Homework

Nice defence music, but far too repetitive.

The singles from this are fantastic, but as an album, it's far far far far far far far far too long (and repetitive)!

4 stars. Discovery would be 5 stars for me

Good album. Good intro to EDM.

It’s good. It’s fine. It’s nostalgic.

Best Song: Da Funk. Although "Around the World" might be more iconic, the deep groove of "Da Funk" is for me more emblematic of what Daft Punk does best. Worst Song: Teachers. Ignoring the fact that this protracted list of influences doesn't sound good, I find it such an odd decision to plunk it in the middle of the album. Surely the boring credits come at the end? Overall: Although the album does have some fun parts, hot damn is it too long. This easily could have cut a few tracks to be a tighter experience. Also, I've listened to their live 2007 album so many times that hearing many of these tracks outside of that remix feels weird.

One thing this 1001 list has taught me, is that i really do appreciate a good repetition.

As influential and well-crafted as it is, I cannot say I love this album. My opinion has not changed.

daft punk is of course an all time great. this album presents a good baseline for house and techno. the beats are catchy. albeit one note.

Love to give it a 5, but there is just too much repetitiveness in many of the songs.

I think stone cold sober isn’t the way to enjoy this album.

I know, I know, it's repetitive and stuff, but this album sounded different from anything in that same time period. And it sounded very good. It's far from their best, but it is good.

Some good bits like around the world and they can certainly make a beat when they want to but it quite often slipped into monotonous territory. Nowhere near as good as discovery.

I don’t hate techno, but a full hour plus album of it is too much for me. If I were at a party or a rave, then I could appreciate it more, but just listening to this while I work and commute is enough to drive me mad. And ‘Teachers’ is especially terrible - let’s just read a list of names of our influences? No thanks.

I'll start by saying, I am not super into EMD or electronic music. I've never really been into it, and it's never really been a huge listen for me, even when I lived in Miami. But, that being said, I really, really, really enjoyed this album. I think that, and I'm not sure how I can eloquently put this, Daft Punk's tracks are just fun. It's not about big drops, it's not about the most insane warble you can put somewhere. This album was just such pure jam. I found myself dancing along to it and just had a blast. I even went ahead and listened to 'Human After All' and 'Discovery' after this album for the feels and jams. Give us more Daft Punk!

Not really my style, but fine.

Ahhh man 1 hour 15 of house music??? I mean ya I guess if I was gettin down and dirty in the club in the mid 2000s. I’m sure this was pretty wild in 1996 but listening to a whole album was pretty brutal.

I thought it was fine. There were nuggets that were stuck in my head, but it was too long and conceptual for me in general. I really like the idea of Daft Punk, but this album wasn’t exactly my speed.

Really didn’t need something repetitive and this lengthy on an already tense Election Day. Daft Punk have some hits, and Around The World is one of them, but I really didn’t enjoy this album.

I don't know if this album works as a whole. I think it is best enjoyed once it's been chopped, sampled, and remixed. It almost feels like this is a demo reel for other bands to pick beats and mixes to make songs out of. Really cool to see early Daft Punk, but not crazy about the entire album.

this album told me: «ok dude whatever just relax, chill and vibe😎». and I agreed

I've learned there's a handful of Daft Punk songs I like, and many that I do not.

This is not really for me overall, it was entertaining enough though felt a bit long. Around the world would be so much better without that part of them.

Not necessarily my cup of tea. I get the idea they're going for but to me this stuff can just be boring and kind of a waste of time. I find the repetition kind of annoying at times. Each song is at least 3 times as long as it needs to be given how much actual content they contain. My Top 3: Around the World Da Funk Teachers

Not the best example of 90's euro house. But, without Homework you don't get the 2015 Daft Punk masterpiece known as Random Access Memories. I enjoyed Homework quite a bit, repetative I get it. But its music for dancing not really listening intently.

Vad ska man säga. Det är Daft Punk och det är riktigt jäkla bra.

Fan vad tidigt skivan kom. Det hade jag inte gissat. Den är möjligen lite för lång. Men det är bra!

Älskar Daft Punk (framförallt RAM som är deras musikaliska peak) och även om den här inte är deras bästa skiva så är det bitvis mycket bra. Den är dock lite för lång och ett par spår håller inte riktigt måttet, så blir ”bara” en fyra i betyg.

I'm not really a dance/house music person

Solid background music for doing other tasks, not super fun to sit and listen to. But that's the case for all EDM in my opinion. Not horrible by any means, but the droning beats get very boring very fast if you actually take a second to listen to the music. Which I prefer to do. Top tracks: Phoenix, Teachers, Burnin'

Really like Daft Punk and this album, but the length and repetitiveness hurt this some. That comes with the genre though; sampling and layering.

Torturously repetitive

Way less pure disco than their later stuff, really well done EDM that possibly caused this music to infiltrate every TV show and ad that happened after. It's good though, so I get it. Not something you put on to have a serious listen. It's a non-stop party. First half is better, and the complaints about this being repetitive are not off-base. Liked it way more than I thought I would.

I had this on cassette back in the day, and I thought it was generally a pretty weak, repetitive record except for a handful of songs. I haven't changed my opinion 27 years later. It feels like they are still very much finding their feet at this point in their career. Favourite tracks: Da Funk, Around the World, Rock'n Roll.

FUUUUCK YESSS!!

this was fun to listen to, i listened before and i didn’t care for it but it’s much better

Not bad but very long and repetitive

Good noise :)

As for music to work to, I really like the album, which I didn't expect, to be honest. However, it is not my cup of tea, so I only give three stars

What a bloody album. Didn't expect to enjoy it so much, even as a house lover (thought house was best consumed in mixes or singles). Listened to this walking around the mean streets of the 17th and 18th Arrondissements of Paris, stopping at a cool looking bar and just taking this album in in its home ground. 5*, without doubt.

