― Alex Alexi, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nicole, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― alex thomson, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Hardcore clubbers will be appalled, no doubt, but if you're in on the joke you'll find it's rather fun. Discovery is a clever, complex wildly energetic album that sounds like nothing else you'll hear all hear and everything you've heard before. Oh, and it should make you smile.
I'm not sure what it means, but I think it's saying it sucks.
― Nick, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Ally, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
But I've been listening to 'Discovery' constantly, and it really is a great, great album, delightfully fresh and crisp, with plenty lovely touches and actually quite a lot of trademark Daft Punk intricate madness, though it's not immediately obvious 'cause of the inititially bewildering 80s coating. The track with Todd Edwards on vocals, for example, sounds like a cross-fertilization between 'Windowlicker' and Miami Vice. And it sounds gorgeous.
As far as sacred cows go, Daft Punk remain pretty damn fabulous.
― Tonci Kozul, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Kevin Enas, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
a British weekly music newspaper, and a website.
― DJ Martian, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Guardian (lengthy review, 2 stars out 5): '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...There's the lingering suspicion that if [the track] Something About Us were the work of Mike & the Mechanics rather than two trendy French blokes wearing "ironic' robot helmets, everyone would think it was rubbish'
Mirror (1 star out of 5): 'Downright laughable...best avoided'
Independent: 'Discovery presumes that the only thing more amusing than cheesy Eighties disco riffs is the robotic synthesiser recreation of chessy Eighties disco riffs - as if irony might magically render bad music good. [It] has all the personality of an aerobics video...'
― stephen mcentee, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Tim, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
The same papers listed give Radiohead fantastic reviews. Take as you will. As far as I can tell, the album is out rather s hortly. Go listen to it and decide for yourself. Don't read reviews. Reviews are crap. They are ONE PERSON'S opinion, a person that you don't even know. I hate reviews and reviewers, including myself.
― Ally, Saturday, 10 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Omar, Saturday, 10 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― alex thomson, Sunday, 11 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Can we have a moratorium on the word "irony" in I Love Music? If David Eggers wants to come and contribute, he can use it if he wants.
― Tom, Sunday, 11 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Omar, Monday, 12 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
-andrew harrison of q thinks it sets a new benchmark for dance music and gives it 5 stars.
-ben ratliff of rolling stone thinks there are too many in-jokes, but on the other hand, he's also puzzled by "one more time." he does see fit to give it 3 stars, though.
-bob remstein of wall of sound is not amused and gives it a failing grade. then again, he also implies that herbie hancock's "rockit" is a bad thing, casting the whole of his opinion into DOUBT.
such wildy differing reviews. yes, yes, this is going to be good.
― fred solinger, Monday, 12 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Tom, Tuesday, 13 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
shit, i was hoping it was going to be good.
― gareth, Tuesday, 13 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I'm leaning towards a Kid A of dance music description, but only regards critical reception ;) I've got it! Discovery is the Abbey Road of dance music. Other suggestions?
― Omar, Tuesday, 13 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
And with reference to the original question, the Bonnie Prince Billy record is also shit-hot.
― alex thomson, Tuesday, 13 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Omar, Thursday, 15 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Dr. C, Thursday, 15 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Tanya, Thursday, 15 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I'm not sure if 2001 will be a great year for pop or not: with the focus group a couple of months away I was idly toying with what to suggest for inclusion (since I'm not compere-ing this time) and I couldn't think of anything that leapt to mind as being a classic that wasnt out at the end of last year or from a 2000 album, except that Shaggy record and even then I'm not totally sold on it.
― Tom, Thursday, 15 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Tim, Thursday, 15 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Mark, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Short Circuit - psychotic electro filled out with acid 303 mania that collapses into a bizarre, abrasive downbeat outro that sounds like a decomposing Boards Of Canada track.
Face To Face - one of the best pop songs of the album (up there with "One More Time" and "Digital Love"), a straightforward early-sounding vocal-house thing that implausibly reminds me of "Vogue", although it's more romantically themed. Todd Edwards is brought on board both to sing and to work some of his cut-up production magic in the chorus.
Too Long - a lot of people say this Romanthony-fronted ten-minute track is a let-down, but I love it. Sort of the inverse of "One More Time", it takes absolutely ages to get going but culminates in driving house with really miasmic-sounding synths.
