Daft Punk - Discovery & Human After All (2011)
Daft Punk - Discovery & Human After All
EAC+LOG+CUE | 2xWV: 717 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: EMI # 5099972966303 | Country/Year: Europe 2011, -05, -01
Genre: Electronica | Style: Progressive House
MD5 [X] CUE [X] LOG [X] INFO TEXT [X] ARTWORK [X]
selfrip [] not my rip [X]
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 25. October 2012, 23:35
Daft Punk / Human After All
Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:19.17 | 0 | 23941
2 | 5:19.17 | 4:23.28 | 23942 | 43694
3 | 9:42.45 | 4:47.57 | 43695 | 65276
4 | 14:30.27 | 5:20.60 | 65277 | 89336
5 | 19:51.12 | 4:50.00 | 89337 | 111086
6 | 24:41.12 | 4:08.18 | 111087 | 129704
7 | 28:49.30 | 0:19.25 | 129705 | 131154
8 | 29:08.55 | 4:47.55 | 131155 | 152734
9 | 33:56.35 | 4:44.27 | 152735 | 174061
10 | 38:40.62 | 6:56.05 | 174062 | 205266
Range status and errors
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Filename E:\Music\Daft Punk - Discovery. Human After All (2011) (EMI 5099972966303)\Daft Punk - Human After All.wav
Peak level 94.5 %
Extraction speed 6.0 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC A84BAC99
Copy CRC A84BAC99
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
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Track 2 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 151) [035E5928], AccurateRip returned [DFE09075] (AR v2)
Track 3 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 156) [B2EE2F7D], AccurateRip returned [2D191AD4] (AR v2)
Track 4 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 155) [B2AA91B8], AccurateRip returned [63216530] (AR v2)
Track 5 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 157) [B459B540], AccurateRip returned [ABE121D9] (AR v2)
Track 6 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 157) [0DB46799], AccurateRip returned [96BFC938] (AR v2)
Track 7 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 158) [FD62B10E], AccurateRip returned [A7A0400A] (AR v2)
Track 8 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 156) [72AEBF96], AccurateRip returned [49F22A32] (AR v2)
Track 9 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 157) [D3223630], AccurateRip returned [7F36B77E] (AR v2)
Track 10 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 156) [EE538A69], AccurateRip returned [944BF16E] (AR v2)
No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
End of status report
==== Log checksum 28A6720FB118471006A2BBC746BACEFD4CC9C14C37DFD3D9FB2FB97DF89A9199 ====
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 25. October 2012, 22:26
Daft Punk / Discovery
Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.32 | 5:20.63 | 32 | 24094
2 | 5:21.20 | 3:27.40 | 24095 | 39659
3 | 8:48.60 | 4:58.25 | 39660 | 62034
4 | 13:47.10 | 3:44.22 | 62035 | 78856
5 | 17:31.32 | 3:31.48 | 78857 | 94729
6 | 21:03.05 | 1:44.35 | 94730 | 102564
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11 | 37:46.05 | 5:44.67 | 169955 | 195821
12 | 43:30.72 | 3:26.65 | 195822 | 211336
13 | 46:57.62 | 4:00.13 | 211337 | 229349
14 | 50:58.00 | 10:00.22 | 229350 | 274371
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename E:\Music\Daft Punk - Discovery. Human After All (2011) (EMI 5099972966303)\Daft Punk - Discovery.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 5.0 X
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 152634E6
Copy CRC 152634E6
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [483F355A], AccurateRip returned [03806FF7] (AR v2)
Track 2 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [46A39B7A], AccurateRip returned [D1C51B11] (AR v2)
Track 3 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [188E1A12], AccurateRip returned [68AA41B5] (AR v2)
Track 4 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [91C15AA8], AccurateRip returned [FEFF3D47] (AR v2)
Track 5 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [2E118DA0], AccurateRip returned [5AB291C6] (AR v2)
Track 6 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [E9EEA832], AccurateRip returned [B50B9730] (AR v2)
Track 7 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [4578FC12], AccurateRip returned [749FC6E5] (AR v2)
Track 8 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [E41264F8], AccurateRip returned [4D591D19] (AR v2)