Daft Punk certainly redefined what electronic music can be, but their first outing is rife with the usual drum loops and repetitive notes that are found on so many electronic albums of the era.

Definitely wasn’t for me.

Not as annoying as other electronic albums but still fucking annoying.

rocking & scratchin wohl auf dem gleichen schrecklichen Niveau wie diese ganzen Radiohead Alben. Around the World rettet viel, aber kann dieses Album auch nicht über 3 Sterne heben.

Im Gegensatz zu anderen Alben die geremixt sind und gleiche Wörter und Phrasen wiederholen, war es angenehm zu hören bis auf ein paar Ausnahmen.

meh

Brilliant bit of electronica. A modern classic. Very enjoyable.

I enjoyed the songs but it really was too long It gave me the feeling of when you walk into a club too sober, and there's only about 3 people on the dance floor. You want to have a good time, but it's not quite right This probably would have been a 4 if I'd have been on the jägers all night 3 ⭐️

As as Chicago native and a kid who danced to house music in high school, some of Daft Punk's music really resonates. While house music is my preferred version of electronica or EDM (electronic dance music), I give a tip of the hat to Daft Punk for creating some very interesting music.

Generally a fan of most forms of EDM and this was a very influential record.

It’s good but it’s the same good thing again and again and again and again and again

Oh, I'm so smug that this came up as an acknowledged classic, because, as a newly qualified teacher back in 1996-7, I got my class (7 and 8 yr olds) to do a dance to Around The World and perform it to their parents. The kids all appeared to love it. I can only hope that, years later, when Get Lucky made Daft Punk even bigger, some of them looked back fondly on how cool their Y3 teacher must have been 😉 So basically, what I'm saying is, this stood out to me at the time as being uber cool and a bit different. It was great to hear it again; it's house music that actually makes me want to dance. It's repetitive, as house music is wont to be, but they have the magic formula and it's very engrossing. Très bien. Now then kids... 5, 6, 7, 8...

Prefer Alive 97, struggled to get through this.

I liked it! I remember it. Good stuff. Not much more interesting to say.

Only 4 stars because it's not discovery

Oddly enough I hadn’t heard much of this album. I always go to discovery for the basics. This was decent. I like how they grew later.

- Schon Irre, wie krass charakteristisch und ikonisch ein elektronischer Sound sein kann. - Groovy, mit ein paar absoluten bangern drauf - In Gänze mir leider etwas zu repetitiv und zu "rhythmisch"(?!) 3,75/5

- interessante, kreative Beats dabei - zum Start vieler Songs oft gedacht "was ein geiler Beat" - driftet dann aber leider doch oft ins Eintönige ab

Too long and repetitive. But not terrible.

Listened on couch reading “how to write an autobiographical novel”, saved a few songs

Música electrónica. Le voy a poner un 4 porque tiene la de Around the world.

Around the World.

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Franchement surcôté ("rock'n roll = ignoble)

Rating: 7.5/10 Fun dance album, not a fan of the more noisy tracks but most of this is great. Favorite songs: Revolution 909, Da Funk, Phoenix, Fresh, Around the World, Burnin', Indo Silver Club, Alive. Worst songs: Rollin' & Scratchin', Rock'n Roll.

Never heard this before, but it was pretty solid.

A lil dull I have to admit. Give me the Tron soundtrack any day.

Is anyone else dizzy from this or is it just me

5.5/10

Omg this was unreal Revolution 909 I just wanted to DANCE Overall big slay

I liked!! 3.5/5 Fave tracks: - Da funk 5/5 didn’t want it to end - Alive 4/5 Reviewed 06/09/2024

Once I got to the back half I started skipping parts of songs. I don't know much of their work, but from what I do know this doesn't seem like their best. It feels like if you hear the first 30-45 seconds of a song you've heard the song. I was talking about this website with one of my coworkers and he told me it needed more electronic stuff, and when I told him this was my album of the day he told me I would be way too sober to enjoy it at work.

This is their debut album. It has Da Funk, and Around the World on it. Those songs went pretty big when this album dropped in the late 90's. This album is great for working. Good beat, rave quality electronica. To just sit and listen to, it would be repetitive as fuck and probably become annoying after a while. Favourite songs: Around the World, Da Funk Least favourite songs: Burnin' 3/5

So much cool sound. Preventing house from boring is hard and they manage.

Daft Punk's big problems are that they don't know how long is too long and that they can't really make compelling build-ups. Still hard to believe they're one of the biggest electronic acts out there. Even their hit, "Around the World" is a snoozefest and is probably only popular because it's a meme.

I like Daft Punk as much as the next person, but sometimes it really feels like they phoned it in, y'know? As if there's a secret rule that all dance albums must be more than an hour long, so they padded out the good stuff with endless car engine noises. Put Discovery on the list instead, you swines! It's much better.

MDMA was so good in the 90s it had everyone dancing to two french robots saying around the world for 7 minutes. Daft Punk are great but even though this is a top notch debut and fantastic french house music. It's not a great Daft Punk album. 8/10 Have to listen to discovery now

Knowing how Daft Punk makes their music gives them a boost for me. It is generally not a style I am super into, but they do it as good as can be done usually. I do think Random Access Memories is a much better album as a whole. This should be a 3.5 or so, but I just can't bump it to a 4 star. Good album though!

Favourite tracks: around the world; alive

I waited for them to start singing but equisde anyways it was cool

Ironically this did feel like Homework. The other Daft Punk record we did was so funky and fun, this one was repetitive and dull. A chore to finish.

I don't think this was meant to be listened to as an album. If it was, this is one of the least interesting records ever.

