretty cool.

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

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

de soto de son for best AC song?

de soto de son for best AC song?

sometimes I think so

de soto de son for best AC song?

I frequently feel that.

seriously though the whole album is perfect

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

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.

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

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)

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?

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

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!)

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

^


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

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...

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.

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.

deaath taakkes tiiiiiiiiiimme

death taakess tiiiiiimmme

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.

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.

It's too good for vinyl.

Still though, that'd be sick...

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

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

Damn. They better hop on that...

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.

yup makes sense

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

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?

Always wondered that...

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.

Amen brotha !!

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

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

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.

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.