Daft Punk ‎– Human After All

A really poor effort from the 2 Parisians... I was shocked at the fact that instead of getting better from their release of "Discovery" (which had many famous songs, like "One More Time", "Harder, Better Faster, Stronger" and "Digital Love"), they got worse by turning back to the cheap production of music by using repetitive drum-loops with some robotic lyrics thrown in (ironic how the album is called "Human After All").

Hopefully this will never happen again. I hope the two have received an earlyu wake-up call to get a head start on their next album...

There is some validity to the criticism that this was rushed and there isn't enough quality on it. Around 40% of the album is barely above average in terms of quality.

It could have been better. Apparently it was recorded in only a few weeks, and it shows.

You should probably skip this and go for Alive 2007. It makes this album redundant and it's an extremely polished release.

Sweet album, but could have been even better if they would have taken their time and not rushed through it just to get done... but still there is some very strong hits like Human after all (my fav. on the album) Robot rock, Make love (so chilled and wonderful) and technologic..

here are all the samples known :

1. Robot Rock : Release The Beast by Breakwater

2. Human After All : Give Me all Your Lovin by ZZ Top & Rollin' by kool & The Gang

3. Technologic : Video Games by Ronnie Jones

4. The Brainwasher : Iron man by Black Sabbath

people honestly think from the bottom of their hearts that this album is good? homework deserves 0/5, and that was supposedly made in their prime. this album gets a -5/5.

With the highly successful release of Discovery, Daft Punk had really raised the expectations of what they were capable of.

Human After All sounds more like an experiment or demo than Discovery, but nonetheless it remains a very good album, despite the criticism, because of the many hidden social criticisms(such as towards TV-culture). It's arty, over-reptitive and minimalistic, and creates a sharp contrast to Discovery that I think cut the hearts of those who prefered Discovery.

Listen to this album without expectations and you won't be that disappointed. I did, and I actually loved this album when I heard it the first time. The melodies are basic and straight to the point, the lyrics are sparse and either vocoded or pitched. Human After All is not an album for everyone, so approach it with a certain caution.

It bites. Hard.

I actually really love this album. I have several friends who have bought into the cult that this is Daft Punk's worst effort and refuse to even LISTEN to it, lest their ideals of Daft Punk's genius be tarnished forever.
What we actually have is just 10 tracks of fun and joy and everything that makes Daft Punk genuinely awesome.

Technologic seems to sum up everything about my IT Slave career and lifestyle.
On/Off and Television Rules the Nation just has a fat beat and solid groove.
Robot Rock goes all out and pulls out all the stops to deliver a shameless power house of a song.

I know people find a lot of songs on this annoying. The only song that annoys me at all is The Brainwasher, because it's a misguided off take on Iron Man by Black Sabbath which I truly love.

So it may not be as danceable as previous releases. But it's strength is in providing a new and interesting sound.

You really have to listen to this album quite a lot to get into it. The ideas are good, but when put down as tracks, they don't really go anywhere. For example, on Prime Time, there's the impression that they're desperate for things to do, so they decide to end the track by speeding the whole thing up. I get the impression that they're saying to one another "We beat Aphex Twin". Mmm....

Say what you will about Daft Punk, but they were never really boring... not even with HUMAN AFTER ALL. Sure, the title track could have come off DISCOVERY, but "The Prime Time of Your Life" sounds like a skit choreographed by Gary Glitter then put through the spin cycle of a washing machine. "Robot Rock" is glam-heavy, while "Steam Machine" is heavy with hiss, but both go on too long. The musical ideas are there, but they don't go anywhere. Need proof? Listen to how "Make Love" is one loop, repeated for 4 1/2 minutes. The mantra of "Technologic" gives it a bit more texture, but "Emotion" just grinds along until it finally ends. Human after all? Not when you just hit the "repeat" button and walk away.

If anyone should know better than to listen to critics, its every person who's ever gone to a movie, or listened to a new album, or played a new game which they absolutely adored, only to be bashed down by some nutjob who looks for the "code" or the "formula" of all the mainstream garbage thats out there. And who says it has to be exactly like their previous work? I absolutely love this album, because its so original and different from what they've done before, yet it still carries that Daft Punkish-air. Its "chilling" music...something thats to be played in the car, or in the background of some club. You don't listen to electronic music like you would pop or hip-hop. Its soaking in the feeling of the music itself, and the subtle changes in its rhythm. Its not repedetiveness...its mixing, tweaking and capitalizing on a single catchy beat. Don't critique it like you would a new Nickelback album, or the latest R&B rehash of "my boyfriends cheating" or "guys in over-sized jerseys like to look at me while I shake my butt". As for Human After All, the Daft Punk duo give us a welcomed break from the cookie-cutting, formulaic problem that is today's music industry. Thank God that music distribution wasn't up to these "Music Critics". We'd all be mindlessly conforming to one mindset of what music is...oh wait, its already been done!