Merriweather Post Pavilion

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All Music Guide - John Bush
Animal Collective have brought the celestial down to earth with each record, but they've never sounded simultaneously otherworldly and approachable quite like they do on Merriweather Post Pavilion. Their eighth studio LP, it finds them at their best -- straining farther away from conventional song structure and accompaniment, even while doubling back to reach lyrical themes and modes of singing at their most basic or child-like. Where before AC expertly inserted experimental snippets into relatively straight-ahead songs, Merriweather Post Pavilion sees them reach some kind of denouement where pop music ends and pure sonic experience begins -- the sound is the only structure. ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - John Bush
Animal Collective have brought the celestial down to earth with each record, but they've never sounded simultaneously otherworldly and approachable quite like they do on Merriweather Post Pavilion. Their eighth studio LP, it finds them at their best -- straining farther away from conventional song structure and accompaniment, even while doubling back to reach lyrical themes and modes of singing at their most basic or child-like. Where before AC expertly inserted experimental snippets into relatively straight-ahead songs, Merriweather Post Pavilion sees them reach some kind of denouement where pop music ends and pure sonic experience begins -- the sound is the only structure. Dismantling the framework of a pop song almost entirely (but using recurring passages in a very poppy way), the group offer a series of overlapping circular elements, all of which occasionally come together for a chorus but then break apart just as quickly. The music itself, at least what's describable about it, consists of deep bass pulses and art-damaged guitars with overlapping vocal harmonies that rise in a holy chorus. This may sound much like previous Animal Collective highlights, but where those records seemed like a series of accidental masterpieces -- the type of work that sounds brilliant only because it's been culled from hundreds of hours of tape -- Merriweather Post Pavilion is a perfectly organized record, not a note out of place, not a second wasted. It has the excitement and energy of Sung Tongs, the ragged sonic glory of Feels, and Strawberry Jam's ability to make separate parts come together in a glorious whole. Like the best experimental rockers surging toward nirvana -- from the Beach Boys to Mercury Rev -- Animal Collective have not only created a private soundworld like none other, they've also made it an inviting place to visit.
Rolling Stone
1/2 Like the Grateful Dead before them, the psychedelic heads of Animal Collective are evolving from raging sonic hallucinations into gentler, more melodic trips.
The Guardian - Dave Simpson
A joyful, transcendent record somehow reminiscent of kids let loose in a musical sandpit.. [it] sets a high musical benchmark for others to match this year.

A joyful, transcendent record somehow reminiscent of kids let loose in a musical sandpit.. [it] sets a high musical benchmark for others to match this year.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/6/2009
  • Label: Domino
  • UPC: 801390021916
  • Catalog Number: 219
  • Sales rank: 11,548

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 In the Flowers (5:22)
  2. 2 My Girls (5:40)
  3. 3 Also Frightened (5:14)
  4. 4 Summertime Clothes (4:30)
  5. 5 Daily Routine (5:46)
  6. 6 Bluish (5:13)
  7. 7 Guys Eyes (4:30)
  8. 8 Taste (3:53)
  9. 9 Lion in a Coma (4:12)
  10. 10 No More Runnin (4:23)
  11. 11 Brother Sport (5:59)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Animal Collective Primary Artist
Technical Credits
Joe Lambert Mastering
Ben H. Allen Engineer
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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    *Nouveau Animal

    *This album encompasses all that I adore of Animal Collective & Panda Bear. While playful and smoothe, the sexual undertones pulsating throughout makes you want to move your hips and feet! Definitely a dance record. Their electronic vibe is sensual and fun with a dreamlike quality running free through each track. Always creative, their hypnotic sound completely stimulates the mind & body~

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