Feed the Animals

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Feed the Animals
Studio album by Girl Talk
Released June 19, 2008 (download)
November 11, 2008 (LP/CD)[1]
Genre Mashup
Plunderphonics
Experimental music
Length 53:53
Label Illegal Art (CD/download)
Wham City (vinyl)[2]
Producer Gregg Gillis
Girl Talk chronology
Bone Hard Zaggin'
(2006)		 Feed the Animals
(2008)		 All Day
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (76/100) [3]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[4]
Robert Christgau (A)[5]
The A.V Club (B+)[6]
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10)[7]
Chicago Sun Times 3.5/4 stars [8]
Tiny Mix Tapes 3/5 stars[9]
Blender 4/5 stars[10]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[11]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars[12]
CHARTattack 4.5/5 stars[13]
PopMatters 8/10 stars[14]

Feed the Animals is the fourth album by Girl Talk (Gregg Gillis), released on Illegal Art in 2008. It is composed almost entirely of samples taken from other artists' songs, plus minor original instrumentation by Girl Talk. Gillis has stated that the album was created as one long piece of music and then subsequently broken into individual songs.[15]

Contents

[edit] Release

Girl Talk's record label, Illegal Art, presently sells the album in a fashion similar to Radiohead's release of their 2007 album In Rainbows – a "pay-what-you-like" system for nonseamless mp3s. Gillis states that the goal behind this is to "make it easier for people to get their hands on the music, which is my number one priority."[16] Users choosing to pay $0.00 have to explain why, selecting "I may donate later"; "I can't afford to pay"; "I don't really like Girl Talk"; "I don't believe in paying for music"; "I have already purchased this album"; "I don't value music made from sampling"; "I am part of the press, radio, or music industry", or "other reasons".[17] However, those who pay $5 can access FLAC files and a one-file seamless mp3 version of the album; for $10, users can obtain a CD copy. Originally, the CD version was planned for release on September 23, 2008, but Gillis has stated that there were "manufacturing issues" involving the production of the CDs, forcing the date to be pushed back to November 11, 2008.[1][18]

On March 19, 2008, a purported leak of the album was released on the web and spread quickly on torrent networks. The next day, Gillis posted a message on his MySpace account to assure that the version was a fake. The original artist, Speaky (Sam Bye), soon apologized, explaining that the leaked album was in fact his album Mashcore Volume 2 and that he had posted the album under its correct name but it was subsequently retagged.

In their December 2008 issue, Blender magazine named Feed the Animals as the #2 best album of 2008, behind only Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III. In Australia, the album debuted at #83.

As of 28 February 2012, the album can be purchased as an MP3 download from Amazon.com for $7.99. No Girl Talk albums are currently in the iTunes Store catalog.

The album is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license.[citation needed]

[edit] Track Listing

  1. "Play Your Part (Pt. 1)" – 4:45
  2. "Shut the Club Down" – 3:07
  3. "Still Here" – 3:57
  4. "What It's All About" – 4:15
  5. "Set It Off" – 3:42
  6. "No Pause" – 3:12
  7. "Like This" – 3:21
  8. "Give Me a Beat" – 4:12
  9. "Hands in the Air" – 4:20
  10. "In Step" – 3:23
  11. "Let Me See You" – 4:04
  12. "Here's the Thing" – 4:46
  13. "Don't Stop" – 2:58
  14. "Play Your Part (Pt. 2)" – 3:25

[edit] Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 83[19]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Pitchfork: Girl Talk Video Blogs From Tour, Animals CD Delayed". Pitchforkmedia.com. Retrieved May 16, 2010. 
  2. ^ Paul Thompson (June 19, 2008). "Pitchfork: Girl Talk's Feed the Animals Available Now!". Retrieved June 23, 2008. 
  3. ^ "Feed The Animals Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2012-08-06. 
  4. ^ Lymangrover, Jason (2008-06-24). "Feed the Animals - Girl Talk : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-08-06. 
  5. ^ "CG: Girl Talk". Robert Christgau. 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2012-08-06. 
  6. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (2008-06-30). "Girl Talk: Feed The Animals | Music | MusicalWork Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2012-08-06. 
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  8. ^ http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2008/07/girl_talk_feed_the_animals_ill.html.  Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  9. ^ [2][dead link]
  10. ^ A DJ is only as good as his taste, and Girl Talk is immaculate. [Sept 2008, p.78]
  11. ^ "Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2012-08-06. 
  12. ^ "Girl Talk: Feed the Animals | Music Review". Slant Magazine. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2012-08-06. 
  13. ^ [3][dead link]
  14. ^ O'Neil, Tim. "Girl Talk: Feed the Animals < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 2012-08-06. 
  15. ^ "Girl Talk/Gregg Gillis On New Album, Music Industry". The Washington Post. July 29, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2010. 
  16. ^ graham. "Girl Talk Interview - Don't Call Him a DJ". Metrowize.com. Retrieved June 23, 2008. 
  17. ^ "Girl talk - feed the animals - illegal art". Retrieved June 23, 2008. [dead link]
  18. ^ Montgomery, James (June 17, 2008). "Girl Talk's Just Completed New LP Coming Out Thursday - MTV News". Retrieved June 23, 2008. 
  19. ^ "Pandora Archive". Pandora.nla.gov.au. August 23, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2010. 

[edit] External links

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