Daft Punk - Human After All

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that tune and "harder faster. etc." from the last album were the two that make me want to just put my head down and dance in my own little world forever.

― ken c (ken c), Saturday, 19 February 2005 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard the title track on the radio last night, and in that context I thought - wow this is an amazing track and better than anything this guy has played all week.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 19 February 2005 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I relistened to the album yesterday for the first time in a couple of weeks and it already felt very familiar to me in a good sense, that comfort level you get from a good record. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 19 February 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

god i hope the wishful-thinking naysayers are right

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 20 February 2005 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)

is the hiss and fuzz i'm hearing on the leaked tracks just cos they were encoded from vinyl or part of the faux-rock aesthetic or a sign that they might not be the real final things?

― jermaine (mitchlnw), Sunday, 20 February 2005 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"Human After All" and "Primetime of Your Life" are good, but the record is downhill starting from the pointless train noises at the end of the latter track.

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 20 February 2005 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Press promos have been sent out, so if you haven't already heard otherwise, I'd guess what you've heard are finished versions. It sounds pretty minimal to my ears - not bad, necessarily, but definitely quite sparse

― Jason J, Sunday, 20 February 2005 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Heard the Soulwax mix of Robot Rock in mixed & unmixed form last night, though I'm not the best judge (I find the original track highly iritating) it's definitely a step up from the album version. They've cut out the more obnoxious side of the track, there's more 'space' and breaks / variety in the remix. I wish they'd replace the album version with this, it justs feels like more of a proper track.

Also a tidbit that HAA might not be the only Daft Punk longplayer released in the next year. Dunno what to make of that - either another album, compilation of singles or what, but the source is pretty trustworthy.

― MattR (MattR), Sunday, 27 February 2005 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned OTM!

― djdee (djdee2005), Sunday, 27 February 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i think it's fitting that its acronym is "haa".

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 27 February 2005 20:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Just got our promo today... here comes the moment of truth.
(Sample clearance for "Release the Beast" is in the liner notes, though, so I'm assuming the leak was the real thing.)

― i am nervous (cochere), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

there are tv ads all over the uk.
MOJO says '4 stars'.
i danced to ROBOT ROCK at RAZZ in barcelona on friday.
it's still a disappointment.
fischerspooner still rules over it.

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 8 March 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

That's some kind of compliment

― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Erm, yeah, so I guess the leak was real. This promo does sound a bit more mastered, for whatever it's worth.

― i am nervous (cochere), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah i'm really surprised by the TV ads!

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Well I'm Surprised.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Without wishing to be a cunt, why would anyone bother listening to this if they have the quite similar yet vastly superior "Cursor Miner Plays God"?

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 02:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Are the programming errors fixed on the final release? Like that choppy transition on the title track?

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Teletext's John Earls actually prefers the new Moby to this. I hope HAA is a grower. I really do.

(Listened to 'Robot Rock' post Cut Copy gig last night, it made sense. Esp. b/c I suggested to Steve that CC should've covered it during the set)

― BARMS, Wednesday, 9 March 2005 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

have you heard the Breakwater track yet?

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Without wishing to be a cunt, why would anyone bother listening to this if they have the quite similar yet vastly superior "Cursor Miner Plays God"?

-- edward o (edwardo...), March 9th, 2005.

Exactly what I was thinking. You don't even get songs about libraries on HAA!

"Sport Of Kings" is like early Simple Minds reborn (N.B.: This is A Good Thing).

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, I had to search the thread to check that you hadn't already said it - it's so bloody obvious, and CMPG eats HAA for breakfast.

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 10:54 (twenty-one years ago)

have you heard the Breakwater track yet?
-- Sven Bastard (stevem7...), March 9th, 2005.

