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Solely responsible for the current interest in all things funky and French, the Daft Punk boys, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, can do no wrong. Breaking into the club scene with their own blend of techno-disco in 1995, their debut album is the 80's electro-funk record of your dreams. Influenced by old school Chicago house and Detroit minimalist techno (all name checked on "Teachers"), Homework ranges from the warped electro that has become their trademark on "Around the World" and "Da Funk", to banging acid techno on "Rollin'and Scratchin'" and "Alive". An album so funky it could make James Brown cry, and with so much bite you can feel it at the back of your throat. --Ed Potton
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DAFT PUNK Homework (1996 UK 16-track CD album picture sleeve CDV2821)
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By E. Perkins
Format:Audio CD
I brought this album after discovery, so my expectations were a little skewed. Luckly i am a big house fan and found this album right up my street. The only problem that i have with this album is that the songs are too long, almost to the extreme.
I know i shouldn't compare the two albums, but i feel that homework has the better tracks while discovery has the better layout and appeal.
One or two friends of mine won't listen to this album because there is litle to break the album up. This is the only reason that i haven't given this the whole five stars.
All in all a good, if somewhat strange album. I'd recomend that anyone should at least listen to it.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the 1996 debut album from "Thomas Bangalter" and "Guy Mauuel DeHomem".
This album is truly a test for the bass reponse on the listeners speakers, the opening track has an incredible bass slam as it's opener!The whole C.D. is just asking to be played at the max volume you can get away with,just watch the walls and floors bounce!
They recorded this album on an eight track desk at "Bangalter" home, it's an eclectic collection mixing arcane analogue keyboards with hip-hop talk box effects taking in house,techno,and electro and little hits of disco.As a footnote "Bangalter" father wrote "D.I.S.C.O." for "Ottawan" and "Cuba" for the "Gibson Brothers",so it's no surpise that "Daft Punk" mutated,oddly comforting 70's influnces are all over the hit singles from this album "Da funk" and "All around the World"
A real leap forward in the French music scene they took the lead started by St.Germain and ran with it, this is cracking stuff for the pre-going out party at the weekends,gets you right in the party mood buy for this purpose....
This album is truly a test for the bass reponse on the listeners speakers, the opening track has an incredible bass slam as it's opener!The whole C.D. is just asking to be played at the max volume you can get away with,just watch the walls and floors bounce!
They recorded this album on an eight track desk at "Bangalter" home, it's an eclectic collection mixing arcane analogue keyboards with hip-hop talk box effects taking in house,techno,and electro and little hits of disco.As a footnote "Bangalter" father wrote "D.I.S.C.O." for "Ottawan" and "Cuba" for the "Gibson Brothers",so it's no surpise that "Daft Punk" mutated,oddly comforting 70's influnces are all over the hit singles from this album "Da funk" and "All around the World"
A real leap forward in the French music scene they took the lead started by St.Germain and ran with it, this is cracking stuff for the pre-going out party at the weekends,gets you right in the party mood buy for this purpose....
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This remains one of my firm favorites. even if I came to it in late 1998. The CD contains well known tracks such as the famous 'Around the world' to the weirder end like 'Rollin' and scratchin''.
My favorite track, one which keeps drawing me back is 'Revolution 909'. This starts very quietly with the sounds of a big beat on a boom box in the street. that's rudely interrupted by an announcement ("Stop the music!") then ... hell breaks loose. All of a sudden you're thrown into an amazing blast of BIG BEAT THUMPING that almost MAKES you reach for the volume knob and BLAST this one from the houses.
It is that good.
When this one ends we hear 'Da Funk' cleverly slide in with it's weird but very additive warbled beat. The album after that is definitely in the realms of experimentation but if you listen carefully to this album you'll begin to notice similar sounds in later dance tracks......
I'm very impressed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Good album
Great album and the case and disc are in excellent condition! Worth buying! I will enjoy it long into the future!
Published 6 days ago by Sandvich
3.0 out of 5 stars
Daft Punk - French weird stuff.
I bought it to replace one I'd lost - Around the World is my favourite Daft Punk track.The rest's OK!
Published 17 days ago by Michael D Heard
5.0 out of 5 stars
Daft Punk's first album.
Daft Punk's music just doesn't seem to age, at all. Many of the songs on this album have been used on so many modern hits, and many of these songs are easily matched if not far... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Je Ya Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
I'll be honest, when I first listened to the album, I was a bit disappointed by it. Perhaps because I had grown up with the Discovery-era Daft Punk, I was expecting more of the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by James Matthews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some good singles, rest is a bit poor
AS a daft punk fan, i enjoyed the CD, arrived quickly damage free.
However the music inst that good in my opinion, apart from Da Funk, Around the World and High Fidelity. Read more
However the music inst that good in my opinion, apart from Da Funk, Around the World and High Fidelity. Read more
Published 2 months ago by RedRhino10
5.0 out of 5 stars
i LOVE daft punk
Homework is a great album, i will admit that couple of tracks are slow to start and might annoy a few people, however once the songs get into their main rhythm and the 'meat' of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Antony Jefferson
5.0 out of 5 stars
A "must have" album
One of the greatest albums of all time (certainly in the dance genre), I've been replacing lost/stolen albums so this was a must.
Published 3 months ago by jonny
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the greatest EDM albums ever.
Many people know daft punk from Discovery and when they check back on their discography they will be probably dissapointed to find that they are house producers and not a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Tark Mwain
3.0 out of 5 stars
An okay album.
I bought this on the strength of two recommendations: firstly by Amazon in view of the fact that I had purchased quite a few Air titles, and then my partner made the same... Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Retzlaff
3.0 out of 5 stars
More beat and funk-driven than melody-driven
The perfectionistic electronica-wiz duo Daft Punk have only released a handful of albums, growing in strength. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Atli Hafsteinsson
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