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An ironic and self effacing examination of the current state of music in our society.

Pitched exactly halfway between the dancefloor inventiveness of Homework and the 80s inspired cheesefest that was Discovery, Human After All is far better than the rather mixed reviews have led us to believe. It may not be as ground breaking as either of their previous albums but it's still far more innovative than anything else that's calling itself 'dance music' these days. This album is highly enjoyable from start to finish (and Robot Rock sounds every bit as great as a track called Robot Rock ought to). If Basement Jaxx made albums half as good as this, they might actually deserve all the praise heaped upon them.… Expand

Homework, may the best dance record put out to date. It's simple raw messed up samples served up over unpolished drum machines. Daft Punk brought the D.I.Y. ethics of punk to dance music. On Discovery they reinvented themselves and made one of the best sounding dance records. Humans finds Daft wavering in between these two albums, and after two listens I can't help but feel dissapointed in both the originality and production of the record. While I appreciate the return to the more raw approach of homework, they just don't seem to have put forth the effort needed to compete with their previous releases. I need the crazy crazy inventive noises that made them so accessible, even to lovers of punk music. Hopefully they release something soon, and for gods sake if you're going to have a link to your website when you put your disc in the computer. The least you can do is update it with something other than a site that is selling dolls from Daft Punk videos.… Collapse

This is a very good album. Personally even though i love Daft Punk they were a bit repetitive on tracks such as Steam Machine or BrainWasher. However the electric flow and robotic feel never quite leave you and keep you tuned in through the whole album. My biggest problem with this album is that it's toooooooo short. It's essentially 9 songs. 9 songs! Not enough daft punk :/.

Human After All is a bit of a mixed bag for me. I don't really agree with all the atrocious reviews for it, but I can understand what these critics are trying to say. Most of the tracks don't really go anywhere. It's like the chorus the whole song. Some are catchy the whole way through, others are just a bit annoying after a bit. All In All, Daft Punk's Discovery was brilliant, but Human After All could 've been so much better. C+… Expand

Human After All is an excellent album by one of the best artists that have ever existed. Maybe is not as good as its predecessor, but in my opinion at the same place as Homework, this record shows to the world what is real electronic music. Because a lot of people thinks that this dance-pop parasites and the awful remixes of their songs are electro. Nothing as far as reality. Human After All is the perfect example of this. Beginning with a masterpiece, the title track is simply awesome, one of the best Daft Punk songs. Prime Time Of Your Life is a strange song, with a lot of industrial music, but still cool. And then, Robot Rock. Epic. How, with a single riff, create something as brilliant. The best song of the CD. Steam Machine is the same story of the second track, but this kind of songs rules and make us see that DP is a very original band. Make Love is the opposite. A calmed song, with a single riff, but that really fits with the concept of art. Absolutely great. The Brainwasher is a great song to, direct to the spirit, effective. On/Off is only an introduction for what comes next, the best song with Robot Rock, Television Rules The Nation. Describe how amazing it is is impossible. Technologic is a fun song, that improves as it progresses. And the last song, Emotion, is a calmed song with a lot of feeling. In conclusion, a great album. Maybe some parts are repetitive, but who cares. It's Daft Punk, and Human After All is one of the tops of music in the 21st century.… Expand

Daft Punk delivers yet again with a stylus of music that can both recede into your background subconscious and at the same moment push itself forward until it is all that fills your head, blasting its technatronic melody into your unprotected face. It's ironic humor and robotically produced structure is as enjoyable as it is intriguing. If computers could make music, it would be Daft Punk.

Augh, it's terrible. Daft Punk set a pretty high standard with their previous two albums... and then to be treated to plodding, unmelodic messes like Technologic, Prime Time of Your Life, and Television Rules The Nation... I feel like Daft Punk is laughing at me and everyone else who bought this record. Every song is just a repetitive mess that I could have put together in 3 minutes with Protools, and feels especially shoddy given the fact that Daft Punk had years to work on this thing. Instead, they spent 6 weeks on it... and it shows.… Expand

give it some time

Blah. Without the creativity, groove or attention to detail of any of the previous records, this album manages to feel depressing and restless at the same time.

