Daft Punk - Discovery - £1.82 Delivered @ Amazon / Zoverstocks (Used / Very Good)
Great Album and well worth £1.80
Starting off with the irresistibly hummable "One More Time," Daft Punk's second album, Discovery, blows through a head-spinning array of styles and samples, creating a pop culture stew of funky loops and dance floor anthems, while displaying the characteristics of a million other artists. The keyboard noodlings of Jean Michel-Jarre are in there somewhere, along with the otherworldly imagery and giant hooks of 1970s rock icons like Boston or Electric Light Orchestra. There are dashes of 1999-era Prince and oodles of new wave/disco, from Gary Numan to The Bee Gees, all set off with efficient house beats. "Aerodynamic" eschews breakbeats for a guitar interlude that somehow ends up meshing in a crazy blend of stomping basslines and hyped-up harmonics. "Digital Love" starts off silly and gets sillier, but the monosyllabic lyrics serve to lull the senses enough for the song's summery groove to grab hold with authority. "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is the definitive salvo in the dance floor retro/vocoder battle that began in earnest with Cher's Believe, spinning a clever groove around an ever-escalating string of computerized seduction. Everywhere on the record, gigantic beats are dropped with pinpoint precision, giving songs momentum that transforms repetitive melodies into sudden revelations. The record's only mis-step, the aptly-named "Short Circuit" utilizes a keyboard riff that is nails-on-a-chalkboard awful, but it can't keep this from being one of the best records of 2001
Track Listings
1. One More Time
2. Aerodynamic
3. Digital Love
4. Harder Better Faster Stronger
5. Crescendolls
6. Nightvision
7. Superhereos
8. High Life
9. Something About Us
10. Voyager
11. Veridis Quo
12. Short Circuit
13. Face To Face
14. Too Long
All Comments (26)
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great great album
Could this be my understanding
It's not your fault I was being too demanding
I must admit it's my pride that made me distant
All because I hoped that you'd be someone different
There's not much I know about you
Fear will always make you blind
But the answer is in clear view
It's amazing what you'll find on HUKD!
This was my very first album. Bought it the day it was released.
Edited By: montblanc on Sep 04, 2012 17:19
From memory, I would have thought at least half of this album would be some extremely laid back dancing... I do quite like the album though.
You skip past nightvision and superheroes!?!?!?
One of the finest albums ever made by the way, one of those you can listen from start to finish, voyager being my personal favourite.
mate you need to listen to track 14 - too long