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Universal acclaim- based on 627 Ratings
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Positive: 537 out of 627
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Mixed: 35 out of 627
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Negative: 55 out of 627
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NicoleVJan 20, 2009Absolutely wonderful! Best record of the 2000's I think for sure!
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AndrewLJan 20, 2009Best album I've heard in a long time.
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OllieHMar 4, 2009Best album of the 2000's so far in any genre of music.
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nwJan 21, 2009Album to beat this year.
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JeremyC.Jan 20, 2009Stunning. Simply stunning. Enough said. If you don't enjoy this album, either your ears are broken or you're dead.
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TrevorL.Jan 24, 2009Merriweather consolidates nearly all of AC's developed strengths and sheds nearly all of their past weaknesses, yielding a virtually perfect work that most of us will look back upon in our old age as one of the best damn albums we ever had the pleasure of meeting. A landmark.
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ChrisKJan 20, 2009Everything they have done culminates with this album. A Classic, one of the best this decade.
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DrewH.Jan 25, 2009Amazing, best album I have heard in ages, a completely new and orignal sound. I love it!
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AndrewCFeb 21, 2009
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BolisGFeb 9, 2009Some great hooks got me started (Summertime Clothes, In the Flowers, Bluish), then each listen built on that foundation and before I knew i'm in love! This album is absolutely effen awesome!
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GBMar 20, 2009I got this album in late January, and since the day of purchase i've listened to it every single day. This album is a landmark.
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ChrisMAug 30, 2009It's otherworldly, the music and how good this album is.
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MattLJan 12, 2010
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TroelsS.Jan 18, 2010
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robertfJan 2, 2010One of "Those Albums" of the decade, Animal Collective really figured things out on this record. Feels may still be my personal favorite but this album is more full of hooks, emotion as well as an appreciation for love and music than may be more enthusiastic and hopeful than any "classic" album in a long long time. avey's songwriting keeps getting better (i.e. summertime clothes).
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JonJan 21, 2009Yes, it really is that good!!
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JayJan 20, 2009When In The Flowers explodes at the 2:30 mark, you know that you're in for an amazing experience. From the dreamy soundscape of Daily Routine to the pounding rhythms of Brother Sport, there's not a moment of weakness to be found in this 55 minutes. A very, very good album. Definitely worthy of all the hype.
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BobbyYJan 20, 2009Great album. Solid through and through. Only thing I miss is the prominence of Avey's screams.
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DaveAJan 20, 2009Haha theres 37 user votes and this hasn't even been up on metacritic for a day! Its hard not to go ape shit over an album this amazing.
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TonyNJan 20, 2009
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AlexMJan 20, 2009
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bradfordc.Jan 24, 2009I get a hold of myself every night listening to this album. I love this band and special feelings they engender in me.
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MattWJan 31, 2009
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EliJ.Oct 4, 2009
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PatrickCFeb 16, 2009The beatles album of the new century. organic, sonic-filled, and deeply layered to make an orgasmic mix of beauty.
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NeilLMar 25, 2009
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normfApr 21, 2009This album is simply a great album of transcendent beauty. Their capacity to make electronic music warm and the astounding generosity of its sound and lyrics make this a great achievement
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GeoffreyGMay 9, 2009The way so many different, disparate sounds mesh to create beautiful, melodic songs blows my mind. The Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies are gorgeous, the songs build wonderfully, I just love this album. And it just keeps getting better and better.
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mattmJun 1, 2009Okay for people to say that this is an intellectual album, instead of an album to enjoy the hell out of, you are just stupid and don't even seem understand music. This album is one of the few albums where I just want to get up and dance with friends. Come on 'summertime clothes'? How can you think thats a song to 'think about'?
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BlooJun 24, 2009Everything importand is in the reviews, so I can only say I love this CD.
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DerekPAug 27, 2009
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stomaSep 21, 2009Vital--contains ancient, in-between-the-lines truths--like electronica played with dirt clods in stead of keyboards--thgis is genetically important music--some will need to morph new synapses to accept the revelations but it is growth worth the strain.
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ZoranJan 21, 2009it's nice to see that somebody could record this after eight albums.
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WayneB.Jan 21, 2009Love most their stuff. But I can listen this one with my wife around!
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BenK.Jan 21, 2009"Am I really all the things that are outside of me?" Groovy buddhist-beachboys-techno with didgeridoos. They are being compared a lot to the Flaming Lips. I like that band but AC are cooler by a mile.
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HarryS.Jan 21, 2009Perfection. This is it. When one talks about "being there" one talks about this.
