I can completely see where you're coming from, while I don't mind the album I think it receives a lot more hype (especially on this forum) than it deserves. But yeah, have to agree that the album art is pretty awesome though.

Just out of interest did you give it 5 listens because it was hyped to fuck and you thought there was something wrong with you if you don't like it or is that the usual time you give an album before deciding it wasn't for you?

Not that I mean to sound like i'm getting at you at all, i'm just curious thats all. :)

it was a combination of sounding like an album i may actually end up liking and the hype it received. most of the time i can tell on first listen whether or not an album will grow on me...i think it is this and a handful of other albums where i was truly hoping it would click and it just didn't.

maybe one day it will...but for now...i'm done

Lol. But there are pretty pictures inside! :p:

The exact same thing happened to me.... I was disappointed. The also decided to eschew liner notes, pretty much ruling out any reason to buy it.

On the album itself, I thought it was pretty good. Maybe a 6.5-7/10, it was worth getting but imo not deserving of all the hype.

I think a lot of dislike for Animal Collective comes from the same human need to fit in that caused so much praise for them. Not saying this applies to any of you, but I think that a lot of people say that MPP is overrated simply because the coolest thing of all is to dislike what the hipsters like. Somehow that makes said person even more of a hipster :rolleyes:

And if anyone's wondering, I thought it was great. And when I first realized how great it was I didn't know how much Pitchfork praised it, nor did I read the review if that matters at all.

I can assure you this doesn't apply to me.... I mean I love In The Aeroplane Over The Sea for gods sake. I'll actually probably get to like this album more after a few more listens.... it seems like that sort of album.

The particular aspect about it that I love is the multiple vocal melodies per song. Look at Brothersport, one of my favorites from the album. Three different melodies come in quick succession, each one being built upon with the electronic instrumentation and African sounding percussion. It starts off with the "Open Up Ya, Open up ya, Open up ya throat" melody for a while and then suddenly goes into the "You got to weigh what he said to help you shape the way you play, You gotta get rid of the mourning, Sort out the habits of your mind"

Totally hit me like a brick when that happened. But that's not even the full extent of the depth of this song, because after a minute or two a totally different melody comes in, the "Until Fully Grown, you've got a real good shot" part. Awesome!

Maybe this is naive, but at that point I hadn't heard anything like this before.

My Girls was my favorite song, and yeah they use some overlapping vocal harmonies in that as well. It's done pretty nicely.

My Girls is the most accessible by a lot, for sure. I can't pick a favorite, but I love Also Frightened, Bluish, Daily Routine and Brothersport.