From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fall Be Kind
Fall Be Kind
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 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 ver-
sion 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 be-
ing the second song ever to receive a perfect "10" from
the music criticism website Pitchfork Media.[2])
Critical reception
Fall Be Kind has received universal acclaim from music
EP by Animal Collective critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating
out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album re-
Released November 23, 2009 (digital download), ceived an average score of 84, based on 21 reviews, which
December 15, 2009 (CD, 12" vinyl)
indicates "universal acclaim".[8] Lewis P. from Sput-
Recorded February 2008, August 2009; Sweet Tea, Oxford, nikmusic claimed "it had the impossible task of following
MS; Mission Sound, Brooklyn, NY up one of the most hyped albums of this decade and yet it
Genre Psychedelic pop, Experimental, Neo- barely breaks a sweat." He went on to give a perfect rat-
psychedelia ing.
Length 27:20
Label Domino
Track listing
Producer Ben H. Allen No. Title Sample(s) Length
1. "Graze" "Ardeleana (Zamfir Avec 5:22
Animal Collective chronology
Zamfir)" by Gheorghe Zamfir
Water Curses Fall Be Kind 2. "What Would "Unbroken Chain" by Grate- 6:46
(2008) (2009) I Want? Sky" ful Dead
3. "Bleed" 3:29
Fall Be Kind is an EP by Animal Collective, released digital-
4. "On a High- 4:36
ly in MP3 and WAV formats on November 23, 2009, and as
way"
both a CD and 12" vinyl in the UK on December 14, 2009,
and in the US on December 15, 2009. Some stores in Aus- 5. "I Think I 7:10
tralia and New Zealand began selling it more than a week Can"
earlier, due to the band’s touring presence there at the Total length: 27:20
time.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fall Be Kind
Personnel [4] Lukowski, Andrzej. "Review: Fall Be Kind". Drowned
In Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/
• Avey Tare 14955/reviews/4138534. Retrieved December 23,
• Geologist 2009.
• Panda Bear [5] Richardson, Mark. "Review: Fall Be Kind". Pitchfork
• Heather McIntosh - Cello on "Graze" and "Bleed" [9] Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/
• Ben Allen and Animal Collective - Mixing 13739-fall-be-kind-ep/. Retrieved December 23,
• Rob Carmichael - Design and layout 2009.
• Andy Marcinkowski and Aaron Ersoy - Recording [6] Rosen, Jody. "Fall Be Kind EP: Animal Collective:
assistants Review". Rolling Stone.
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/
Notes 30920147/review/31053923/fall_be_kind_ep.
Retrieved November 23, 2009.
[1] Phillips, Amy (July 17, 2009). "Animal Collective [7] Purdum, Grant. "Review: Fall Be Kind". Tiny Mix
License First Legal Grateful Dead Sample Ever". Pitchfork Tapes. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Animal-
Media. http://pitchfork.com/news/35966-animal- Collective,10158/. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
collective-license-first-legal-grateful-dead-sample- [8] http://www.metacritic.com/music/fall-be-kind-ep
ever/. Retrieved December 3, 2009. [9] http://i.imgur.com/D1u3b.jpg
[2] http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11644-what-
would-i-want-sky/
[3] Bush, John. "Review: Fall Be Kind". Allmusic. External links
http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1683064. • Animal Collective’s Avey Tare Reveals All About New
Retrieved December 23, 2009. EP, Film, Tour Hiatus
• New Animal Collective EP
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