| Artist |
Hercules & Love Affair |
| Album Title: |
The Feast Of The Broken Heart |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronica/Dance: Club Dance |
| Format |
Vinyl (2) |
| Released |
09/16/2014 |
| Label |
Big Beat |
| Catalog No |
543939-1 |
| Bar Code No |
0 75678 67237 8 |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| The Feast Of The Broken Heart (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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Hercules Theme 2014 (2:58)
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| A2.
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My Offence (4:04)
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| A3.
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I Try To Talk To You (4:12)
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| B1.
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That's Not Me (4:40)
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| B2.
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Think (3:36)
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| The Feast Of The Broken Heart (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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5:43 To Freedom (6:03)
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| A2.
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The Light (5:22)
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| B1.
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Liberty (4:42)
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| B2.
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Do You Feel The Same? (4:42)
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| B3.
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The Key (4:39)
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| Date Acquired |
09/01/2018 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Insound |
| Purchase Price |
11.50 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Includes a download card and a color credit sheet / insert.
The centre labels show the playing speed as 45 RPM but the discs are actually mastered at 33⅓ RPM.
The hype sticker shows a different catalog number to the centre labels & jacket.
℗ © 2014 Andrew Butler under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Artwork – Marianne Vlaschits
Design – Alexander Nussbaumer
Engineer, Mixed By, Producer – Ha-Ze Factory
Mastered By – RCE
Performer – Gustaph, John Grant, Krystle Warren, Mark Pistel, Rouge Mary
Photography By [Group Shot] – Benjamin Alexander Huseby
Producer, Performer – Andrew Butler
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-91712
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-91713
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-91714
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-91715
Mixed At – Microthol Studio
Mastered At – R.E.M. Sound
Published By – Aio Boogie Publishing
Published By – Blue Mountain Music Ltd.
Published By – Showpony Music Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Andrew Butler
Copyright (c) – Andrew Butler
Licensed To – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): ST-AT-543939 A-1 S-91712 REM-RCE
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): ST-AT-543939 B-1 S-91713
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): ST-AT-543939 C-1 S-91714 REM-RCE
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): ST-AT-543939 D-1 S-91715
Barcode (Sticker on shrink- covering jacket barcode): 0 75679 93736 0
Barcode (Printed on jacket): 0 75678 67237 8
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman:
The Feast of the Broken Heart and 2011's Blue Songs are more dissimilar than their titles indicate. Andy Butler retains writing and production partner Mark Pistel but otherwise refreshes his house syndicate with new collaborators and voices. Viennese production duo Haze Factory, who previously remixed Butler and Shaun J. Wright's "Forever More" and were a highlight of Butler's 2012 DJ-Kicks set, are added to the mix. The lead vocalists -- a couple of whom crossed paths with Butler at Hercules & Love Affair shows -- are all new. Butler and his co-producers concoct a similarly lean album that could fit on one side of a 90-minute cassette, but the edges and moods are much sharper than those of Blue Songs. There are fewer subtleties. The tough and mechanical "My Offence," the first proper song, begins with Krystle Warren pointedly asking, with elegant muscularity, "Are you talking to me? My name isn't 'girl'." Like the majority of what follows, it's an aggressive track that recalls early house music, as well as a fully developed song. Other cuts temper the smacking drums with finer details -- piano trills, string sweetening, and basslines that burble into play and then vanish. Two such songs are greatly enhanced with lead vocals from John Grant, whose presence might come as a shock for those who haven't heard the first couple tracks off his Pale Green Ghosts; the choice to involve him was as smart as seeking Antony Hegarty, another dance music outsider, for "Blind." On the trucking "I Try to Talk to You," Grant is just above a purr, coolly offering "I could've taught you how to love yourself," while the slightly acidic "Liberty" reaches a peak when he belts "You can be free" out of pained resignation rather than encouragement. Gustaph and Rouge Mary also prove to be ideal foils for Butler, who still makes his songs tight, powerful, and optimally shaped.
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