Daft Punks's "Discovery" : Classic or Dud

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Will there ever be a better dance record than Discovery?

Yes.

― HI DERE, Monday, 9 April 2007 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

(For one, Homework.)

― HI DERE, Monday, 9 April 2007 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

"Discovery" may have waned somewhat, but if you compare it to "Human After All" it may well sound like the greatest album ever made. Although that says more about "Human After All", really....

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 9 April 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

Exactly how has Discovery "waned somewhat"?

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 9 April 2007 02:38 (nineteen years ago)

oh dear god. someone stop me from posting drunk ever again. wtf was i on about up there?!

― Roz, Monday, 9 April 2007 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

~~Will~~ Has there ever be been a better dance record than Discovery?

answer: yes

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:07 (nineteen years ago)

Do tell. I don't know much about the genre, so it'd be interesting to see/hear your recommendations. FWIW, I don't think Homework is better.

― brightscreamer, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

isolee - wearemonster
mr fingers - another side

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

oops, i meant:

mr fingers - ammnesia

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:23 (nineteen years ago)

i've heard another side by fingers inc is also very good but i haven't listened

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:24 (nineteen years ago)

isolee - rest
drexciya - the quest

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:24 (nineteen years ago)

galaxy 2 galaxy - galaxy 2 galaxy

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:26 (nineteen years ago)

the martian - LBH - 6251876 A Red Planet Compilation

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:27 (nineteen years ago)

it's not really an album genre

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

just about any album by carl craig

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

how did this thread turn into 'least fun dance albums s/d'

― fies, Monday, 9 April 2007 07:57 (nineteen years ago)

i mean i see how 'the quest' is good and important and canonical and all, but if some daft punk fanboy asks you for albums better than 'discovery' you say 'lifestyles of the laptop cafe' ffs

― fies, Monday, 9 April 2007 08:00 (nineteen years ago)

sorry i thought they wanted to dance, not fall asleep

― lfam, Monday, 9 April 2007 08:12 (nineteen years ago)

fies wants 'stupid' dance music not this la-di-da 'cerebral' strain

― blueski, Monday, 9 April 2007 10:19 (nineteen years ago)

Pretty much every Chemical Brothers album
The first two Prodigy albums
The T99 album
Every Speed Limit 140+ BPM comp except for #6
Source Direct - Controlled Substances
Photek - Modus Operandi
Bizarre Inc - Energize
Eon - Void Dweller
The Altern8 album
Omni Trio - The Deepest Cut
Sven Vaeth - Accident In Paradise
Baby D - Deliverance
The Rave On 2 disc compilation
The Thin Ice 2 disc compilation
Every 808 State album
Every Orbital album
Every pre-Boss Drum Shamen album

― HI DERE, Monday, 9 April 2007 11:32 (nineteen years ago)

mr fingers is fun!

― deej, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

Dan, you bastard, now you've made me regret not bringing any of those into work today!

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

Mega-dud.

Can't wait for a collabo with T-Pain.

― Belisarius, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 07:16 (nineteen years ago)

dan, that list is truly vomit inducing.

― chaki, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 07:18 (nineteen years ago)

i started getting the dry heaves at photek.

― chaki, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 07:20 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, he forgot Happy2BHardcore volumes one through six.

― Belisarius, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

more fun than daft punk you say? how about the daring, intense and brilliant sounds of dubstep?

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 07:52 (nineteen years ago)

Pretty much every Chemical Brothers album

...

― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 12:52 (nineteen years ago)

i think that with ammnesia, mr fingers wrote the sound that daft punk and alan braxe specialize in.

― lfam, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

well, i don't hear that but i think amnesia is fun anyway

― deej, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

My overarching point is that discovery is hideously overrated and there are a myriad of albums that fall under the nebulous umbrella of "dance music" that are better, ESPECIALLY all of the Chemical Brothers albums (including the one I hate).

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

discovery is great

― RJG, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

Dan, you're a blowhard and that Photek album is a piece of horseshit next to anything Daft Punk put on wax.

― chaki, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

No, it's not. (Also roffle at the King of Baseless Pronouncements calling someone a blowhard.)

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

it's great

― RJG, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

its v v great

― chaki, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

It's not nearly as good as Homework!

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

About half of the LO FI FNK record is pretty good Discovery imitations.

But live, it's much better.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe of all the albums Dan posted Chaki has picked the Photek one out for criticism! What DnB DO you like tho Chaki?

― blueski, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

i'd only listen to half the tracks on both Homework and Discovery now. did anyone here buy the Daft Punk 'greatest hits'? maybe i should buy it cheap just for 'Musique' and those remixes.

― blueski, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

hey is the song with robert owens on that photek album? that song is great

― deej, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

no that's on 'Solaris'

― blueski, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

i picked on photek cuz the dude gives me douche chills.
http://www.kaostheorydnb.com/Dowlz/Artists/Other/Photek_small.JPG

vs

http://www.fnacmusic.com/Images/artiste/daft_punk.jpg

― chaki, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

That red jacket is nothing short of 200% awesome.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Photek is HyPhY now.

― Belisarius, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

also making mediocre video game scores.

― chaki, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Daft Punk totally wins the style wars! I don't think that was ever in question!

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

digital love
aerodynamic
harder better faster stronger
something about us
too long
one more time

fucking classic

― gman, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

i don't actually love any daft punk song apart from 'da funk'...i like a fair few but i never got the love.

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

I like Daft Punk's Discovery better than most or almost all of the albums Dan lists, but mainly cos it is 100 percent what it is, pop music, rather than weak ass techno! plus here's guy from the Verve...etc etc.

― Ronan, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:56 (nineteen years ago)

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