Track 9 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [E2033CBA], AccurateRip returned [2A6C7BD3] (AR v2)
Track 10 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [CA48FCD3], AccurateRip returned [CB23BDB6] (AR v2)
Track 11 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [876085E6], AccurateRip returned [52E3BF8A] (AR v2)
Track 12 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [CA4CBA03], AccurateRip returned [EC8F08FC] (AR v2)
Track 13 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [1E78D365], AccurateRip returned [447CFCD8] (AR v2)
Track 14 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [BA3FC668], AccurateRip returned [EDE07DA5] (AR v2)
No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
End of status report
==== Log checksum 9F862E6F19BF0B09A2ED165B4EFF0185EDC89B7E3FA9F7332E6D71F3EA61AA55 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 25. October 2012, 23:35
Daft Punk / Human After All
Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 5:19.17 | 0 | 23941
2 | 5:19.17 | 4:23.28 | 23942 | 43694
3 | 9:42.45 | 4:47.57 | 43695 | 65276
4 | 14:30.27 | 5:20.60 | 65277 | 89336
5 | 19:51.12 | 4:50.00 | 89337 | 111086
6 | 24:41.12 | 4:08.18 | 111087 | 129704
7 | 28:49.30 | 0:19.25 | 129705 | 131154
8 | 29:08.55 | 4:47.55 | 131155 | 152734
9 | 33:56.35 | 4:44.27 | 152735 | 174061
10 | 38:40.62 | 6:56.05 | 174062 | 205266
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename E:\Music\Daft Punk - Discovery. Human After All (2011) (EMI 5099972966303)\Daft Punk - Human After All.wav
Peak level 94.5 %
Extraction speed 6.0 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC A84BAC99
Copy CRC A84BAC99
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 107) [CB81A792], AccurateRip returned [9F35041B] (AR v2)
Track 2 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 151) [035E5928], AccurateRip returned [DFE09075] (AR v2)
Track 3 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 156) [B2EE2F7D], AccurateRip returned [2D191AD4] (AR v2)
Track 4 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 155) [B2AA91B8], AccurateRip returned [63216530] (AR v2)
Track 5 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 157) [B459B540], AccurateRip returned [ABE121D9] (AR v2)
Track 6 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 157) [0DB46799], AccurateRip returned [96BFC938] (AR v2)
Track 7 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 158) [FD62B10E], AccurateRip returned [A7A0400A] (AR v2)
Track 8 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 156) [72AEBF96], AccurateRip returned [49F22A32] (AR v2)
Track 9 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 157) [D3223630], AccurateRip returned [7F36B77E] (AR v2)
Track 10 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 156) [EE538A69], AccurateRip returned [944BF16E] (AR v2)
No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
End of status report
==== Log checksum 28A6720FB118471006A2BBC746BACEFD4CC9C14C37DFD3D9FB2FB97DF89A9199 ====
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 25. October 2012, 22:26
Daft Punk / Discovery
Used drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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2 | 5:21.20 | 3:27.40 | 24095 | 39659
3 | 8:48.60 | 4:58.25 | 39660 | 62034
4 | 13:47.10 | 3:44.22 | 62035 | 78856
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12 | 43:30.72 | 3:26.65 | 195822 | 211336
13 | 46:57.62 | 4:00.13 | 211337 | 229349
14 | 50:58.00 | 10:00.22 | 229350 | 274371
Range status and errors
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Filename E:\Music\Daft Punk - Discovery. Human After All (2011) (EMI 5099972966303)\Daft Punk - Discovery.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 5.0 X
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 152634E6
Copy CRC 152634E6
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [483F355A], AccurateRip returned [03806FF7] (AR v2)
Track 2 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [46A39B7A], AccurateRip returned [D1C51B11] (AR v2)
Track 3 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [188E1A12], AccurateRip returned [68AA41B5] (AR v2)
Track 4 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [91C15AA8], AccurateRip returned [FEFF3D47] (AR v2)
Track 5 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [2E118DA0], AccurateRip returned [5AB291C6] (AR v2)
