Daft Punk - Human After All

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Nothing is wrong with that!

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― stephen morris, Monday, 24 January 2005 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Technologic uses exactly the same sound as Television only with a better bassline and incessant chipmunk vocals! This is grebt.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

On first listen I think Technologic might eat me.

― stephen morris, Monday, 24 January 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I keep expecting it to go "I wanna sit on your face" any minute now.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I was wondering how long before the tide would turn on initial "this is underwhelming" interpretations.

So yes - this is great.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG GUYS STOP GETTING ME EXCITED ABOUT DAFT PUNK IT ALWAYS ENDS IN TEARS (where by "tears" I mean "irritating 'mehs' exaggerated for self-comedic effect")

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

would it be overly precious for me to compare brainwasher to neubauten's 'headcleaner'?

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Compared to the 'big' atmosphere of Discovery this is a simpler album in general -- less immediately reminiscent of an anime cartoon soundtrack, let's put it that way! But really it's quite enjoyable and I will have a fine time listening to this sucker again (and again!).

It would not be precious at all, Teeny. It would merely show correct judgment.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I still am completely blah about "Robot Rock", djdee!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the disappointment hinges on the fact that there is no One More Time/Digital Love classic pop song on here, but fuck, the moment when the bass appears on Emotion doing EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO is marvellous. Steve was OTM about the Feels Like Home Comparison.

It also has exactly the same chords as the middle section of Guilty In Love by Mylo, only with nice filtered pads instead of plinky Super NES noises.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

It is more electro than industrial I think, they've jumped on the electrohouse bandwagon a little I think (which is fair because they kind of helped kickstart it anyway) but with their own twist to them. Its certainly a more consistent listen than Discovery, I think. Not the same peaks but fewer tracks I want to skip.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

It is more electro than industrial I think

Yay another genre war! ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM Daft Punk love-ins rule!

You're all OTM. :)

― Omar (Omar), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck, the moment when the bass appears on Emotion doing EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO is marvellous.

YES! Euphoric.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I would say that the title track is Discovery single quality.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

10 tracks is such a great amount for an album

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I am just trying to stop building up Dan's expectations and lowering Ronan's, Ned.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I think what I love most is how radically different this is from Discovery in many ways. Obviously its similar too, but I came into this expecting Discovery II at best or Discovery b-sides at worst and instead got an entirely new perspective, really.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

There is nothing remotely like Robot Rock elsewhere on here. Prime Time Of Your Life is kinda schaffel, isn't it?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i want someone to address my monotony/progression point. long ago i tried to describe Music Sounds Better With You as like an Escher staircase within a rising elevator. Emotion is similar, but why is so much removed and could it not be better with more lyrics/changes/density, as you would expect Basement Jaxx to do (and they do, on Feels Like Home. is it because DP just aren't as interested in that, they feel like BJ and others cover that well enough or this album only took 6 weeks and they just didn't have the patience? ;)

'schaffel bandwagon' accusation liable with 'The Primetime Of Your life' but who would care? it could well be the best shuffley track of all time!

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I really love when Prime Time of Your Life begins spinning hopelessly out of control and then that robo-Keith Moon drum fill comes in to save you from your own madness. Brilliant!

― stephen morris, Monday, 24 January 2005 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)

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Haha, my extremely rockist friend who actually likes a lot of dance music just said he loves the textures but that it's too repetitive and that he wishes they would "innovate" more. He's my friend and that may have saved his life.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)

does it not seem a bit pointless tho?

also i don't think anyone will think of this as actually a BAD album and hope that stays in perspective as we argue the toss over the next hours, days, weeks...

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i agree with stevem.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

so this is robot rock instead of the robot(disco-)pop on discovery?

― Lovelace, Monday, 24 January 2005 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

(patiently waiting for d/l... still waiting... sigh)

― donut christ (donut), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

donut, maybe sample the new dido while you're waiting?

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

(I hope Matt Boch, the thread starter who turned on e-mail notifications, appreciates the e-mail dump from this entire thread.)

― donut christ (donut), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, Donut, the new Dido. Yup.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i can send it to anyone if they mail me

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I should sample job openings or go to the gym instead. At least when I come back to see all my track downloads failed or got me banned, I will know at least one person who has it. sigh.

― donut christ (donut), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i wouldn't mind sampling the new a-frames, though.

― donut christ (donut), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

the title of this is making me think of Level 42 over and over again.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

― robot_by_the_river (robot_by_the_river), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

isochronal120 (2:39:01 PM): they did this with discovery too..they released shit w/o the voacl and main braks it was birlliant

isochronal120 (2:37:15 PM): "human after all" = purposeful bad leak
isochronal120 (2:37:20 PM): just liek they did b4
gregoryexists (2:37:31 PM): what sound quality are your files at?
isochronal120 (2:37:54 PM): 192
gregoryexists (2:37:59 PM): mine too
isochronal120 (2:38:01 PM): i only have that one song tho
gregoryexists (2:38:12 PM): i don't have speakers sufficient to tell any difference between 192 and up though
gregoryexists (2:38:19 PM): i have the whole thing
gregoryexists (2:38:23 PM): which song do you have?
isochronal120 (2:38:23 PM): no one does
isochronal120 (2:38:29 PM): that one
gregoryexists (2:38:31 PM): there's tons of fakes out there
isochronal120 (2:38:37 PM): only the title trakk
isochronal120 (2:38:46 PM): whihc io know for a fact is missing all the good parts of it
gregoryexists (2:39:03 PM): how do you know?
isochronal120 (2:39:03 PM): ya
gregoryexists (2:39:11 PM): hmm
gregoryexists (2:39:16 PM): weird
gregoryexists (2:39:17 PM): i hope so
gregoryexists (2:39:22 PM): because i'm pretty disappointed
isochronal120 (2:39:23 PM): yeah....i read it in a mag

can anyone address the veracity of this?

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not sure progression is necessary. Most of the grooves here are strong enough to make it enjoyable just to ride them for four or five minutes without them overegging the pudding.

Firstworldman - I reckon this is a new version of "oh, the leaked version is unmixed", which usually turns out to be bollocks.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

this leaked version is quite obviously the final version.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Let's put it this way -- if there's still a 'real' version coming, fine! I like this version perfectly well.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm up to emotion and so far i'm counting at 3 or 4 songs i like a lot... the rest is great club music, but as has previously been stated, a pop album this ain't. which i guess is what i was expecting. not disappointed so much as feeling somehow deceived, oddly.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

at any rate, i'll be playing tracks from this at kitsch tomorrow night if any oc peeps feel like coming out

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmmm!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

*shrug*

I freely admit that I don't care for Daft Punk at all, but I gave it a shot and I gotta admit that half of this album could be used as the background music for Sunday night sports clip shows.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

You mean like any instrumental house or techno?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

You mean like any instrumental house or techno?

Well if you put it that way... But whatever, nothing pulling me in with this.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, one thing no one has touched upon (or if he or she did, I missed it) is that this seems to be the first short-form Daft Punk album yet. The first two were long-formers.. or at least spanned two LPs. I'm not sure if this will be a double-LP..(then again, I haven't been able to tell if we're dealing with 10 REALLY long songs, or not, but I doubt it).

I only mention this because the dissatisfaction may stem from the rather abridged nature of this album compared to the previous two, where you could always find enough to chew on.

― donut christ (donut), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

my first thought is that while i love this album on first listen i think there will be a lot to get into as well.

the sequencing has struck me as being very good, also.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)

donut christ! new dido album, NOW!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

SLSK NEW ANNE MURRAY IMMEDIATELY!

― donut christ (donut), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN AFTER ALL.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 January 2005 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

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