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by Daft Punk

From alelsupreme 05/28/2013 20:47 | #77468 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This album just doesn't do it for me. Most of it comes across as just weak disco (Lose Yourself To Dance) overblown and trying too hard (Touch) or just outright dull (Within, The Game Of Love) Get Lucky is an exception, pulling off retro disco to great effect and making one of the best pop singles of the year, Giorgio By Moroder is legitimately amazing and works far better than Touch. Instant Crush is also pretty great synthpop, though I'm not sure I'd go as far as some have said that it's the best thing Julian Casablancas has ever worked on. Contact is alright but overrated, it's so obviously trying to be this amazing, epic ending that it's kinda funny. Overall, pretty disappointing, stick with Discovery.

From RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/09/2013 19:07 | #80696 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This might be the best album of the year, at least the best one I’ve listened to so far. The album just keeps changing, it keeps you paying attention, and around every corner there’s something new, something beautiful or something fun. You’ve got the incredible “Within", a beautiful song with little instrumentation, in which Daft Punk sings deeply, longingly, through their vocoder over beautiful piano-playing. You’ve got the lead single, “Get Lucky", which just has a sweet groove to it. Perhaps the climax of the album is “Touch", which just builds and builds into this epic masterpiece of a song.

This album is incredible, it might be my favorite Daft Punk album, and that’s saying something considering they released “Discovery". This album is a prime example of why Daft Punk deserves the legendary status they’ve been given.

From MrFrogger 05/13/2013 23:18 | #76041 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I never expected Daft Punk to made something so diverse and incredible as this, but at the same time, only they could pull of something like the tempo shift in "Touch" or the heavy vocal effects on "Instant Crush". It may not sound like discovery, but give it a couple listens, I think that you'll find that it reveals itself more with each listen. Early AOTY contender.

From Torchlin 05/19/2013 13:53 | #76593 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Well it's certainly a success, but only marketing wise. It seems Columbia records put a lot of effort and money promoting and hyping this to heavens but it worked, seeing all the rave reviews the album is getting.
As for me, it's one of the worst record I had the displeasure to listen to in recent years. Even as a pop album with a retro disco feeling it falls flat on it's face. There is nothing here even remotely memorable besides the single Get Lucky which is surprisingly catchy despite Pharrell's subpar vocal performance. Other than that we have a lot of tunes ranging from unlistenable to simply annoying. But hey what do I know, I'm just a random dude stuck in '97.
I won't put anybody down for thinking this is the best thing since sliced bread, but I urge anyone who liked this album to try some disco acts they took influence from, (Chic, Change, Giorgio Moroder, ...). It's worth it!

From ProfessorSquid 05/31/2013 22:31 | #77803 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

At its best it borders on catchy, at its worst it's irritating and/or boring. I'm not understanding the praise.