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]
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 listingedit
Animal Nature track listing
No.
Title
Length
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
Referencesedit
^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.
^ abKellman, Andy. Escort – Animal Nature: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
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