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41-519: Portner and Lennox both moved into a house in rural Colorado for the recording sessions for Sung Tongs , with Portner saying that much of it involved "Lots of singing and messing around with doing vocals in all parts of a room." He disclosed on the Collected Animals messageboard in 2006 that: we recorded it on the same tascam 48 (half inch 8 track) that I recorded Spirit on and the drums guitars and early electronics for Danse Manatee . That

82-622: A "dark time" with Brian Weitz (Geologist) being his only friend in the city. Portner and Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) recorded the acoustic guitar and the drums live onto a Tascam 48 eight-track reel-to-reel in Portner's bedroom in Maryland during the summer of 1999. The piano songs along with overdubs were recorded in Portner's parents' living room. Portner wanted the guitar to be "jangled to create this fluttering feeling". An old Roland SH-2 synthesizer , which Weitz's brother found stored in

123-597: A camp, was used for the bass sounds. The drums were played with brushes to emulate the albums Ocean Rain and Forever Changes . Avey Tare would dictate what he wanted the rhythm to be through beatboxing . Other sounds, such as the majority of "Spirit They've Vanished", were created through the use of feedback loops . Future Animal Collective member Deakin (Josh Dibb) helped with the promotion and sent packages to record companies. Portner recalled, " Southern Records called us back immediately and said ‘Is there something wrong with this? This music makes our dogs run out of

164-476: A dilapidated mansion in Hollywood, nicknamed "The Castle", to use heroin, causing further stagnation. The band was allowed to live in this mansion as long as they maintained it and paid property taxes. According to author John Einerson, the rumor of it being formerly lived in by Bela Lugosi is a myth. Rather than base his writings on Los Angeles's burgeoning hippie scene, Lee's material for Forever Changes

205-448: A previously unissued alternate stereo mix of the album, plus ten bonus tracks. A Super High Material CD (SHM-CD) version of Forever Changes was released by Warner Music Japan in 2009, and a 24 bit 192 kHz High Resolution version of the album was released by HDTracks in 2014, and in the same year a hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) version of the album was released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab . A 50th anniversary deluxe edition box set

246-722: A solo version of "La Rapet" on electric guitar during a livestream in June 2020. There has been some confusion about the album's track listing. On the original, limited release, the untitled track #3 was not listed along with the other songs. Since the track listing gave no corresponding track numbers to the rest of the songs, it was incorrectly assumed that tracks #3–9 were actually titled as tracks #4–10 are here, and that "Alvin Row" had no title. This error appears in nearly every review of Spirit following its initial release in 2000. The 2003 FatCat reissue cleared up this misunderstanding by numbering

287-438: A variety of publications. In 1966, Love released their first two albums in relatively rapid succession; the second, Da Capo , spawned their only Top 40 hit, " 7 and 7 Is ". However, the group's opportunity for major national success dwindled as a consequence of frontman Arthur Lee 's unwillingness to tour, his deteriorating relationship with Love's other songwriter Bryan MacLean , and the overshadowing presence of label-mates

328-482: Is the third studio album by the American rock band Love , released on November 1, 1967, by Elektra Records . The album saw the group embrace a subtler folk -influenced sound based around acoustic guitars and orchestral arrangements , while primary songwriter Arthur Lee explored darker themes alluding to mortality and his growing disillusionment with the era's counterculture . It was the final album recorded by

369-494: Is we recorded the acoustic guitars and the vocals on 8 tracks. Then we mixed it down on Rusty's laptop and recorded many vocal and percussion over dubs. He's been using that for years. We mixed it from that onto....something..(i cant remember) at Noah's mom's place in Baltimore . It was very cold so we had to wear jackets the whole time. We added in all those samples and electronics there. We mixed for awhile so its sweet you like