It's been great to hear some positive views of a fantastic album. I was getting a bit overwhelmed by ignorant reviews that somehow expected this inovative pair to churd out a few more predictable tunes. I found this album unfolding as I listened to it over and over. Read the Stylus review. Human After All is less a collection of radio-frinedly tunes than it is a humourous insight into the state of popular music today.… Expand

Rubbish, a rip off, i want my money back- what a dissapointment.These guys obviously needed the moneyand have discredited themselves.

God creates man, man creates computer, computer creates Daft Punk. Don't be so quick to judge, try to listen.

How the mighty have fallen...

Daft Punk should gain the respect they deserve for this album! I bought it with high expectations and I felt I was thoroughly rewarded! I listen to Daft Punk for their own creative perspective on music, that I simply can't get enough of! The only thing that may discourage me is the fact there aren't more songs on the album (i.e. Discovery). Overall though, the album delivers signature Daft Punk magic at its best!!!… Expand

This album was an initial let down, but these songs grew on me fast - forget the past two albums and forget the critics, approach this unclouded by skepticism and comparisons to the other material if you can, because these tracks are highly infectious -as is-.

A few weeks ago i saw a picture of the new cover for Daft Punk's most recent release, ''Human After A;;'' in a circular in the news paper. Naturally at the prospect of new music from by far my favorite band i HAD to buy the CD! Immediately upon listening to the 1st track also titled ''Human After All'' I fell in love with Daft Punk all over again. ''Human'' is still my favorite song after all these weeks. ''The Prime Time of Your Life'' really delivers an excellent and innovative song but after the 4th track with the exception of tracks 4 and 9 the CD seems to slip for me.… Expand

I for one love Daft Punk's individuality in the techno/ dance world and I have to say that this cd is awesome! I listen to rock (heavy metal which has a lot of guitars) and so the mainly guitar laden CD had me hooked from the first second of Human After All. Ever since I got this new cd I haven't stopped listening to it (until I go to sleep). Not all of the songs I like on this cd have guitars in them though. I aboslutely HATED Technologic until I heard the trance background hit it, then I realized that Daft Punk was the connection between my two favorite kinds of music: rock and techno. I have to say that some of their hit songs I never liked, but this new cd blew me away. It's almost perfect in the mixing of guitars, estranged vocals, and cool techno backgrounds. I have all 3 of their cds (I don't consider Alive in 1997 to be an album) and I have to say this cd was overall my favorite except for the fact that the cover art and the booklet were pathetically designed, colored, and all that good stuff (not to mention the cd is all black which made it kinda hard to read.) Oh and they could do with never channel surfing on a cd again, lol.… Expand

the number of good songs on this album - robot rock, steam machine, television rules the nation and technologig. the rest are monotonus and repetative to the point of nausia, the brainwasher in particular. male love makes me want to throw up. extremely disappointed.

i have heard friends who never really bothered too much with daft punk before say they think this is a fun album. i can aalmost see what they mean, repetitive, ironic kind of vocador stuff, some beats, one killer riff in robot rock. but if you were a homework fanatic and admirer of discovery like many are (were?) - this is a crashing dissapointment, i agree with PFork - a heartbreaker. it actually feels like being robbed buying this - PIECE OF S**T. wankers… Expand

under s timated

critics are wrong....if you just listen to it and take it for what it is you'll see how focused and powerful daft punk is on human after all

