Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

regain self esteem

Album Rating: 4.5

I really need to listen to this. damn my procastination.

Album Rating: 3.0

it makes me so crazy, though i can't say why

Album Rating: 4.0

what an incredible listen! I'm listening to this every day, either in its entirety or some of the best songs (Brother Sport, My Girls, and In the Flowers....at least now)

Album Rating: 4.5

Got this yesterday. It's my first AC album and i feel i've been missing out!



Excellent pop album!

Album Rating: 5.0

They have just released a bunch of tour dates. I urge everyone to go!

Album Rating: 4.5

I saw them sometime around November. it was pretty good, but they didn't play any songs from Feels or the Water Curses EP, which made me cry a little. apart from that it was a great concert, mainly stuff from Strawberry Jam and a few pieces from the new album. but maybe their show's gonna be different now, with the new album out and all the praise and everything.



edit: the highlight of the concert was definitely Panda Bear's "Comfy in Nautica".This Message Edited On 01.20.09

Album Rating: 4.0

this is easily their best album and a huge improvement from strawberry jam. i like almost every song on here but "daily routine" and "guys eyes" are just terrible.

Album Rating: 3.0

They were just in NYC twice and I couldn't go. I will make every effort to hit their one in May.



I don't think this is easily their best album. I haven't been able to decide on if it beats Strawberry Jam yet and Feels is still ahead. They're all great though.

Album Rating: 5.0

so you live dangerously close to me, eh natey?



Sorry but Strawberry Jam has no real flow compared to this album.

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whats wrong with daily routine?

Album Rating: 4.5

gave the album a spin-certainly interesting yet really odd. I'll spin it a few more times to give a final judgment



I'm actually gonna see these guys live tomorrow night. Anything I should know?



And good review btwThis Message Edited On 01.20.09

They usually deploy shells filled with white phosphorous at the end of the show so bring a gas mask.

Album Rating: 5.0

well the last Animal Collective show I went to, they played most of Strawberry Jam and this was about one month before it came out, so I knew no songs. Kinda sucked because I couldn't really get into it, and as you know, some of the songs from Strawberry Jam aren't exactly thrillers

Album Rating: 5.0

I saw them and loved them on that tour. This tour is mainly songs from MPP with a few reworks including Winters Love, Slippi and a sweet version of Banshee Beat. Fireworks will probably still be a staple as well. Also theyve been playing a new tune which is really sweet.

Album Rating: 3.0

You're right about the flow Flatley but that's more this album being super flowy then the other lacking it a lot. I REALLY love the songs on Jam.



I'm not close to NYC but I am in NY. I'm over by Rochester.

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't think this is easily their best album. I haven't been able to decide on if it beats Strawberry Jam yet and Feels is still ahead. They're all great though.

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"daily routine" and "guys eyes" are just terrible.

Album Rating: 3.5

strawberry jam is def better than this, i don't know if it flows well necessarily but its much more varied and just stronger lyrically and musically more interesting imo

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

^ I don't know about that

Merriweather definitely takes all the pop inclinations of Strawberry Jam and essentially bends them into submission. Strawberry meandered a around a bit (Cuckoo Cuckoo) but also had a feel of a collection of songs, as opposed to a cohesive album. This has always been an issue of theirs, until this record. Even 'Feels' can't attest to a general aesthetic, as much as sets of songs in the beginning, middle and end.

But the Jam = the shit, and, really, they're all amazing albums