Blue Songs - Hercules and Love Affair
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The second album for the New York-based musical group was produced with Patrick Pulsinger.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 28
  2. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Apr 28, 2011
    80
    Blue Songs nevertheless presents a level of poetic inventiveness that isn't easy to trace in the dance pantheon.
  2. Aug 19, 2011
    80
    It's filled with memorable, exceptionally played and produced electronic pop songs that are off-center yet targeted squarely at the heart.
  3. Feb 23, 2011
    80
    Blue Songs journeys as great LPS should do. [Feb 2011, p.89]
  4. Aug 19, 2011
    60
    His arrangements sometimes outshine his melodies and lyrics, though. Whereas the first album packed an emotional wallop, the enjoyment of this one is in its details.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. This album is definitely an album that fits well outside of the club. Andy Butler has a great musical mind that goes beyond one type of music. The Most interesting song from this album has probably got to be the song "step up" but the different vocalists all sound great as well. It gets a 7/10 from me because even though it was decent, it didn't push any musical boundaries or show us anything totally new or different. Collapse
  2. Hercules and Love Affair are the people responsible for one of the greatest albums of 2008 and the best debut of that year. Itâ