Fall Be Kind
by Animal Collective
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Animal Collective bestography
Fall Be Kind is ranked 8th 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 161 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,660.
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Fall Be Kind track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Fall Be Kind rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 53 Music Albums of 2009 | 19/53 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Greatest EPs | 21/100 | - |
| 2026 |  lleon79 | Top 12 Music Albums of 2009 | 6/12 | 3 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 23 Music Albums of 2009 | 23/23 | 0 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 60 Music Albums of 2009 | 17/60 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2009 | 33/95 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Favorite EPs | 19/24 | - |
| 2026 | rlang36 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2009 | 12/20 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 20/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 94 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 367 | |||
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Fall Be Kind ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/09/2026 20:37 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2026 07:54 | Tamthebam | 23,334 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 08:21 | cicadelic | 14,264 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Fall Be Kind forum mentions
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Fall Be Kind comments
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SquishypuffDave TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/15/2012 06:18 | #55056 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the best thing AnCo have done, as far as I'm concerned.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/09/2011 17:31 | #32467 | TOP COMMENT
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This album really sounds like an extension of "merriweather post pavilion", and that's the best compliment I think I can attribute to this EP. "what would I want? sky" is as good as any of the best stuff from MPP. "graze" borrows from its song structure starting atmospheric and mesmerizing until kicking in the party mix at the halfway point.
The darkest and, imo, the best AnCo release.
Solid follow-up to what was easily the best album of 2009. This is Animal Collective on-top of their game with some ridiculously acid drenched melodies and catchy hooks. I still can't believe how good a song "What Would I Want? Sky" is, seriously it's freakin addictive
One of the greatest EPs of all time, put simply. (Edited)
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