Collected Animals

I mean as much as I like downloading the boots and checking 'em out one by one I'd still like to know which ones are considered 'the best' by you guys. Not just AnCo, but solo efforts too.

not exactly the same topic but there are a lot of good suggestions in this thread:

http://collectedanimals.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4716

paris 2004 feels

Painting With (Brooklyn Steel, 2017 NYC Taper)
Centiped Hz (pitchforkfest Paris seems to be a popular choice)
Merriweather Post Pavilion (consensus seems to be Melkweg but I haven’t heard it)
Strawberry Jam (Tavastia 2006)

It’s a start,

paris 2004 feels

yeap that one is real good, the version of did you see the words is very fun and different

also the one I always come back to is Cats Cradle Chapel Hill from 04

Sung Tongs, NYC show (Sung Tongs Reloaded era)

Painting With: Moogfest or Brooklyn Steel
CHz: Pitchfork or the Live at 9:30 lol
MPP: Melkweg or Liquid Room
SJ: Variety Playhouse or Grrrnd Zero
Feels: Paris '04 for weird goodness, otherwise Cat's Cradle

Painting With: Brooklyn Steel
CHz: Live at 9:30
MPP: Henry Miller Memorial Library or Lux Fragil
SJ: Tavastia
Feels: Artsplace
ST: Other Music or Gardner Arts

2005-02-25 Bowery Ballroom is hands down my favorite Feels era show, but 4-27 from the same year is also a contender, only because the setlist is just bizarre (includes Another White Singer/Winters Love/Baby Day)

Sung Tongs, NYC show (Sung Tongs Reloaded era)

Laughed at reloaded but this legitimately deserves to be up there with the best ac boots. Every song is spot on and the crowd hype makes me grin while I'm listening to it

lux fragil baby 2008

Tropic of Cans wrote:

Sung Tongs, NYC show (Sung Tongs Reloaded era)

Laughed at reloaded but this legitimately deserves to be up there with the best ac boots. Every song is spot on and the crowd hype makes me grin while I'm listening to it

For sure. It's in the top three shows they've ever done

lux fragil baby 2008

yep also this one, can't believe i forgot it

Not to be confused with Lyon France which I do all the time. Yeah lux fragil

My faves:

2001-2002: since theres not all that many boots, just all of them i guess, + hollinndagain and crack box (my favorite is the houston 2001 show on youtube though)
2003: gardner center, rubber gloves
2004: other music (obviously), WNYC spinning on air, la fondation cartier, bowery ballroom, cats cradle (so much good stuff in 04)
2005: bowery, and that halloween show that was posted recently is pretty special
2006: malta (obviously), helsinki
2007: melkweg, philly show on youtube
2008: glasslands!
2009: 9:30 club, sydney
can't really speak for chz, i havent listened to enough of the boots to have an authoritative favorite
PW era: the ones on bandcamp

PB's 2014 Warsaw NY show is really great, the red bull recording is super clear except for the "you're listening to red bull blah blah blah" watermark at the end of boys Latin which always catches me off guard. The performance itself is fantastic, my favourite PBVSGR boot.
ATP 2013 of course is essential too

^both of those are amazing. warsaw nadir >>>>> selfish gene

Listening to Warsaw 2014 now... my god, he went in really dry on some of these shows of this era. Noah's voice can be really raw without much reverb/delay

panda gov island
panda primavera
panda atp (lil glitchy but super unique show)
lots of good tomboy soundboards

grim reaper warsaw (dance avey dance boot? i think)

2009 NPR show has the best chocolate girl/banshee beat reworks imo

avey 11 shows - not sure which boot but U need at one, knitting factory has the best qual im p sure?

2004 bowery ballroom might be the dreamiest version of all the feels songs if i remember righ, banshee beat/purple bottle/wastered is a crazy way to open

deakin - ottobar/both nyc taper shows/ secret project robot

I wish we had more recordings of the HCTI era. Also wish they had a recording of that show where they performed Campfire Songs on the floor of the Tonic before they actually recorded the record.

slightly different question:

what would yall say are the best sound quality boots from each era?