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ElliottMJan 20, 2009A modern classic. Thank you, AC.
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OliverCJan 20, 2009Animal Collective's best album and the best album of the decade.
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LeeM.Jan 21, 2009Their best album. Fuses what's so good about so many other more inconsistent bands into a euphorically brilliant whole.
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NickRJan 20, 2009A giant sonic ball of pure beauty that fills you with all of God's love.
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AdamR.Jan 21, 2009This album, from the first track, makes you realize that Animal Collective could be the band that takes weird, experimental indie music and turns it into a movement of new pop. My only complaint is that after listening to this album 3 or 4 times, I am so infatuated with the sounds and melodies and addicted to the journey of the album that I want another album. Now.
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AaronS.Jan 21, 2009I doubt that I will hear a better album in 2009. A pivotal work for the Collective-it serves as a summation of their fascinating career to date as well as points to a new direction for the future. An important record that also happens to be catchy as hell.
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PatrickR.Jan 22, 2009An album whose rich melodies and harmonies show themselves over time, Merriweather Post Pavilion is an album that will certainly be talked about for a long time. Everything fits in its place, and nothing is there that shouldn't. Brilliant, beautiful and perfect.
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KyleNelsonJan 20, 2009This is truly great. yeah, that seems about right.
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KasperH.Jan 22, 2009It's a timeless, catchy and weird as hell. Great stuff.
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LeahT.Jan 24, 2009Brilliant, considering that I'm not a fan of the older work. If any of their albums will convert you, this one shall. The other eight fade in comparison. GENIUS. Buy it. Hear it. Love it.
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BillW.Jan 24, 2009Somewhere between the best of Strawberry Jam and Person Pitch.
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AntonMJan 25, 2009The best album since Kid A.
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S.H.Jan 25, 2009
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RonaldMJan 28, 2009I hope those initially disappointed don't give up so easy... it takes a few listens to unravel this one. Layer upon layers are revealed with repeat listening. Each song feels like a gift. I haven't loved an album this much in at least 10 years.
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stefanobJan 28, 2009Simply perfect. A real masterpiece.
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DolceAddictJan 28, 2009This is what psych-pop perfection sounds like.
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ChuckNorrisJan 28, 2009For me it's AC's best album next to Feels, probably even better. Take some catchy tunes and lyrics, set them to electronic music, add a few avant-garde elements, and you have redefined the term "(neo) psychedelic". ten thumbs up!
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PedroCFeb 11, 2009
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PatNFeb 11, 2009Already chosen my top album of 2009.
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HarryGFeb 17, 2009I hate voting 10s but when it is deserved, then it must be. Nothing else like it and more to the point not much near as good. This is one way to the future of music
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DavidFeb 3, 2009Amazing; a masterpiece of psychedelic pop, and Animal Collective's best offering thus far. In a way, this is the Sgt. Pepper of our generation.
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LewisGFeb 3, 2009This album is awesome all around, but it takes a few times around to get it and love it. Don't just listen to it once and give up.
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GeoffGFeb 6, 2009
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WayneSMar 1, 2009Record of the decade!
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XMar 19, 2009All the average reviews are complete nonsense, believe the hype.
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KurtCMar 27, 2009Exceptionally solid album from beginning to end. More melody and harmonies than past albums. They're venturing out into more uncharted electronic territory (while still carrying their guitars and floor tom along). Great listen.
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DaveLApr 13, 2009Easily album of the year so far!
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JaySJun 14, 2009
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GraemeTJun 2, 2009Album of the year so far! Hands down! It's a wonderful album, joyous and interesting. I've been listening to it since it came out and ahh it's so pretty.
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AndrewB.Jul 20, 2009Every song is amazing and all are VERY replayable. Best album of this year (I don't see anything topping it), and one of the best of the decade.
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VeeOct 11, 2009This music does not fit you if you love the mindless beat of the Jonas Brothers or Miley Cyrus or Nickleback. If you want to fill your mind with "baby babybabybaby" over thousands of time in a single album then you should go back to mainstream. To the people who bought this album because of the reviews: people who review musics have something that you don't: mind, brain, thoughts.
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CurtisB.Nov 24, 2009Amazing. Beautiful. Incomparable. Fresh. Fun. Ahead of our time.
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timmydNov 29, 2009
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SDKJan 21, 2009It's near perfect a record as any for this day and age. Like an accumulation of all things natural, MPP is the essence of universal likeness of being.