If anyone should know better than to listen to critics, its every person who's ever gone to a movie, or listened to a new album, or played a new game which they absolutely adored, only to be bashed down by some nutjob who looks for the "code" or the "formula" of all the mainstream garbage thats out there. And who says it has to be exactly like their previous work? I absolutely love this album, because its so original and different from what they've done before, yet it still carries that Daft Punkish-air. Its "chilling" music...something thats to be played in the car, or in the background of some club. You don't listen to electronic music like you would pop or hip-hop. Its soaking in the feeling of the music itself, and the subtle changes in its rhythm. Its not repedetiveness...its mixing, tweaking and capitalizing on a single catchy beat. Don't critique it like you would a new Nickelback album, or the latest R&B rehash of "my boyfriends cheating" or "guys in over-sized jerseys like to look at me while I shake my butt". As for Human After All, the Daft Punk duo give us a welcomed break from the cookie-cutting, formulaic problem that is today's music industry. Thank God that music distribution wasn't up to these "Music Critics". We'd all be mindlessly conforming to one mindset of what music is...oh wait, its already been done!… Expand

To be fair. How what do you do to top Discovery? Well not this. The moment I bought Discovery and found the Daft Punk Club Card, logged in, and then relized they wanted money for the extra tracks. After that I got the feeling that something seemed wrong about their intentions. With the release of their third album my questions have been answered. Daft Punk, is in it for the money. This album seems to shout "We Can put out anything and You people will pay us for it". There are 10 second bits and pieces of the album that rock. But when those 10 seconds are stretched into 4minutes, you lose interest. However, if you go back and listen to Homework, it is almost as repetitive and very simple in nature. It was however ahead of its time, so that made it fresh. Maybe Daft Punk needs to question their reason for making music. Whatever, they need to go back to the drawing board, do their Homework, and makes some Discovery-ies, for their next project. Give the fans what they expect. Maybe we expect too much? We are all Human After All. Peace… Expand

It's true that it is a lot like Homework was. A very disappointing record that lacks a great deal of distinguishing content.

Ao terceiro disco um passo em falso. Fraco.

you know, it is good. it really is. yeah it's not discovery, but really, i don't want another discovery. Discovery should be left as something that is completely unique and on it's own. taking a look at human after all, and taking out the fact that it's daft punk and all the hype that surrounds them, this IS a good album. it has character, it has consistency, and songs like robot rock and technologic are fun and danceable. this isn't their best, but it's solid.… Expand

I can understand how people have issues with this album. There are some really jamming harmonies in there but not enough vocals to gel the songs. Lets all hope that there is a remix album in the work to flush out the tracks that can seem skeletal at times.

I'm really disappointed from this album. After the great creative inspiration and infusion of nice melodies in Discovery, they've gone back to the "lets make 11 different 10 second snippets of music on an Atari 2600 and repeat them until everyone barfs" style. Homework wasn't even this drab.

Like Jonathan said, how can Discovery be topped? With lots of hard work probably. Anyways, I sure know six weeks isn't sufficient enough to come up with a amazing follow-up, especially after four years of not releasing new material (Daft Club doesn't count). I'm huge fan of Daft Punk, following them since I first saw the video to "One More Time" and buying Discovery and later Homework, but this is slightly disappointing. Is the music horrible? Not exactly, but knowing that the guys could do a hell of lot better, it struck me with a bitter taste. I did like the song "Robot Rock," even though most people complain about that one. Anyways, if you plan to get into Daft Punk, start with either Homework or Discovery first and then approach this one as a admirable failure.… Expand

Personally, I've always preferred Homework to Discovery. I like Acid House, and I like hypnotic, repetitive grooves, when they are done well. Trading the 303 for guitars is a gamble, and there are both excellent bangers and disastrous failures on this latest effort. I still really like "Robot Rock". The problem with fans who got into DP solely with Discovery is that Discovery was much more a pop record than any other DP output. In the end, Human After All is more a house record than a pop record, and while it's disappointing in parts, and the first fully fallible album of their career, it doesn't deserve the panning it's been receiving.… Expand

Boring. Monotonous. Hum-drum. Daft Punk-by-numbers. Not a single exciting moment on the whole album.

