Panda BearBest Panda Bear Albums Ranked

Person Pitch

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9.4

“On his third solo outing as Panda Bear, Animal Collective's Noah Lennox balances blossoming melodic pop with wildly experimental sound techniques, hitting on a stunningly unique sound that's both overwhelming and inspirational.”

Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

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8.7

“More streamlined than 2007's Person Pitch, yet more rhythmically robust than 2011's Tomboy, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper is Panda Bear’s toughest, grimiest, and funkiest album to date.”

Sinister Grift

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8.5

“Assisted by his Animal Collective bandmates, Noah Lennox’s latest solo LP is disarmingly laid-back. It might be his most straightforwardly beautiful record—and also his most emotionally complex.”

Tomboy

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8.5

“Four years on from the landmark Person Pitch, Panda Bear returns with a record that embraces both summer fun and hushed spirituality.”

Young Prayer

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8.5

“The Beach Boys come up sometimes in discussions of Animal Collective, which would seem very strange if you caught the group on the wrong record. When they get noisy and decide to experiment, they're more Bryn Jones than Brian Wilson, but both this year's exceptional *Sung Tongs* and the less-heard 2003 live-in-the-woods document *Campfire Songs* had those familiar high-pitched and intertwined harm”

Sinister Grift

thelineofbestfit

8.0

“Panda Bear’s Sinister Grift is a desert-island getaway fit for troubling times”