Track 6 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [E9EEA832], AccurateRip returned [B50B9730] (AR v2)
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Track 8 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [E41264F8], AccurateRip returned [4D591D19] (AR v2)
Track 9 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [E2033CBA], AccurateRip returned [2A6C7BD3] (AR v2)
Track 10 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [CA48FCD3], AccurateRip returned [CB23BDB6] (AR v2)
Track 11 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [876085E6], AccurateRip returned [52E3BF8A] (AR v2)
Track 12 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [CA4CBA03], AccurateRip returned [EC8F08FC] (AR v2)
Track 13 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [1E78D365], AccurateRip returned [447CFCD8] (AR v2)
Track 14 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 200) [BA3FC668], AccurateRip returned [EDE07DA5] (AR v2)
No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
End of status report
==== Log checksum 9F862E6F19BF0B09A2ED165B4EFF0185EDC89B7E3FA9F7332E6D71F3EA61AA55 ====
auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
Detect mode (0..40 with 0 = most accurate): 8 (default)
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[Daft Punk - Discovery.wav]
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.154968e+004 Hz
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Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.307727e-001
First order smothness: 4.200000e-001
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[Daft Punk - Human After All.wav]
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.125878e+004 Hz
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Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
Detect mode (0..40 with 0 = most accurate): 8 (default)
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[Daft Punk - Discovery.wav]
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[Daft Punk - Human After All.wav]
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Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.125878e+004 Hz
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Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.379423e-001
First order smothness: 3.872054e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%.
foobar2000 1.1.14a / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-05-16 20:44:58
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Analyzed: Daft Punk / Discovery
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 0.00 dB -11.58 dB 5:21 01-One More Time
DR10 0.00 dB -12.22 dB 3:28 02-Aerodynamic
DR9 0.00 dB -12.11 dB 4:58 03-Digital Love
DR10 0.00 dB -11.39 dB 3:44 04-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
DR9 0.00 dB -10.68 dB 3:32 05-Crescendolls
DR14 -0.54 dB -15.77 dB 1:44 06-Nightvision
DR8 0.00 dB -10.23 dB 3:58 07-Superheroes
DR10 0.00 dB -12.83 dB 3:22 08-High Life
DR11 0.00 dB -13.48 dB 3:51 09-Something About Us
DR10 0.00 dB -12.76 dB 3:48 10-Voyager
DR11 0.00 dB -12.23 dB 5:45 11-Veridis Quo
DR9 0.00 dB -11.27 dB 3:27 12-Short Circuit
DR10 0.00 dB -11.03 dB 4:00 13-Face To Face
DR9 0.00 dB -11.21 dB 10:00 14-Too Long
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 917 kbps
Codec: WavPack
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Analyzed: Daft Punk / Human After All
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR5 -0.50 dB -6.03 dB 5:19 01-Human After All
DR6 -0.50 dB -7.63 dB 4:23 02-The Prime Time Of Your Life
DR5 -0.49 dB -6.89 dB 4:48 03-Robot Rock
DR6 -0.50 dB -7.58 dB 5:21 04-Steam Machine
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.65 dB 4:50 05-Make Love
DR5 -0.50 dB -6.11 dB 4:08 06-The Brainwasher
DR8 -8.50 dB -18.67 dB 0:19 07-On/Off
DR4 -0.50 dB -5.96 dB 4:48 08-Television Rules The Nation
DR5 -0.50 dB -7.08 dB 4:44 09-Technologic
DR4 -0.50 dB -6.80 dB 6:56 10-Emotion
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 973 kbps
Codec: WavPack
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log date: 2013-05-16 20:44:58
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Analyzed: Daft Punk / Discovery
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 0.00 dB -11.58 dB 5:21 01-One More Time
DR10 0.00 dB -12.22 dB 3:28 02-Aerodynamic