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Nunca he entendido el hype alrededor de Daft Punk. Creo que más bien es mitológico, que basado en demostraciones de talento. Este disco es olvidable. El tema Around The World que sonó hasta debajo de las piedras en su tiempo es lo único memorable, y no por bueno, sino por repetitivo y monótono. Lo demás es remix genérico de CD del metro.

Sanoiskohan herra että kotiläksyt TEKEMÄTTÄ!! Jos herralle sanoisin.. ensimmäistä daft punk albumia päähän laittana tässä..

This album, like daft punk, is mid

Not my style.

It's sad that this is the only Daft Punk album on here because while great, I like Discovery more

This album is fine but to have this and not have Discovery or Random Access Memories (yes I checked the full list) is inexcusable to the point of considering stopping

Better than I expected but there’s better daft punk out there

Conveniently named album for how I felt about this album!!! Tbh daft punk are just not the robots for me but it was okay

Daft Punk Slaps. I've been looking forward to the day we got Homework. I have no idea how Discovery, Random Access Memories, or Alive 2007 (one of my favorite albums of all time) didn't make the cut. It's interesting to see them as the progenitor to the nu-disco trend of the 2010s & 20s. Funny timing to receive this album, as I was searching the internet for any chatter on why they didn't perform at the Paris 2024 Olympic closing ceremonies last night.

yeah, elektro

Wonderful

If I were playing WipEout I would dig it. But I am not. But maybe I should? Hm.

die erste paar tracks sind sehr cool und choppy aber mached nonig viel. Da Funk isch de erst richtig "song". seeehr cool. bumpt hert. fucking geil. phoenix au huuuere cool. alles isch so punchy. around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world. banger.

fuck es hets glöscht zemmefassend" paar lieder gönd dumm, scratchin' & rollin', oh yeah, burnin und rocknroll hani sehrsehr ahstrengend und nervig gfunde, around the world riese bamger villes isch mier doch zu eintönig gsi (au wenn doch villes amigs passiert) aber das isch vill meh eifach mini persönlich präferenz als en "fehler" ah und es isch viiill z lang drum knapp amne zwei verbiikratzt

I liked this alot more than I expected to. I never listen to this genre, but it was almost industrial at some points which was fun. Going in I thought it would be really repetitive, just because that is what dance music is, but to my surprise they were able to keep my attention throughout the album and I enjoyed the variety in the tracks. I also never realized that Daft Punk were a 90s band, so I guess they really were ahead of their time. Don't know if I will ever listen again (maybe as background noise), but I enjoyed this album quite a bit.

I usually love Daft Punk, but this album is not it. It feels like they were still trying to figure out their sound. Honestly, it just seems like a weaker version of \"Discovery.\" There are a few good moments, but overall, it's not as great as their later stuff. 2.5

I have to be in the mood for this. Good club music for sure.

Whilst absolutely appreciating the craft that has gone into this, an album that has perhaps evolved into a state that's better enjoyed as individual songs rather than cover to cover.

Some great tracks, some very long, repetitive and forgetful tracks

Wow this was horrible. I thought at first it might be something new to try and I should have an open mind but that shit down real quick after I heard the exact same phrase 30055927 times in one song, every song, for over an hour. No song should be that repetitive to a point where I can tell the title before it his the 30 second mark every single time. I could do snippets of each song for half a minute but this version is hell.

Lost Season 6 was the "sideways" season - 2 different but parallel paths/lives for each of the characters.... Path 1: This album is so painfully and terribly repetitive in every track that it feels like cheating - how is it entertaining or innovative simply coming up with 2 measures of an electronic loop, then ever-so-gently rotating that resonance filter on the analog synth while repeating some 3 word phrase, rinse and repeat for 4-5 minutes. Next song - same formula. Path 2: This album is so great to work to - it doesn't follow any pop/rock formula in terms of song structure, it's entirely about the vibe and feel - don't focus on any one segment but instead just let it all wash over and around you and the synth sounds melding with driving beats are compelling. Resolve: While many of the songs ("songs") have something in it that sounds awesome ... none of the songs go anywhere. And yeah that might be the point and I might be cool listening to this as background while i'm working on something that weirdly requires concentration because even as some tracks are abrasive as hell....it's oddly not memorable. e.g. background noise. Notable awful exceptions that ruined the vibe: "Around the World" is not just repetitive but I couldn't get through it. "Rollin' & Scratchin'" I couldn't get past a minute - terribly annoying. I slid down the scale gradually as the album went on and while I started near a 4 by the time I got to track 9 I was heavily debating a 1. I'll cut myself off right here (i.e. we have another DNF), give 'er a 2 for not my taste at all, and not revisit. 3/10 2 stars.

entertaining and interesting... can imagine enjoying it more while walking at night

I didn't like this album - I didn't finish it because it is very difficult to work while listening to a 7 minute long song called Rollin & Scratchin (featuring a lot of scratch sounds). Electronic music really isn't my thing unfortunately

I love this album, but I don't give it a 5, because I don't think it is transcendental for me. "Discovery" is definitely a 5 for me, but "Homework" is just fun and funky in the way I like "funk." It's solid all the way through.

Around the world the only good track

-“vintage” techno let’s go… some of the songs on here are really good while others are sort of boring. Overall has a really fun vibe though, would go so hard at a club or rave -Favorites are Phoenix, Around The World, and Alive

I like it, but I also hate it. Will I listen to again: 10%

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A bit long but I enjoy Daft Punk

I think daft punk is severely overrated. I don’t like their music

Not really an album to sit down and listen to.

Top tunes: Da funk, around the world. This album thinks its the wall. Sadly, its not. Way tooooo long man. Really disappointed with my first album of daft punk. couple of really good songs but the length and reptitiveness just kills it. You need to be off your face and in the club to enjoy this one.

