Daft Punk: Discovery (2LP) [DAFT LIFE]

Why you'll love it

Discovery gave the world "One More Time," "Digital Love" and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger," and the whole album doubles as the soundtrack to Interstella 5555, the anime Daft Punk made with Leiji Matsumoto. Its six singles turned two robots into a crossover pop phenomenon.

This edition

• 2LP set, 14 tracks over four sides
• Daft Life pressing (cat# DAF661716)

About the album

Daft Punk's 1997 debut, Homework, was a slammin' slab of raw D.I.Y. tech-house that instantly established the duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo as a dance-music force to be reckoned with.

For the follow-up, 2001's gleamingly groovy Discovery, the pair applied a coat of polish and a whole lotta disco love to the proceedings, firmly establishing the glitterball-friendly sound that's been Daft Punk's trademark ever since and contributing several indelible singles to the pop canon ("One More Time," "Digital Love" and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger") that have stood the test of time just as well as "Da Funk" and "Around The World." Some observers were perplexed by the change in direction at the time, but Discovery has since gone on to be recognized as a hugely influential piece of work and a modern-day classic. It also turned the masked robo-men behind the music into a rare crossover success story straddling clubland and the pop charts. "One More Time" would be Daft Punk's biggest hit until "Get Lucky" came along and blew everyone's minds in 2013.

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Tracklist

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On Daft Life (cat# DAF661716), a reissue of the 2001 album.