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Less Than Human (Digipak) (CD)

By: The Juan Maclean (Artist)
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DISC 1 for Less Than Human (Digipak) (CD) Album By The Juan Maclean (Artist)
1   AD2003  
2   Shining Skinned Friend
3   Give Me Every Thing
4   Tito's Way
5   Love Is In The Air
6   In The Afternoon
7   My Time Is Running Out
8   Crush The Liberation
9   Dance With Me
 
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Review

Spin (p.98) - "[B]oth in their machine-tooled music and their album title, they one-up Daft Punk by letting the robots win." - Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly (No. 831, p.68) - "Boasting production from New York's impossibly hip dance-rock wizards the DFA, this debut album overflows with ebullient beats that are both booming and bizarre." Grade: A minus
Uncut (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Melancholia and paranoia float on superficially kitschy synth riffs....A startling album."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.62) - Ranked #6 in Mojo's "2005 Dance/Electronic Albums Of The Year."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[L]ive drums and guitars give it a feeling of anarchic playfulness."

Title Note

The Juan Maclean: The Juan Maclean (vocals, various instruments).

Additional personnel: James Murphy , Nancy Whang (vocals); Jerry Fuchs, Nick Atocha (drums).

One of the brightest lights in Brooklyn's dance-punk-directed DFA stable (alongside the Rapture and LCD Soundsystem), the Juan Maclean throws a layered, sophisticated, and truly impressive electro-groove party on their 2005 full-length debut. As its preceding DFA singles had indicated, the Juan Maclean exhumes the "so-square-it's-funky" computerized sound of '80s Kraftwerk, adding to it 21st century IDM, heady, Eno-esque ambience, and the driving, get-down vibe of George Clinton's P-Funk. The unique combination should push all the right buttons for fans of electronica, New Wave, and club-oriented dance music.

Over nine tracks LESS THAN HUMAN encompasses Krautrock-inspired trance ("Shining Skinned Friend"), sleek Euro-pop ("My Time is Running Out"), early-'80s NYC No Wave a la Liquid Liquid ("Crush the Liberation"), and ecstatically fierce dance grooves ("Give Me Every Little Thing"-- the album's indisputable highlight). The expertly crafted "funky robot" vibe holds these directions together, as does the DFA's impeccable production. Crisp polyrhythms, slinky bass, handclaps, bells, whistles, layered vocals, and the veritable universe of keys and synthesized sounds are arranged so artfully that LESS THAN HUMAN is as tantalizing for the mind as it is for the listener's shaking hips.

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