Daft Punk - Human After All

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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)

My best friend's obsessed w/this based purely on the title (well mostly. She likes "Discovery" a fair bit, too). She can't wait to buy it.

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:30 (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.

I know what Private Press and Deadringer are, but I don't know what their "situation" is/was, nor do I know what BLNL is. Can someone fill me in?

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Or, you know, like proper dancfloor-orientated music.

Considering this particular pop music act gave us "Around the World", how in blazes is this any more dancefloor-oriented, unless you're wearing leather pants?

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Barima was implying that Deadringer upstaged The Private Press somewhat by being the funkier, fresher cuz. BLNL is the Cut Copy album now being officially released in the UK in May featuring shades of DP 'great release' house at times.

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, partly, yes (although TPP is very much the better album), but based on the public perception standpoint those two albums were tagged with. I'm thinking of something like: "Well, that DP record's a bit of a difficult 3rd album, yeah, but hey, this Cut Copy dude sounds a lot like the first 2 DP albums, that's what they shoulda made, yeah!" I definitely prefer BLNL right now, but not every critic or fan will (and won't, besides those who've not) take to HAA, possibly leading to a similar adoption scenario as that of 2002.

― BARMS, Thursday, 10 March 2005 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Considering this particular pop music act gave us "Around the World", how in blazes is this any more dancefloor-oriented, unless you're wearing leather pants?

It isn't. But then its not exactly stretching the imagination for anyone to make exactly the same argument about Around The World, or Da Funk, both of which are about as minimal or repetetive as either of the two newer tracks you mention. Well, maybe not as beat-em-up movie music but you get where I'm coming from.

At the same time, I can't imagine anyone using a similar criticism of Digital Love or One More Time. Well, I could, but they would be WRONG.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 10 March 2005 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

they were made in the happier time

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 10 March 2005 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The terrorists have won.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 10 March 2005 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"Da Funk" is brilliant! I miss it.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 10 March 2005 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

The liner notes to HAA:

"Paris, September 13 to November 9, 2004
All Guitars by Daft Punk"

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard a rumour that the guy who signed Daft Punk has left Virgin to start a new company and that this is DP's contractual obligation fulfillment to follow said music exec.

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

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