Animal Nature is the second album by an American nu-disco band Escort, released on October 30, 2015, through Escort Records. The album consists of ten new tracks along with "a handful of alternate edits and remixes of album cuts".[2]
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| Released | October 30, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Nu-disco | |||
| Length | 41:41 | |||
| Label | Escort | |||
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Reception edit
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10[4] |
In a review for Pitchfork, Ilana Kaplan says the album is a more polished production then the band's debut with a little less funk, moving from "funk disco into a late '70s disco/early '80s synth phase, blurring genre lines," and Escort has "hit a nostalgic sweet spot that will never grow old."[4]
Andy Kellman of AllMusic states that "Animal Nature comes across more as the work of a band than of a studio project" and contains "references to specific disco and post-disco artists and bygone production touches less obvious, a little more concealed than they are on the 2011 album." The standout track is "Body Talk", which Kellman calls "a gleaming compound of early-'80s boogie and early-'90s house."[3]
Andy Battaglia of NPR says the members of the band are "vintage dance-music precisionists" but their goal for Animal Nature "is more than just disco in a wide-eyed sound that peers out to stare down the many decades since." He also praises the album's production value, calling it "slick and stylish and light — clearly in thrall to the sound it revisits."[5]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Body Talk" | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Temptation" | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Barbarians" | 3:15 |
| 4. | "If You Say So" | 4:25 |
| 5. | "Helium" | 4:48 |
| 6. | "Animal Nature" | 4:29 |
| 7. | "My Life" | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Actor Out of Work" | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Cabaret" | 3:17 |
| 10. | "Dancer" | 6:20 |
| Total length: | 41:41 | |
References edit
- ^ Martin, Paley (October 23, 2015). "Escort Talks Modern Disco, New York City & Experiencing Your Animal Nature". Billboard.
- ^ Blistein, Jon (August 4, 2015). "Disco-Funk Group Escort Detail Long-Awaited New Album, Animal Nature". Rolling Stone.
- ^ a b Kellman, Andy. Escort – Animal Nature: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ a b Kaplan, Ilana (November 13, 2015). "Animal Nature". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ Battaglia, Andy (October 21, 2015). "Review: Escort, Animal Nature". NPR. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
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