I heard the opening minute, but otherwise, no. Gmail? And you still haven't sent me the last 2 tracks.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 9 March 2005 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

i tried to but it kept failing

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 11:03 (twenty-one years ago)

FAIL LESS

― BARMS, Wednesday, 9 March 2005 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)

CMPG eats HAA for breakfast

Not really, went it's good Cursor Miner is better (Sport of Kings obviously, Man-Made Man, Grilled Cheese (Rolling & Scratchin v2.0), War Machine) when it's not it sucks robot balls. HAA in the end is the better album (sorry for being smurfist here :)

― Omar (Omar), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the album. WOuldn't really say it was a consistently good album - cause there are some real clunkers on the album - but some of the tracks are just otherworldy. I really need to hear CMPG though. Never cared for DP before, but now...

― nathalie barefoot in the head (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, but when is CMPG crap, at all? Surely you don't mean "Library"? There's nothing on HAA that's even remotely as good as say, the sixth best song on CMPG.

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I just listened to samples from this Cursor Miner on their website and it's not really very good and certainly has nothing whatsover on even Daft Punk's weakest moments. That's sort of unfair because it's also kind of in a different genre completely. I don't think they're actually comparable.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd much sooner compare it to the Vitalic album which it wouldn't fare very well against either!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Yikes. Allmusic gave it 3 stars.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Ok Cowboy murders Human After All and wears it's skin as a catsuit.
For shame Daft Punk...for shame.

― modernaire, Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

thats not really fair though. ok cowboy murders every dance album since pansoul

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

After writing my review of it for Gallery of Sound, I've come to a realization. Am I the first to mention that half the album sounds like castoffs from the Irreversible soundtrack?

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

interesting but untrue

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Pft, wh'evah. "The Brainwasher" and "Steam Machine" are totally "we had to cut 10 minutes out of that scene where the dude gets beaten up with the fire extinguisher, maybe you can tinker with it a little for your next album, Bangy."

(Well, fine, I don't think Bangalter gets called Bangy for short, but hopefully the gist is not lost.)

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)

unfortunately theres nothing on haa that sounds like "rectum". (ass yes, rectum no.) i admit that "brainwasher" is pretty close to "outrun" which is on the soundtrack but not in the film iirc

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I know but there's the same feeling of repetitive, potentially nauseating dread as there is in "Rectum", though the tracks I had more in mind as aesthetic parallels were "Night Beats" and "Stress" (which I don't think scored the Rectum scene but enh)

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

and what about "outrage"? nate is right.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 10 March 2005 05:13 (twenty-one years ago)

anyway nate i beat you to it

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 10 March 2005 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

er, maybe this link works better.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 10 March 2005 05:21 (twenty-one years ago)

The title track is better than everything else mentioned on this thread. The rest of it is somewhat disappointing.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 10 March 2005 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I still like this album.

― djdee (djdee2005), Thursday, 10 March 2005 05:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I still want to powerbomb it through a table

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, but when is CMPG crap, at all? Surely you don't mean "Library"?

Surely 'Library'. And those other songs like Gizmo Kid, which are "funny" the first time around, after that well...I suppose it's the kind of stoner humor that will always have an audience.

'Outrage' is the only thing that's better than anything on HAA but then again 'Outrage' is better than anything even Vitalic has done, so bla.

― Omar (Omar), Thursday, 10 March 2005 08:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I have suspicions Human After All is headed for a Private Press - Deadringer-style situation with Bright Like Neon Love in the UK this year.

― BARMS, Thursday, 10 March 2005 09:50 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Brainwasher" and "Steam Machine" are totally "we had to cut 10 minutes out of that scene where the dude gets beaten up with the fire extinguisher, maybe you can tinker with it a little for your next album, Bangy."

Or, you know, like proper dancfloor-orientated music. Ronan nailed it upthread where he said that Steam Machine was like something Ivan Smagghe would play. The Brainwasher too, maybe, just that whole 'pound you to death with one riff' thing. I still don't get how anyone who's been following trends in dance music over the last 18 months could view HAA as a surprise. A disappointment, well, that's another matter...

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 10 March 2005 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"Technologic" will be the second single.

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Download a television and win prizes, or quelque chose: http://www.human-after-all.tv.

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

album release has been brought forward to Monday?!

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

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