Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished
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| Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished | ||
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| Studio album by Avey Tare and Panda Bear | ||
| Released | 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1999 | |
| Genre | Experimental/Indie Rock | |
| Length | 60:38 | |
| Label | Animal | |
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| Animal Collective chronology | ||
| Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000) |
Danse Manatee (2001) |
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Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished is the first album by New York based band Animal Collective, released in 2000 under the name Avey Tare and Panda Bear. The album was released as a CD on the band's own Animal label (now defunct); only a very limited amount of copies was made. It has since been re-released as a double CD along with Danse Manatee in 2003 on Fat Cat Records.
[edit] Background
The material on the album was written mostly, if not entirely, by Animal Collective member Avey Tare (David Portner). It was intended to be released under Avey Tare's name alone, but he was so impressed by Panda Bear's drumming that he added Panda's name on the front cover. This method of choosing monikers for Animal Collective's recorded output--naming themselves after who played on each respective album--would last until 2003's Campfire Songs.
[edit] Insert
Included with the original release was an insert with the following story:
"Not long ago a young boy named Avey and his friend Panda Bear roamed the patch work which covers the land (some call it forest). They were looked upon by Pan and raised by fairies and the Angels of light who play deep within the Wood. 'Let's make the music of childhood,' Avey shouted one day as the two played. Panda thought this idea was a good one. 'I can use my magical Rhythm sticks and you can play your Sun harp,' he said. So the two began to create melodies and Panda brought rhythms from every direction while Avey sang. All of the songs were about wooden toys and invisible friends and filled with the light of the forest. This is the first group of songs they played."
[edit] Track listing
- "Spirit They've Vanished" – 5:35
- "April and the Phantom" – 5:53
- "Untitled" – 2:59
- "Penny Dreadfuls" – 7:59
- "Chocolate Girl" – 8:28
- "Everyone Whistling" – 1:00
- "La Rapet" – 7:52
- "Bat You'll Fly" – 5:03
- "Someday I'll Grow to Be as Tall as the Giant" – 3:10
- "Alvin Row" – 12:39
There has been some confusion about the album's tracklisting. On the original, limited release, the untitled track #3 was not listed along with the other songs. Since the tracklisting gave no corresponding track numbers to the rest of the songs, it was incorrectly assumed that tracks #4-10 were actually #3-9, and that "Alvin Row" had no title. This error appears in nearly every review of Spirit following its initial release in 2000. The 2003 Fat Cat reissue cleared up this misunderstanding by numbering the songs and leaving a blank space for track #3.
| Animal Collective |
| Avey Tare | Panda Bear | Deakin | Geologist |
| Other Contributors: Vashti Bunyan | Doctess | Eyvind |
| Band Discography |
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| Albums: Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished | Danse Manatee | Hollinndagain | Campfire Songs | Here Comes the Indian | Sung Tongs | Feels |
| Extended Plays: Prospect Hummer | People |
| Singles: "Wastered" | "Who Could Win a Rabbit" | "Grass" | "The Purple Bottle" |
| Solo & Related Acts: Terrestrial Tones | Jane | Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan | Panda Bear |
| Solo & Related Discography |
| Studio Albums: Panda Bear | Paradise | COcOnuts | Young Prayer | Blasted | Oboroed / Circus Lives | Berserker | Dead Drunk | Person Pitch | Pullhair Rubeye |
| Extended Plays & Singles: Crumbling Land | "I'm Not/Comfy in Nautica" | "Bro's" | "Carrots" | "Take Pills" |
| See also |
| Paw Tracks | New Weird America | WikiProject |
