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Generally favorable reviews- based on 106 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 75 out of 106
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Mixed: 11 out of 106
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Negative: 20 out of 106
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MurphyNJun 22, 2009I 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!
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BibianeN.Mar 15, 2008The most excting album since the beginning 2008! As someone said, this ain't a love affair, it's true love!
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FelipeP.Mar 17, 2008Best Album of 2008! Fantastic!
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FabioM.Mar 21, 2008Best album of the year, fantastic!
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WesM.Jun 9, 2008I 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.
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MartinA.Jul 23, 2008The 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.
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CHFeb 15, 2009
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RufusH.Mar 14, 2008Wow! Great album!
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ArmenS.Mar 18, 2008An amazing album from start to finish. Such talent!
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MarkJ.Mar 23, 2008Flawless album
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mrpoopyOct 22, 2008Just try to be still and listen to this. And lyrics? You can't rate this low just because you don't like the genre. Punk Disco Awesome.
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StevenH.Mar 24, 2008This is a fantastic surprise and an early candidate for album of the year.
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MaryL.May 25, 2008It´s an amazingly fun album to listen. Fun, deep at times, and well-done.
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DejanSt.Apr 8, 2008Amazing neo disco! It will blow you away!
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JyotirmayaD.Jul 5, 2008The 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.
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MycroftW.Mar 25, 2008One of the first must have records of 2008, very very hard to fault
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BobbyK.Apr 3, 2008Spot 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.
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agourneJul 25, 2008Dance revolting, enthousiastic, so 80s, 90s and yet so much fresh...music of today, the big surprise from US, sounds european project.
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AntonyPJul 26, 2008Not 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?
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MaxMJul 4, 2009Aweshum. 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.
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SergeyA.May 24, 2008I don't like disco before this disc.
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May 28, 2011I 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.
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DiegoL.Apr 1, 2008Great album... "Blind" is amazing!
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StephenL.Jun 25, 2008I 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".
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VincentH.Mar 28, 2008
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MaxwellB.Apr 1, 2008If 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.
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BrandonS.Apr 12, 2008Very good first listen. Iris, and Athene are the only ones I replay though.
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FrankW.Mar 19, 2008Great 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)
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MattA.Apr 1, 2008Decent 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."
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Jeremy2Mar 28, 2008
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PaulCApr 16, 2008The 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.
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EinarJ.Apr 27, 2008The album is great. However, Anthony's lyrics drench some of the songs, destroying the vitality of the beats.
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Awards & Rankings
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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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Hercules and Love Affair is a sincere and sumptuous stab at the mirrorball splendor of the 1970s.
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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.