Songs in the Key of Animals

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Songs in the Key of Animals
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)
Genre Rock
Length41:24
Label Merge [1]
Benji Hughes chronology
A Love Extreme
(2008)
Songs in the Key of Animals
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 57/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 4.8/10 [4]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Songs in the Key of Animals is the second studio album by American musician Benji Hughes. [6] [7] It was released in 2016 under Merge Records. [8]

Contents

Critical reception

Relix called the album "12 deliciously weird, lo-fi keyboard pop tunes, with Hughes’ restrained vocals occasionally adorned by soulful backup vocals or muted horns." [9] PopMatters wrote that "Hughes’ vast spectrum of music knowledge is showcased all over this sound safari." [10]

Track listing

Disc one (Sal)
No.TitleLength
1."Peacockin' Party"2:39
2."Girls Love Shoes"2:52
3."Shark Attack!!!!!!!!!!"2:24
4."Zebra"4:06
5."Fall Me in Love"3:28
6."Sugartree"1:58
7."Freaky Feedback Blues"3:44
Disc two (Mon)
No.TitleLength
1."Magic Summertime"3:52
2."Picnic"3:06
3."Longshot"3:50
4."Song for Nancy"5:49
5."Take You Home"3:36

An older version of the album with a different track order, minor differences to track intros/outros and one additional song was released in 2014 simultaneously with the albums XXOXOXX and OXOXOXOXOX as a 4 disc set.

Original track listing

Disc one (Sal)
No.TitleLength
1."Magic Summertime"3:54
2."Shark Attack"2:25
3."Boom Shaka La"1:58
4."Fall Me in Love"3:32
5."Girls Love Shoes"2:56
6."Peacockin' Party"2:42
Disc two (Mon)
No.TitleLength
1."? Take You Home"3:37
2."Chablis"3:17
3."Freaky Feedback Blues"3:44
4."Picnic"3:08
5."Longshot"3:54
6."Song for Nancy"5:50
7."Zebra"4:24

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