Less Than Human - The Juan MacLean
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Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest DFA artist to create a buzz in the music press is former Six Finger Satellite guitarist John Maclean, whose "Less Than Human" is his full-length debut as The Juan Maclean.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Overflows with ebullient beats that are both booming and bizarre. [29 Jul 2005, p.68]
  2. 80
    Live drums and guitars give it a feeling of anarchic playfulness. [Aug 2005, p.101]
  3. A record of sonic maturity and real beauty. [2 Jul 2005, p.64]
  4. This is a rather stronger record than [Daft Punk's] on the whole, even if it likewise suffers from flaws in execution.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. jyotirmayad
    10
    Simply awesome! One of the 10 Best CDs of 2005 so far.
  2. TerrenceO
    8
    While far from flawless, and to be honest not particularly interesting Less Than Human is tons of danceable fun. And thats all it aims for. Unlike many of his DFA labelmates The Juan Maclean aims for pure floor pounding dance party inducing euphoric fun, which is why this album is (at least on initial listen) less of a let down than many other DFA releases have been. All squigly synths, booming bass, catchy melodies and the occasional dead pan vocal Juan Maclean pretty much lived up to the hype and my expectations. Blast this on a saturday night in your loft with all your yuppie hipster friends like it was intended... I'll have to be content with listening to it on my head phones on my painfully long commute. Expand
  3. aland
    6
    no cut on this album rises above "give me every little thing." worse, the rest of the tracks just sort of mush together and all i could think of when it was over was that it was totally unremarkable. Expand
  4. TimK
    2
    This album stinks like a outhouse. Let's face it, even though we all want to love the synth, the sytnh sounds like poop.

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