Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished

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Not long ago a young boy named Avey and his friend Panda Bear roamed the patch work which covers the land (some call it forest). They were looked upon by Pan and raised by fairies and the Angels of light who play deep within the Wood. 'Let's make the music of childhood,' Avey shouted one day as the two played. Panda thought this idea was a good one. 'I can use my magical Rythm [sic] sticks and you can play your Sun harp,' he said. So the two began to create melodies and Panda brought rythms [sic] from every direction while Avey sang. All of the songs were about wooden toys and invisible friends and filled with the light of the forest. This is the first group of songs they played.

The title is a quote uttered by Mr. Magoo in Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol .

Songs from this album have occasionally been performed live in the following years. "Chocolate Girl" was re-worked for performances during 2008. The final passages of "Alvin Row" were performed frequently on the 2016–2017 tour and Avey Tare performed a solo version of "La Rapet" on electric guitar during a livestream in June 2020.

Track listing

Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2000
RecordedMay – September 1999
StudioPistol Ring
Genre
Length60:38
Label Animal
Avey Tare chronology
Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished
(2000)
Danse Manatee
(2001)
No.TitleLength
1."Spirit They've Vanished"5:35
2."April and the Phantom"5:53
3.Untitled2:58
4."Penny Dreadfuls"7:58
5."Chocolate Girl"8:28
6."Everyone Whistling"1:00
7."La Rapet"7:52
8."Bat You'll Fly"5:03
9."Someday I'll Grow to Be as Tall as the Giant"3:10
10."Alvin Row"12:39
Total length:60:38
2023 remaster additional tracks (A Night at Mr. Raindrop's Holistic Pharmacy EP)
No.TitleLength
1."An An Angel"6:34
2."Untitled #1"6:49
3."Bus Travel New York Tare My Face Off pt. 1"4:28
4."Dreams"5:12
5."Bus Travel New York Tare My Face Off pt. 2"3:12
Total length:26:15

There has been some confusion about the album's track listing. On the original, limited release, the untitled track #3 was not listed along with the other songs. Since the track listing gave no corresponding track numbers to the rest of the songs, it was incorrectly assumed that tracks #3–9 were actually titled as tracks #4–10 are here, and that "Alvin Row" had no title. This error appears in nearly every review of Spirit following its initial release in 2000. The 2003 FatCat reissue cleared up this misunderstanding by numbering the songs and leaving a blank space for track #3.

There is also some confusion in regards to the true title of the complementary EP released with the 2023 Domino Recording Company reissue, A Night at Mr. Raindrop's Holistic Pharmacy, due to issues regarding pressing and labeling which caused the EP to be improperly titled A Night at Mr. Raindrop's Holistic Supermarket.

Personnel

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