Danse Manatee
by Avey Tare, Panda Bear & Geologist
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Danse Manatee is ranked 13th best out of 30 albums by Animal Collective on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Animal Collective is Merriweather Post Pavilion which is ranked number 160 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,705.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Danse Manatee track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Danse Manatee rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19loveless91 | Animal Collective | 23/26 | - |
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 94 Music Albums of the 2000s | 5/94 | 19 |
| 2026 |  ammf3 | Top 17 Music Albums of 2001 | 17/17 | 0 |
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 9/99 | 91 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 57 Music Albums of 2001 | 57/57 | 0 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2001 | 44/91 | - |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Animal Collective (& Related): So Far.. | 8/9 | - |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Panda Bear (USA) - all incl. collabs - Ranked | 4/14 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | mttr-in-plc | Top 9 Music Albums of 2001 | 1/9 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 132 | |||
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Danse Manatee ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 10:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,604 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 22:59 | mianfei | 1,404 | 62/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2025 02:33 | mttr-in-plc | 196 | 88/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 59.3/100, a mean average of 57.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 57.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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Forum mentions
Tap 12/01/2015 01:20 in Taplog
SuedeSwede 07/14/2015 20:59 in What album are you listening to right now?Danse Manatee comments
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AAL2014 12/05/2024 14:28 | #306376
I appreciate experimentation and weirdness. Most of this, however, just comes off as pretentious to me. (Edited)
teague 09/22/2021 16:44 | #274056
Abrasive and weird. In a very good way.
Really disappointing album. Just a bunch of formless, fairly sub-par experimental music. (Edited)
Not nearly as good as STGSTV or Campfire Right after it...or any AnCo, for that matter...
Way too much lofi noise, too many sounds past 7000 Hz, too many odd moan/syncopated sounds, it really is the perfect headache album. Huge bummer for AnCo, but at least it's interesting...
Best: Essplode (really, the only track worth listening here)
Worst: Everything else... (Edited)
tbakeman 03/09/2013 17:27 | #67546 | TOP COMMENT
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I dont think this is as strong as their Spirit They're Gone right before it.
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