I'm with you on that.

I didn't get a leak. I waited for it get added to Spotify and I've been listening to it today, after seeing nothing but negativity from folks I know on Facebook/Twitter (I've seen more positivity today, however) and so I really didn't know what to expect.

I didn't expect quite poppy funk/soul/disco tracks. This is nothing like Daft Punk...and it's ****ing brilliant.

I'm just happy they exceeded the hype that the album was given. I wasn't expecting anything like this either, but they pulled it off and then some.

Bonus track "Horizon":

http://nobpm.tumblr.com/post/5099075...black&simple=1

Put that sh*t on the album.

Go buy it in Japan.

I'm so glad you like it because so do I. I think its different from their other albums and it oozed funky disco. I am going to have this on repeat for weeks.

I have it on for about the 5th or 6th time today, so I may just end up joining you in that.

:love:

Sounds good to me! Any favourite tracks so far?

Giorgio by Moroder, Instant Crush, Get Lucky, Fragments of Time...and Touch is fairly epic.

I haven't decided on mine bet Get Lucky is definitely a stand out for me.

I was pleasantly surprised by this album. Funky and with some great songwriting. My only request is that the didn't use so much vocoder, because those moments were cringeworthy and they're everywhere.

Lose Yourself To Dance is easily the best track, but the whole record just oozes epicness.

goodness this album is awful. Half of the songs are unlistenable (Game of Love, Instant Crush, Lose Yourself, Beyond, Fragments of Time) and another quarter are decidedly "meh". Giorgio by Moroder, Doin' it Right, and Contact do not an album make. I thought they couldn't do worse than Human After All but this comes damn close

2/5

Are you sure you listened to the right album?

yes i listened to a bunch of disco nostalgia accompanied by vocoder auto fellatio, what about you?

Well that's why I asked. "Vocoder auto fellatio" really doesn't make sense when talking about RAM. I mean...I don't know. Keep in mind i'm one of the people who doesn't understand most of the negative reviews about the album.

did you hear what they did to poor Julian's voice?

like, the robot voice is so corny in this album that it reminds me of Eiffel 65. it's not even "acceptable disco-corny", it's just bad-corny

To be fair, it is a Daft Punk album, not a Julian Casablancas album. So I don't really have anything to say for that.

I don't think it's corny at all, I find it to be exactly what Daft Punk have been creating since they started.

It's also what you come to expect from Daft Punk though, isnt it? It's not like they have never done that before.

i think you're talking to me but the key difference is context; prior albums were house records, where electronic overmanipulation actually kind of made sense. vocoder-rape just doesn't work with half-baked disco IMO

See, for me, it's more than half-baked disco and so any vocoder use just makes what I see as a good disco/pop record sound more like trademark Daft Punk. I'd find it odd if they didn't use it.

Yes but that's like saying... okay, imagine if The Sword transitioned to indie pop for their next album. Except they kept the sick metal riffs, because listening to The Sword would be odd without sick metal riffs, right? But would indie pop actually sound good with sick metal riffs? I ****ing doubt it. It's using a tool on a medium where it doesn't really belong.

Who is to say it doesn't belong?

I personally agree its more suited to their older material, but I don't agree that it sounds out of place or hurts this one.

Yes, but that's not the best example seeing as Daft Punk have been known to do things a bit different. The Sword have never really gone away from their sound, whereas a lot of Daft Punk's music has some significant difference, which is why I wasn't too bothered by the way they went with RAM.

Interesting take. I love that description.
It totally works for me though. Like many, I'm fairly addicted to the album.

Well, I don't think this is true but I do think Daft Punk have made a far more significant shift in their sound and personally I feel it works. I don't feel that the use of a vocoder or anything else has hurt the transition or the output.

RVCA and myself have a tendency to see eye to eye but I think this will have to be an exception. It's a fair point to make if thats how he feels, and given the mixed reviews and feedback I don't think he's short of people to share his opinion with. I just don't agree with him.

Out of the four albums that they've released, only one of them has really been known to be a bit "cleaner" in terms of difference. Otherwise, I find that any changes they have made have been pretty subtle. And as you said, it's more noticeable with Daft Punk.

I think they have changed their sound gradually, only slightly with each record. I do think that if you compare their debut to the new one though, there is a shift. Maybe not as noticeable as Daft Punk but there definitely is one.

I think the album is ear candy and pleasant to listen to. I hear a lot of '70s disco influences reminiscent of Nile Rodgers/Chic productions. Daft Punk could do a whole lot worse in his choice of a musical direction.

*Their.

Two dudes, dude.

I was pretty damn sure I wouldn't like anything more than AMOK this year. Oh well.

In love with: Give Life Back to Music, The Game of Love, Giorgio by Moroder, Lose Yourself to Dance and Get Lucky.

Very good, got better with time: Instant Crush, Beyond, Motherboard and Doin' it Right.

Gross: Within, Touch, Fragments of Time and Contact.

Bonus track is out, what do you guys think?

Thanks for the information. :wave:

I'm so excited for the Get Lucky remix.

'Touch' featuring Paul Williams is probably my fav track, Daft Punk never disappoints