410-484: The Forever Changes line-up of Arthur Lee, Johnny Echols, Ken Forssi, Michael Stuart-Ware and Bryan MacLean (Forssi and MacLean both died in 1998). The Forever Changes Concert was released on DVD in 2003 and marked the first time many of the songs had been performed live. The set features the entire album performed in its original running order, recorded in early 2003 during Lee's tour of England, in which he

451-598: The 1983 edition of the guide and in the 1992 guide four. In a special issue of Mojo magazine, Forever Changes was ranked the second greatest psychedelic album of all time. In the January 1996 issue, Mojo readers selected Forever Changes as number 11 on the "100 Greatest Albums Ever Made". Forever Changes was praised by a group of members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 2002 as being one of

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492-529: The 50th Anniversary Edition. 2001 Rhino bonus tracks A single disc collection, presenting the original stereo album, remastered, plus the following bonus tracks: 2008 Rhino "Collector's Edition" bonus tracks A two-disc collection. Disc 1 presents the original stereo album, remastered, while disc 2 is a previously unreleased alternate stereo mix of the album, featuring the following bonus tracks: 2018 "50th Anniversary Edition" bonus discs A box set comprising four CDs, one LP and one DVD: disc 2 presents

533-537: The Angels of light who play deep within the Wood. 'Let's make the music of childhood,' Avey shouted one day as the two played. Panda thought this idea was a good one. 'I can use my magical Rythm [sic] sticks and you can play your Sun harp,' he said. So the two began to create melodies and Panda brought rythms [sic] from every direction while Avey sang. All of the songs were about wooden toys and invisible friends and filled with

574-469: The Doors . In a 1992 interview, MacLean spoke of him and Lee "competing a bit like Lennon and McCartney to see who would come up with the better song. It was part of our charm. Everybody had different behaviour patterns. Eventually, the others couldn't cut it". Throughout this period, the band – reduced to a quintet with the departures of Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer and Tjay Cantrelli – were known to retreat to

615-697: The album "built around interwoven acoustic guitar textures and subtle orchestrations , with strings and horns both reinforcing and punctuating the melodies." Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman had suggested that Love "advance backwards" by embracing the more subtle approach of folk music , and Lee, while typically independent in his musical directions, accepted the suggestion. Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork stated that Lee paired his "dark, discomfiting lyrics" with music that draws from rock , psychedelia , folk, pop , classical , and mariachi influences. Love started recording Forever Changes in June 1967 at Sunset Sound Recorders . However, beginning with

656-447: The album came from a story that Lee had heard about a friend-of-a-friend who had broken up with his girlfriend. She exclaimed, "You said you would love me forever!" and he replied, "Well, forever changes." Lee also noted that, since the name of the band was Love, the full title was actually Love Forever Changes . According to AllMusic , the band embraced "a more gentle, contemplative, and organic sound on Forever Changes ," with much of

697-406: The album could "survive endless listening with no diminishing either of power or of freshness", adding that "parts of the album are beautiful; others are disturbingly ugly, reflections of the pop movement towards realism". Gene Youngblood of LA Free Express also praised the album, calling it "melancholy iconoclasm and tasteful romanticism." In a retrospective review, AllMusic stated that despite

738-729: The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and in 2011, the album was added to the National Recording Registry . Rolling Stone ranked it number 180 on its 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . The album was also included in Robert Christgau 's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). It

779-503: The album's initial muted reception, "years later it became recognized as one of the finest and most haunting albums to come out of the Summer of Love ," calling it "an album that heralds the last days of a golden age and anticipates the growing ugliness that would dominate the counterculture in 1968 and 1969." The 1979 edition of The Rolling Stone Record Guide gave the album a rating of five stars (out of five). It also received five stars in

820-435: The album, but Young, after initially agreeing, excused himself from the project. As Botnick recalled "Neil really had the burning desire to go solo and realize his dream without being involved in another band". According to the liner notes of the compilation album Love Story , Young was involved in Forever Changes long enough to arrange the track "The Daily Planet"; Young, however, has denied such involvement. The title of

