Blue Songs (album)

Blue Songs
Studio album by Hercules and Love Affair
Released 31 January 2011
Recorded 2009-2010
Feedback Studio
(Vienna, Austria)
Lofish Studio
(New York, USA)
Romm 5 Studios
(San Francisco, USA)
E Studios
(Berlin, Germany)
Midnight Sun
(New York, USA)
Genre Disco, House, Nu-disco, Electronica
Length 57:04
Label Moshi Moshi
Producer Andy Butler, Patrick Pulsinger
Hercules and Love Affair chronology
Hercules and Love Affair
(2008)		 Blue Songs
(2011)		 -
Singles from Blue Songs
  1. "My House"
    Released: December 13, 2010
  2. "Painted Eyes"
    Released: April 18, 2011

Blues Songs[1][2] is the second studio album by American house music group Hercules and Love Affair. It was released January 31, 2011 in the UK.[3] and was released August 16, 2011 in United States. The album features guest appearances from Bloc Party's Kele Okereke on the song "Step Up," and also includes vocal contributions from Kim Ann Foxman, Aerea Negrot and Shaun Wright.[4]

Contents

Critical Reception

Spin gave the album a score of 7/10, writing, "Blue Songs' prevailing mood is deep indigo, not ultraviolet, yet that darkness heightens and complicates. By shunning regulation house fierceness, Butler and crew offer gentle nocturnal sacrament."[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
BBC (positive)[6]
MusicOMH [7]
Guardian.co.uk [8]
Pitchfork 6.6/10[9]
Slant Magazine [10]
Spin [5]

Track listing

UK version

No. Title Length
1. "Painted Eyes"   6:02
2. "My House"   4:53
3. "Answers Come in Dreams"   5:24
4. "Leonora"   4:33
5. "Boy Blue"   5:00
6. "Blue Song"   5:38
7. "Falling"   4:54
8. "I Can't Wait"   5:55
9. "Step Up"   4:04
10. "Visitor"   4:41
11. "It's Alright"   6:00
Total length:
 57:04

US version
Disc 1

No. Title Length
1. "Painted Eyes"   6:02
2. "My House"   4:53
3. "Answers Come in Dreams"   5:24
4. "Leonora"   4:33
5. "Boy Blue"   5:00
6. "Blue Song"   5:38
7. "Falling"   4:54
8. "I Can't Wait"   5:55
9. "Step Up"   4:04
10. "Visitor"   4:41
11. "It's Alright"   6:00

Disc 2

No. Title Length
1. "My House (Stopmakingme Remix)"   6:20
2. "My House (Tensnake Remix)"   8:01
3. "My House (Derrick Carter's BHQ Voodoo Remix)"   9:05
4. "My House (Andy Butler Remix)"   5:47
5. "Painted Eyes (In Flagranti Remix)"   6:32
6. "Painted Eyes (Moonlight Matters Remix)"   5:53
7. "Painted Eyes (Wolfram Remix)"   6:16

Release history

Region Date Distributing label Format Catalog
Australia[11] 18 February 2011 Moshi Moshi CD
United Kingdom[12] 31 January 2011
United States[13] 16 August 2011

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork
  2. ^ Frontier Psychiatrist
  3. ^ Wotyougot
  4. ^ NME
  5. ^ a b Walters, Barry. Hercules and Love Affair, 'Blue Songs'. Spin.
  6. ^ Wade, Ian (January 18, 2011). "BBC review". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9v9p. 
  7. ^ Edgell, Ben. "MusicOMH review". MusicOMH. http://www.musicomh.com/albums/hercules-and-love-affair-2_0111.htm. 
  8. ^ Macpherson, Alex (January 27, 2011). "Guardian.co.uk review". Guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/27/hercules-love-affair-blue-songs. 
  9. ^ Wolk, Douglas (January 31, 2011). "Pitchfork review". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15050-blue-songs/. 
  10. ^ Henderson, Eric (January 30, 2011). "Slant review". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/hercules-and-love-affair-blue-songs/2377. 
  11. ^ http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/dance/blue-songs/632332
  12. ^ http://www.moshimoshimusic.com/releases/hercules-love-affair/blue-songs
  13. ^ http://www.pitchfork.com/news/43149-hercules-and-love-affair-reveal-painted-eyes-video-us-album-release-american-tour/
Hercules and Love Affair
Andy Butler · Nomi Ruiz · Kim Ann Foxman · Antony Hegarty
Studio albums:
Singles:
"Classique #2"/"Roar" · "Blind" · "You Belong" · "My House"  · "Painted Eyes"
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