DR9 0.00 dB -12.11 dB 4:58 03-Digital Love
DR10 0.00 dB -11.39 dB 3:44 04-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
DR9 0.00 dB -10.68 dB 3:32 05-Crescendolls
DR14 -0.54 dB -15.77 dB 1:44 06-Nightvision
DR8 0.00 dB -10.23 dB 3:58 07-Superheroes
DR10 0.00 dB -12.83 dB 3:22 08-High Life
DR11 0.00 dB -13.48 dB 3:51 09-Something About Us
DR10 0.00 dB -12.76 dB 3:48 10-Voyager
DR11 0.00 dB -12.23 dB 5:45 11-Veridis Quo
DR9 0.00 dB -11.27 dB 3:27 12-Short Circuit
DR10 0.00 dB -11.03 dB 4:00 13-Face To Face
DR9 0.00 dB -11.21 dB 10:00 14-Too Long
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
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Bitrate: 917 kbps
Codec: WavPack
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Analyzed: Daft Punk / Human After All
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR5 -0.50 dB -6.03 dB 5:19 01-Human After All
DR6 -0.50 dB -7.63 dB 4:23 02-The Prime Time Of Your Life
DR5 -0.49 dB -6.89 dB 4:48 03-Robot Rock
DR6 -0.50 dB -7.58 dB 5:21 04-Steam Machine
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.65 dB 4:50 05-Make Love
DR5 -0.50 dB -6.11 dB 4:08 06-The Brainwasher
DR8 -8.50 dB -18.67 dB 0:19 07-On/Off
DR4 -0.50 dB -5.96 dB 4:48 08-Television Rules The Nation
DR5 -0.50 dB -7.08 dB 4:44 09-Technologic
DR4 -0.50 dB -6.80 dB 6:56 10-Emotion
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 973 kbps
Codec: WavPack
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CD Info:
Daft Punk - Discovery & Human After All
Label: EMI
Catalog#: 5099972966303
Format: 2xCD, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 2011
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House
Tracklist:
Discovery (2001)
1.One More Time
2.Aerodynamic
3.Digital Love
4.Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
5.Crescendolls
6.Nightvision
7.Superheroes
8.High Life
9.Something About Us
10.Voyager
11.Veridis Quo
12.Short Circuit
13.Face To Face
14.Too Long
Human After All (2005)
1.Human After All
2.The Prime Time Of Your Life
3.Robot Rock
4.Steam Machine
5.Make Love
6.The Brainwasher
7.On / Off
8.Television Rules The Nation
9.Technologic
10.Emotion
Daft Punk - Discovery & Human After All (2011)
"Human After All" review by John Bush
Four long years after their debut, Homework, Daft Punk returned with a second full-length, also packed with excellent productions and many of the obligatory nods to the duo's favorite stylistic speed bumps of the 1970s and '80s. Discovery is by no means the same record, though. Deserting the shrieking acid house hysteria of their early work, the album moves in the same smooth filtered disco circles as the European dance smashes ("Music Sounds Better with You" and "Gym Tonic") that were co-produced by DP's Thomas Bangalter during the group's long interim. If Homework was Daft Punk's Chicago house record, this is definitely the New York garage edition, with co-productions and vocals from Romanthony and Todd Edwards, two of the brightest figures based in New Jersey's fertile garage scene. Also in common with classic East Coast dance and '80s R&B, Discovery surprisingly focuses on songwriting and concise productions, though the pair's visions of bucolic pop on "Digital Love" and "Something About Us" are delivered by an androgynous, vocoderized frontman singing trite (though rather endearing) love lyrics. "One More Time," the irresistible album opener and first single, takes Bangalter's "Music Sounds Better with You" as a blueprint, blending sampled horns with some retro bass thump and the gorgeous, extroverted vocals of Romanthony going round and round with apparently endless tweakings. Though "Aerodynamic" and "Superheroes" have a bit of the driving acid minimalism associated with Homework, here Daft Punk is more taken with the glammier, poppier sound of Eurodisco and late R&B. Abusing their pitch-bend and vocoder effects as though they were going out of style (about 15 years too late, come to think of it), the duo loops nearly everything they can get their sequencers on – divas, vocoders, synth-guitars, electric piano – and conjures a sound worthy of bygone electro-pop technicians from Giorgio Moroder to Todd Rundgren to Steve Miller. Daft Punk are such stellar, meticulous producers that they make any sound work, even superficially dated ones like spastic early-'80s electro/R&B ("Short Circuit") or faux-orchestral synthesizer baroque ("Veridis Quo"). The only crime here is burying the highlight of the entire LP near the end. "Face to Face," a track with garage wunderkind Todd Edwards, twists his trademarked split-second samples and fully fragmented vision of garage into a dance-pop hit that could've easily stormed the charts in 1987. Daft Punk even manage a sense of humor about their own work, closing with a ten-minute track aptly titled "Too Long." allmusicguide5