The good thing about an album with songs this repetitive is that you can scrub ahead 2-3 mins at a time and you haven't missed anything. I estimate I shaved a good 35 minutes of the runtime of this 74min slog. Around the World, Alive and Da Funk do kinda slap though.

A lot of 90s dance music albums don't really fit this process. Not for me anyway. You need to be doing something while listening to this (preferably dancing) and even then you probably don't need the whole 74 minutes. Sitting on your couch eating your muesli in your 50s does not fit this soundtrack. At least it isn't Fatboy Slim.

I tried listening to the album. I found it quite interesting at first. Then Around the World was the end. The constant and monotonous repetitions got on my nerves. I then abandoned the album. 2/5

A decent debut for this extraordinary duo. It seems a bit lengthy, but considering that this wasn't planned as an album but is a collection of several tracks they've written before, it's a minor fault. Some real bangers, some tracks that feel like fillers, and a bit repetitive at times.

Based on “Da Funk” and the fact that this duo maintained popularity for a fairly long time, I figured there was a chance that this album would be really good. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Maybe if I heard this in a left bank club in the 90s I would have more sympathy, but that’s not what happened.

This is the best French music ever made

Ein bisschen repetitiv, aber grundsätzlich sehr tolles Album.

Dét var rutchebane tur... Den første halvdel af det her marathon var let og underholdende. Efter around the World var jeg sikker på at jeg var verdensmester i lytning. Men så ramte jeg muren... En ørkenvandring i de samme 3 toner i knap 8 minutter fik mig til at holde en pause for at samle modet til de sidste.... Fåååk... 8 numre... Jeg kom ind i kampen igen med fornyet energi, som dog hurtigt forsvandt... Opgaven blev løst så godt som den nu kunne, og de sidste 2 numre var linet op. Her så jeg en mulighed for at blive hurtigere færdig... Så dem skippede jeg... Jag vil ikke høre mere Daft punk fra nu af.

Da Funk har et fedt hook, men uden musikvideoen bliver der meget lidt at forholde sig til. Det samme gør sig gældende for det resten af musikken. Den er repetitiv på den nederen måde og bliver uinteressant.

Daft Punk is what I would call a foundational band. Canon is another word I have used to describe similar grandparents of style, those that define genre. It is both ironic and coincidental to say that "Homework" is actually really good homework if you want to understand early spinoffs to techno and electronica. Very few bands can make this claim, and the French have many positive examples surrounding electronic music, so Daft Punk is definitely a step up on a world scale. Yeah, I certainly didn't plan on spending my entire day grooving to any one band, but after this album ended, I just kinda kept the playlist going...

Love this record. Sooo gooood when it came out, it still sounds good

Big Daft Punk fan but even I have to say that this album is a hint too long! Makes sense as a club record, not as solid in a home listening context. Still, it’s made bearable by being 74 minutes of Daft Punk! So many great tracks, from the hits to the deep cuts. Some weaker tracks pad out the runtime for sure (I was never a fan of Oh Yeah), but those tracks are always surrounded by more bangers. A strong debut

Viel zu monoton im negativen Sinne. Da hätte ich wirklich mehr erwartet.

They've honestly grown on me and I've gained more appreciation for them than I've ever had. The stuff on here I like the most, I think is legitimately very cool. But a lot of it still doesn't do much (if anything) for me, some of the songs are way too long, and the album as a whole is too long. 2.5/5

Not my favorite of theirs but it's got some true bangers

Edit: originally rated this a 4, but Spotify just came out with lossless and on second listen this is absolutely a perfect album.

Computers have been replacing humans for a long time.

Pretty slick beats, but still good for passive listening and not much suitable for active listening, esp an entire album. Favorite track: Da Funk other picks: around the world

one or two bangers on here. There rest was meh.

Fine as background music but too repetitive to actually listen to. Not sure I actually needed to listen to this before I die.

ugh~

Underwhelming. Too much looping of mediocre tracks

Revolution 909, Phoenix, and High Fidelity are the Standouts here for a genre I haven't given much attention to before.

Definite warm nostalgia feelz on this one as it was an important part of my transition from "no, only guitars are good music". Not entirely coherent as an album true, but as an example of the "French-house" wave that was coming, it's definitely up there. Plus, shiny helmets *snigger*

Please reform for the rest of my salad days, mr and mr punk

Not necessarily my favorite genre, but good to dance to and an good electronic album for people who aren’t necessarily into electronic music.

This one takes me back to high school/college. Tons of bangers

This was fine. Not a big fan of house music but it was okay.

5 / 10 Demasiado repetitivo, se necesitan un par de pastillas de colores para aguantarlo.

I have no soft spot for Daft punk or euro step or edm. Is this good, I dont know. Some of it was repetitive as shit.

The hits still bang, but overall not as good as I remembered.

This is not the best daft punk album. This is not even the second best daft punk album, yet it’s still a very good daft punk album. Listening to this brought me back to sweaty evenings in big room clubs in Italy smoking furiously and being assaulted with that droning 4/4 and constant layers and dynamic changes in one or maybe 2 samples. Really nobody was doing it like Daft Punk at the time and even at the infancy of their style it still sounds distinct. The beginning of this has all the old hits. I could probably do without a couple tracks in the middle on this, but once we get to “Oh Yeah” it all picks back up brilliantly to the awesome buildup destruction of “Alive”. Even with the songs I don’t enjoy in here this is still a non stop, no bullshit album. Great stuff.

Finish your Homework and then you can have some Discovery. There's not much to be said here. The singles are bangers, most of the other songs are "filler" that you could put between monsters in a live set. For sure this revolutionized electronic music creating a new acceptance in popular music. I'll stick with the singles rather than the album in entirety but Rollin' and Scratching is getting added to the playlist.

