Daft Punk is one of those artists that pretty much everybody knows and likes. "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is perhaps their most well known song (thanks in part to Kanye's West abomination "Stronger"). Despite this minor misuse the song is still one of the better ones from Daft Punk's second full-length "Discovery". Opening with "One More Time" the album immediately has a feeling of class about it and rarely does that status change throughout the album. With the opener and several others, Daft Punk have crafted the best dance album of the decade; a point which few will argue. "Digital Love" conjures up images of some strange colorful dream one might have and a few tracks later "Something About Us" repeats those images. Near the end of the album is the track "Veridis Quo" which reminds me of my childhood when I would watch the show "The Friendly Giant". Most of the album is made from samples but you never feel like the group is being unoriginal, it's quite the opposite in fact. Listening to "Discovery" one will instantly make associations to the music and on subsequent listens a sense of familiarity and comfort will come about. To me that sense of familiarity is what makes this album so classic, it's something that is rarely achieved by other artists.
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Standout tracks: One More Time, Digital Love, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Something About Us, Face to Face
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