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Daft Punk - RAM lOTl - They're nice robots, they chose to stay.
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It's really different from the rest of their albums.
Holy shit Paul Williams was on Dexter's Lab
i knew i recognized his voice from somewhere but i've never heard his own stuff.
i knew i recognized his voice from somewhere but i've never heard his own stuff.
Hahaha, thank you so much. This has been bugging the hell out of me too.
POWERSPHERE
Member
I'm so glad that there's just someone making nice, chill dance music that has some kind of feeling to it. The promo and hype is corny, but that can't detract from what they're doing, which is farting right in the face of all the bullshit overblown corny dance acts out these days. This shits at least got some soul.
Game of Love, Giorgio by Moroder, Give Life Back to Music and Fragments of Time are on repeat. Don't really like anything else. I respect Daft Punk for making this and I like that they aren't rehashing what they've done before, but there are certain things that bug me on almost all of the other songs.
And I really hope they go with less guest vocalists if they ever make another album. Can't stand Pharrell, Paul Williams or Panda Bear on this.
Edit: to balance out my negativity, I should mention the nice production. Everything sounds great. Especially the drums and guitars. Those drums are like crystal clean, works well on these songs.
And I really hope they go with less guest vocalists if they ever make another album. Can't stand Pharrell, Paul Williams or Panda Bear on this.
Edit: to balance out my negativity, I should mention the nice production. Everything sounds great. Especially the drums and guitars. Those drums are like crystal clean, works well on these songs.
Klaymator14
Member
i completely agree, i'm in absolute love with this album, well worth the wait for me
Hmm, I don't feel that soul. It's like they were so calculated in the way they emulated soulful music that in the end they lost the actual soul of it. Also there are tons of people making chill dance music with way more feeling than this. In fact there are so many that I'm getting really sick of some of it.
I havent decided what to think of it yet.
Granted, it's different, but they made a lot of strange choices. Like they use a lot of that synthesized voice, which I'm not sure I like too much.
I was also hoping for some more songs like Get Lucky, some more upbeat, but there are like 3 like that. Which, in my opinion, is a bit too few.
Granted, it's different, but they made a lot of strange choices. Like they use a lot of that synthesized voice, which I'm not sure I like too much.
I was also hoping for some more songs like Get Lucky, some more upbeat, but there are like 3 like that. Which, in my opinion, is a bit too few.
MrGreencastle
Member
That's how I see it, too.
Motherboard may be one of my all time favourite Daft Punk tracks. It's placed so well on the album, too. It's just so groovy.
I'm so loving this. I can't wait to get my CD copy next week for full sound quality.
I'm seeing a lot of people I know are baffled though. They were expecting an album of songs like 'Get Lucky' This is not a dance 'dance' album and from talking to friends who were listening to the stream that was their major problem that's what they were expecting.
What we have is a mellow laid back rather touching love letter to 70's disco,funk and prog rock. It's like Discovery was the club and this is the after party friends invite only and much looser.
I'm seeing a lot of people I know are baffled though. They were expecting an album of songs like 'Get Lucky' This is not a dance 'dance' album and from talking to friends who were listening to the stream that was their major problem that's what they were expecting.
What we have is a mellow laid back rather touching love letter to 70's disco,funk and prog rock. It's like Discovery was the club and this is the after party friends invite only and much looser.
and Human After All is the toilet or alleyway where everyone's throwing up?
I can't speak for your friends, but I think most people were not as much disappointed by it not being a dance album as they are disappointed by it being very sterile and generic.
Yeah haha that part of the night where everyone makes bad mistakes.
Rastafarian42
Member
This is my first Daft Punk album and I must say I like it a lot really like the jazz influenced sound on this project.
I agree to an extent. I think Hercules and Love Affair did a better job at making a tribute to disco while retaining a bit of the danger and darkness http://youtu.be/aaUMPGx2-Io. Love the way it falls apart towards the end.
http://youtu.be/aaUMPGx2-Io
Two words especially 'generic' that are overused to the point of meaningless.
It means they are more interested in referencing trends than forging something unheard of.
Rastafarian42
Member
I'm feeling a 70's Isley brothers vibe to this album as well.
Haha, wow, my brother just recommended that album to me last night, since we were talking about how RAM doesn't really feel very disco or upbeat or whatever and I love it. The song you linked in particular is so catchy. I'd heard of H&LA before, but never bothered to listen to them until now. Great stuff.
Possibly one the the most disappointing albums I have ever heard. Lacks any good flow, tracks overstay their welcome. and the pretentious speaking over music ruins the best songs.
Feels like a rushed cash in overall. The massive upfront marketing makes me feel they didn't have much faith in it themselves.
Feels like a rushed cash in overall. The massive upfront marketing makes me feel they didn't have much faith in it themselves.
buckfutter
Member
I really like the album. Perhaps speaking a touch early, given how much hype, criticism, expectation and STUFF is circling around it right now, obscuring it a bit.
There's definitely a cold edge to it, though, which is unusual for their music.
There's definitely a cold edge to it, though, which is unusual for their music.
Eh, if anything I feel they overworked it. Go back and listen to the choice Discovery tracks and they feel so much more fresh, free and spontaneous.
Wind's Howling
Member
I find it amazing how tastes differ when talking about this album.