Daft Punk is an act I like the vibe of more than I like their music. Love the costumes, the aesthetic, all the people they collaborate with. I enjoyed this enough, even if I was just waiting for the singles to come around.

Despite some good approaches, someone has not done all their homework.

I mean, it's not discovery. But it's good. Why isn't discovery on this list? Was this much more influential or something? I'm giving this a 5* more for how it shaped the rest of Daft Punk's discography than for this album itself. I still really like this album but it's a weird choice to be their only entry.

Around the World.

First listen Saved 0/16

All those low scorers are just jealous that they didn't think of making a hit album with minimal effort. Just it's repetitive at times, but so are most songs. I love it and haters are going to hate.

Fantastic, but felt like it lost the plot in the last 25-30%.

quite a good album, I loved it and added to my playlist love electronic music, and those guys have changed it completely

Quite liked this. Funky with a twist!

Awesome

shi was cool pero necesitaria tar cogio en pichi pa disfrutarlo como se debe and I ain't doing that lol, 8/10.

Too much house

I have learned to respect electronic music more in the last two years of running through this project, but more than an hour still looks too much. This album deserves some respect even before listening to it due to its influence on pop culture, but more than an hour of it still looked too much for me. Among all electronic bands, I think Daft Punk is among my favorites (as much as possible for a music style I usually don't enjoy), but more than an hour of it still looked too much for me. Indeed, more than an hour of it was way too much for me, but I surprisingly enjoyed it a bit. They achieved something good with this album, and as my evaluation shows, I almost didn't care about its length.

Smart dumb fun.

Ikke lige min musikstil. Around the World er det bedste nummer, synes jeg.

Booo

i like daft punk, a lot actually. not as good as discovery but most things are also worse than discovery so...

classic. love daft punk but sadly not as good as ‘Discovery’

Never been a big fan of Daft Punk, particularly their earlier work. I prefer more complex drum rhythms and less repetitive, experimental noise. This listen certainly didn't change my mind.

There's some good things on this album. Unfortunately they all massively overstay their welcome to the point that I end up hating them. I would rather castrate myself with a rusty spoon than listen to this headache inducing mess again.

i prefer discovery, but this is still a great album

Notable track: Around the World

Who knew Around the World was 7 fucking minutes long? I know Daft Punk have a real buzz about them and I’m sure it’s cause they’re good at what they do if you’re into that sort of thing. I kinda hate music that just repeats on a loop, so not off to the best start with these guys. Was considering a 2 but I think I need to deduct a point for having too many long songs that is just the same goddamn beat for 7+ minutes

# Playlist track - Da Funk # Notes - I really love Daft Punk, but I got to admit that this one is kind of a weird choice. - It makes sense in the context of some awesome electronic party going on, I guess. - But if I forget that Daft Punk made this, and this is part of them building up to RAM, this album is *not that great*. - Sure, there are a lof of cool experiments and enjoyable moments, but there's also an plenty of long stretches of lost beats and loops.

Lite tjatig emellanåt men albumet innehåller samtidigt ett par monsterhits.

3 stars

I forgot how much I love daft punk. What a sensational album. Not a 5 because some songs are not amazing but its still pretty damn good. Can’t wait for R.A.M.

It’s so cool listening to this early album knowing what’s to come, you can see what they were trying to do even at the beginning. It’s not their best, but deep cuts from revolution to all around the world make this album so fun. The transitions as well!

The hits hit good, the rest is terrible filler that no one listens to

Not bad for what it is, too repetitive for my taste

Great album. I enjoyed it.

Hm this is kinda weird, but I don’t hate it. “Da Funk” is certainly iconic. AND “Around the World” of course! I can see how in the 90s this could’ve been really groundbreaking. Really dislike “Rollin’ & Scratchin’” and also “Rock’n Roll” probably because of all the scratching. Sorry Daft Punk but I don’t think you’re my vibe.

Great album, some really popular songs. Probably not my favorite album of theirs though. I think that "Random Access Memories" is better. Having said that, I'm sure that I will listen to this one a bunch more.

I find it difficult to review a dance album but I did enjoy about half of the tracks here. The music is good but a bit long & repetitive. 'Around The World's being a fine example of that. Overall this would be good as background but not something you'd just sit down and listen too. 3+ Stars (9/15)

One of the best records of the 90s, in any genre. Yes it's a bit too long and could stand to lose 2 or 3 tracks - but as a whole it's a certified 100% banger

Well I listened to the wrong Daft Punk record the first go round which felt like some kind of bad karma. This debut is repetitive, boring and annoying. Yet somehow I was tapping my foot to the beat. Damn you French Robots!

Pretty amazing

Not really into house/dance music. It is so repetitive. I get their influence on the genre. Just not for me.

No

Definitely pretty incredible how they can make relatively long and repetitive songs not get boring or agitating.

90s electronica that’s considered classic by aficionados. Unlikely to convert non edm listeners.

I like daft punk. I like this but it did get a bit loooong.

