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- Summary: This is the second full-length studio release for the New York neo-disco/funk band founded by producers Eugene Cho and Dan Balis.
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- Record Label: Escort
- Genre(s): R&B, House, Alternative Dance, Alternative R&B, Neo-Disco
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| We alone say it so I'm going out of my head and out of control To make it so My love, my love, my love Will you whisper those Same words just so I... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 4 out of 9
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Mixed: 5 out of 9
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UncutOct 29, 2015Such self-conscious nostalgia is stifling at times, but the best tracks transcend retro pastiche. [Dec 2015, p.71]
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Nov 2, 2015Its base is the four original songs the band self-released on singles during 2013 and 2014, and each one is represented here, with the references to specific disco and post-disco artists and bygone production touches less obvious, a little more concealed than they are on the 2011 album.
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Nov 4, 2015The band's touch with songcraft, as opposed to groove science, is less sure. But they do have a way with a cover.
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Oct 29, 2015A solid offering that could have been improved by swapping some of the remixes for the originals.
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Nov 2, 2015Inevitably, some of the studio tracks suffer by comparison; you can imagine Barbarians as an irresistible call to arms in a Brooklyn basement, but it falls a little flat here. But there’s nifty production work elsewhere.
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Q MagazineOct 29, 2015Second time around their disco shtick remains paramount but they've added traditional songwriting craft. [Dec 2015, p.106]
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Oct 30, 2015By playing it too safe, Animal Nature isn’t worth recommending. It’s just sort of fine and that won’t cut it.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Nov 18, 2015
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