Daft Punk
Discovery =2LP=gatefold
2 x LP
150grs 33⅓rpm
gatefold sleeve
( 2001 )2012 EU reissue on 2xLP -the follow-up to the 1998 worldwide smash Homework from the French dance outfit, includes the singles Aerodynamic, Digital Love Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger and One More Time presented in gatefold picture sleeve
Release date 08-03-2012(originally released in 2001)
2012 EU reissue on 2xLP -the follow-up to the worldwide smash Homework (1998 ) from the French dance outfit, includes the singles Aerodynamic, Digital Love Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger and One More Time presented in gatefold picture sleeve
Tracks:
LP1:
A1 One More Time
A2 Aerodynamic
A3 Digital Love
B1 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
B2 Crescendolls
B3 Nightvision
B4 Superheroes
LP2:
C1 High Life
C2 Something About Us
C3 Voyager
C4 Veridis Quo
D1 Short Circuit
D2 Face To Face
D3 Too Long
The French twosome behind Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, get away with an awful lot. They go around impersonating aliens and robots in their interviews, they put records out only once every three years, and they make music that evokes a million other artists--while not really sounding like any of them. The keyboard noodlings of Jean-Michel Jarre are in there somewhere, along with the otherworldly imagery and giant hooks of '70s rock icons like Boston or even Electric Light Orchestra. There are dashes of 1999-era Prince and oodles of new wave and disco cheese, from Harold Faltermeyer and Gary Numan to the Bee Gees, all set off with efficient house beats. So how have they managed to position themselves as electronic music's next great crossover artists?
On Discovery, the follow-up to the 1998 worldwide smash Homework, the answer is obvious: they have no shame, and they know how to make us dance. Starting off with the irresistibly hummable "One More Time," the record blows through a head-spinning array of styles and samples, creating a pop-culture stew of funky loops and dance-floor anthems. "Aerodynamic" eschews breakbeats for an Yngwie Malmsteen-ish guitar interlude that somehow ends up meshing in a crazy blend of stomping bass lines and hyped-up harmonics. "Digital Love" starts off silly and gets sillier, but the monosyllabic lyrics lull the senses just right, allowing the song's summery groove to grab hold with authority. "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is a resounding standout amidst the retro/Vocoder deluge that transpired after Cher's Believe turned the kitchy disco device into a worldwide pop music trend, 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 a momentum that transforms repetitive melodies into sudden revelations.
Drager(LP,EP,12,7,CD): LP
Qual(120grs,150grs,180grs): 150grs
Speed(33,45): 33
Extra info: gatefold sleeve
Label: Parlophone
Originally released: 2001
This release: 2012