― Tim, Monday, 27 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
the more i look at this statement Tom, the more i am utterly confused. this is perhaps the most baffling thing i have heard you say (you are, of course, very rarely baffling, but in this instance certainly). i think i would like this statement to be extrapolated, i would like to know what you are driving at with this
― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 5 September 2002 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 5 September 2002 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan I., Thursday, 12 December 2002 07:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 12 December 2002 09:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 12 December 2002 10:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 12 December 2002 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― s.r.w. (s.r.w.), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 06:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― dave q, Wednesday, 18 June 2003 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 08:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 08:49 (twenty-one years ago)
where *are* they ?
i want a tour !!!
― piscesboy, Wednesday, 18 June 2003 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 10:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― trife (simon_tr), Thursday, 19 June 2003 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 June 2003 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 19 June 2003 03:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ess Kay (esskay), Thursday, 19 June 2003 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 19 June 2003 04:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 19 June 2003 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 19 June 2003 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)
another, earlier-in-my-affection/chronology cd that the opening four tracks are amazing (also, the singles) followed by a vaguely inconsequential track - Mezzanine. yet when I started listening to the last half of it a few years ago, I was blown away ("Group Four"!!!!).
my problem = standing still long enough to listen to anything over 40 minutes.
― Ess Kay (esskay), Thursday, 19 June 2003 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 19 June 2003 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― mei (mei), Thursday, 19 June 2003 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jon Helgren, Saturday, 13 December 2003 05:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Saturday, 13 December 2003 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 13 December 2003 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jon Helgren, Sunday, 14 December 2003 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 15 December 2003 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 15 December 2003 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jon Helgren (Jon Helgren), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 06:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jon Helgren (Jon Helgren), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 05:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 06:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 06:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)
Just dwnlded the remixes album (Daft club). Not very interesting unfortunately...
― Rudolf (Rudolf), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 10:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)
I got the Daft Club album on vinyl the other day.It's dope dope dope.
The Harder, Faster... Neptunes RMX is the shit. Vocoder madness, falsettos -- it's a banger. If you don't shake yo ass to that shit you just hate dancing. GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY!!! WE CAN FLY TO PARIS THE CITY IN A BUBBLE.
FACE TO FACE IS GREAT, ESP. DEMON RMX!
― Star Hustler, Thursday, 8 January 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)
For a second there I thought this referred to Daft Punk.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 8 January 2004 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― !_-*~-_rachel da butta-flie_-~*-_! (DarrenK), Thursday, 8 January 2004 04:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Nick H (Nick H), Thursday, 8 January 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 8 January 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― Enrique (Enrique), Thursday, 8 January 2004 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 8 January 2004 13:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Enrique (Enrique), Thursday, 8 January 2004 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 8 January 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 8 January 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Nick H (Nick H), Thursday, 8 January 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― Star Hustler, Thursday, 8 January 2004 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 9 January 2004 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)
http://grab.by/grabs/365cc36f49000ab8fcb0a598de04b41e.png
― delanie griffith (s1ocki), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 03:43 (fourteen years ago)
lol The Division Bell
― breaking that little dog's heart chakra (Abbott), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 04:21 (fourteen years ago)
this thread is bizarre
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 16 June 2010 04:42 (fourteen years ago)
Don't read reviews. Reviews are crap. They are ONE PERSON'S opinion, a person that you don't even know. I hate reviews and reviewers, including myself.
― Ally, Saturday, March 10, 2001 1:00 AM (9 years ago) Bookmark
― Armand Van Helden Vocal Remix (Spinspin Sugah), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago)
The Name Daft Punk has power that no one realizes. It's not only funny, but in many ways, magical. Daft Punk - Ha! is an expression that Mocknick and his friends accidentally stumbled onto back in the 80's. They realized the magic of the name Daft Punk, it's comical effects and how catchy the expression was. An entire group of people became "Punkers". As years passed, Molnick took the stress-relieving aspect of Daft Punk - Ha! and developed a system to give it relavance.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago)
http://grab.by/grabs/57aafb4bcff0977718abef38a45ff891.png
― young werther's originals (s1ocki), Thursday, 8 July 2010 21:18 (fourteen years ago)
vs. Dr. Rock and Dr. Fink
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 July 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago)
xpost: ha, connection: my god-sister was on House and is in the film that DP did the soundtrack for!
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 July 2010 21:25 (fourteen years ago)
haha
― young werther's originals (s1ocki), Thursday, 8 July 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago)
Many who know Steve Shasta like this
― young werther's originals (s1ocki), Thursday, 8 July 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago)