What is so revolutionary said and done on 'Homework' that Telex haven't pioneered two decades earlier on with matters electronic dance?

Daft Punk surely made it revolutionary for the late nineties on the verge of a dozen retros; impressive and switching over into numerous pulsating extremes.

However, every robotic twitch, every stripped down groove frenzy here no matter how impressive and harsh - 'Homework' still sounds more like taking the piss out of everything, itself included.

Back in '96, you couldn't go to a French rave without hearing "Rollin' & Scratchin'" at least once in the evening. If there ever was one proper "rave classic" in France then, this is the one. So when people later found out that Daft Punk had signed to Virgin for the release of "Homework", they were accused of selling out and foreign DJ's playing "Rollin' & Scratchin'" to make us happy started to get booed quite regularly. Everyone was sick of hearing that same old Daft Punk track at every party, but little did we know how much more we were going to hear from them ! Just when we had our fill and were expecting a more insane track from them, we got quite the opposite: "Revolution 909", "Around The World", "Burnin'" and their remix of I:Cube's "Disco Cubizm" - 4 tracks that made them highly popular in the then-suddenly revived club scene and highly unpopular in the then-suddenly declining rave scene. I do believe there's a before and after "Homework", but most youngsters' biggest mistake is to believe that there was nothing worthy of interest before Daft Punk, and I happen to believe that it's just when techno culture was at its prime !

Love it or hate it, Homework has carved out a niche for itself in electronic music history. I remember when this album hit all the big stores back in 96, like Best Buy and Sam Goody. It was that "techno album" everyone was saying. I'm not sure how they were able to negotiate such a huge launch, but it became clear rather quickly that their appeal extended far beyond the underground club scene. As simplistic as this album is, there is a certain uniqueness that I've never heard since, from them or other producers. Maybe it's the nostalgia I get when re-listening years later, that certainly plays a role. But it's hard to deny the extreme funk in some of these productions. Even the massively overplayed 'Around The World' has a timeless funk that is impossible to deny. I don't recommend any DJ ever playing it out again, in their lifetime, but great for the bedroom jam session. 'Da Funk' and 'Burnin' are right up there in the category of techno-funk masterpieces too. But my favorite has to be 'Teachers' with its shout outs to the great producers before them, and that beat is just so freakin fresh. Breakdance music for robots.

Love it or hate it, Homework is a classic that will be heard by many future generations of techno-house lovers.

This album was my gateway drug to electronic music, and for that, it will always have a special place in my heart. That said, most of the tracks on here still appeal to me even though my musical tastes change with time. Many of the tracks are not quite as mainstream friendly as the big singles, but I find myself liking those too, especially Rollin' & Scratchin' and Indo Silver Club. While I wasn't as impressed with Discovery (though I did like Interstella 5555 a lot), this album is just a classic to me, and I love it through and through.

Stunning, stunning album. Proper thumping, warped minimal techno and house. When I first got it, I could only listen up to 'Around The World', while everything after that sounded too harsh and horrible. A year later, everything before 'Rolling & Scratching' sounded like disco music for pussies. Now I get it all - it's 100% man-music, and one of the all-time greatest electronic albums, if not THE greatest.

In my opinion, this album is really overrated. It definitely has some great tracks ("Around The World", "Da Funk", "Revolution 909"), but most of the tracks are plain and uninteresting - just beats and some weird sounds... Maybe it was inspirational back in 1996; maybe it really was the turning point for house music, I just don't know... But nowadays, this album does not sound fresh.
Daft Punk's second album, "Discovery", is much much better, but for some strange reason, it is quite underrated.

maybe there are 2-3 interesting tracks on it. the rest is boring garbage -just playing around with stupid beats, loops and filters. Nothing really special to it. Don't believe the hype!

Absolutely brilliant all the way through - this is the album that gave house a kick up the arse. I just wish someone would give Daft Punk a kick up the arse now. Talk about falling from grace...