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| 3.5 great | ECRbubs | December 18th 08 |
I really despised this album until I listened to it again and realized how beautiful it was.
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| 4.5 superb | Your Favorite Lurker | February 19th 16 |
All y'all are sitting on this gem. Flowing and bursting with sheer atmosphere, AnCo manages to make an album that sounds boring on paper into a rather engaging LP. Just sit back, grab your best headphones, and let your mind wander.
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| 1.5 very poor | patrickfannon | May 13th 11 |
This album is, simply put, boring and mind-numbingly stupid. Strumming the same chord for 10 minutes while a bunch of people chant and make noises in the background is not a song; it's a waste of time. I guess it's agreeable enough, but listening to this record, I find it very hard to understand fans of Animal Collective.
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| 4.5 superb | TwoInTheShoe | February 21st 19 |
Queen in My Pictures turning into Doggy is magical every time and the album doesn't stop wowing after that. Last two 11 minuters usually drag on for the tiniest bit too long but then again sometimes they don't and I think the album's flawless
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| 3.0 good | Owens54 | December 5th 16 |
Just a really pretty album. One I often listen to as I'm falling asleep.
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| 2.5 average | Finn Baker | October 1st 16 |
Ehhhh. I understand what this record is trying to do. It's cold, but not in a chills-down-your-spine way. It's far more peaceful than that. However, listening to it made me feel like I didn't have any warmth. Like I was in a snow-laden field. I don't necessarily like that feeling. The fact that it's hard to understand most of the lyrics makes this album feel like a sort of code that I can't decipher.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | July 28th 16 |
Back when Animal Collective was known simply as Campfire Songs, they released this strange, yet pretty unique and undeniably calming self-titled record. Much like Danse Manatee, there's very little emphasis on writing actual songs and more of an effort put into atmosphere. Whereas Danse Manatee felt very haphazard and jumbled, Campfire Songs feels cohesive, and with a clear goal in mind. True, all of the songs are two or three chords strummed over and over again over field recordings and chanting vocals, but it succeeds in being an immersive, atmospheric piece, about as calming and tranquil as it possibly can be. This is entirely different from the psychedelic electronic smorgasbords that are their later records, but that's what makes Campfire Songs a needed listen for AnCo fans: there simply isn't another record that they made quite like this. As such, it's an overlooked body of work, one which showed the guys behind the group to be wholly capable of forming an engrossing atmosphere.
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| 3.0 good | TheManMachine | April 26th 14 |
Like any good "trained" jam session should be: confident overall; yet surely unsure at parts, and deep in the zone-or-groove-or-whatever at others. Mostly, it is carried by the concept of it all: soft and outdoorsy yet spooky, the pseudo-spontaneity of random hippie guys who show up semi-invited to your backyard bonfire armed with acoustic guitars, the chirping of insects and birds, the constant tape-hiss, weather and time taking their course, people walking about. It makes for an enthralling eyeroll of a listen.
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| 4.0 excellent | SalteyBacon | May 16th 13 |
A calming atmosphere sound perfect for background noise to a calm environment. Also the way it is almost one song makes it a nice addition compared to other Animal Collective Work
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| 4.0 excellent | Lani | April 21st 13 |
I am in a very sour, forlorn mood tonight, This record seems to complement that emotional track well.
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| 4.5 superb | devon69 | December 31st 12 |
amazing atmospheric ambient folk feat. sections of wailing vast oceans of acoustic guitar and then some really tribal type vocals. "LUSH" describes this album perfectly. close to a 5 but some parts also drag on too long, redeems itself though.
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| 4.0 excellent | Cvrst_Drums | February 15th 09 |
At first i questioned it as even being music but after I really started liking "Strawberry Jam" and "Sung Tongs", I went back and found it was one of thier best albums. It must be developed into becoming likable and requires a specific taste. Pure Animal Collective.
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| 2.5 average | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 2.5 average | moku | November 3rd 23 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 20th 23 |
| 3.5 great | bSmith | March 8th 22 |
| 3.5 great | ori0 | February 10th 22 |
| 3.5 great | xlev | February 10th 22 |
| 2.5 average | eureka | June 18th 21 |
| 3.5 great | bloaf38 | December 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sowing STAFF | May 31st 20 |
| 3.5 great | eckoh | March 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Corney | March 21st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | OGGOD | October 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | January 7th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Ben STAFF | August 3rd 18 |
| 3.0 good | PaabL | December 7th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | YayoG1 | December 2nd 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Jan555 | November 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | zoso33 | September 11th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Klkofe | April 24th 17 |
| 3.0 good | ian b. | April 14th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Rhyme | February 7th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Denis | October 20th 16 |
| 3.0 good | p4p | August 2nd 16 |
| 3.0 good | dtcgb | April 16th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Fuff24 | March 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | DeeDee3 | February 26th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Reeet | February 25th 16 |
| 3.5 great | eboph | February 25th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Tropby | February 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | SgtPepper EMERITUS | December 2nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Froot | October 27th 15 |
| 2.5 average | theform | October 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Kman418 | September 13th 15 |
| 3.5 great | valeri | June 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Guacker | August 20th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rhizome | July 16th 14 |
| 3.5 great | ethos | April 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | kocoum | April 7th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Animus | March 24th 14 |
| 3.5 great | ANJ45 | October 11th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Uqnivde | September 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | llll | September 3rd 13 |
| 3.0 good | ADM20 | August 3rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | Arel | June 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Meruem | April 15th 13 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | March 16th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Ethics | January 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Zay | December 31st 12 |
| 3.0 good | tarcus | December 22nd 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Nrap | November 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | luortiz6 | September 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | DicyDax | September 4th 12 |
| 3.5 great | P4K | July 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | elry2k | April 27th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Lakes. | December 26th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Matski | November 16th 11 |
| 3.0 good | qwe3 | April 12th 11 |
| 2.5 average | bab808 | March 9th 11 |
| 2.5 average | sklart | January 16th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | TanMan | December 30th 10 |
| 3.5 great | aleoh1 | November 19th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Leyland | September 18th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | barns | August 29th 10 |
| 3.5 great | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bleak | July 31st 10 |
| 2.5 average | Zizzer | July 12th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Thef | February 19th 10 |
| 3.0 good | TheDMV | December 24th 09 |
| 3.5 great | kitsch | November 12th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoRos | August 8th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Pointro | February 11th 09 |
| 3.5 great | slan | January 19th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Rudd13 | December 7th 07 |
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