The Milk of Human Kindness

The Milk of Human Kindness
Studio album by Caribou
Released	April 18, 2005
Genre	Folktronica, electronica, neo-psychedelia
Length	40:07
Label	Leaf/Domino
Producer	Dan Snaith
Caribou chronology
Up in Flames (2003) The Milk of Human Kindness (2005) Andorra (2007)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.5/10)[3]

The Milk of Human Kindness is a 2005 album by Caribou. Caribou is the performing name of Dan Snaith who was previously known as Manitoba until he was forced to change it after a threat of a lawsuit by American punk musician Handsome Dick Manitoba of The Dictators.

While the title is a quote from Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Snaith has been quoted as saying that he read it off the back of a milk truck.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Yeti" – 5:01
2. "Subotnick" – 1:05
3. "A Final Warning" – 7:15
4. "Lord Leopard" – 1:37
5. "Bees" – 5:23
6. "Hands First" – 0:29
7. "Hello Hammerheads" – 2:42
8. "Brahminy Kite" – 5:22
9. "Drumheller" – 1:33
10. "Pelican Narrows" – 3:50
11. "Barnowl" – 5:50

Note: All songs written solely by Snaith except "Subotnick," which contains a sample from "Love on a Two-Way Street" performed by The Moments.^[5]

Singles

"Yeti"

1. Yeti - 5:01
2. The Spiritually Immature Mansion - 2:11
3. Boreal Forest Opper - 8:06

"Barnowl"

1. Barnowl - 5:50

Influence

In 2009, Seattle emcee producer Ryan Lewis sampled the song "Subotnik" for "Vipassana," the first track on their critically acclaimed project, The VS. EP.^[6]

References

External links

• Releases page on official website
• In the Mix interview with Dan Snaith