This is my favorite Animal Collective LP. What's yours?

>>71134830
Here Comes the Indian, it all went downhill quite rapidly from there

>>71134856

I think that's a fair viewpoint, they did change sonically quite a bit after HCTI

STGSTV my dude
also prospect hummer if that counts

here comes the indian > feels > prospect hummer > everything else

>>71135105

STGSTV is in my top three, along with CHz and SJ.

>>71135105
this is the only answer
definitely the best thing AnCo have or will ever make as a group

>>71135387

I think that's a lil unfair

HCTI then sung tongs, then feels. Then its centipede hz because I fucking love this album too OP

Sung tongs > Feels > all other lps

Best ep is prospect hummer though, love me some Vashti Bunyan

Reminder: STGSTV is not AnCo

Fall Be Kind is the only thing by them that I can still enjoy.

>>71136504
nice try

>>71136542
Nice pea brain

>>71136504
If Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished isn't AnCo then neither is Sung Tongs

>>71134830
MPP or Sung Tongs

Fall Be Kind is better than both though

>>71135510
I mean we can at least agree they've peaked, even if you don't think it's their best they're never gonna make an album as good as MPP again.

>>71137555

I do agree they've peaked
after CHz

Hollinndagain currently. It switches around often.

>>71137767

iktf

current favorite is CHz, end of last year I had People and Water Curses on repeat

If it's not one of the following you are a silly goose
>MPP
>ST
>SJ
>Feels
>STGSTV

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>>71139302
I posted the wrong one. Old one I rushed and forgot Campfire Songs. Also The Painters EP wasn't out yet.

I like every single thing they put out. It's all good in its own way.

I love it all

I've been listening to Painting With the most the last week tho. Makes me so happy!!

>>71137147
Not my point at all

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my personal list

>GOD TIER
Strawberry Jam
Here Comes The Indian

>AMAZINGTIER
Fall Be Kind
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Feels

>FANTASTIC TIER
Spirit They're Gone
Painting With
Water Curses

>GREAT TIER
Centipede Hz
The Painters

>GOOD TIER
Sung Tongs
Danse Manatee
Prospect Hummer

>OKAY TIER
Campfire Songs

>>71134830
TOP 5
SUNG TONGS
HOLLINNDAGAIN
FALL BE KIND
DANSE MANATEE
STVSTG

>>71140650
>GOD TIER
Here Comes the Indian
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Spirit They're Gone
>Great Tier
Sung Tongs
Water Curses
Fall Be Kind
>Good Tier
Feels
Campfire Songs
Strawberry Jam
Prospect Hummer
People
>Okay
Danse Manatee
Centipede Hz
The Painters
>not okay
Painting With

>>71134830
sung tongs

>>71141734
Pretty much. Move Feels and Strawberry Jam up a tier and we're good.

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>>71137730

>>71134830
>this_is_my_plebiean_opinion.flac
MPP>Fall Be Kind>Spirit>Sung Tongs>Hollinndagain>Feels>Water Curses>Strawberry Jam>The Painters EP>Painting With>Prospect Hummer>HCTI>People>Campfire Songs>Centipede Hz

>>71134856
Putting out 4 of the best albums ever made in a row is going downhill?

>not Keep ep

>>71140520
how is it not? they're both panda and avey. if they consider it anco, why can't you?

>>71141734
>>71140650
Correctcore version

>GOD TIER
Spirit They're Gone
Here Comes the Indian
Strawberry Jam

>AMAZING TIER
Hollindagain

>FANTASTIC TIER
Campfire Songs
Feels
Sung Tongs

>GREAT TIER
Danse
Fall Be Kind
Prospect Hummer

>GOOD TIER
MPP
Painting With
CHZ
Water Curses
The Painters

>>71137147
Avey literally wrote STGSTV though. It wasn't a collaboration at that point. It was an Avey Tare solo album which he asked Panda to play drums over and Josh helped record.

>>71144855
>implying the percussion doesn't make the record

Why don't people like Centipede Hz?

I mean I'm not a huge fan of it but it sounds a lot like their Feels/Strawberry Jam/MPP material just with cleaner production. Is it really just because of the >7.4?

>>71140650

>GOD TIER
STGSTV
Here Comes The Indian
Strawberry Jam

>AMAZING TIER
Feels
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Centipede Hz

>FANTASTIC TIER
Fall Be Kind
Sung Tongs
The Painters

>GREAT TIER
Danse Manatee

>GOOD TIER
Campfire Songs

>OKAY TIER
Painting With

haven't listened to all EPs or Hollinndagain/ODDSAC yet

>>71145089

It's some of their best but the production is so monotone. As in, it feels like the entire album stays on this aggressive vibe, the songs never take a breather. It makes it harder to listen through in my opinion.

>>71144855
Ah alright. so by that logic, why not say every radiohead project is a solo Thom album with a backing band?

or that "Nah man, The Velvet Underground & Nico is just a lou reed solo album with John cale, Maureen, Nico, and Morrison in the background playing instruments"

avey wrote the album, but does that make it a solo album? i dont understand

>>71145627
Not really analogous anon, all the rest of their albums are collaborations and the group is actually together, albeit missing a member.
It's not really a argument worthy to make I don't think, and it's splitting hairs since most of us enjoy anco and anco related projects as a whole, but STGSTV IS a solo album by Avey with drums from Panda.

>>71143846
>Painting With is better than fucking HTCI
>And Prospect Hummer
>And Campfire songs
>calling others plebs

>>71141734
Can't believe I forgot Holli
>GOD TIER
Here Comes the Indian
Merriweather Post Pavillion
Spirit They're Gone
>Great Tier
Hollindagain
Sung Tongs
Water Curses
Fall Be Kind
>Good Tier
Feels
Campfire Songs
Strawberry Jam
Prospect Hummer
People
>Okay
Danse Manatee
Centipede Hz
The Painters
>not okay
Painting With

>>71147860
no I was calling myself a pleb

>>71140650
acceptable (barely)
>>71141734
>>71144700
>>71145112
Sad!

CHz was their peak and Painting With is very close

So I don't get it, people actually like Here Comes the Indian? It's nothing but random noises, spastic banging on drums, and autistic screaming

>>71150028
I like it, but the fact that there is zero comprehensive singing, and its just mostly screaming or chanting keeps me from forming a connection to the music

Centipede Hz is pretty amazing desu

Recommend listening to it on Vinyl. Better mixing, and more room to breathe for all the various effects and sounds

Strawberry Jam or Centipede Hz. Both have a way of just making me smile uncontrollably. Everything they've released is good imo tho. I'd say painting with is def the worst but I really like the Painters EP.

>>71144619
you and I have the right idea, but that dude baited you into acknowledging some WHACK fucking distinction that he's gonna unload on us all like an assault-rifle on an unexpected crowd. too late now.

>>71144855
>literally
panda wrote the drums

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>>71134856
ST is right after and better

pic related btw for OP

>>71152224
no panda did the performing, the writing was all by Avey

>>71152224
Avey dictated how he wanted the drumming

I mean, I'm sure Panda contributed to how they ended up sounding in the end, but Avey laid the groundwork

>>71150028
They're hardly random sounds, listen to the ambient tracks closer, there's structure too them, and 4 out of the 7 tracks are pop structured.

Just because they scream and use unique guitars sounds and synths doesn't mean it's just nonsense

Here Comes the Indian seems to be overrated here. I still think it's a fantastic album, but I'd probably put STGSTV, MPP, Sung Tongs, Feels, and Strawberry Jam over it. They all just feel more complete.

Feels is obv the best AnCo album.

>>71152415
not when it has filler like daffy duck and flesh canoe