A bit disapointed really with this latest outlet. My first impression of `human after all` was: `what have daft punk been doing for 4 years, having given such potential for success?`. Funny enough the title HAA gives an answer to a northern english girl who met me on holiday in rhodes, and made me listen to the lyrics of `smthing about us`, introducing me to Discovery, a realy excesive but phat dance album. Favourite tracks (HAA): human after all, make love, steam machine. A very unique innovative band overall.… Expand

I just can't stop listening to this great album. It's even better in the car, and damnit, its just one of the best new sounds ive heard in a boring wanna-be genre of music for the past few years. Daft Punk has done it again --- don't listen to the morons who think that Daft Punk is going to remake another One More Time or Aerodynamic. THIS TYPE OF MUSIC DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT. Evolution? You bet. Sucks? Yeah, a few tracks are lazy, but give it time and listen through it over and over. I thought Steam Machine sucked the first time I listened to it, and its the first song that I play in my car riding with my friends.… Expand

This is a far cry from the jaw-dropping beats of 1997's 'Homework'.. the beats are mostly good, but once they are established, there is very little variation, and most songs will quickly bore the crap out of you because of this repetitiveness.

When I first heard the leak of this album I thought it was a joke. Daft Punk are known to play games with their audience, and the album was just really sort of crappy, especially by Daft Punk standards. The day the album was released in stores I went out and got it, and sure enough, there was no joke, and they actually released this peice of crap album.

It's no thrash... but it smells holyday's break for DaftPunk... Maybe they were asked to produce something this sh...y. U know how it goes to inspiration when you're forced to make bucks... ;-)

If you don't like dance/techno don't get it, otherwise YES!!!

im a fan of them so i vote 10 the albums fine

i've yet to find it, really, but i'm convinced there's something really fucking cool about it that makes me want to put it on againa nd again

It's a significant step down for Daft Punk, but it's hard to expect them to put out an album that rivals Homework or Discovery. Every song sounds similar, many songs are very repetitive (even in comparison to Homework songs), and there are only nine real songs total. However, I believe the album isn't horrible. Aside from "Television Rules the Nation" and "Emotion", I find the album to be enjoyable and even sometimes catchy. Give it a listen before letting the negative reviews dissuade you.… Expand

While the cover evokes the same pattern of past albums, the music contained in Human After All shouldn't be blended with past capsules of pure electronic fun and emotion expressed in Daft Punk's previous works. Human After All takes a far leap into the concept of technology regressing the work of the popular music of today. This, in turn, showing Daft Punk's versatility in changing, not their sound, but the overall mood you get from listening to them. The horrible sides? Well, sure it lacks what Homework and discovery boasted. A playful sense of wonderment and toying around with grooves. The terrible thing about Human After All is the cricial ammunition it offers to acclaimed (and not so acclaimed) reviewers that could pin the album's darksided sound as "leftovers" or "short answers to fans demands for another album". The fact that the album's slip dates it's creation in 6 weeks doesn't help either. Don't be fooled by the masses of reviews, though. Take it into your own hands. So, we may not hear any of Human After All's tracks on the dancefloor, it's in hopefull wishes to say that Daft Punk will take the "Moby" way of promotion and album climax in licensing the songs for advertisements. Give it a listen before you buy and comment on it. Even though we do, it's tends to be unhealthy to judge CD's by their covers.… Expand

they phoned this one in. word has it they put this together in 19 days, and it shows. dissappointing to say the least.

apart, maybe, from the Better, Stronger, etc re-hash Prime Time of Your Life, I don't recall ever feeling so utterly dissappointed by a follow-up.

I have never heard of daft punk before....but this album is mindblowingly awesome. Dont listen to the so-called critics who seem to be clones of themselves. They are the monotonous robots.

