2023 重新版本追加的 CD 2 是一張未曾發表過的五首歌 EP《A Night at Mr. Raindrop Holistic Supermarket》，其中包含了 Animal Collective 詮釋的 Fleetwood Mac 名曲〈Dreams〉
Second disc includes A Night at Mr. Raindrop Holistic Supermarket EP featuring 5 previously unreleased songs recorded from the same era
Remastered Audio
Chiming laments for a childhood end, the debut album from Animal Collective, Spirit Theyre Gone, Spirit Theyve Vanished opens with the phrase "want to hear a secret, I know one," suggesting these secrets just might be buried deep within the flocks of high frequencies, electronic glitches, bleeps and swells that follow. Originally released in 2000 and credited to Avey Tare & Panda Bear prior to the full, collective band name being used on releases, this reissue features remastered audio and new artwork by Abby and Dave Portner.
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Originally released in a very small CD-only pressing on their own Animal label in August 2000, Spirit Theyre Gone, Spirit Theyve Vanished was the debut record by one of today most interesting bands, Animal Collective. Originally credited to Avey Tare & Panda Bear (prior to the full, collective band name being used on releases), it has been praised by Vulture for its “starry-eyed sense of songcraft” and described by Pitchfork as “a masterful piece of electro-acoustic fairy-tale music; yet its squealing electronics, and vitrified rhythms suggest something darker. Like a Snickers bar with a razorblade in it.”
Chiming laments for a childhood end, Spirit Theyre Gone, Spirit Theyve Vanished opens with the phrase "want to hear a secret, I know one," suggesting these secrets just might be buried deep within the flocks of high frequencies, electronic glitches, bleeps and swells that follow. The duo s approach is similar to Love (circa Forever Changes), with Avey Tare picked acoustic guitar flowing in perfect syncopation with Panda Bear s tumbling drum kit. But the layers of tonal and atonal electronics that fatten the thinner pulse of the songwriter s vision make this album resemble something closer to modern electronic composition. The songs range from speedy patchwork pieces to slower piano melodies, a somehow coherent yet very fragile brand of psychedelic music - their grasp of pop hooks and dynamics being counterbalanced by a love of noise / friction and musical anarchy; their songs wavering on the tightrope between deeply affecting beauty and unrestrained chaos. Whilst the band have gone on to rightfully become one of the most name-dropped and influential groups of the past two decades, this debut effort reminds us of where they came from and remains a truly stunning and unique album.
CD 1
1. Spirit Theyve Vanished (Remastered 2023)
2. April And The Phantom (Remastered 2023)
3. Untitled (Remastered 2023)
4. Penny Dreadfuls (Remastered 2023)
5. Chocolate Girl (Remastered 2023)
6. Everyone Whistling (Remastered 2023)
7. La Rapet (Remastered 2023)
8. Bat Youll Fly (Remastered 2023)
9. Someday Ill Grow To Be As Tall As The Giant (Remastered 2023)
10. Alvin Row (Remastered 2023)
CD 2
1. An An Angel
2. Untitled #1
3. Bus Travel New York Tare My Face Off pt. 1
4. Dreams
5. Bus Travel New York Tare My Face Off pt. 2
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