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Daft Punk - 'Human After All' ..a crushing disappointment
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| djright |
Un article intéressant et assez critique sur l'album des Daft Punk publié par Radio One - Dance Review.
Radio One Review
Daft Punk
Human After All
(Virgin)
You would have thought that the words "new Daft Punk album" would be enough to get most of us scouring the music press chasing a release date. Their contribution to the party over the years has been remarkable. 1997 would not have been so exciting had it not been for their seminal Homework LP and the dance/pop landscape of 2001 would have been very different without the kaleidoscopic Discovery. However, the delivery of album number three comes as a crushing disappointment.
Regrettably, Human After All seems to be nothing more than Daft Punk fulfilling their contractual obligations to the record company. That it was made in just six weeks accounts for the lack of invention contained within the ten tracks here. For the most part the album sounds like a collection of demos that didn't make the grade for the previous album.
Whilst attempting to satirise our reliance on modern gadgetry "Technologic" uses the same cut and paste vocal samples as "Harder Better Faster..." though it fails to capture any of its predecessors dazzling electro-funk or dance floor appeal for that matter.
This anti-technology theme is carried over to the plodding "Television Rules The Nation" which offers little more than a filtered loop of the song's title over a loping beat. With Michael Franti having nailed the idiots lantern so firmly to the post on the 1992 Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy album you do wonder why they have attempted to enlighten us of this self evident fact in the most un-engaging way.
Perhaps the worst offender here is the closing track "Emotion"... cue 6, long, minutes of more plodding beats and a four chord trick put through the ubiquitous filters.
As the album's only saving grace it is no co-incidence that "Robot Rock" has been released as the first single. This is classic Daft Punk. With the dance floor set firmly in their sights the crashing breaks, mammoth guitar riffs and vocoders are unleashed with a reckless regard for human safety. It's fantastic. If only there were a few more like it.
Despite the themes of this record and the confessional title Daft Punk have managed to sound more machine like than ever. It is as if they have returned to their studio with all the settings still pointing to the year 2001 and pressed the large red button marked with the word "go". If you feel like buying a dance LP and you haven't already done so, get the Mylo album.
Reviewer: Andy Puleston |
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| SiM PeµRf |
| theres a couple of nice tracks....Id say they changed style....so thats why people find it disapointing |
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| Zeiter |
well,
I had the chance to listen to the album and as far as I'm concerned, I didn't like it very well except for like 2-3 tracks I thought they were ok..but then again, maybe I should listen to it more often ...some albums, u like them after listening to them more than 10 times....... |
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| sEpH |
| i 100% agree with this review |
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| ninjahola |
| A low down dirty Shame:( |
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| PIPER3112 |
dafty punk make really good music...
i definatly agree with the review.. |
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| kreamy |
man i cant believe they were so stuck as to do this.
I read that they made a repetitive machine sounding album just to show that anyone can do that kind of music.
That doesnt sound very bright considering that they are already an established artist. If i had to prove that id get my little sister to make some repetitive machine music....not frigging daft punk. They may have been good before but now their just dumb. |
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| Mike_B |
Daft Punk Sucks
if they changed their style, maybe it will actually be good for a change
althought all these reviews just seem to point to them getting worse |
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| preach |
| theres 2 solid tracks... the rest is pretty calm... after listening a few times you can hear the subtle mix of live performances and pre-programed sounds... it's really not as good as it uses to be... rollin and scratching is still one of their best track. |
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| KrinKer |
there are loads and loads and loads of better artists than Daft punk now
Mylo
Rex the dog
Basement jaxx
Agoria
Are just a couple of good example of what Daft punk could have done if they would still be producing good music !!!!!
KrinKer |
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| Epicurus |
| Seriously, after reading this, I just had to listen to this album...and I did...and wow, what major CRAP...even Robot Rock was crap :o Ya it's got a very catchy beat to it, but what's the difference between that and Rock Your Body Rock by Ferry, which is presumably acknowledged as crap also by pretty much everyone on this board, minus the noobs and Alec :p...same , down to the vocoders... |
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| fastmp3 |
| hahahaha the n00bs and alec and ... ZinG too !! hahahahaha yiiiiiiip ZinG is included in the list |
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