The ratings are obviously wrong, so much with trying to get a 10 scale going for music when "it's good" means a 6. This album is great, albeit nothing new but obviously so much better than stuff released these days. Like new episodes of the Simpsons, they might not be classics but still outclass the rest of the crap on TV. If you like the previous albums you won't be disappointed, if you don't know what to expect it may give you a little surprise.… Expand

Ever since I heard Daft Punk's "Around the World" I have been entranced by their incredible ability to create great music time and time again. Whenever someone mentions techno, I automatically think of Daft Punk. This album, if anything, makes me think of them even more highly (if that were possible). They're innovative, provacative, and above all else, they have a gift. A+++!

To be honest when I first heard this album I thought that the critics had got terribly wrong but after about 6/7 listens the repetitiveness just started doing my head in. There are some good moments on here and in Robot Rock a genuine Daft Punk classic, but most of the song

Whether it's Bangalter's Roule imprint or De-Homem Christo's Crydamoure, Daft Punk's best, most rocking work has been generally based on a single gorgeous hook, amped & eq'ed to the max and repeated to punk-rock levels of aural devastation. Unfortunately in this case, with the noble exceptions of the title track, Prime Time, Robot Rock and Television well, the hooks just ain't all that hot. Calm before the storm hopefully.… Expand

For me, this album is musically the electronic equivalent of Nirvana's "Bleach". It is the cultural significance of the album that makes it. The Daft Punks want to get a message across, an ambition they are harbouring for the first time, I'd suggest: the magic of pop is dying at the hands of television. I think they're right. We've gone in forty years from Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds to annual TV talent shows and software which evaluates the likely hit potential of a new song based on, essentially, it's mundanity. Discovery and Interstella5555 were detailed, technicolour and totally synthetic. I would have loved to hear and watch more of the same with this album, and I hope that DP will get back to it eventually, but... it seems that right now Daft Punk would rather beat 'em than join 'em, and if the only other option is following the Green Day path of "simplify, homogenise, capture the Christian Rock market if you can", then go for it.… Expand

I really enjoy this album for a simple reason is that it is a subtle and witty follow-up to their previous world success, "discovery." This album grows on you and you really should listen to it a few times before getting into any critiques on how 'lazy' these guys were. Indeed, some songs (like Steam Machine) raise quesions as to their presence on this Album; nevertheless I think there is an interesting flow in the music. Overall I'd say im mostly impressed by the quality of the production, the sound is incredible! Blast "Human after All" on a good pair of speakers and I think you'll get a pretty good definition of the term 'Electronic-Rock.'… Expand

Great album-maybe because im a huge fan but its what i wanted to here

This is a Rock'n'Roll album made with computers by Robots. The album's title is as ironic as the repetitive, simple songs that seem to be short of ideas but have a concept behind them and are extremely danceable. "The Brainwasher" is the highlight - a clear party homage to Black Sabbath. This is a record that should be played loud.

Brilliant!

Man, people over analyze music way to much. Just put the CD on, and do what you would normally do when you enjoy music. DON'T SIT IN FRONT OF THE SPEAKERS AND WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN! Who are you? A critic who writes reviews for a living? Odds are, probably not.

horrible. Around The World caught my attention to this group. I first saw the video on an Mtv show where the kids rated the video (the one that was hosted by Anada Lewis). The video was sharp and innovative. I bought the albumn immediately and discovered a whole new world of dance music! Speaking of Discovery, then came the cd,Discovery and a anime fanboy's dream come true. with the entire Album as a soundtrack to a pretty good anime flick. Now this garbage. where the hell are the hot beats? it sounds like something you play in an aroma thereapy session!!! C'mon guys! this REAY hurts!! I was so looking forward to something hot to workout to and you guy f'd up!… Expand

Human After All is definately a Gestaltist phenomenom; the nature of which can not be revealed by simply analyizing the parts that make it up. I agree that song for song it seems less brilliant and inspired than previous efforts but as a whole (sic) it rocks harder and shorter (let's face it, Homework plays 2 tracks past its bedtime). Like the other guy just said: "Don't sit in front of the speakers and wait for something to happen." Daft Punk are doing what all good artists do...getting people talking about art!… Expand

bah!

