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- Summary: The French electronica band returns with its long-awaited follow-up to its hit 1998 debut, Homework.
- Record Label: Virgin
- Genre(s): Dance, Electronic
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| Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger | |
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| Work it, Make it, Do it, Makes us. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. More than, Hour, Our, Never. Ever, After, Work is, Over. Work it Harder Make it... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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Apr 3, 2013Daft Punk are such stellar, meticulous producers that they make any sound work, even superficially dated ones like spastic early-'80s electro/R&B ("Short Circuit") or faux-orchestral synthesizer baroque ("Veridis Quo").
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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...
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MixerThe duo's ingenuity and willingness to push the envelope shines as brave and completely commendable. [Apr 2001, p.90]
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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.
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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").
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VibeYou don't even need to be strung out in a dark room full of beautiful strangers to enjoy it. [June 2001, p.158]
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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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 129 out of 133
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Mixed: 1 out of 133
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Negative: 3 out of 133
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AmandaE.Dec 21, 2001
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BenS.Oct 4, 2009
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BrianCFeb 10, 2007
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Aug 18, 2015
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AlloS.Aug 23, 2001Very Very very good
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Aug 22, 2016
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LukaszK.Mar 18, 2007
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