Discovery

I cannot emphasize enough how spectacular this 5-star album is. How much creativity and effort is poured into every single one of these tracks. To me, this is the album that defines Daft Punk - Melodious vocals, well placed beats, perfect timing, and unique musical ideas. One More Time, Aerodynamic, Digital Love, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Something About Us, Voyager, Short Circuit, Face to Face, and Too Long are all quite exceptional tracks, and none of the other songs are mediocre enough to be labeled album filler. Let's get right to the song by song analysis: 1. One More Time - 5/5 Stars. This track is absolutely classic. A shimmering music track with perfectly timed vocals and beats. Very fun to dance to. It doesn't matter if you're a techno fan or not. No one can dislike this song. 2. Aerodynamic - 5/5 Stars. A remarkable track. Very well put together, with an interesting sound and very rapid notes. This song is very creative, and takes on an almost magical sound from 2:30 to the end. This song is extremely cool. Not one of Daft Punks most famous tracks but it should be. 3. Digital Love - 5/5 Stars. Catchy, well timed beat. Cute vocals. Cute lyrics. This is a very feel-good song. Like Aerodynamic, the track gets more and more awesome as the song progresses. At 3:25 a crazy guitar riff is added, giving the song a wild climax to 4:25. Then the song cools down to a peaceful ending. 4. Harder Better Faster Stronger- 5/5 Stars. Probably one of Daft Punks most famous songs, and for good reason. This song is perfectly timed with progressive vocals and an irresistible beat. Extremely fun to dance to. It's also fun to see how long you can keep up with the vocals before you run out of breath. It's hard to describe what makes this track so epic. You just have to hear it. 5. Crescendolls - 4/5 Stars for techno fans, 3/5 Stars for casual audiences. There's only one word to describe this track: weird. But if you're like me and love music that is creative to the point of strangeness, you will enjoy this track. More casual listeners, however, will think this sounds pretty nasty. This one's harder to dance to. This song is good, but not on the same tier as the first four tracks, and probably too weird for many people. 6. Nightvision - 4/5 Stars. There's nothing wrong with this song, except it doesn't feel complete. Well under two minutes long, it doesn't feel like a song. It is also quite un-danceable. To its credit, it is well put together and very soothing to listen to. Again, no real complaint here, just not as epic as the first four tracks. 7. Superheroes - 4/5 Stars. A good track. Steady beat. Well timed. Danceable. However, the lyrics are extremely repetitive, which isn't a problem for me, but take it down a notch from the awesome vocals in One More Time, Digital Love, and Harder Better Faster Stronger. Altogether, a solid track, but not outstanding. 8. High Life - 4/5 Stars for techno fans, 3/5 Stars for casual listeners. Same story as Crescendolls. A high pitched voice shouting BAAAM, BUUUM, BAAAM, BUUM over and over. This song is just silly. But, as a fan of creatively weird techno I still enjoy listening to it. 9. Something About Us - 5/5 Stars. A sublime, relaxing song with touching vocals. Like Nightvision, not a danceable song. I love this track. Like Digital Love, it shows that techno can make love songs too, and good ones at that. 10. Voyager - 5/5 Stars. This song is delightful. A distorted bassline under a shimmering track. At 2:16 a quick xylophone-ish note progression is added, meshing perfectly with the first two musical elements. Not very danceable, but overall as good as the first four tracks. 11.Veridis Quo - 4/5 Stars. Similar to Nightvision, only a complete song. It progresses very slowly, but very naturally, and grows more and more complex. Soothing to listen to, but not danceable. A great track. 12. Short Circuit- 5/5 Stars for techno fans, 3/5 stars for casual listeners. Excellent song from 0:00-1:40. The first 1:40 is great for breakdancing and extremely catchy. Then the song slows down, to a riff that grows more and more distorted until the song ends. Near the end the track gets very choppy. Casual listeners will hate this part. As a techno fan I find this intriguing and melodious in its own way. Very creative, very catchy at the beginning and very interesting at the end. 13. Face to Face - 5/5 Stars. Brilliant. Creative. Great vocals. Fascinating beat. I would go as far as to call this the best song in the album. The music is all over the place, but somehow makes something perfectly harmonious. We then move on to great vocals with a steady beat in the background. The song also has an interesting message to it, but I'll leave the lyrical interpretation to you. I wish this song was a lot longer. It feels like the ending is way too early, especially for a techno song. I think Daft Punk should've extended this song another 2 minutes. But as it stands, it's still an absolutely brilliant, catchy, danceable song. 14.Too Long - 5/5 Stars. Well, it's a 10:00 minute song called "Too Long." The question stands- is this song literally too long, or is it 10 minutes of quality music? I would say the latter. It has a natural progression with great vocals and an interesting message. When the beat finally kicks in at 1:38 its very catchy and danceable. The music gradually swells, ebbs, and changes, over the duration of the song, but remains interesting and catchy. An excellent end to the album that is certainly not too long. Discovery is a shining gem among techno albums. Even if you're not much of a techno head, you'll find a great deal of these songs enjoyable. This is the best $9.49 I've spent in my life, but you're making a huge mistake if you leave this page without downloading "Face to Face" at the very least. Thanks for reading!

