People (Animal Collective EP)

People is the second EP by American experimental pop band Animal Collective, released in October 2006.

The cover originally depicted a "mammy" illustration that was removed for the EP's 2020 digital reissue.

Reviewing the EP for Rolling Stone, Christian Howard praised "Tikwid" but dismissed the rest of the record as "weirder and less memorable, as the band dives into the ether and works up head-trip beauty without giving much to latch on to.

[1] In 2020, as a large majority of their back catalogue was to be added to Bandcamp, the band decided to change the artwork for the EP, citing its inclusion of a "racist stereotype", and pledged to donate future royalties from the EP to the Equal Justice Initiative.

In a newsletter to fans, they wrote: "There is no way to excuse using a 'mammy' on our artwork, and so we have decided to remove it.