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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
Deserting the shrieking acid house hysteria of their early work, the album moves in the same smooth filtered disco circles as the European dance smashes that were co-produced by DP's Thomas Bangalter during the group's long interim.
90
Call it pop. Call it art. Call it retro-cheese neo-fusion with a side order of emperor's new arse. But play this orgasmically great record until your brain implodes with joy. That's what it's there for.
90
All in all, a solid album. It's one of the few that has a lasting catchiness, which itself seems to be an oxymoron. Enjoy drunk, stoned, or sober.
80
It feels like a concept album -in this case, the story of how wine-flow disco circumnavigated intellectual pretentions on all sides en route to a temporary utopia that may finally believe in nothing but the boogie but still has the infinite on its mind every minute.
80
To say that the album is flawless would be something of a misstep, but even when Discovery flounders, it never ceases to provide an intriguing and far-reaching sonic vision unmatched by anything that’s come before it.
75
The Parisian duo return to claim their DJ-booth throne with a retro-techno-suite positing Switched-on Bach and Van Halen guitar solos as the new apex of club-culture chic.
64
Prog and disco have never openly begged for their own hybrid, but the genres' newborn Frankenbaby is alive, whether we like it or not. Still, this beast, however grotesque, is relatively harmless-- rather than running amok in the village and snapping the necks of civilians, it only wants to "celebrate and dance so free, one more time." Just don't let it sing.
60
Yes zey drive you up zee wall, yes zey sound like Kraftwerk covering Barry Manilow through a vocoder…but for zees little time, at zees point in time zey sound good.
60
The first five songs are the work of a real band, Daft Punk, whoever the hell they are ... As for the rest, it grows anonymous, and not in the artful way that Daft Punk used to capitalize on.
60
In their initial doses, these sounds are impressive enough, but for all their conceptual smarts, the French duo seem content to simply rework the same ideas over and over again on record without really pushing them further out. A great EP masquerading as a full album.
40
Most of Discovery probably sounded like a good idea at the time, but there's not much point in having ideas if they don't work. At worst, Discovery is less a record than a hypothesis. At best - like a lot of other records these days - it just sounds like Daft Punk's first album.
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Veridis Quo
Ve-ri-dis-quo
Very disco
Disco very
Discovery
Discovery: It's very disco, and very great
Veridis Quo
Ve-ri-dis-quo
Very disco
Disco very
Discovery
Discovery: It's very disco, and very great
One of the more forward thinking electronic records to ever come out at that time.
Fuck this is so much better than Homework. Where I was disappointed on Homework, I was amazed on Discovery. Every single song is so infectious, I had to do my best not to just dance throughout the entire album.
Daft Punk have always been a group that have provided quality tunes through thick and thin, and Discovery is no exception. From the bright, futuristic synths to the heavy, dance-able drum and bass work, it's the sound of a party from the past, present and future. Every song has an infectious, intense, almost euphoric quality to them, making the record instantly re-playable and fun to listen to. While it does loose some of it's steam near the end, the entire ride is still a fantastic discovery ... read more
END OF YEAR LISTS
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MISC LISTS
Track List
- One More Time
- Aerodynamic
- Digital Love
- Harder Better Faster Stronger
- Crescendolls
- Nightvision
- Superhereos
- High Life
- Something About Us
- Voyager
- Veridis Quo
- Short Circuit
- Face To Face
- Too Long
In Library (79)
stereogum.com
Listen: Thomas Bangalter – “Riga Take 5″ 
pitchfork.com
The Weeknd, Daft Punk Working on Music Together 
consequenceofsound.net
There’s a Daft Punk documentary in the works 
