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Hercules And Love Affair
by Hercules And Love Affair


8.0

based on 18 reviews
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Official Artist Site

The debut album for the electronic group from New York.

LABEL:	Mute
RELEASE DATE:	24 June 2008
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Electronic, Dance

NOTES: Original UK release 10 Mar 2008.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

musicOMH.com

It's the big numbers, when Hegarty steps up to the microphone, that reveal Hercules And Love Affair as a project that captures not only the full range of moods on a night out on the tiles, but also the full range of human emotions from the start of a night to its end.

100

Delusions of Adequacy

This is a winner in so many different ways; the music is impeccable, the sequencing is seamless, the production inhales and exhales life and the overall sound is killer.

Pitchfork

Lush, melancholic, gregarious, generous, both precise and a little bit unhinged--this is the most original American dance album in a long while.

Prefix Magazine

Hercules & Love Affair is a testament to the great foresight and control is required in a disco producer to keep the track from lunging into an abyss of low-blow kitsch, and to be able to stimulate the ears and feet at the same time.

PopMatters

It is a uniformly odd and charming venture, traversing like-minded intricacies and prickling poetry.

Drowned In Sound

This record is as on disco and early house's dick as much as Britpop was on The Beatles' and The Kinks'.

Dusted Magazine

Hercules and Love Affair is a sincere and sumptuous stab at the mirrorball splendor of the 1970s.

New Musical Express

For now though, this is a very fine record. Not Herculean exactly, but certainly something that NME loves.

Uncut

This is inventive harkening, not witless revivalism. [Apr 2008, p.90]

Village Voice

The party holds strong into the second half, where the comedown always muddles the songwriting a little. Surprise: Antony's dramatic ululations return to rescue the trawling sonics.

Dot Music

It's a canny mix and results in Hercules And Love Affair making music for feet and heart, but also for the soul.

Mojo

Hercules And Love Affair exist in that mighty unreal demimonde where dancing and art are not mutually exclusive. [Apr 2008, p.105]

Hot Press

Hercules And Love Affair may be a party, it may be a disco, but it sure ain't no foolin' around.

Q Magazine

Hercules And Love Affair are at their best when they cut loose and damn the consequences. [Apr 2008, p.110]

Sputnikmusic

Hercules and Love Affair is a killer work from Butler, an album not meant to break down any barriers or start a revolution.

The Wire

Rarely has an album exemplified the 'body and soul' paid so much lip service in House music so willingly. [Apr 2008, p.58]

cokemachineglow

It?s 1980, honey. It?s always 1980 in here. Enjoy yourself; let yourself go.

The Guardian

While it lasts, Hercules and Love Affair sound as original and exotic as their backgrounds.

The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 29 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Einar J. gave it a7:
The album is great. However, Anthony's lyrics drench some of the songs, destroying the vitality of the beats.

Paul C gave it a7:
The more I listen to this album the more it grows on me. It's definitely overrated right now, electronic music always seems to get overly praised. That said, this album is definitely worth getting if you enjoy electronic music, or just want something different in the mix.

Brandon S. gave it an8:
Very good first listen. Iris, and Athene are the only ones I replay though.

Hein gave it a9:
This is a very good, sophisticated dance pop-album

Dejan St. gave it a9:
Amazing neo disco! It will blow you away!

Bobby K. gave it a9:
Spot on interpretation of dance music over the past 25 years, with a modern feel, and lots of genuine emotion. Sad irony is that Moby's new album made a similar attempt but is not nearly as slick.

Maxwell B. gave it an8:
If you thought Antony had strength on I am a Bird Now, Hercules and Love Affair will blow you away. It's all quality, but his tracks are the cream. A brilliant album that works on multiple levels.

Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair

Hercules And Love Affair
by Hercules And Love Affair