Fall Be Kind

Fall Be Kind
EP by Animal Collective
Released November 23, 2009 (digital download), December 15, 2009 (CD, 12" vinyl)
Recorded February 2008, August 2009; Sweet Tea, Oxford, MS; Mission Sound, Brooklyn, NY
Genre Psychedelic pop, Experimental, Neo-psychedelia
Length 27:20
Label Domino
Producer Ben H. Allen
Animal Collective chronology
Water Curses
(2008)		 Fall Be Kind
(2009)

Fall Be Kind is an EP by Animal Collective, released digitally in MP3 and WAV formats on November 23, 2009, and as both a CD and 12" vinyl in the UK on December 14, 2009, and in the US on December 15, 2009. Some stores in Australia and New Zealand began selling it more than a week earlier, due to the band's touring presence there at the time.

On November 18, 2009, Domino Records accidentally sent pre-ordered CDs of Fall Be Kind to customers before the actual release date, resulting in a lossless digital version leaking, in its entirety, onto the internet.

Recorded by Ben Allen at Sweet Tea in Oxford, MS in February 2008, and at Mission Sound in Brooklyn, NY August 2009, Fall Be Kind includes recent live favorites "Graze" and "What Would I Want? Sky" (featuring the first ever licensed Grateful Dead sample,[1] as well as being the second song ever to receive a perfect "10" from the music criticism website Pitchfork Media.[2])

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
Drowned In Sound (8/10)[4]
Pitchfork Media (8.9/10)[5]
Rolling Stone [6]
Tiny Mix Tapes [7]

Fall Be Kind has received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[8] Lewis P. from Sputnikmusic claimed "it had the impossible task of following up one of the most hyped albums of this decade and yet it barely breaks a sweat." He went on to give a perfect rating.

Track listing

No. Title Sample(s) Length
1. "Graze"   "Ardeleana (Zamfir Avec Zamfir)" by Gheorghe Zamfir 5:22
2. "What Would I Want? Sky"   "Unbroken Chain" by Grateful Dead 6:46
3. "Bleed"     3:29
4. "On a Highway"     4:36
5. "I Think I Can"     7:10
Total length:
 27:20

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ Phillips, Amy (July 17, 2009). "Animal Collective License First Legal Grateful Dead Sample Ever". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/news/35966-animal-collective-license-first-legal-grateful-dead-sample-ever/. Retrieved December 3, 2009. 
  2. ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11644-what-would-i-want-sky/
  3. ^ Bush, John. "Review: Fall Be Kind". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1683064. Retrieved December 23, 2009. 
  4. ^ Lukowski, Andrzej. "Review: Fall Be Kind". Drowned In Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14955/reviews/4138534. Retrieved December 23, 2009. 
  5. ^ Richardson, Mark. "Review: Fall Be Kind". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13739-fall-be-kind-ep/. Retrieved December 23, 2009. 
  6. ^ Rosen, Jody. "Fall Be Kind EP: Animal Collective: Review". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/30920147/review/31053923/fall_be_kind_ep. Retrieved November 23, 2009. 
  7. ^ Purdum, Grant. "Review: Fall Be Kind". Tiny Mix Tapes. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Animal-Collective,10158/. Retrieved December 23, 2009. 
  8. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/fall-be-kind-ep
  9. ^ http://i.imgur.com/D1u3b.jpg

External links

Animal Collective
Studio albums
Live albums
EPs
Prospect Hummer · People · Water Curses  · Fall Be Kind
Singles
Associated acts
See also