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Daft Punk dooming mankind to overpopulation.
okay that was like half a year after the album dropped though. also i hate you. I still hadn't heard it live! To be fair, hearing it live completely changed my opinion of the album. Same way I felt about HAA.
JennyTablina
Member
I'm in love with this album and on a second listen, how can people hate it? It's so fresh and organic, which is a really nice surprise for me. It took the robots putting their synths and decks down to show the industry how you make a consistently good album.
I'm also happy because this is a Daft Punk album my dad can appreciate, I grew up listening to his disco records and such and while he could appreciate the singles out of Discovery, a lot of their usual stylings left him a little cold, he appreciated them but never was exactly crazy for them (he HATES the Tron Legacy soundtrack)
But he's been really hooked on Get Lucky and seems keen on this album too. So hopefully I can convince him to play RAM on our car journeys : D
I'm also happy because this is a Daft Punk album my dad can appreciate, I grew up listening to his disco records and such and while he could appreciate the singles out of Discovery, a lot of their usual stylings left him a little cold, he appreciated them but never was exactly crazy for them (he HATES the Tron Legacy soundtrack)
But he's been really hooked on Get Lucky and seems keen on this album too. So hopefully I can convince him to play RAM on our car journeys : D
http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/AlbumStreaming/RandomAccessMemory_DaftPunk.m4p
Try that one. Working for me on my iPhone.
Yep.
Contact by the widest margin is the best song on here, no debate. How the fuck is this masterpiece on this album?
Doing it Right - i can bop to this anytime.
and idk about the rest, maybe Get Lucky and touch
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Works! Awesome, thanks!
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Instant Crush almost sounds like Alan Parsons Project.
Ken Masters
Banned
All the "brining back disco" hype was just BS sadly, after listening throughout I'd give the album a C, maybe it will grow to a C+ if tracks grow on me
lol dude, it's cuz u listened it to 30,000 times..
XANDER CAGE
Member
The thick bass drum towards the end of Contact sounds like the bass drum they were using on the Alive 2007 tour.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
Motherboard is awesome.
Driving this road down to paradise
Letting the sunlight into my eyes
Our only plan is to improvise
And it's crystal clear that I don't ever want it to end
If I had it my way I would never leave
Keep building these random memories
Turning our days into melodies
Since I can't stay
I just keep playing back
These fragments of time
Everywhere I go
These moments will shine
Letting the sunlight into my eyes
Our only plan is to improvise
And it's crystal clear that I don't ever want it to end
If I had it my way I would never leave
Keep building these random memories
Turning our days into melodies
Since I can't stay
I just keep playing back
These fragments of time
Everywhere I go
These moments will shine
Seriously. It might be my favorite track.
I'm hoping for a remix album by them this or next year, with some remixes by DP in addition to other artists.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Yes!
Just finished my first listen and my initial impressions are it was stellar back to front. Dug the whole thing
Will see if that holds up on repeat listens later. Contact is the one track I feel wont hold up unless Im listening to it in context with the entire rest of the album. Its a spectacular closer.
EDIT- Touch is probably my favorite track
Will see if that holds up on repeat listens later. Contact is the one track I feel wont hold up unless Im listening to it in context with the entire rest of the album. Its a spectacular closer.
EDIT- Touch is probably my favorite track
donkey show
Member
I'm losing myself to Lose Yourself to Dance. So good. Love the hell out of the album after replaying it 3 times already.
It's definitely number 1 for me.
criesofthepast
Member
Oh shit GIORGIO!
Fenderputty
Banned
The begining of Fragments in Time made me think of Fleetwood Mac.
After my second playthough I'm digging it more than the first. My least favorite song is "Touch".
My favorites are "give back life to music", "georgio", "Fragments of Time" and probably "Get Lucky". I'm digging the rest a ton as well, but can't get into "touch".
EDIT: Contact is a great way to end the album.
After my second playthough I'm digging it more than the first. My least favorite song is "Touch".
My favorites are "give back life to music", "georgio", "Fragments of Time" and probably "Get Lucky". I'm digging the rest a ton as well, but can't get into "touch".
EDIT: Contact is a great way to end the album.
Giorgio! I can feel Morodor's "Chase" in there
One of the best electronic tracks ever.
He's still the damn man.
Bronco'Bama
Neo Member
After a couple of listens I can confidently say it was worth the wait and all the hype.
Loving Instant Crush, Doin' it Right, and Fragments of Time the most right now.
Loving Instant Crush, Doin' it Right, and Fragments of Time the most right now.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
Giorgio doesn't have enough ideas to justify 9 minutes.
This Panda Bear track is atrocious.
This Panda Bear track is atrocious.
Heart Attack
Member
Damn, this album sounds like the essential hipster album of all time.
boredofcanada
Member
Yeah this isn't what I want to hear from them. So I guess it'll be another decade before we get another album? Consider me disappointed.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Pharrel's vocal for Get Lucky works pretty well, but his falsetto in Lose Yourself kinda takes me out of it. Might've been a mistake putting him on that one.
Nnnnnnnope! Not to me it doesn't. Track still holds up against the others.
listening to it again, it's like daft punk almost got into some trap shit, but not quite, so the track is just stuck between being dancey and being chilled out.
That nerd also said he hated On'n'on. FWIW Ohio is the only truly awful song on that album.
Fuck me, the background beat that plays when Giorgio is speaking is so fucking amazing. Makes me feel like I'm driving in Miami with a badass convertible. It would be a perfect track for Vice City.
Also this album sounds really clean if that makes sense. Even at 192 kbps (itune's stream) it sounds fuckin' great. Can't wait for the lossless version. Go listen to something like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy then listen to this album, huge difference.
Thank you based Daft Punk for not following the loudness wars.
It's also a breath of fresh air compared to what's on the radio, especially the crap that will.i.am is doing.
My ranking so far:
RAM >= Discovery = Homework (The one I prefer depends on my mood) > HAA (This album gets a lot of hate but it's still good).
Also this album sounds really clean if that makes sense. Even at 192 kbps (itune's stream) it sounds fuckin' great. Can't wait for the lossless version. Go listen to something like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy then listen to this album, huge difference.
Thank you based Daft Punk for not following the loudness wars.
It's also a breath of fresh air compared to what's on the radio, especially the crap that will.i.am is doing.
My ranking so far:
RAM >= Discovery = Homework (The one I prefer depends on my mood) > HAA (This album gets a lot of hate but it's still good).