Wow, this sounds good. So clear. So sharp. I loved Kraftwerk and Visage - this reminds me of them. I want to go clubbing! Haha. No idea if it flows as an album, but who cares? I am dancing (and driving) to this every day ... around the world, around the world. Fave track: Revoloution 909 - how it moves. This is coooooool 😎

I'm guessing this was ground breaking. Sounds like they had fun in the studio playing with sounds, the production is amazing right from the start. The trouble is I don't like many of the tracks! Is it an album to dance to, or an album to listen to? For a huge hit 'Around the World' is really flat, and like a lot of the album, repetitive. One track really stands out. The incessant beat keeps pushing forward, the darker atmosphere and energy make it sound cooler than anything else here. Right near the end 'Alive' came along like a 90th minute equaliser to snatch another star :)

It is brilliant, I know that it is. I enjoyed the listen, I did. It’s hard to explain, but I just don’t see that I will listen to this album in full very often though! It demands the attention a little too much to be good background music, and sometimes feels a little too static to be an enjoyable focused listen. This was groundbreaking, but has since been surpassed (even by Daft Punk themselves). Nonetheless, super groovy and I have a lot of love for the robots 🤖 🤖 Favourite track: Da Funk

Big fan of Random Access Memories and various singles but never listened to Homework the whole way through. I was pleasantly surprised by how house this album is. It’s quite barebones compared to a lot of modern house but that doesn’t stop it being an absolute groove. Can see how this is so influential for the house & electronic genres. Majority of tracks are excellent as standalone songs. A couple of tracks felt as though they were designed to be woven into a DJ mix and not listened to necessarily the whole way through or as part of an album… I’m very torn about marking them down for that. It’s music engineered for the dance floor - the ‘album’ is secondary. In this project I am judging each record as an album. As a collection of influential house tracks to get the party bouncing, this is 5 stars. As a cohesive album, this is 4 stars. Favourite tracks: Daftendirekt, Revolution 909, Da Funk, Phoenix, Indo Silver Club, Alive

Hard to get too into this on a morning commute.

I’m sure this is 4-5 star stuff in the right context, namely intoxicated at a rave/in a club. At the gym, it’s okay. There’s nice bass work in here but this isn’t as good of a casual listen as their newer pop stuff

Too monotonous -- boring

I love Daft Punk at their best but this is not their best. There are definitely some great tracks on here and they are a group worthy of inclusion here. Unfortunately this album is about 15 minutes too long and the last 3 tracks are bruuuuutal. Lowers it from a 4 to a 3 for me.

Da Funk and Around the World are all-timers, but I found some of the tracks less accessible (maybe I needed to be at a dance party to really get in the mood).

Not my favorite Daft Punk album but a solid one nonetheless.

I do not love electronic music, so we will see if this album changes my mind a bit. First song is repetitive (which is one of my issues with electronic music). I do like the seamless transitions. On song 4 of a 31 song album and I already want to peel my skin off at the one-dimensional, repetitive beats. I do like the ocean sounds in Fresh a lot. That was different and nice. Around the World is a good song, possibly due to nostalgia for me. Rollin and Scratchin is the worse song on this album yet. It is actively offensive. Teachers was a nice song after all that lol. High Fidelity is more of the same repetitive nonsense, both musically and lyrically. Rock n Roll is also a shockingly bad song. Burnin sounds like lasers and not in a good way. Glad it is over. It's a 1 from me Dawg.

Aroundtheworldaroundtheworldaroundthenworldaroundthewoooooorld

Such a great listen for me. I just dig the beats they made and how the flow into each other. Alive being one of my favorites on this one and the one everyone knows Around the world. It's a great first album from them, truly made it a craft with synths and dance music. It gets you moving even if you don't think it will.

3.5

I'm just not a fan of electronica/house music. "Around the World" is ok, but the rest of the tracks are monotonous.

Strange choice over discovery in my opinion but amazing all the same. Still sounds completely fresh 4.5*

Requires a lot of xtc to understand and fully enjoy.

This is a pretty good album of electronic house music. I guess it's typical for this style that the album is long and the tracks are pretty similar...but I suppose that in the correct club environment this would be a cracking sound!

It’s fun yet repetitive. 3 stars.

Highlights: Revolution 909, Da Funk. In a nutshell: repetitive but head-boppy. Overall: 6/10

Love the rock element very good, funky electronic

I like the “teachers” track. Lol. Just memorize that for a music history lesson or to name drop at any party to sound cool.

One of the best electronic albums ever. The repetition of Around the World is a statement on its own and the repetition itself is the thing that makes it such a marvelous song. Also Da Funk is incredible and Teachers as a tribute to all the inspirators… I don’t know where to begin or end my appraise… just enjoy!

Very fun. It's no Discovery, but come on, what is.

Great album and maybe their worst?

En tant que français de 20 ans, c'est drôle de voir l'influence de cet album sur ce qu'on écoute dans nos raves maintenant

#238. Another one probably better experienced at a show than listened to straight through. 2/5: around the world Song added to playlist: Around the World I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

This album fucking RIPS. Next time I need to clean the house, this will be the soundtrack. I remember “around the world” coming out when I was in 7th grade. It hypnotized me then and even had my black friends singing it in class. No idea where I never bought the album. I clearly should have. Playlist pick: rollin’ and scratchin’

Is it repetitive? Well yea, that’s kinda what this genre is but these two do it pretty well. I listened to half on a run and half on a dog walk. This album isn’t for any occasion, that’s for sure. I absolutely preferred my listen during the run. The album could be trimmed down but overall it’s a strong release of techno-electronic. 3.5 stars

My ears are hurting

Goated house album

Solid dance music, some experimental textures and wild runs make it an important listen.

Honestly, hasn't aged that well but still pretty great.

crazy production🔥

This was good but just too long for me 😔

few of these songs i just couldn't Do

Around the world. Around the world. Around the world. Around the world. Around the world. Around the world. Around the world. Around the world. Around the world.

Such a fun album.

Great album but not every song is a banger.

C’est FantastiQUE. C’est Techno!!

I found it a great album, and a dismal one. So much repetition. But some interesting variation within them. I found myself tapping along to most. Almost dancing sometimes. I struggled with the meaning of phrases, I just enjoyed the album. Suprisingly. I found no depths of understanding, no illumination of the human condition, just fun, interest and expressiveness. 4 stars. Should be three just I enjoy it too much.

Opening track got me boping. Da Funk has a great rift! Phoenix & Fresh drone on. Overall I found it too repetitive.

