Length 27:20 Fall Be Kind(2009) ODDSAC(2010) Release date 23 November 2009 | Producer Ben H. Allen | |
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Released November 23, 2009 (digital download), December 15, 2009 (CD, LP) Genres Experimental music, Psychedelic pop, Neo-psychedelia, Psychedelic rock | ||
Fall Be Kind is the fourth EP by Animal Collective, released digitally in MP3 and WAV formats on November 23, 2009, and as both a CD and LP 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.
Contents
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).
Animal collective bleed fall be kind ep
Critical reception
Fall Be Kind was met with generally favorable reviews by critics. At Metacritic the album received an average score of 84, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim". 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.
Personnel
Songs
1Graze5:22
2What Would I Want? Sky6:46
3Bleed3:28