Hercules & Love Affair - Blue Songs (2011)
BAND/ARTIST: Hercules & Love Affair
- Title: Answers Come in Dreams
- Year Of Release: 2011
- Label: Moshi Moshi
- Genre: House, Synth-pop, Disco
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 56:47.440
- Total Size: 358 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
On Blue Songs, the lineup of Andy Butler's Hercules & Love Affair is filled out with stable member Kim Ann Foxman, Mark Pistel (Consolidated, Meat Beat Manifesto), Shaun J. Wright, and Aerea Negrot, while several others -- including co-producer Patrick Pulsinger and well-suited guest vocalist Kele Okereke -- also contribute. The album, as indicated by its title, is subdued compared to the group’s self-titled full-length from 2008. Even the busier, uptempo songs seem intended for home listening rather than club play; they’re relatively slender and tickle the ears rather than grab the whole body like “Blind.” This allows the group’s pop element, somewhat overlooked on the debut, to shine through a little more, best heard in the spongy, rippling “Leonora.” Some listeners might be so thrown that they’ll have to take a considerable portion of the album, including the partially acoustic, wholly atmospheric ballad “Boy Blue,” as the work of a completely different group. While it might not pack the punch of the debut and ends on a bum note (where Sterling Void's 1989 house classic “It’s Alright” is recast as a placid ballad), Blue Songs is an excellent album in its own right. It's filled with memorable, exceptionally played and produced electronic pop songs that are off-center yet targeted squarely at the heart. [The U.S. version adds three bonus tracks, including a cover of the xx's "Shelter," as well as a second disc of remixes.]
1.01 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Aerea Negrot - Painted Eyes (6:02)
1.02 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Shaun J. Wright - My House (4:51)
1.03 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Aerea Negrot - Answers Come in Dreams (5:23)
1.04 - Hercules & Love Affair - Leonora (4:30)
1.05 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Shaun J. Wright - Boy Blue (5:00)
1.06 - Hercules & Love Affair - Blue Song (5:37)
1.07 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Shaun J. Wright - Falling (4:54)
1.08 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Kim Ann Foxman - I Can't Wait (5:53)
1.09 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Kele Okereke - Step Up (4:01)
1.10 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Aerea Negrot - Visitor (4:38)
1.11 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Kim Ann Foxman - It's Alright (6:00)
1.01 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Aerea Negrot - Painted Eyes (6:02)
1.02 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Shaun J. Wright - My House (4:51)
1.03 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Aerea Negrot - Answers Come in Dreams (5:23)
1.04 - Hercules & Love Affair - Leonora (4:30)
1.05 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Shaun J. Wright - Boy Blue (5:00)
1.06 - Hercules & Love Affair - Blue Song (5:37)
1.07 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Shaun J. Wright - Falling (4:54)
1.08 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Kim Ann Foxman - I Can't Wait (5:53)
1.09 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Kele Okereke - Step Up (4:01)
1.10 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Aerea Negrot - Visitor (4:38)
1.11 - Hercules & Love Affair feat. Kim Ann Foxman - It's Alright (6:00)
House | Dance | Disco | FLAC / APE
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