This is a fantastic surprise and an early candidate for album of the year.

It´s an amazingly fun album to listen. Fun, deep at times, and well-done.

Decent but clearly overrated. I actually liked Antony's vocals here more than on his solo debut, but a lot of these songs start to run together, especially toward the end. Still, some great stuff, especially "Blind."

Great album... "Blind" is amazing!

I am not the biggest fan of electronic dance music but I still find this album to be hard not to stop listening to with tracks like "hercules theme" and "iris".

The fact that the tunes are worth listening to as well as dancing to make all the difference to me.. I used to hate house music or whatever they played at the disco's because they did nothing for my mind to make my body want to move. The songs which are co-produced with Antony of Antony and the Johnsons are my favorites.

It took me a few listens to get used to it. Now I like it. It's weird: I really cannot stand Antony's voice, and I utterly despise the music from Antony and the Johnsons, but whenever he's a gues vocalist, I usually like him. On DULL FLAME OF DESIRE, on the Bjork record, his voice meshes so well. And I loved it. Now here, with the unlikely electronica/disco background, it meshes well yet again. This is disco. "Hercules' Themese" is a brilliant instrumental with some backing vocalizations that sound like a woman's chorus. "Athene" is pure, cool, neon-hued fun. "Blind" is an extremely cool song, the vocal overdubs are so astounding, the music is really great too. The only misstep for me is "Iris" which fails to grab my attention. The main problem with these songs, that lurks on all but two ("Athene" and "Blind"), is that they go on for too long. Theres multiple points in the song where I caught myself saying "that would have been a good ending," but it went on. Sometimes repeating the same thing for a minute. It just gets monotonous after a while. As does the whole album. I can't listen to it in whole very often, I usually stop in the middle of "Easy." The songs don't differ enough from each other for me to sit and venture through all of its 45 minutes. Yet still, as it is, this is a very good album. I got used to it and I'm glad I did.… Expand

First of all, I am not one of those people who just read a few good reviews and on a whim bought this album. I am a fan of about roughly 60% of the artists on the DFA label, and I also really love electronic music (as I'm sure most of you do) , but I hadn't really read a bunch of the hype until I had already listened to the album. Is the hype worth the results? Hehhh..."Time Will" is just aiight, "Hercules Theme" through "Blind" is fucking awesome. "Iris and "Easy" are easily the 2 worst tracks on the album and really prevent this album from being a front-to-back classic that so many people are saying it is. Actually my favorite songs may be the last 3. "This is My Love" is my personal favorite song on the album and the only other track that competes with "Blind" just on a pure ear-candy experience. "Raise Me Up" has just wonderful vocals by Antony and "True False/Fake Real" is probably tied as my 2nd favorite song on the album, although at the beginning it sounds a lot like LCD Soundsystem, it really develops in a way I wasn't expecting. I wouldn't say this album is gonna change the face of dance music or anything like that (like Pitchfork essentially did), but besides 2 tracks, every song on here is really strong, addictive dance music with really unique and beautiful vocals. If you are already a fan of what DFA is about, you will most likely really enjoy this album.… Expand

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.

Very good first listen. Iris, and Athene are the only ones I replay though.

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.

The music isn't about the sexuality, so don't give it a lower rating because it was too "ghey". I think it's a gorgeous, organic album that the music industry needed. It was like a really classy Scissor Sisters album.

Not really following why the average user score for this is only a 6. Too many white guys who have still not got over the whole 'disco sucks' thing from 30 years ago?

What a great album. I love the transition about half-way through from technical disco ("You Belong", "Time Will") to something that's hard to describe...a slow, electrosynth version ("Iris" and "Easy") The layers of Hegarty's voice is amazing in this, and Cruz stands up fairly strong as well when being juxtaposed with a voice as unique as Hegarty's. Butler deserves all the credit in the world with the production on this, especially in "You Belong" and "Easy", which are highlights imo. Great album. My only complaint is that it gets progressively weaker after "Easy" imo.… Expand

Aweshum. The people who rated this 3 or 4 because it sounded like disco, you people are crazy. It's not really disco, it's somewhere between that and the late 80s Talking Heads. Original and fresh from start to finish. Antony's voice is fantastic. The best track, of course, is "Blind" -- give it a listen! Best album of 2008.

Great Album, very well made easy listening electronical music. But to me the only really ingenious song seems to be "You Belong" with the funkiest electronic baseline since daft punk's "Around The World" (in the chorus)

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.

The album is great. However, Anthony's lyrics drench some of the songs, destroying the vitality of the beats.

I dont understand the mixed user reviews here. There is more depth and creativity in this album than most chart artist struggle to put out in a whole career.

I think this album is complete crap. It lacks substance, none of the songs grab you and want to make you want to listen again. It's like a bad combination of The Cure and The Comunards.

Uhm... no.

I am upset that people rated this album a 4 just because it sounds a little like disco. Voting this album low won't change the music! Hercules and Love Affair do something new with their tunes, and i think most will enjoy the fun times in this album!

The most excting album since the beginning 2008! As someone said, this ain't a love affair, it's true love!

Amazing neo disco! It will blow you away!

Disco. No, I mean it, disco. Andy Butler and Antony Hegarty are bringing you brand spankin

I can't understand why this has gotten good reviews. This is annoying dance, disco with annoying singing. Yes, I am white and yes disco still sucks.

Totally boring and flat production with horrible out of tune vocals. Nothing touching or emotional. Nowhere renovational. A real drag to get through. Cant believe why this gets such good reviews. I looked very much forward to this record :-(

Poor. Nothing except for Antony and some catchy-jazzy-funky tunes. I am sorry.

Best Album of 2008! Fantastic!

I never have been able to get used to Antony's voice. The music is astounding, but the vocals will eternally irritate me. (And even if I liked his voice, it doesn't go well with dance music.)

Best album of the year, fantastic!

One of the first must have records of 2008, very very hard to fault

I bought this on the strength of the reviews on this site. Really wished I hadn't.

Sounds catchy and his voice is beautiful but this is awfully ghey stuff.

Cheesy, really really really cheesy euro techno in the worst vein. I got rid of it after one listen.

I have to disagree with the user who described Antony's voice as "...not going well with dance music." What better voice to put over new disco beats than a diverse, deep but androgynous one? He seems more at home here than with the Johnsons.

Dance revolting, enthousiastic, so 80s, 90s and yet so much fresh...music of today, the big surprise from US, sounds european project.

Wow! Great album!

An amazing album from start to finish. Such talent!

Flawless album

PITCHFORK GAVE IT A 9.1! IT MUST BE GOOD.

I don't like disco before this disc.