Feed the Animals

Infobox Album |
Name = Feed the Animals
Type = Album
Artist = Girl Talk


Released = Download: June 19, 2008LP/CD: October 21, 2008
Recorded =
Genre = Mashup, Dance, Experimental music
Length = 53:53
Label = CD/Download: Illegal Art
Vinyl: Wham City [Cite web
last = Paul Thompson
title = Pitchfork: Girl Talk's Feed the Animals Available Now!
accessdate = 2008-06-23
date = 2008-06-19
url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/51389-girl-talks-ifeed-the-animalsi-available-now]
Producer = Gregg Gillis
Reviews =
* "Blender" rating|4|5
* Chicago Sun Times rating|3.5|4 [http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2008/07/girl_talk_feed_the_animals_ill.html link]
* Pitchfork (8.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/51537-feed-the-animals 2008]
* PopMatters (8/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/59984/girl-talk-feed-the-animals/ link]
* The Quietus [http://www.thequietus.com/articles/girl-talk link]
* "Rolling Stone" rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/21457036/review/21463543/feed_the_animals link]
* Sputnikmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=26036 link]
* Tiny Mix Tapes rating|3|5 [http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Girl-Talk,6482 link]
* TMM rating|9|10 [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/reviews/albums/girl-talk-feed-the-animals link]
Last album = "Bone Hard Zaggin'"
(2006)
This album = "Feed the Animals"
(2008)
Next album =

"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.

As of June 19, record label Illegal Art is selling the album in a similar fashion to how Radiohead sold their 2007 release "In Rainbows" – a "pay-what-you-like" system. 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." [Cite web
last = graham
title = Girl Talk Interview - Don't Call Him a DJ | Metrowize.com
accessdate = 2008-06-23
url = http://www.metrowize.com/girl-talk-feed-the-animals-interview] 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". [Cite web
title = GIRL TALK - FEED THE ANIMALS - ILLEGAL ART
accessdate = 2008-06-23
url = http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/no_dollars_no_cents/] 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 physical copy of the album, once it is released. Originally, the physical copy was subject to be released on September 23. However, Gillis has stated that there were "manufacturing issues" involving the production of the CDs, forcing the date to be pushed back to October 21. [Cite web
last = Montgomery
first = James
title = Girl Talk's Just Completed New LP Coming Out Thursday - MTV News
accessdate = 2008-06-23
date = 2008-06-17
url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589448/20080617/girl_talk.jhtml?] [http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/09/11/girl-talk-delays-physical-release/]

The album is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license. [Cite web
title = Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported
accessdate = 2008-08-05
url = http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]

Track listing

No samples from "Night Ripper" were reused in this album. An incomplete list of sampled tracks is included under each song. However, the CD will include a list of every sample used in the album, as follows. [Cite web
title = Girl Talk Talks To Us About Feed The Animals
accessdate = 2008-06-25
date = 2008-06-20
url = http://stereogum.com/archives/girl-talk-talks-to-us-about-feed-the-animals_010561.html]

1. "Play Your Part (Pt. 1)" - 4:45

4. "What It's All About" - 4:15 [http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/pl_music_1609]

7. "Like This" - 3:21

10. "In Step" - 3:23

13. "Don't Stop" - 2:58

14. "Play Your Part (Pt. 2)" - 3:25

References

External links

* " [http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/ Feed the Animals] " official release at Illegal Art
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* Andy Baio's [http://waxy.org/2008/09/girl_turk/ analysis] regarding songs sampled in the album.
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/144730-interview-girl-talk Interview] with Pitchfork Media