Vinyl Pressing Review

Animal Collective


Merriweather Post Pavilion


Reviewed by Jeb Banner on 02.06.2009

Probably AC's best album to date. Dense as anything they have done before but more songs and fewer noise collages. Seems like a personal album on some level, the boys are growing up.



Ratings are based on a scale from 0-10.

Overall Sound:

8.50

Excellent sound on all 4 sides. Vinyl has great depth of sound. This is a strange record so sometimes you aren't sure if the sounds are intentional but with repeated listens you can hear the quality of the mastering and cutting.
 

Pressing Quality:

8.50

Excellent pressing. No weave. With 4 sides there is no problem with inner tracks distorting.
 

Vinyl Noise:

8.50

Almost no noise, excellent.
 

Overall Artwork:

8.00

Trippy cover, moves if you look at it too long. Nice gatefold and sleeves have art as well. Well done.
 

Overall Extras:

7.00

Comes with digital download, thank you, but no lyrics or other fun stuff like that. Could have gone for some old school postcards or something like that with a cool album like this.


Reviewed By:
Jeb Banner

I've been collecting vinyl for over 10 years and have a collection of about 2000 albums, give or take a few. My musical taste lean towards Classic/Indie Rock but I...

Jeb has reviewed 20 other Records.

 

Total Score

: 4.05

 


Info

Label: Rough Trade
Release Year: 2009
Purchase Price: 22.99
Pressing Company: Unknown
Format: 12
# of Records: 2
Pressing Weight: Normal
Color: Black
Gatefold: Yes
Digital: Yes
Inner Sleeves:
Paper
 







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