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| 1.5 very poor | Plutonio | April 25th 10 |
For those who equate the quality of music with its difficulty, pick up this album. For those with sense, move on.
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| 1.5 very poor | TheDMV | October 6th 09 |
Brief explosions of sincere, honest brilliance marred by vast expanses of retardation.
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| 5.0 classic | Ethics | September 24th 12 |
Love it. Transitions feel almost aimless, but they really draw the listener in due to their surprising nature. The whole album has a sense of airiness and is really ventilated.. and a bit of it may drag, but the high points are definitely rewarding. Really hazy and drugged, but it feels so innocent. Drawing you in like a trap and keeping you stuck, like limbo or something. Panda Bear's drumming is so formless that it's almost laughable at how great it oddly fits into songs. Reminds me of some hybrid form of Police + Can's drummers. Danse Manatee is strange, but that's exactly what it was designed to experiment with... and it works incredibly. Another White Singer, Essplode, to Meet the Light Child is probably one of their best three run tracks within all their albums. Light Child creates the strangest tempos and song structures, builds climaxes then throws them away (laughs) then ends with a really addicting coda.. one of my favorite songs of all time. Really smart/interesting experimentation with their sound. Paved the way for a lot of what was to come next and was the perfect idea for what to do after Spirit They've Gone.
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| 0.0 | Bitchfork | May 1st 10 |
Disjointed hipster bullshit... even I don't like this.
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| 0.0 | Finn Baker | October 23rd 16 |
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. While Danse Manatee does have shortcomings, such as the unnecessarily long track The Living Toys, this was a pleasure to listen to. The mention if "extreme frequencies" probably puts some people off, but there is nothing dangerously high or low on the whole album. And it still has some classic AC songs, Ahhh Good Country for example. I don't think it deserves the rap it's getting. Not their best by a long shot, but songs like Good Country and Runnin' The Round Ball make this a good album in my book.
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| 3.0 good | Alabaster Jones | May 23rd 16 |
It's strange how Danse Manatee is universally regarded as Animal Collective's worst album, and yet the band members themselves say they're proud of what they created and had a lot of fun doing it. I definitely see the sense in that, because, if nothing else, this album really doesn't sound like much else out there. There are a couple of tracks, like "Essplode", that are reminiscent of Spirit They're Gone, but most of the structure of that record is lost here. It's directionless, formless, abrasive, sometimes even long-winded, but wholly unique. It's definitely the strangest album in AnCo's discography, and with the aforementioned unique qualities with which it operates, it's surely a needed listen for anyone professing to be a fan of the band. Even then, though, Danse Manatee is nigh inscrutable.
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| 1.5 very poor | TheManMachine | July 7th 15 |
The egregious and just-about-totally-aimless curiosity of Animal Collective's discography, where a few cohesive moments are saving graces from prevailing shrill-squeak shambolic torture and vacant+futile bore-fest stupor - a sure-fire tactic for sending canines and humans alike runnin' for the hills, while more tolerant listeners are left checking how much longer they have to put up with it.
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| 0.0 | Ichangedmynametojeff | February 23rd 15 |
Underrated IMO. Just a really interesting, abstract album, much more than just noise.
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| 1.0 awful | SalteyBacon | February 21st 13 |
This sounds as if no effort was put into, and if you are into headaches, I highly recommend this album
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| 3.0 good | Zay | December 31st 12 |
listened to this again. not as bad as i thought it was
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| 2.0 poor | thechronicwanderlust | July 26th 09 |
I didn't care for this album. some of it was good experimentation but most was noise that was simply boring to listen to. definitely not their high point.
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| 2.5 average | Cvrst_Drums | February 15th 09 |
The song "A Manatee Dance" is amaizng but all the rest was just "eh". I like it but its low on my most like animal collective albums list.
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| 3.0 good | ECRbubs | January 2nd 09 |
An astounding band's early, uneven experiments that either intrigue or fall flat.
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| 2.0 poor | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 2.0 poor | moku | November 3rd 23 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | MOYA | October 8th 22 |
| 1.0 awful | bSmith | March 8th 22 |
| 3.5 great | ori0 | February 10th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | xlev | February 10th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Veldin | February 6th 22 |
| 1.5 very poor | eureka | July 22nd 21 |
| 1.0 awful | fog CONTRIBUTOR | October 26th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Murat | June 27th 20 |
| 2.5 average | voff3 | March 25th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | degina | February 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Gueero | May 27th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Ryus | January 7th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Corney | November 16th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | PaabL | December 7th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Luisito | December 3rd 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Jan555 | November 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | bentl | July 31st 17 |
| 3.0 good | Pon EMERITUS | April 29th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | ian b. | April 14th 17 |
| 2.5 average | elry2k | April 7th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | 2ool | February 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Rhyme | February 7th 17 |
| 3.0 good | adr | January 11th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | July 3rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | dtcgb | April 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | DeeDee3 | February 26th 16 |
| 3.0 good | eboph | February 25th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Tropby | February 20th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | JackBz | January 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Froot | October 14th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Potesin | September 8th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | valeri | June 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lowgain | April 25th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Yonko | March 20th 15 |
| 3.0 good | 8kuji | December 28th 14 |
| 3.0 good | CJH94 | May 7th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ethos | April 27th 14 |
| 3.0 good | ProfC | December 28th 13 |
| 2.5 average | drewbox | October 9th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Uqnivde | September 26th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Animus | September 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Panoptic | September 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | llll | September 3rd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | ADM20 | July 1st 13 |
| 3.0 good | kelas | June 25th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Arel | June 25th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | ANJ45 | May 1st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Meruem | April 15th 13 |
| 1.0 awful | tarcus | December 22nd 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Nrap | November 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | alexdub | September 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | DicyDax | September 4th 12 |
| 2.5 average | JThack4 | August 20th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | P4K | July 16th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | MG4390 | May 15th 12 |
| 1.0 awful | Foaming | February 12th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Matski | January 17th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Lakes. | December 26th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | cratnip | November 29th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | pcar | September 27th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | nnnope | August 17th 11 |
| 3.5 great | randle | August 1st 11 |
| 1.0 awful | fev | July 28th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | krkat | June 17th 11 |
| 2.5 average | sklart | January 16th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | qwe3 | November 2nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Leyland | September 18th 10 |
| 3.5 great | barns | August 29th 10 |
| 2.5 average | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Bleak | July 12th 10 |
| 2.5 average | lfg530 | May 2nd 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Thef | February 19th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Kiran EMERITUS | November 19th 09 |
| 2.5 average | kitsch | November 12th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | JoRos | August 8th 09 |
| 1.0 awful | Pointro | February 11th 09 |
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