861-412: The band in disarray, and increasingly concerned over his own mortality, Lee envisioned Forever Changes as a lament to his memory. Having already produced the group's first two albums, Bruce Botnick was enlisted to oversee the production of the third album along with Lee. Botnick, who had just finished working on Buffalo Springfield 's Buffalo Springfield Again , invited Neil Young to co-produce

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902-491: The early recording sessions, the band, except Lee, was plagued by internal conflicts and lack of preparation for Lee's intricate arrangements. Through Holzman's perspective, Botnick was an "album savior", guiding and motivating Lee's bandmates out of their trying period. To compel the band to participate, Botnick enlisted Wrecking Crew session musicians Billy Strange (guitar), Don Randi (piano), Hal Blaine (drums), and Carol Kaye (bass guitar) to work with Lee, completing

943-482: The front cover. This method of choosing monikers for Animal Collective's recorded output—naming themselves after who played on each respective album—would last until 2003's Campfire Songs . Included with the original release and later vinyl pressings was an insert with the following story: Not long ago a young boy named Avey and his friend Panda Bear roamed the patch work which covers the land (some call it forest). They were looked upon by Pan and raised by fairies and

984-414: The greatest albums of all time. Forever Changes was included in its entirety on the 2-CD retrospective Love compilation Love Story 1966–1972 , released by Rhino Records in 1995. The album was re-released in an expanded single-CD version by Rhino in 2001, featuring alternate mixes, outtakes and the group's 1968 single, "Your Mind and We Belong Together"/"Laughing Stock", the final tracks ever to feature

1025-466: The light of the forest. This is the first group of songs they played. The title is a quote uttered by Mr. Magoo in Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol . Songs from this album have occasionally been performed live in the following years. "Chocolate Girl" was re-worked for performances during 2008. The final passages of "Alvin Row" were performed frequently on the 2016–2017 tour and Avey Tare performed

1066-407: The mixing. Oh and we used AKGs and an old ribbon mic to record with. Though we had a pzm and some sm57s that we might have used as well. I remember using the pzm to record me slamming the door of the house which is what that distorted rhythm track in kids on holiday is. The person talking at the beginning of Who Could Win a Rabbit is someone in a deli in my neighborhood. The track "Visiting Friends"

1107-478: The orchestral arrangements and recording quality. In Esquire , Robert Christgau called it an elaboration on Love's original musical style and "a vast improvement" over their previous recordings, because "Lee has stopped trying to imitate Mick Jagger with his soft voice, and the lyrics, while still obscure, now have an interesting surface as well." Pete Johnson of the Los Angeles Times believed

1148-529: The original band lineup; after its completion, guitarist Bryan MacLean left the group acrimoniously, and Lee subsequently dismissed the other members. Forever Changes had only moderate success on the album charts upon release, peaking at No. 154 in the US and No. 24 in the UK. In subsequent years, it has become recognized as an influential document of 1960s psychedelia and named among the greatest albums of all time by

1189-621: The recording of additional keyboard parts by Randi, completed the sessions. Upon its release in late 1967, Forever Changes was only moderately successful commercially. It peaked at No. 154 in 1968, which was the lowest showing of Love's first three albums. Forever Changes had a much stronger showing in Great Britain, where it reached No. 24 on the UK album chart in 1968. Initial reviews were positive. Writing for Rolling Stone in 1968, Jim Bickhart regarded Forever Changes as Love's "most sophisticated album yet", applauding

1230-400: The room’!" The original cover art was found by Avey Tare, who considered it fitting. The art was later discovered to be an illustration by Dorothy P. Lathrop from the book Stars To-Night: Verses New and Old for Boys and Girls by Sara Teasdale . The album was intended to be released under Avey Tare's name alone, but he was so impressed by Panda Bear's drumming that he added Panda's name on