Not bad for a debut, but I just haven’t enjoyed any of the electronic albums I’ve heard so far.

Wow I'm amazed by how little enjoyed this. I see in their bio that they shifted from "French House Pioneers" to "Dance Tastemakers", and I gotta imagine it's the latter Daft Punk that probably resonates more with me. House music, or at least this house music, is boring as all hell.

The wrong Daft Punk album.

I thought this album would have this sonicaly grandiose, full sound to it. But it doesn't. My biggest issue with dance, trap, house, or electronic music is that they have fade outs. You're telling me that this repetitive part that went on for 5 minutes to just end with a fade out? That this song could have been 4 minutes shorter, and I wouldn't not have missed anything? Sure you can argue that it's a feel thing.... Or whatever. But that doesn't really resonate on an album. In a live setting, I get it. But at the same time, it's boring! I had high hopes for the critical acclaimed Daft Punk. There are a few songs that I liked 'Da funk' and 'Around the World' - but these are the songs that I knew prior to this. I was introduced to those songs via Much Music. The video to the songs had made the songs far more enjoyable. If I had watched a video for each song while listening to this, I probably would have enjoyed it more. But this is just a listening experience... And I think this type of music needs another medium to make it more interesting.

I dig a few Daft Punk songs, including the two major singles from this album. While I'm ever so slightly more into this genre of music these days than I was in the 90s when this was first released, I still found myself pretty bored by Homework as a whole collection - it's deliberately repetitive (especially on 7 minute-long tracks like "Rollin' and Scratchin'" and "Rock and Roll" - I had to skip these after a couple of minutes). There is a small handful of gems on Homework that would be even better if at least 2-4 minutes were shaved off. But I guess that's not the point of the French dance genre that Daft Punk almost single-handedly popularized. If the group's 2013 album Random Access Memories appears in this listening journey at some point, I will likely enjoy re-listening to that one a lot more--as the group evolved into one that frequently collaborated with other artists/vocalists. I do respect Homework for the groundwork it laid but I can't say I enjoyed listening to this album. I skipped through at least half of the tracks that were excessively long and repetitive. 2 stars: I get it, but not for me. Interesting Factoids from Wikipedia: *As the duo's first project on a major label, they produced the album's tracks without plans to release them, but after initially considering releasing them as separate singles, they considered the material good enough for an album...Homework's success brought worldwide attention to French house music. *Daft Punk produced the tracks included in Homework without a plan to release an album. [Daft Punk co-producer Thomas] Bangalter stated, "It was supposed to be just a load of singles. But we did so many tracks over a period of five months that we realized that we had a good album." Interesting Factoids from SongFacts.com: *[On "Around the World"]: The entirety of the lyrics are the phrase "Around the world" repeated 144 times. Standout Tracks: Da Funk, Around the World, Alive

Overplayed

Techno beats. Rather than grinding away at an ecstasy-fueled club, I'm listening to this during a slow Tuesday morning at work. I'll give it one additional contextual-dependent star as an acknowledgement of this unavoidable situation.

Good debut album. Shows it's age currently but a solid start for what was to come for Daft Punk.

Solidified electro music in pop music. Instant classic. French touch.

Sillä lailla valmis illanviettolevy, että voisi laittaa vain soimaan suoriltaan ja voisi sitten vain hengailla ja vähän tanssia. Se on vallan hieno onnistuminen. Puuduttavan pitkä tämä paikallaan istualtaan kuunneltuna on, ei jaksais. En myöskään pidä laulun sämpläämisestä niin, että siitä tulee vain ääniä eikä selkeitä sanoja. Sitä on paljon.

Vaatisi kai arvion tanssilattialla. Mutta jäisinkö silloinkaan hillumaan Around the Worldin jälkeen?

It's funny to see many of the featured reviews complain about repetition on a TECHNO/HOUSE album. Something, something, "Around the World", I get it, but these genres are predicated on rhythm and repetition and were really made for the dance/club/DJ scene. As for "Homework" itself, pretty good for a debut album, eh? Daft Punk (literally) just threw together a bunch of singles and made it their first album. The "proper" singles are crafted well thanks to Daft Punk's funk and disco influences. The album as a whole does run a bit long, though, which is noticeable in some of the 7-minute tracks. Slight aside, but it's disappointing that Daft Punk's massive second album "Discovery" doesn't appear on this list at all (I took a peek out of curiosity). I honestly feel that it is more structured and is a more fun listening experience. That would've been my pick if only one Daft Punk album had to be represented here, but I understand why "Homework" was included and recognize the influence it had on the house scene at the time

Liked it a lot more than I thought I would.

Unz unz boooooooo

Great album.

Muito legal esse disco. Dinamico!

You Know, I never really considered myself a fan of Daft Punk, but now I think I get it. There is such a vast array of influences snd styles in this album. Repetition comes with the genre and is to be expected so that doesn't bother me. Plus they usually change it up in slight but interesting ways to keep you engaged. The only problem I had with the album was some of the intros were a bit long.

Couldn't get past halfway before switching off. I despise overblown constant repetition in music, and this is clearly the world leader in that genre. Not for me. 2 stars because there were elements of decent music in there, and I can appreciate that it wasn't crap.

Kind of boring not gonna lie.

It's good, but still to me maybe the weakest of the Daft Punk original trilogy. I think the other two are more listenable, and this one sort of makes me wish a lot of these songs were the Alive 2007 versions that feature those tracks instead. I think the composition is more towards club track / DJ tool vs. listenable song here.

could i write poetry to this? n

Daft Punk bring the funk to the EDM party. Not the album of theirs that I would have chosen, but it works just fine. Three and one-half stars. Bumped up the half-star because one of the members of Daft Punk was once photographed in an airport without his helmet, wearing a Husker Du t-shirt, which is very, very cool.