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JY.Jan 21, 2009They have evolved as musicians and made their most accessible album to date. Definitely their most "pop" sounding yet, and I don't think it's a bad thing with the way they structure melodies and especially harmonies behind Panda Bear and Avey Tare. Exceptional record.
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KarstenS.Jan 21, 2009For the love of all things beautiful in this world, don't just listen to this album. Put on your headphones and let it take you over. This album makes other music not sound like music at all. If you are not smiling throughout the entire album, it is possible that you have no soul.
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KevinS.Jan 21, 2009A career-heightening album from an amazing band. This will mark the explosion of this already popular group of musicians
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[Anonymous]Jan 21, 2009Simply astonishing. Woozy, hazy, ecstatic, melodic, filled with eccentricity and wonderfully produced. 11 incredible tracks in a row, each one of which works as a standalone piece and add up to a masterpiece when taken as a whole. One of the best albums I've ever heard, and possibly the best of the '00s.
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ChrisAJan 21, 2009Animal Collective have done it. They have won music.
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ZachA.Jan 21, 2009
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TimmyD.Dec 15, 2009
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HagenM.Dec 16, 2009This music is ahead of its time by decades. Perfection has been achieved.
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MaxWDec 19, 2009Best album of the year, top 3 this decade along with Is This it by the Strokes and Funeral by Arcade Fire. The way Animal Collective blends so many different sounds to create something exceptional continues to amaze me. Anyone who rates this below about a 7 has no idea what they're talking about
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kalim.Jan 23, 2009Everything I've always loved about AC with none of the meandering filler. Sublime.
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MikeCJan 25, 2009This album has set the precedent of psycadelia.
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JohnD.Jan 26, 2009I fell in love with this album when I first listened to it and fell deeper in love with it after seeing it performed live 5 feet away from me.
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RobertP.Jan 27, 2009Probably the best album of the last umpteen years. It doesn't really matter though, it's just good and fun to listen to. When does that ever happen?
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TomFeb 13, 2009I always thought Animal Collective were pretty overrated but this album has proved me wrong. Took a few listens to get into it, but know reckon its one of the best albums I've heard in years. Favourite tracks are Taste & Bluish.
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Aug 14, 2010Let's do this.
In The Flowers - 10
My Girls - 10
Also Frightened - 10
Summertime Clothes - 10
Daily Routine - 7
Bluish - 9
Guys Eyes - 9
Taste - 10
Lion in a Coma - 9
No More Runnin - 8
Brother Sport - 9
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Nov 2, 2010A masterpiece, to me this might not be as good as Strawberry Jam but it is perfect in it's own unique way because every album this band makes is so different than the previous it's hard to compare. For what they did here, the focus they took it is perfect and has no real comparison.
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Mar 23, 2011these songs are just blanketed by repetitious sounds. each song blurring into the next. very annoying and unlistenable. (mind you i still enjoy their previous LP's :Sung Tongs and Feels). This is utter garbage. It sounds as if they mixed instruments into a blender, and this is what came out.
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May 17, 2011If Merriweather Post Pavilion is not a 5-Star album I don't know what is!
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Jul 6, 2012There's not much to say about this record. It's a masterpiece, beautifully made and to those who never listened to it, you're missing A LOT and I feel sorry for you.
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Apr 11, 2013Cant believe the morons who think it is too much to take in I was listening to this album when I was 13 its not hard. I still absolutely love the album one of the best of this century If you think this is difficult have a listen to aphex twin you morons.
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Mar 23, 2012One of the greatest albums of the 2000s. Great songs about simple living, love, and a dissection of cool. Some of the best songs I've ever heard. Highlights include In the Flowers, Taste, Bluish.
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Jun 8, 2012I have to say that this album continues to amaze me with the ability to be so close to being a Poppy album and yet be so far from being a pop album. I don't know if that makes sense, but I know that this album will blow your mind the more you listen to it.
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Mar 20, 2013Animal Collective...a bunch of animals...playing good music. I'd say, this would be one of the best records of Neo-Psychedelia music. Yes, they did it. A big jump from Strawberry Jam. I love 'My Girls', so hip...Now get the out of here and buy this album if you haven't...NOW!
Awards & Rankings
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MojoBy far the most streamlined and purposeful Animal Collective record. [Jan 2008, p.98]
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In years past, Animal Collective have been cast as perpetual Peter Pans, forever stuck in childhood fantasias. But beneath the body-moving throbs and coruscating noises of Merriweather Post Pavilion, themes of domestic duty and devotion abound.
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It feels like one of the landmark American albums of the century so far. [Jan 2008, p.86]