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Fall Be Kind [EP] - Animal Collective
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Metascore
84 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings

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  • Summary: The five-track EP is the second release for the year for the rock trio.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Sputnikmusic
    100
    As a collection of songs, each one ranks among the band's best; as an album, it is a swift, personal and evocative statement from a band who has risen to fame by being one of the more mystifying and challenging modern bands to comply to pop structures, and it is all in the details.
  2. The A.V. Club
    100
    Released at the end of a smashingly successful year, Fall Be Kind is a worthy epilogue to an all-time classic.
  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    At their best, Animal Collective combine shapely pop hooks with mind-broadening sonic freakery. At their worst, the sonic freakery is mind-numbing. Like most of their work, this five-song EP contains all of the above.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. MikeM.
    10
    Those complaining about this album's fallacies are those with a past bias for animal collective. note all ratings under 5 proclaiming them the "most overrated" band in the world. this has nothing to do with the music, so get your facts straight. this is a charming, addictive, and ultimately successful album that does not waste one moment.… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. DustinC
    4
    One of those bands that critics slobber all over themselves to anoint as the saviors of one thing or another and the ultra-hip masses follow in-toe to worship and use a reference to their other cooler-than-mainstream friends. ultimately, when you get down to it, the music is just not that good. sorry i'm not sorry!… Expand
    • 0 of 4 users said yes
  3. CarlW.
    1
    Not good. Loved Merriweather, but this sounded like a lazy, sloppy collection of B sides.
    • 1 of 5 users said yes

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