1271-464: The sessions for "Andmoreagain" and "The Daily Planet" in one day. Shocked by the notion of losing their roles, Botnick's plan succeeded in motivating the other Love members to participate in recording the remaining material. Lee spent three weeks with arranger David Angel , playing and singing the orchestral parts to him. Lee envisioned the horns and strings as part of the material from the beginning. String and horn overdubs on September 25, along with

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1312-476: The songs and leaving a blank space for track #3. There is also some confusion in regards to the true title of the complementary EP released with the 2023 Domino Recording Company reissue, A Night at Mr. Raindrop's Holistic Pharmacy, due to issues regarding pressing and labeling which caused the EP to be improperly titled A Night at Mr. Raindrop's Holistic Supermarket. Forever Changes Forever Changes

1353-467: Was backed by the band Baby Lemonade and members of the Stockholm Strings 'n' Horns ensemble. The DVD features the album concert, five bonus performances, documentary footage and an interview with Lee. A double-CD "Collector's Edition" of the album was issued by Rhino Records on April 22, 2008. The first disc consists of a remastered version of the original 1967 album. The second disc contains

1394-440: Was drawn from his lifestyle and environment. The songs reflected upon grim but blissful themes and Lee's skepticism of the flower power movement. Writer Andrew Hultkrans explained Lee's frame of mind at the time: "Arthur Lee was one member of the '60s counterculture who didn't buy flower-power wholesale, who intuitively understood that letting the sunshine in wouldn't instantly vaporize the world's (or his own) dark stuff". With

1435-619: Was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . According to the New Musical Express , the Stone Roses ' relationship with their future producer John Leckie was settled when they all agreed that Forever Changes was the "best record ever". Robert Plant is an admirer of the album. All songs written by Arthur Lee , except " Alone Again Or " and "Old Man" by Bryan MacLean . Details are taken from

1476-470: Was influenced by German minimal techno label Kompakt ’s Pop Ambient compilations and Wolfgang Voigt 's ambient project Gas , with the intention of being "like a wall of hums [...], but with acoustic guitars." Sung Tongs has received positive reviews. On the review aggregate site Metacritic , the album has a score of 83 out of 100, indicating "Universal acclaim". Sung Tongs has sold 27,000 copies in US according to Nielsen Soundscan. The album

1517-442: Was later retroactively classified as the debut album by Portner and Lennox's group Animal Collective . The album was first released as a CD on the band's own Animal label (now known as Paw Tracks ) with only 2000 copies produced. It was reissued as a double CD along with Danse Manatee in 2003 on FatCat Records , and later on limited edition vinyl through FatCat. Both UK and US pressings used direct metal mastering . The album

1558-530: Was performed live in its entirety by the duo for Pitchfork 's 21st birthday on December 2, 2017. It was followed by a tour in 2018. The album has appeared on the following best-of lists: All music is composed by Animal Collective Spirit They%27re Gone, Spirit They%27ve Vanished Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished is the first collaborative studio album by Avey Tare (David Portner) and Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), released in August 2000. It

1599-441: Was released by Rhino on April 6, 2018, featuring four CDs, a DVD and an LP. It contains remastered versions of the stereo, mono and alternate stereo mixes of the album, a disc of demos, outtakes, alternate mixes and non-album tracks, a DVD containing a 24/96 stereo mix of the album and a bonus music video, and a new LP remaster of the album, remastered by Bruce Botnick and cut from high resolution audio by Bernie Grundman . In 2008,

1640-411: Was remastered and reissued again through Domino Recording Company in 2023, containing a new cover art, and a new EP of unreleased material from the era. All of the songs were written by Avey Tare (David Portner) from 1997 to 1999, except for "Penny Dreadfuls" which was written when he was 16 years old. The process was strongly inspired by his move from Baltimore to New York , which he described as

1681-468: Was voted number 12 in Colin Larkin 's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000). In 2013, NME ranked the album number 37 on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Publishers such as AllMusic and Slant Magazine have praised the album as well. In a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 , the album was ranked 83rd in the 100 greatest albums of all time. The album

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