One of Daft Punk's best albums in my opinion.

The first time I heard this album(Last December) I didn't like it, I even thought it was trash, but now it's one of my favorites. It really is a masterpiece.

I just got wind of the vinyl resurgence after living in a cave the past 10-12 years or so. I had vinyl in the past but had maybe 8-10 records and a really bad combo player with cassette, 8 track, and a automatic record player. Anyway this daft punk album excellent. The pressing is pristine- ultra pristine too bad it won’t stay that way. I think it might be a bit better than random access memories but RAM is very well mastered. Great beats on this one - this was a good “discovery”. Haha could help myself. Been on the fence about getting back into it. I had just upgraded to a bit of a midfi system - elac unifi ub5 - with Yamaha r-n803 reciever and a Sony cd changer. I flipped back and forth on this vinyl business - finally I saw this daft punk on sale for tad over 10 dollars. Perfect re-gateway into vinyl. I just got my turntable literally today (lp120xusb) and this albums pressing is fantastic- oh boy it is quiet. Just one or two minor pops and clicks or it coulda been my imagination. It was quiet which also says a lot for the LP120xusb. It is soooo quiet that motor. It’s like it isn’t even on. I did find like a curled up piece of plastic vinyl - prob from the pressing. Great beats - excellent pressing — can’t go wrong with daft punk. Edit 9/13/19 this record sounds so good I forget I’m listening to vinyl cuz it sounds like a CD or hi res stream.

Now this is interesting. Apparently these guys have been famous for quite a while, yet somehow I'd never heard of them. All that was remedied recently though. When I heard that Leiji Matsumoto had created a full-length animated feature with stunning animation based on an ablum by Daft Punk, I just had to check it out. While my opinion of that excellent piece of animation is mixed (I just didn't dig the story or think most of it matched the songs all that well), it did something to me. It made me buy the album it was based on "Discovery". Wow. In this case, it seemed more like the music video was just a distraction than an extension of the music. When I first started listening to the album I thought it was okay, but as I progressed through it, listening to the songs in order, and then repeating some just to hear them one more time, I got HOOKED. It's hard to describe. I love electronic music and techno and all that sort of thing, but this is different. The voices and music are all really just toyed with by the musical artists in these songs. Everything is just a way to get you into a feeling, of a rhythm, or a beat. The more you hear the songs, they more they grow on you, the more you get into them, the more you like them, the more you listen to them. Take that song "One more time". That song is downright addictive! The beat is so infectious that I found I absolutely had to move to the song while I was listening to it. Ditto for the next three tracks. "Aerodynamic" is amazing because it uses electric guitar like a piano player uses his keyboard, not just for show, but to extend and play with a melody, finally turning it into a music-box version of itself before transforming into my favorite song on the album "Digital Love". I love that song. It's just so incredibly upbeat, happy, and beautiful. I love that song. A lot of people really love the next one, "Harder, better, faster, stronger". I didn't care for it at first, but it grows on you, to the point where I love it too now. My other favorite tracks include "Nightvision", "Superheroes" (why do I actually think of comic book superheroes when I hear that song?), and "Voyager". This may be an acquired taste, but it's definitely a taste I'm glad I acquired. If you dig electronic music in general you should check it out. Just keep an open mind. This more than just more of the same repetitive techno/electronica you've heard. This is beautiful, original, and unique music. Great stuff. Give it a try.

classico.

I may have been unlucky, but the LP I received appears to be defective or possibly not a legitimate pressing. It skips repeatedly in several sections, making it difficult to listen to. This seems like a quality control issue, likely due to mass production, but the result is a disappointing listening experience.

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ワン・モア・タイムでダフトパンクに出会いこのアルバムに行き着きました。 流石!ダフトパンクらしいアルバムです。 お勧めの曲はToo Longです10:00とゆう長い曲ですがこれはガチで良い曲です

Ich habe die CD so oft gehört, dass der Laser schon Rillen reingerannt hat. Und das mache ich jetzt so mit der Schallplatte. Hört sich wirklich gut an :)