"Discovery" review by Heather Phares
Daft Punk has always been one of dance music's most flexible – and accessible – acts, spanning the relentless pulse of Homework and the lush, sprawling Discovery with a distinctive wit and playfulness that made fans of electronic music diehards and indie rockers alike. Though the long-awaited Human After All retains that playfulness, it's the duo's simplest album, which oddly enough, makes it their most difficult to embrace at first. Human After All was made in six weeks, and sounds like it – and not always in a good way: the quick-and-dirty recording process and limited palette of grainy synths, vocoders, and guitars do lend a stripped-down, spontaneous feel, but just as often, this minimal approach feels like it's supporting minimal ideas. Most of Human After All's tracks concentrate on one or two heavily repeated motifs, giving some of the tracks the feeling of demos copied and pasted to a full song length (even more uncharitably, you could say that they sound like parts of a Daft Punk beats-and-loops construction kit). "Steam Machine," for example, starts off strong with a low-slung, low-rent drum machine beat and aptly hissy whispering, but fails to do much over the course of five minutes. Repetition and simplicity, or at least a certain kind of innocence, have been at the heart of Daft Punk's music since the beginning, but this formula doesn't always work on Human After All; this is particularly true on the album's softer songs, "Make Love" and "Emotion," both of which are pretty and evocative, but never quite pack the emotional punch that they threaten to. And though Human After All's linear quality is superficially like the duo's more danceable work, many of the tracks are too slow to ignite the dancefloor (however, "Television Rules the Nation"'s robotic, "Smoke on the Water" meets "Iron Man" guitar riff nails the cleverly stupid vibe that doesn't always connect on the rest of the album). All of this makes the album something of an odd beast, and the baffled reactions of some fans – some of whom suggested that Human After All was a fake album by the band made to foil digital piracy when it leaked several months before its official release date – is understandable. Daft Punk aren't responsible for their listeners' expectations, but they release music so rarely that this low-res album with just ten songs (or nine, if you don't count the 19-second channel-surfing blip that is "On/Off") does, initially, feel like a disappointment. However, Human After All's best tracks do make the duo's somewhat confounding aesthetic choices work: "The Brainwasher"'s trippy opening and mischievous riffs have a real sense of tension and momentum; "Robot Rock" takes Discovery's guitar worship even further, forging it into cybernetic metal; and the irresistible "Technologic," with its catchy technobabble and cheap-and-cheerful disco beat, feels like the next evolution of tracks like "Teachers" and "Harder, Faster, Better, Stronger." Since the album is on a smaller scale than Daft Punk's previous albums, it's not surprising that its pleasures are smaller too. The way that the synth, guitar, and vocoder lines blur into mecha-orga unity on the oddly bittersweet title track, and the way that the schaffel beat on "Prime Time of Your Life" gradually overtakes the song, eventually speeding up and devouring it, may not change the way listeners think about music the way that Discovery or Homework did, but that doesn't make them any less enjoyable. Human After All ends up being just not-bad (a first for Daft Punk); that may be hard to accept for fans that demand nothing less than brilliance from them, but just because it isn't an instant classic doesn't mean that it's totally unworthy, either. allmusicguide3
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