This CD is so frustratingly repetitive, I just want to reach through the CD and slap those guys, and say, "put in a damn hook, or melody, or break!!".. But no, the songs just keep repeating over and over.. I can't believe these are the same guys who made Discovery..

Daft Punk fans deserve an explanation for this crap. Any excuse will do; contract fulfillment, they totally forgot they had to record an album until the last two weeks, something. An album like this, especially after the brilliance of Discovery, is inexcusable. Every single song on this album is underdeveloped, and some of them are just plain terrible. Maybe this album is supposed to be a joke, who knows?.… Expand

Excellent , Daft Punk have done it again, Discovery was one of my favorite albums but this has blown the socks off it. The Human after All album is an evolution of their previous work.... 10/10 i love it.....

Ill give it one thing ,the robot voices rule. But what the hell is everything else on this? Talk about being lazy and making one loop and playing it over and over and over. The guy that gave this a 10 are you serious? Man you must not listen to too much electronic cuz you would know that it took no talent to make this lousy album. Man I feel like I can make an album now and sit back and collect the cash$$$… Expand

I don't know what everyone is fussing about. It seems to me that half of the reviewers say "Boring, Repetitive, Rubbish". and the other half say "Fantastic Statement of the Dullness of rock today". Well it's neither I think. You can't top discovery with the same style, It stood on its own as unique. And this album is a new direction, with some similar undertones to discovery. But it is a worthy addition to the daft punk cd collection, because just like their other albums, the more times you listen, the more you will "Tune in" to the Daft Punk wavelength. And that is a beautiful thing. To be fair, Human After All should be judged on its own, I'm lining it up neatly with my Air Moon Safari cd, and my Les Rhythm Digitalles Dark Dancer albums on my cd shelf.... ;)… Expand

Not as coloful as their last albums, but this still delivers. Some people havent quite acquired a taste for this music and wouldnt "get it" hence, the mixed reviews. But it gets me moving.

This album while initially grating and yawnsome, is a decent, if not entirely easy, listen. Most of the tracks repeat themselves over and over, and their in-your-face melodies can be off-putting, but in the case of the immensely cool 'Robot Rock', I can certainly forgive it! The one track which I can't stand, however, is the mystifyingly titled 'Emotion', with its vocodered monotone vocals that convey anything but emotion. So, after their crowd-pleasing 'Discovery', they've come back with an album that can, to retire on a cliche, be likened to Marmite.… Expand

If ya like Daft Punk, and electronic musicians who are like them, you'll love this album. From odd vocals that are fun to listen to, and cool guitar lines that you can't get outta your head. All I have left to to say: Encore!

It's the sound of genius. Try listening to it again!

Daft Punk is known for their hybrid of organic samples and high edge house music, their first two albums leaving catchy and beautiful songs. While Human After All's titular track is a great opener, the rest of the album just can't follow suit. Nearly everything is just a mirror of its first fifteen seconds. It's unfortunate just how repetitive it gets, and actually a little annoying. This is especially the case for tracks like "Robot Rock", "Technologic" and "Brainwasher". Then there are even stranger "songs" like "On/Off', a prelude to "Prime Time of Your Life" and worse, "Emotion", which is basically just a rendition of technologic with other sounds from the album. It's very disappointing, considering the duo's previous successes.… Expand

I love Daft Punk and I consider Discovery and Alive 2007 to be among my favorite musical works. However, it is painfully obvious that they didn't care about how this album turned out. Dull, repetitive, and boring would be the best words to describe this 'album.'

I only give a 6/10 because DP redeemed themselves and this album by remixing it with Alive 2007.