Panda, Geologist & Avey - Danse Manatee
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2001 Rank: #368
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40
Sputnikmusic
It's understandable that the album could have been much fun to make. If only it was fun, at all, to listen to.
39
Pitchfork

So, let's say the ideal of all progressive music is Freud's phallic phase: "Wow, this feels good when I touch it! I'll just keep doing it." Then, Danse Manatee might be located firmly in Freud's anal phase: "Mommy, look what I made!"

deafgrape
94

I wrote a paper on this song, and its role in experimental pop at the turn of the millennium.

Experimental Pop at the Turn of the Millennium -
Analysis of Danse Manatee and Where it Fits in the Landscape of Pop

Often described by critics as the “blunder” or “excess” in their discography, Animal Collective’s Danse Manatee remains a personal favorite of the musicians who created it. Inspired by the lowest and highest sounds on the frequency picked up by human ... read more

Windy
59

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After STGSTV, an album composed of intentionally terrible mixing, occasional screeching noise, and beautiful, light melodies, where will AnCo go next? The answer is Danse Manatee - an album that is somehow even more conflicting than the last. I’ve seen people that both love and hate this album, and while I definitely ... read more

ImpalaLT
30

Well, this album exists.

Shoutout to @DantorGD for helping me get into Animal Collective. I’m now doing a discography dive for this band to see what I like from this band and what I don’t like from this band, and I don’t like this album.

Their debut record was one of the most emotional albums I’ve ever listened to, with Panda Bear’s vocals being my favorite part of pretty much every song. I also gave their debut a 100.

And then they pour it all down the sink in ... read more

kobeniscar
65

A Low-medium volume listen is definitely recommended

thebrisklad
75

I used to be the biggest Animal Collective hater to the point of being a miserable asshole about it but I always enjoyed the debut, bizarrely. Never got to this one but the title stuck in my mind - and now the music itself does too. What a weird ass record! It goes in the stranger, noisier, lower fidelity depths of the debut's work - it honestly feels like Thinking Fellers and Caroliner blended into an electronic fever dream while experiencing mononucleosis. I bet I would have loved it if I ... read more

EHAN
18

Animal Collective (2/21)

There's always an argument as to how far experimental music can get before it becomes a bit excessive. Welp. I'm part of that group of people that thinks this album is too much and also not enough.

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