Animal Lover
by The Residents
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Apr 5, 2005
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    100
    A beautiful concept that's been beautifully executed.
  2. Splendid
    80
    A cracked masterpiece.... it rewards your attention with dreamy, surreal vistas, skewed poetry and flights of unadulterated musical madness.
  3. Uncut
    80
    By turns oblique, soulful, scornful yet rarely dissonant. Rather, it's one of their lovelier, more formal offerings. [Mar 2005, p.108]
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  5. Alternative Press
    80
    Going "conventional" may be the strangest move the Residents have ever made. [May 2005, p.178]
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  6. The Wire
    70
    The Residents walk a precarious line between American underbelly creepiness and a more mannered absurdism. [#254, p.63]
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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. GeneG
    Jan 9, 2006
    10
    I always loved their - and now also more/ Very minds album/ Great thanx!!!
  2. paulm
    Jun 20, 2005
    9
    animal lover is one of their most melodic releases ever. i am huge fan and have been for 20 years. although my favorites are Not Available, animal lover is one of their most melodic releases ever. i am huge fan and have been for 20 years. although my favorites are Not Available, Meet the Residents, Fingerprince and Dusk Stab, for them to release something so uniquely dark and beautiful after 30 years says a lot. the only thing wish it had more of are the haunting vocals from the past. the female arrangements are brilliant and weird, but a bit less personal. thank you… Full Review »
  3. vincet
    May 29, 2005
    10
    This is a fantastic CD. Some of the best work ever by the eyeballs. Unlike anything I have ever heard. A very refreshing change to what music This is a fantastic CD. Some of the best work ever by the eyeballs. Unlike anything I have ever heard. A very refreshing change to what music has offered in the last few years.… Full Review »
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