Campfire Songs

Campfire Songs - Campfire Songs
Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
2003 Ratings: #175 / 355
User Score
Based on 444 ratings
2003 Rank: #341
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Windy
83

𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲'𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆: 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀

I’m back, and (finally) continuing my amazing Animal Collective adventure! When we last left off, AnCo had focused on the abrasive and experimental parts of their sound in Danse Manatee, an album that, while occasionally beautiful, was overall inconsistent and somewhat boring. So where does Campfire Songs go from this? ... read more

ImpalaLT
68

I mean…it was better than the last one!

Three albums into the Animal Collective discography, and they’ve been inconsistent so far. I loved their debut record because of the emotional impact it had on me, not to mention the very high points in that album. I didn’t like their second album because it was a chore to go through, and it sounded like someone got drunk and tried to squeeze a pile of shit through a strainer.

If it wasn’t for how much better this album sounds ... read more

SnowyFighter
74

My desire to leave everything behind and move into the woods is only growing stronger

Oh my god fuck yes campfire time campfire time. This is a huge improvement over their last record in my eyes. While it’s not my favorite AnCo release or anything, I could honestly see this growing me because this is a VIBE. I need to go in the mountains or some shit and listen to this because honestly this would be one of the few records I’d want to try out in that setting AGHHH. Beautiful guitar ... read more

kobeniscar
75

Some really pretty moments (doggy) and not that low of lows!

Ian_babcock123
65

Very meditative experience. It’s 1 dimensional with the repetitive guitar riffs. It’s still quite beautiful.

thebrisklad
70

Compared to the last weird work, this one is positively slow and lush - very pretty. Not usually my cup of tea but they have nice melodies throughout, which makes the slow pace feel contemplative and warranted. It's too nice of a record for me to simply call it "fine".

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Track List

1Queen in My Pictures
9:58
75
2Doggy
4:39
86
3Two Corvettes
4:58
72
4Moo Rah Rah Rain
11:01
66
5De Soto De Son
11:35
75
Total Length: 42 minutes
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