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| 4.5 superb | AggravatedYeti | May 12th 09 |
Well looks like I misjudged another one. This lush, beautiful piece of modern dance music is nothing less than flooring. Mixing disco flair with a taste for soul and free jazz rarely used so well in modern electronica, Andrew Butler and his bandmates create a masterpiece. mixing infectious grooves, heart warming "ballads", and some straight up bangers that will get even the most rigid Jane and John shaking their asses. 'Hercules Theme' is the clear winner here, but nothing is short of amazing. It may take repeated listens but what gives 'Hercules and Love Affair' it's legs is that beyond all things, these tracks are purely danceable. Add the fact that they're gorgeous, fully realized pieces of music with a defined, interesting narrative and the singers slay -- it is pretty much that good.
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| 3.5 great | Electric City | April 4th 08 |
Not so much disco for the modern era as it is disco in the modern era, Hercules and Love Affair is Andrew Butler pretty much having a blast creating some of the catchiest music around. Sure to incite the occasional spasmodic Caucasian hump-dance, Hercules and Love Affair runs from start to finish unabashedly in groove-heaven, pimped out with horns, octave hopping bass-lines, and uhn-tiss-kaht-tiss beats out the wazoo. Featuring the more than capable voices of Antony (of "& the Johnsons" fame), solo siren Nomi, and seductive Kim Ann, Butler's record sports ten consistently charming tracks that prove monstrously entertaining. The opening quintet is absolutely dynamite, with tracks like "Hercules' Theme" and "Blind" providing quality dance music with more hooks than you can shake a stick at, and though the second half drags a bit, it doesn't lessen the overall value of the record. An extremely enjoyable effort.
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| 3.0 good | doofy | April 29th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Dylan | March 3rd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jadiel | June 20th 18 |
| 3.0 good | p4p | July 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Loois | June 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | axo | April 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoshieG | December 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 4Train | November 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | perlox | November 12th 11 |
| 2.5 average | stfrnz | August 17th 11 |
| 3.5 great | T0rr35 | August 8th 11 |
| 3.5 great | gnr61 | December 5th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | cvrcmrc | September 1st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | IAJP | July 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Smevin | February 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | pflurie | October 30th 09 |
| 3.0 good | JoRos | August 8th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Clara | February 2nd 09 |
| 3.0 good | ncherf | January 21st 09 |
| 3.0 good | doqtor | December 25th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | December 24th 08 |
| 2.5 average | natey | May 12th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | zaki151 | April 27th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | DsRaMoS | April 11th 08 |
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