Hercules And Love Affair
by Hercules & Love Affair
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Jun 24, 2008
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 106 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 106
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 106
  3. Negative: 20 out of 106

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Awards & Rankings

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#9 Best Album of 2008
40
#40 Most Discussed Album of 2008
24
#24 Most Shared Album of 2008

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    This record is as on disco and early house's dick as much as Britpop was on The Beatles' and The Kinks'.
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  2. Dusted Magazine
    80
    Hercules and Love Affair is a sincere and sumptuous stab at the mirrorball splendor of the 1970s.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    100
    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.
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