In 1997 Daft Punk (Frenchmen Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) released their debut album "Homework", which has since been recognised as one of the finest dance music albums ever written. It ranks alongside Leftfield's "Leftism" (1995) and Massive Attack's "Blue Lines" (1991) as one of the very greatest albums focused on electronic sounds. As the two artists above have shown, writing a follow-up to a highly successful album is extremely difficult. Leftfield waited until 1999 before releasing "Rhythm And Stealth" and it has taken a similar length of time for Daft Punk to write their second album ...  Read the complete review

I wasn't sure when my brother bought this album and didn't really think it was a good buy. This is one of my favourite CDs of the year, and all together! If you like Dance tracks and easy listening music this is the one for you. The best track on this album I think is Digital Love which didn't do very well in the charts! On this CD there are a lot of instrumental tracks which are really good with a great beat in the background. Sadly I haven't heard any of the tracks from the first album, homework but I will be buying it soon. The track go as this: 1 : One more time Probably heard by most of you this is a great ...  Read the complete review

“Discovery” is the follow up to the French Duo’s “Homework” album , which was released in 97’. I can only describe their music as strange, very catch and fresh electronic dance music. Discovery was meant to be the best dance album in some time, many don’t agree, I have to ask why? I whole-heartedly agree with the critics. The album starts with “One More Time” which reached the UK top 5. This track is much more suited to a UK audience and is not as dance like as the rest of the album. The second track, Aerodynamic is much better and has no singing; it really warms you up for the rest of the album. ...  Read the complete review

When ever there is an enormous media barrage proclaiming an album to be ‘the most important thing since the first Daft Punk album’ and the like, it’s wise to insert tongue firmly into cheek, grab the nearest salt shaker and hop on one foot chanting the word ‘objective’ when you actually come to first listen to it, especially when review copies are withheld until the actual release date. Normally, such practice would signify an impending tragedy of Oasis-like proportions but, thankfully, this release avoids that fate by miles. Before we get carried away, however, while there are the moments of indisputable genius that we were all hoping for, .  Read the complete review

Having not heard of Daft Punk when their first album, called Homework, came out. Therefore the first I heard of them was the single One More Time when it was released and boy oh boy did it get played a lot. However, having got the new album Discovery, I have now realised that that is not Daft Punk's real 'sound' as One More Time was (in my opinion) quite 'poppy' and unlike many of their songs, had a set of lyrics. I shall now go through each song in turn. 1. One More Time: If you have only heard one Daft Punk song then most likely by far it is going to be this one. It needs little introduction with it's catchy rhythm and quick ...  Read the complete review