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8.5
99002
8.5 |
The 405
This is music that can offer everything, but demands nothing. That's no small feat for dance music in the howling maw of 2017
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8.0
98980
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Dance musicians who care deeply about dance music
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8.0
98914
8.0 |
Mixmag
A serious, grown-up dance record for serious times. Let’s dance
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8.0
98930
8.0 |
DIY
It might not provide the answers to the world’s ills, but it delves into them with an honest readiness
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8.0
98886
8.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s a warm, infectious journey, which like all the best disco albums transforms the club into the church and the dance floor the confessional burst wide open to receive forgiveness and the communion of joy
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8.0
98887
8.0 |
musicOMH
Omnion runs determinedly in Butler’s own unique direction, mixing decadence and daring and making for something rather special
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8.0
98890
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
Hercules and Love Affair’s Omnion is polished, precise, and familiar-sounding, but it’s also indelibly soulful
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8.0
98891
8.0 |
The Guardian
Relapse and recovery on the dancefloor
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8.0
98892
8.0 |
Mojo
As ever, Butler weaves these disparate ups and downs without visible joins. Print edition only
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7.8
99042
7.8 |
Resident Advisor
Compared to the brash and muscular disco we're used to from Butler, the soft strings and electronics he surrounds them with feel wavering and almost uncertain
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7.7
98991
7.7 |
Pitchfork
Delivers the subtle genre pivot that was so needed to reinvigorate their standing as the elder gatekeepers of club music history
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7.0
98893
7.0 |
Uncut
A cast of colourful characters liven up Butler's familiar mix of Chicago muscle and diva house. Print edition only
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7.0
98888
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
A classy, passionate homage to dance music history
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7.0
99060
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Hercules & Love Affair is still “disco,” but Butler has some surprises up his sleeve
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6.0
98894
6.0 |
Q
Shows a continuing talent for both dynamite house beats and reframing idiosyncratic vocalists. Print edition only
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6.0
99035
6.0 |
State
With a bit more left on the cutting room floor this good record could almost be touching greatness
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6.0
98935
6.0 |
The FT
Andy Butler’s ear for dance music styles is to the fore while Rouge Mary is a punkish gospel-house shouter
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6.0
98957
6.0 |
The Observer
Clean-living club bangers
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5.0
98889
5.0 |
Exclaim
Omnion is Hercules and Love Affair's most mature album, but people have never turned to this group for introspective ballads. Now it's obvious why
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4.0
98997
4.0 |
God Is In The TV
On the evidence of this, Hercules And Love Affair are a far better idea than musical prospect at the moment. Most every track feels like an opportunity missed
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