Hercules And Love Affair
by Hercules And Love Affair

Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-03-10
Overall rank: 4,006th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 99 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (57th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (680th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,006th)

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Hercules And Love Affair is ranked as the best album by Hercules And Love Affair.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 4,006th | 2000s rank: 680th | 2008 rank: 57th
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2026 covecoveTop 90 Music Albums of 200843/903
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200854/1002
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 200845/1003
2026 paladisiactop 65r albums (65), #0301-0400*77/78 -
2025skrapoelTop 44 Music Albums of 200839/441
2025Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 200824/503
2025 EyeKanFlyTop 66 Music Albums of 200822/663
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 200814/1004
2025MaxStorm98Top 49 Music Albums of 200834/492
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 200859/1002
2025WallerandTop 59 Music Albums of 200843/591
2025 ERadioTop 40 Music Albums of 200835/401
2025HyggevinylTop 59 Music Albums of 200836/592
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200886/1001
2025chavaloricardinTop 71 Music Albums of the 2000s52/716
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 200830/1004
2024cicadelicRolling Stone Argentina Los 50 mejores discos de 20096/50 -
2024 paladisiac2000s 65rating (65.42-65), #001-100*19/21 -
2024 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 200845/1003
2024cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 200823/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 95
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 361
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 99 votes)
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05/14/2025 01:15 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,88274/100
 
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10/08/2024 22:59 fabberz  Ratings distribution  74386/100
 
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05/06/2024 22:40 javicho07  Ratings distribution  3,07981/100
 
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09/06/2023 14:54 chavaloricardin  Ratings distribution  48174/100
 
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03/08/2023 20:22 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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70/100
From 02/05/2019 23:28 | #231427
Fantastic DFA sound, but it really lacks outside of the standout tracks.
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60/100
From 12/31/2013 04:25 | #99327
Blind is a fantastic song with energetic instrumentation, passionate vocals, and slick melodies. I'd say the other tracks also share these traits, but to a much lesser extent. Still enjoyable the whole way through though.
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65/100
From 06/28/2012 16:07 | #45533
Antony's voice was made for this. His crooning voice paired with Kim Ann Foxman's can really put the sparkle into the disco ball. Blind, You Belong (where Antony is near-breathtaking) and Raise Me Up are the stand out tracks with appropriate songwriting by the mastermind of the project, Andrew Butler. Hearty basslines, keyboards and horns fill out the juiciest morsels of dancefloor delights.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/24/2011 13:55 | #26595
Antony's locals work amazingly on this. It's nice to know he can do the folksy stuff, but still do a disco-dance song, and make both work. Blind is the obvious best track, but other good ones include Hercules Theme & You Belong.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 04/05/2010 16:59 | #10333
yessss Antony vocals are really good.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 04/05/2010 06:39 | #10318
:O OKay, I'll give it another shot. Maybe I've grown! Update: There's no denying the talent here, and it is toe tapping, but it's still 80s disco. Best is whenever Antony is singing.
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95/100
From 04/04/2010 18:37 | #10307
wrong freddie ! this is what's called a "genius touch", that mix between Disco and electronic/house could've at 99% just ridiculous, but Hecules and love affair is precisely in the 1% left.
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70/100
From 12/23/2009 03:17 | #7813
Antony sounds much better here than on The Crying Light but disco died in 1978 and should have stayed dead. Soul sucking zombies!
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