Feed the Animals
Encyclopedia
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.
, 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." 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". 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.
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 8 July 2011, the album can be purchased as an MP3 download from Amazon.com for $5.99. No Girl Talk albums are currently in the iTunes Store catalog.
The album is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial license
.
Girl Talk (musician)
Gregg Michael Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician specializing in mashups and digital sampling. Gillis has released five LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles....
(Gregg Gillis), released on Illegal Art
Illegal Art
Illegal Art is a sampling label that was started by a person using the name Philo T. Farnsworth in 1998. The label was instantly launched to infamy with the legal threats surrounding Deconstructing Beck, a compilation made exclusively from sampling Beck's music. This was followed by two other...
in 2008. It is composed almost entirely of samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
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.
Release
Girl Talk's record label, Illegal ArtIllegal Art
Illegal Art is a sampling label that was started by a person using the name Philo T. Farnsworth in 1998. The label was instantly launched to infamy with the legal threats surrounding Deconstructing Beck, a compilation made exclusively from sampling Beck's music. This was followed by two other...
, presently sells the album in a fashion similar to Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
's release of their 2007 album In Rainbows
In Rainbows
In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was first released on 10 October 2007 as a digital download self-released, that customers could order for whatever price they saw fit, followed by a standard CD release in most countries during the last week of 2007. The...
– 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." 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". However, those who pay $5 can access FLAC
FLAC
FLAC is a codec which allows digital audio to be losslessly compressed such that file size is reduced without any information being lost...
files and a one-file seamless mp3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
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.
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
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
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
Blender (magazine)
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....
magazine named Feed the Animals as the #2 best album of 2008, behind only Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III
Tha Carter III
Tha Carter III is the sixth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne, released June 10, 2008 on Cash Money Records. It follows a long string of mixtape releases and guest appearances on other hip hop and R&B artists records, helping to increase his exposure in the mainstream...
. In Australia, the album debuted at #83.
As of 8 July 2011, the album can be purchased as an MP3 download from Amazon.com for $5.99. No Girl Talk albums are currently in the iTunes Store catalog.
The album is licensed under a Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
Attribution-Noncommercial license
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. The licenses differ by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution. They were initially released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S...
.
Track Listing
- "Play Your Part (Pt. 1)" - 4:45
- "Shut the Club Down" - 3:07
- "Still Here" - 3:57
- "What It's All About" - 4:15
- "Set It Off" - 3:42
- "No Pause" - 3:12
- "Like This" - 3:21
- "Give Me A Beat" - 4:12
- "Hands in the Air" - 4:20
- "In Step" - 3:23
- "Let Me See You" - 4:04
- "Here's the Thing" - 4:46
- "Don't Stop" - 2:58
- "Play Your Part (Pt. 2)" - 3:25
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| ARIA Australian Albums Chart | 83 |
External links
- Feed the Animals official release at Illegal ArtIllegal ArtIllegal Art is a sampling label that was started by a person using the name Philo T. Farnsworth in 1998. The label was instantly launched to infamy with the legal threats surrounding Deconstructing Beck, a compilation made exclusively from sampling Beck's music. This was followed by two other...
- Andy Baio's analysis regarding songs sampled in the album
- Interview with Pitchfork MediaPitchfork MediaPitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
- Further analysis from Andy Baio, including comparison of latest samples listed on the album's Wikipedia article vs. the official "Source Material" list from the CD release of Feed the Animals
- Amazon MP3 Album
- Feed The Animals Samples, a web-based music player for the album with a synchronized readout of the samples.
- User-editable breakdown of samples and timings for Feed the Animals