Human After All
Human After All is the third album by French duo Daft Punk, released on 14 March 2005 worldwide, and a day later in the United States. With this album they expand their French House with minimalism and rock music. The reviews were quite different, and one must note that the recording of the tracks lasted only six weeks, which is a fairly short period of time compared to the previous albums Discovery and Homework.
Concept
The Japanese edition of the album includes the quote: " We believe did Human After All speaks for itself. " ( " We believe," Human After All " speaks for itself "). Later gave to Daft Punk, " Human After All" was the best of their three albums and regarded it as "pure improvisation". The short processing time and the ease of production are a strong contrast to the previous albums. Thomas Bangalter said, "We were definitely seduced at the time by the idea of doing the opposite of Discovery. " Human After All was created Mainly with two guitars and synthesizers without. Further More what it produced in two weeks and mixed in four, a session in sharp contrast to Their older material. ( "We were very impressed by the idea that the opposite of" Discovery " to produce. " Human After All "was created mainly with two guitars and no synthesizer. Moreover, it was produced in two weeks and mixed in four, a strong contrast in compared to older stuff. ").
Thomas Bangalter said that the album was an attempt to find out where human emotions are to be found in music.
Recording
When the album appeared several months before the release on the internet, fans speculated whether it was a deliberate forgery to harm the file sharing. Several reviews felt that the songs would be repeated over and the songs were of poor quality. In addition, several critics thought, sword the album, although it should be more human, still very mechanical. Still Human After All is seen as strange and bold musical statement. A review in Stylus said, "It's the same story, track after track, willfully mistaking alternation for variation, intensification for development and dynamics. In otherwords, a shining example of pop song craft in the 21st Century. "
The first single "Robot Rock" received only moderate attention, but nevertheless reached number 32 in the UK and number 15 in the American dance charts, but a big hit she was not. The second single " Technologic " only reached number 40 in the UK, but was often played on the radio. The song was used in The OC, in an iPod ads and an Alfa Romeo " Mito " advertising ( 2009). A sample of the song was also used by Busta Rhymes in his single " Touch It ".
Human After All in 2006 was nominated for a Grammy ( Best Electronic / Dance Album ).
Tracklist
* Information according to iTunes.
Contributors
- Daft Punk - guitar, keyboard, sampler, vocoder, vocals, drum machine, programming, production
- Cédric Hervet - Production Coordination
- Gildas Loaec - Production Coordination
- Nilesh " Nilz " Patel - Mastering