Animal Collective - Ark
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2003 Ratings: #160 / 355
User Score
Based on 486 ratings
2003 Rank: #327
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Windy
63

๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†: ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ธ

This review may be a bit shorter than the others, mostly because I don’t really have much to say about this album. Ark is a strange moment in Animal Collective’s discography, and one that is mostly overlooked by listeners, often in favor of the albums succeeding it. If I’m being completely honest, every time I’ve come back to relisten, ... read more

ImpalaLT
69

Danse Manatee but make it better.

There was a huge flaw that made me score Danse Manatee as low as I did, and it was the sound quality. This album sounds so much better you’d think they’d become the next Sunn O))).

This album also is more engaging than Danse Manatee and Campfire Songs. Danse Manatee was just random noises, and the following album was just a long, drawn-out indie folk album. This album turns the “random sounds” into real music.

However, this album ... read more

SnowyFighter
44

This makes me want to splash my face with colors

This album is pretty much Danse Manatee but more polished and fleshed out. My problem though is that I’m still not really drawn to the sound as much :,) It’s definitely a lot less scattered but idk, I’m still just kinda scratching my head with this one. I like when they tend to get experimental, but I feel like this is almost a step too far. Especially with a song like Panic, which is a bit unlistenable for me. As mentioned ... read more

QDOERTY
84

This is like Danse Manatee but less experimental

indie_ivy_backu
90

fucking underrated

pearathon
63

This album is quite like Danse Manatee, in that its very experimental and noisy. Also much like Danse Manatee, I'm not a big fan of it. This album is a bit better than that one though, as I feel the noisiness works out into more coherent songs this time. Slippi and Hey Light are some pretty good noisy tracks, they kinda remind me of a toned down version of Lightning Bolt at points. Tracks 3-5 don't really do that much for me though, they're mostly instrumental/sound palette songs that I could ... read more

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Track List

1Native Belle
3:52
83
2Hey Light
5:41
76
3Infant Dressing Table
8:35
77
4Panic
4:48
66
5Two Sails on a Sound
12:20
72
6Slippi
2:49
80
7Too Soon
6:27
72
Total Length: 44 minutes

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