Talk about repetitive electronic music

Each song stays exactly as long as it needs to stay... And then sticks around for 5 more minutes.

Pretty good. Enjoyed the tracks Rollin' and Scratchin' and Rock'n Roll. Older album than I thought, from 1997. Chemical Brothers and Powell come to mind at some points.

feels like talking to some pretentious man you've met at a bar

Every song goes 2x longer than necessary. Like edging without a climax

I wanted to like this more based on the Daft Punk I've heard before, but it was just alright. They are creative, and I think we see that more on later releases, but this was fine.

Revolutionary!

I like some Daft Punk songs a lot, a whole album of them is a little too much.

Definitely exceeded expectations. I would say it reminds me of my clubbing days, but I don't remember being let in to any clubs.

Background noise. Ok, but not the background noise I’d pick first.

This one’s tough. Found myself bobbing my head at times and then wanting to hit skip at times. Listening while doing dishes, not bad. Listening while sitting on the couch, terrible. Listening while doing yard work, great. Guess that means it’s middle of the road.

Pretty entertaining

Paar echte topnummers, maar ook veel matige. Invloedrijk, voor de mainstream.

Still perfect

This one was quite interesting not really my piece of cake but still it was really fun listening to this album

Heyrnar- og heilaskaði blog house áranna neiii takk úff bara tvö góð lög og maður er búinn að heyra þau þúsund sinnum. Horror

original techno electronic. pioneering. mixed bag whether it is good

Great. Powerful dance. 4/5

Pas mon genre pour ecouter tranquille chez moi

I wanted to like this album so bad. “Around the World” is such a fun song. An hour-fifteen is just mind-numbingly long for how little diversity in sound this album provides.

Not good. This album had one good song and the rest I struggled to get through. Rounded up to a two start rating, but in reality is an upper 1 start.

Electronica is probably my most challenging genre. This was a proper slog. The only bright side, it was kinda cool seeing some buds for future blooms. I enjoy a lot of DP's later work.

Why was this drivel so successful? Actual brain torture. I like electronic music, Orbital, Underworld, Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, Jarre, and on and on. This is just infuriating repetitive toss. The repeated sections are so short and always have an irritating sound in them and are repeated endlessly with no variation. I genuinely hate this and I say that rarely about anything.

It’s evident it’sa first album but i loved “teachers”

Let's go raving

not into it

Fuckin goated.

Some songs were a bit long and tedious, but overall, really good!

I've listened to this Daft Punk album the least out of all them, but it's really quite good. You can see how influenced they were from acts like Kraftwerk. There's some really good tracks on here (Da Funk, Around The World). For me this doesn't rise to the level of Discovery or RAM, but it's still solid.

Not enough tracks I got into to balance the tracks I just found boring and overly repetitive

Nothing like the feeling of being in a French 90s club but while totally sober and building lego. Decent and I can understand it being influential but the experience would probably be much better on drugs

Daft Punk knows their style and does it arguably better than anyone. Great album, with Around the World as the standout track.

Album was very mid, up until half way through the album. A song popped on where I was like “this kinda slaps.” Only to realize that song was Around The World. But production was flat and not as layered as I would have expected.

I like the sounds, but it's so repetitive.

tub ti ekil i

It’s quite physical, fleshy, squishy squashy. I found most of it a challenge to listen to, but it’s probably a grower. Best tracks: Revolution 909, Da Funk, Phoenix, High Fidelity, Alive.

Great album though there are a couple of fillers as well as the obvious killers

One of the albums on the list I’ve listened to since I first heard “da Funk” with the iconic video of the dog man walking the streets of New York. Probably my personal 3rd favourite Daft Punk album (Alive 2007 and Discovery beat it to the punch) but even with that it’s still a 5 star for me. Just sad they’ve split up and I won’t get a chance to see them perform their magic live.

There were a couple okay tracks. Overall I found the album a bit boring. The songs are all too long and too loopy. I'm okay with some loops, but there wasn't enough to break them up and keep them interesting.

très bons messieurs Bangalter and de Homem-Christo

An absolutely enjoyable ride from beginning to end

Repetitive? Yes. Did it need take up an entire CD runtime? No. Worth it? Absolutely.

nightclub background music that no one cares about.

Yep

This is an absolutely iconic album, but it's one I rarely listen to due to it's repetitive and lengthy nature. I remember when I was a teenager, not long after I started listening to Daft Punk (and having my mind opened to electronic music in general - after years of classic rock only), one of my friends loaned me "Alive 2007". He told me that once I'd heard Daft Punk live, I'd never want to listen to their studio albums again. It was very true - almost everything here sounds better on Alive 1997 and 2007. It's incredible to hear these songs woven together and remixed in inventive new ways, but it has the unintended effect of making the studio albums feel a bit...stripped back? Tame? Boring? Maybe part of the problem is that I'm sitting alone at a desk in my home office, listening via headphones, not on a house party or niteclub sound system. Not exactly what Daft Punk had in mind, I'd say. There are of course a few songs that do stand well alone (Revolution 909, Da Funk, Around The World, Rollin and Scratchin, Burnin, Indo Silver Club, Alive), and there's no denying how influential and groundbreaking the duo were. But the majority of these songs just sound like fragments to me now, parts of a greater whole to be assembled. It makes me sad that I missed out on seeing them live, and will probably never have a chance to again. Still though, I'll always have the Alive albums. I'm assuming they aren't in this book though, so in their stead I'll be giving this a 4, and most likely a 5 to Discovery.

An important electronic act and an important album. That being said, it has a certain nature of repetitiveness that doesn't necessarily mean timeless. The boundaries and working blocks for future success are transparent.