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Discovery
by Daft Punk


9.4

based on 18 reviews
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The French electronica band returns with its long-awaited follow-up to its hit 1998 debut, Homework.

LABEL:	Virgin
RELEASE DATE:	13 March 2001
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Electronic, Dance

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

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Q Magazine

No moment of Discovery is left unfilled with an idea, a sonic joke, a spark of brilliance.... a towering, persuasive tour de force which ultimately transcends the dance label.

New Musical Express

Daft Punk have pulled off a brilliant wheeze by re-inventing the mid-'80s as the coolest pop era ever. And not even the officially approved retro-kitsch cool of Madonna's lukewarm excursions into post-Daft terrain but all the bubble-permed, sports-jacket-and-jeans excesses they can muster.... Mostly, though, 'Discovery' is simply fantastic pop...

Billboard

An early contender for the year's best dance/pop album.

Dot Music

Taken as a whole, 'Discovery' is a compelling concoction of styles that continually surprises.

Spin

It feels like a concept album -- in this case, the story of how wine-flow disco circumnavigated intellectual pretensions on all sides en route to a temporary utopia that may finally believe in nothing but the boogie but still has the infinite on its mind every minute. [June 2001, p.145]

Mixer

The duo's ingenuity and willingness to push the envelope shines as brave and completely commendable. [Apr 2001, p.90]

Alternative Press

Once you get past the roller-disco-house vibe of the first single, "One More Time," your ears and booty will twitch just fine to the booming beats and taffy-stretching grooves. [#153, p. 63]

Entertainment Weekly

The beat editing and EQ wizardry still wow... but next time, less comedy, more ecstasy. [3/30/2001, p.68]

Vibe

You don't even need to be strung out in a dark room full of beautiful strangers to enjoy it. [June 2001, p.158]

HOB.com

Shortcomings like the aimless ambience of "Nightvision" don't seem like total failures simply because the duo's attitude remains intact even when their songs fall short.

CDNow

Matching Homework in quirkiness, buoyancy, and club-ready freak-beats, Discovery combines the best of what Daft Punk has to offer: mid-'80s synth-pop ("Digital Love"), sleazy euro-funk ("Harder Better Faster Stronger"), shake-your-booty electro-metal with spacey guitar effects ("Aerodynamic" -- Basement Jaxx meets Eddie Van Halen), and minimal, big-beat tunes that Underworld wishes it would have thought of first ("Superheroes").

Armchair DJ

Occasionally, as on the gurgling electro-pop of "Short Circuit," the album actually manages to disappoint. But more often it provides the kind of intelligently produced yet universally likeable floor-fillers that keep even devoted hipsters from killing themselves when their relatives drag them to suburban dance clubs.

Sonicnet

Listeners might tire of its mechanical edge, but luckily Daft Punk folds in a few more layers. Whether the listener believes it or not, Discovery postulates that club music can possess depth of sound and be more than a never-ending beat that simply marshals your body along with it. Thus, the songs are shorter, more eclectic and rife with hills and valleys of beat that urge you to stop and listen.

Pitchfork

In truth, Discovery rarely invokes its predecessor's slap-bass funk, and few other tracks resemble the obviously single-designed "One More Time." Instead, Daft Punk focus on fusing mid-80's Kool and the Gang R&B beats with post-millennial prog flourishes and more vocoders than you can shake at Herbie Hancock.

Rolling Stone

Not enough of this album delivers on the promise of [lead single] "One More Time."

Village Voice (Consumer Guide)

There are better beats on the damn Jadakiss CD.

Wall of Sound

Too much of Discovery is relatively run-of-the-mill, lacking the pinpoint punchiness of the pair's debut.

The Onion (A.V. Club)

While Discovery embraces the cheesiness of the lamest of lame music, the strategy frequently comes across as gimmickry. The album isn't so much fun as it is silly, and while Daft Punk's members may just be musical smart-alecks, funk hasn't sounded this resoundingly stupid since Bootsy Collins' squiggly solo work.

The average user rating for this album is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 114 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jon M gave it a10:
How strange that this album received some bad reviews. It covers all bases - catchy pop, driving trance, electro house and, perhaps most acutely, sombre electronica in Veridis Quo. Some beleaguered reviewers need to put this in their stereo again, turn the sound up to 11 and enjoy a smorgasbord of electronic rhythms.

Alex P gave it a10:
Fantastic. Great. Amazing music that you want to blast out of your speakers AND lie down and listen to on your favorite headphones.

George Prime gave it a10:
An amazing blend of dance music and listening music. The amount of talent in the fingers of this amazing duo electrifies the mind and soul.

Rose gave it a10:
For the originality of the sound and quality of this immensely good house music this album has to offer, it has been greatly underrated by some critics less open to new ideas. A great album by the masterminds of house, go you!

Oligami gave it a9:
Space music! Woohoo!

J TR gave it a10:
No doubt about it, an astonishing album that took watching Interstella 5555 to fully appreciate what an accomplishment this album really is, and what a disappointment Human after All really was.

GCB gave it a10:
Discovery is an album that can never date. It sounds like music that was made 20 years ago but somehow also sounds like music that will be made in 20 years time. How they can pull off being so blatantly cheesy yet so universally loved is a testament to the sheer brilliance of the songs. Its one of those few albums that comes along every couple of years in which every track is a new adventure rather than just a filler. A Truly amazing record.

Discovery by Daft Punk

Discovery
by Daft Punk