Some people do not find it disco enough, when I find it raises the bar back to the amazing 70's and 80's where music was at its prime and where the 90's, 00's just fell incredibly short with the last generation becoming repetitive without the majority of the artists being unique.
Some people absolutely hate Game of Love, but I find it one of the better songs on this album. I absolutely hate Within' though. After a serious amount of listening I can not find a single thing that screams 'Daft Punk' in that song.
Everything else is just superb, with Give Life Back To Music, Giorgio by Moroder, Instant Crush, Lose Yourself to Dance, Touch and Contact being god-tier.
Some people do not find it disco enough, when I find it raises the bar back to the amazing 70's and 80's where music was at its prime and where the 90's, 00's just fell incredibly short with the last generation becoming repetitive without the majority of the artists being unique.
Some people absolutely hate Game of Love, but I find it one of the better songs on this album. I absolutely hate Within' though. After a serious amount of listening I can not find a single thing that screams 'Daft Punk' in that song.
Everything else is just superb, with Give Life Back To Music, Giorgio by Moroder, Instant Crush, Lose Yourself to Dance, Touch and Contact being god-tier.
Huh? 00s have the most variety and most unique artists ever.
Wind's Howling
Member
I find them sitting in the same safe pattern as everyone, with a few of them being the exception. The 70's and 80's were the experimental fase where they just created stuff that sounded good to them, and they'll just see what happens when releasing it.
http://youtu.be/7zW9R9sj894 (won P4k song of the year, features Antony Hegarty)
http://youtu.be/-FC_furirj8
Dave Meltzer
Banned
You're listening to the wrong 00s stuff and only listening to the good 70s & 80s stuff.
Maybe if you listen exclusively to top 40 radio and Pitchfork BNMs... cast a wider net and you might be pleasantly surprised.
i love instant crush, maybe my favourite song on the album. the only song that i really dislike is contact. constant build-up with no pay-off (unless you consider noise a pay-off...).
love the album, but i can understand why some people dont. some songs really do overstay their welcome and maybe some songs (game of love) would have been better without the vocoder stuff.
love the album, but i can understand why some people dont. some songs really do overstay their welcome and maybe some songs (game of love) would have been better without the vocoder stuff.
Wind's Howling
Member
Nah, not really. I have listened to my fair share of 00's music and my tastes definitely go to the 60's/70's and 80's. Opinions differ. I just do not really like the music that is being released nowadays, with the exception of a few like JT's 20/20 experience and Trance.
But I'm from Holland. You are pretty much forced to love Trance in our country :lol
I turned off RAM to listen to Human After All. Best decision I made all morning. Come at me bro
captainraincoat
Banned
Very chill out sort of album....im liking it more with every listen. ...some of the tunes would not be out of place in a 90s porno and some need to be sped up....the remixes should be great
Most absurd comment so far.
The production values are sky high. If anything the album could be contested for being too overproduced, rather than underproduced.
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
Hercules and Love Affair <3
This is fantastic. Guess I need to listen to my brother more often then :lol
Time to put Hercules Theme on repeat.
Wind's Howling
Member
I thought that song was public knowledge by now?
first listen through and love it. i wasn't even super hyped for it so it's not like i'm trying to cash a check i already wrote.
in terms of EDM it kinda sucks but in terms of just music overall it's A+ so far (might not age well over time but impossible to tell now).
in the feels dept. (ambience, flow, pacing, energy) it gives me the same feels that ok computer does. probably seems like nonsense but in my brain it makes perfect sense.
doing it right is my fav right now, it's so god damn good.
in terms of EDM it kinda sucks but in terms of just music overall it's A+ so far (might not age well over time but impossible to tell now).
in the feels dept. (ambience, flow, pacing, energy) it gives me the same feels that ok computer does. probably seems like nonsense but in my brain it makes perfect sense.
doing it right is my fav right now, it's so god damn good.
No idea. Never heard a second of H&LA until last night.
This album, my god THIS ALBUM
This has so many touches of brilliance. It mixes Pink Floyd with Michael Jackson with Kid A with Prince with the Beatles with a little bit of mid 90's gangsta style from Warren G and Nate Dog.
This album has so much depth and quality.
I have not listened to an album like this in many years. Three or four of the songs make me tingle all over when they kick in:
Giorgio by Moroder
Instant Crush
Touch
Contact
These are my favourite's but the whole album is an eclectic musical dream.
I must have listened to it on loop for about 5 hours last night and a couple this morning on my way to work.
It just keeps getting better and better.
I HAVE to see them when they tour soon, it is my duty.
This has so many touches of brilliance. It mixes Pink Floyd with Michael Jackson with Kid A with Prince with the Beatles with a little bit of mid 90's gangsta style from Warren G and Nate Dog.
This album has so much depth and quality.
I have not listened to an album like this in many years. Three or four of the songs make me tingle all over when they kick in:
Giorgio by Moroder
Instant Crush
Touch
Contact
These are my favourite's but the whole album is an eclectic musical dream.
I must have listened to it on loop for about 5 hours last night and a couple this morning on my way to work.
It just keeps getting better and better.
I HAVE to see them when they tour soon, it is my duty.
Don'tBeWeird
Member
Yeah it's been a long time since I've heard something this good. It really is something very special.
Yes!! Me as well. This HAS to be remixed, and I am sure it will.