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Universal acclaim- based on 204 Ratings
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Positive: 186 out of 204
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Mixed: 11 out of 204
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Negative: 7 out of 204
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JimJ.Oct 4, 2007Great.
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AlexJ.Sep 12, 2007
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BrandonP.Sep 12, 2007Easily one of the year's best. Mature freak-put rock that has a tighter composition than any of the experimental stuff in AC's past. if you appreciate the abstract, listen to this year's hallmark release. There is also plenty of pop hooks on top of all of the oddities of this release.
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AlexW.Sep 19, 2007
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TimT.Nov 2, 2007Wow... This is my favorite group album of 2007... This deserves a much higher Metascore... All of those reviewers who gave this disk a 6 should be taken off the job because their obviously afraid of experiencing new, earth shattering music... "Fireworks," "Winter Wonderland," and "Derek" are probably the best songs I've heard all year from any band by far.
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AdamD.Dec 9, 2007
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MeganP.Oct 2, 2007One word: Yes.
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GuyHSep 19, 2007Brilliant from start to finish. BEWARE This album could make a lot of the other stuff you listen to this year sound pretty uninspiring in comparison. ESSENTIAL
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MattSDec 21, 2007Best disc of the year hands down.
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DickD.Oct 26, 2007Album of the year
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ZachB.Sep 11, 2007Every song on this album had to grow on me other than Peacebone. But, after listening to it about three times, it became my first or second favorite Animal Collective album, and one of my favorite albums ever. There really is not a bad song on it. The two songs that took the longest to grow on me were #1 and Unsolved Mysteries.
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GilbertGSep 11, 2007Fireworks and Peacebone are classic!
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Bryan00111000110Sep 11, 2007I've been a fan for a few years now, and this is their apex so far...just all the great melodies and the odd structures make it so enjoyable...unsolved mysteries has great drums, and cuckoo cuckoo is so damn powerful....10! 10! 10!
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bobm.Sep 10, 2007I wonder why some of these particular people, the ones with lower ratings, are grading this album based on the other albums from this group. Is it to challenging to critique just Strawberry Jam, probably.
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philipb.Sep 12, 2007no comment, except for strawberry jam rules!
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BillyM.Sep 14, 2007Another ambitious step, a truly great and obsessive album
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BenH.Sep 14, 2007This is the most complete and listenable ablum so far this year. Great stuff.
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PeepP.Sep 14, 2007Animal Collective have made a terrific album with 'Strawberry Jam'. It definitely has hooks, but isn't for your average listener who would rather hear mundane sounds and predictability. In other words, this is a great record if you are open to original ways of exploring old ideas.
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[Anonymous]Sep 14, 2007some of my favorites are Peacebone, Unsolved Mysteries, Chores, For Reverend Green, Fireworks, #1, Winter Wonder Land, Cuckoo Cuckoo, Derek all pretty good
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ChrisASep 14, 2007I dig it baby.
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MarkSep 17, 2007Could Rolling Stone be just a touch more irrelevant? Jesus Christ...
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ZBiscuitSep 17, 2007I am completely baffled by the mixed critical response to this album. Strawberry Jam has had me hooked since it leaked and has become a permanent classic in my collection; one of the very few recent albums that I'm sure I'll still be listening to 5 years from now.
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DeboASep 20, 2007
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JohnH.Sep 23, 2007
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EricC.Sep 25, 2007
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DavidL.Oct 26, 2007The listening experience of 2007. Animal Collective outdoes themselves (yet again). It baffles the mind that this decade's most relevant musicians are still virtually unknown to the average music appreciator. All 9 songs on the album are incredible.
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ek.Sep 11, 2007Surely their Poppiest Moment. But its also the weirdest pop around. This how POP should sound !!!
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OliverC.Sep 11, 2007Painfully amazing.
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MJ88Sep 13, 2007Nearly perfect. it might just be the album of the year.
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GeorgeH.Sep 14, 2007I really recommend this album, is an experience.
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Awards & Rankings
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Animal Collective has evolved; its songs continue to meander and digress, but the mania seems driven by a greater sense of purpose.
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The WireThe nine songs her give a reason for detractors to raise their voices and for devotees to hope for something a little more evolved. [Sep. 2007, p.49]
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UrbAC still celebrates soaking up esoterica, but this album is the group's jauntiest, least emulsified. [Sep 2007, p.128]