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Generally favorable reviews- based on 103 Ratings
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Positive: 79 out of 103
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Mixed: 17 out of 103
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Negative: 7 out of 103
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Feb 19, 2016
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Jul 3, 2016There's no denying that it's fun; it's the Animal Collective that we've all come to love dearly, and whose childlike personas have birthed such creativity and life into music that can't be replicated elsewhere. Why, then, does Panting With feel like it has a curfew to its immediate showcase of enjoyment?
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Apr 21, 2016I've loved everything else Animal Collective have done, but I cannot get into this album.
There's some good moments (On Delay intro, Bagels in Kiev build, Golden Gal), but the song sounds are too similar and all seem to end up sounding like the same gloopy sickly detuned mess. -
Jan 30, 2023
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Apr 28, 2016Full of punch, the album still never quite reaches its destination.
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Mar 31, 2016Painting With is by a distance the most annoying album you'll hear this year, and not just because it sounds exactly how those people imagine the band always has.
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Mar 2, 2016The confident, relaxed, but still concise and appealing “Vertical” indicates that Animal Collective still have some life in them, and as much as some of Painting With can tend to grate, it’s still an improvement from the band’s last two albums; trying to write pop songs instead of dance records or noise jams suits them in their middle age.