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.
Discovery showcases Daft Punk’s brilliant sense of timing and variety better than anything else they’ve released.
One of the best, if not the best, House and Dance records of all time.
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.
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.
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.
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
Baguette et béret – essai n°5
By breaking down language barriers, the French-speaking duo not only knew how to break down borders, they ended up setting the name Daft Punk in stone. While the announcement of their separation sounded like a nuclear explosion, the famous robots were already inescapable but this last chapter even allowed them to make them known to younger listeners. I think that it will be 30/40 years before the children ask their parents or grandparents, ... read more
It feels weird rating this album at my age cause I have heard this style of music and music inspired by these sounds everywhere. Thinking back any royalty free electronic music that'd play on minecraft tutorials did sound extremely similar to the sounds of this album. Maybe that's why I don't love it as much as others do since I am already used to this style of music. But it's still pretty fantastic
1 | One More Time 5:20 | 95 |
2 | Aerodynamic 3:32 | 94 |
3 | Digital Love 5:01 | 96 |
4 | Harder Better Faster Stronger 3:44 | 97 |
5 | Crescendolls 3:31 | 90 |
6 | Nightvision 1:44 | 85 |
7 | Superheroes 3:57 | 90 |
8 | High Life 3:21 | 90 |
9 | Something About Us 3:52 | 93 |
10 | Voyager 3:47 | 92 |
11 | Veridis Quo 5:45 | 93 |
12 | Short Circuit 3:26 | 87 |
13 | Face to Face 4:00 | 96 |
14 | Too Long 10:00 | 90 |