

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing includes download. 2013 album from the beloved Electronic French duo, their first proper studio album in eight years. In their 20-year history, Daft Punk have redefined Electronic music, pioneered the live dance concert experience and shaped Pop culture. Random Access Memories is Daft Punk's follow up to Human After All (2005). Random Access Memories is their most ambitious and epic release to date comprising 13 tracks and over 75 minutes long. Review: Daft Punk's boldest and possibly best album - I've been a fan of Daft Punk for a long time now and found myself purchasing almost any piece of music that has got Thomas' or Guy-Man's fingerprints on, so when this album was announced I experienced an anticipation for an album that I had never experienced before (this was before even the incredibly clever marketing strategy really took off). After all the hype the album has been given, you would be surprised to see it even come close but boy does it blow any expectations out of the water! I highly recommend sitting down with a good set of headphones or through a solid hifi system and immersing yourself in this album because it is a masterpiece. Right from the get go with "Give Life Back To Music" you can see the intent the Daft boys have with this album, its got great melodies and groove, fantastic production and once again those infamous Daft Punk vocoders. "The Game Of Love" brings us straight back to those beautiful melancholic tracks that we've seen from Daft Punk (Something About Us and Make Love) and the vocoders on this track are a real highlight, you can see the work they have put in to make sure they sound as human as possible. "Giorgio By Moroder" is easily one of the highlights on this album and is one of Daft Punk's musical highlights of their career in my opinion. It starts with Giorgio Moroder talking about how he got into music and discovered the synthesizer. After you hear Giorgio say "My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio" then the track really lets go with a fantastic synth line that Moroder himself would be mightily proud of! "Within" is another slowed down track that has beautiful moments to it and I think that Chilly Gonzales' piano sounds beautiful here but it doesn't quite rate up with Daft Punk's usual ballad-esque songs. Then onto "Instant Crush", another highlight on the album and great vocal work from Julian Casablancas. As a big Strokes fan, I have always dreamed of this sort of collaboration between my favourite artists and it really delivered! Julian's solo is actually fantastic on here as well and really suits the track (I could try and explain this track but it wouldn't give it justice). After this we have the next single; "Lose Yourself To Dance" and easily one of the funkiest and grooviest songs on the album. The guitar by Nile Rodgers is fantastic as well as another great vocal performance by Pharrell. The real highlight for me on this song is again the vocoders, they back up Pharrell's vocals perfectly and will certainly make this track another number 1 single contender. Moving on the centerpiece of the album and the true masterpiece that is "Touch". On first listen "Touch" to me was a very complex track that I didn't quite get but after I had heard it it a few times it really hit me and it is a masterpiece in every single way, and a song that even if you don't buy the album you still need to experience. After "Touch" is "Get Lucky" and need I say anything about that because everyman and his dog have heard it! "Beyond" is another grower of a track with once again very nice use of vocoders, however the I wished they'd gotten rid of the strings at the start, I really disliked them myself! "Motherboard" is another solid track and has definitely been composed from the same sort of mind set as a lot of the Tron pieces. I reckon it will be another track that over weeks, months and even years, will have a growing effect on a lot of fans for sure. "Fragments Of Time" is a beauty of a track and one that I would have never pegged Daft Punk for writing but I am so happy that they did. Todd Edwards (who of course previously collaborated with the Daft boys on Face To Face on Discover) produces some excellent vocals here and his cut up style that you can hear during the chorus really is the glue that really holds this track together. "Doin' It Right" is definitely one of my favourites if not my favourite track on the album, the vocoders are straight up fantastic and Panda Bear is really on form here. The slow-ish tempo of the track and the drum beat provide a solid foundation for Daft Punk and Panda Bear to really let loose on this infectious track. Then finally the closer "Contact"! Another 'you have to hear it to believe it' kinda track and the perfect closer to what I consider to be an almost perfect album. The Sherbs "We Ride Tonight" is the sample used here and what a great choice it is. The drums are really a pleasure here and the last 2 minutes of "Contact" bring me back to the Homework days of the likes of "Rollin' and Scratchin'" which is a nice sort of touch for the long term fans! Overall I believe if we give this album time and see if it is a grower then there is no doubts that this could be seen as Daft Punk's best album. There isn't any filler here and you can tell that every track has been wonderfully thought out. Another brilliant album by the greatest producers in Dance and Electronic music that will undoubtedly change up the electronic music game. Thank you Thomas and Guy-Man! Review: Feel good album of the year - When I first heard this, I honestly didn't quite understand what direction Daft Punk were going in. But you have to listen to it all the way through, to truly understand it's genius. If, like me, you're fed up of shallow 21st century pop music with no heart or soul, with people dominating the top 40 who look like Satanists, singing about being a cannibal, dying young, bad romances and good girls gone bad (Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Rhianna etc, I'm looking at you) where pop music is Satanically dark, singing about being possessed by demons whilst wearing outrageous outfits that always seem to resemble the Baphomet symbol and showing off devil horns etc, then this is the album for you. It's how pop music really should be. It should make you feel good, put a smile on your face, and make you want to go out and party and celebrate with friends, or just to cheer you up at home to chill out to (just to get the record straight here, my favourite bands are Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode, and whereas their music may do well commercially, it falls into a separate genre of 'dark art pop'). And, you can tell, it's also required a hell of a lot of hard work and effort to make it. Back when, you know, bands like Kool and the Gang were doing stuff like 'Celebration' with catchy riffs, vocals, and simple lyrics. This has that same vibe of being ridiculously upbeat. And a similar sound. But it's still Daft Punk. RAM is an unbelievably feel good album. It's almost therapeutic. It harkens back to the good old days of how top 40 pop music used to sound like. It puts a wiggle in your stride, a smile on your face, and a sense of joy back into the modern world of pop. Sorry for repeating that, but it really is the best way to sum it up. And it actually gets better with each listen. You notice it has love, soul and hope, which is something much needed in these dark times. It actually has HEART. As for the hype, I never realised there was so much hype. I don't follow Daft Punk like I used to, I found Human After All a disappointment, but LOVED the Tron Legacy soundtrack (not the film though, it was rubbish), in fact, I never even knew the album was out. I avoid hype as much as possible, it really destroys your expectations. I really liked the catchy single 'Get Lucky', but it segues so perfectly into this record (after album highlight 'Touch'), you groove to it, but barely notice it. So perfect for parties. I still think Discovery is my favourite album, perhaps because it brings back so many good memories, but RAM really isn't too far behind. In fact, listening to it, it kind of brings back memories of when I used to listen to Discovery, so I guess it must be doing something right. Shame I'm over a decade older! This is the feel good album of the year (so far, though it's hard to imagine one that could possibly lift you up better on those dark days), and perfectly timed for what could be a long, beautiful summer. Brilliant stuff.
















| ASIN | B00C061HZY |
| Best Sellers Rank | 973 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) 3 in House 318 in Vinyl |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (11,244) |
| Is discontinued by manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | 2724475909214 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Manufacturer | Columbia |
| Number of discs | 2 |
| Product Dimensions | 31.24 x 1.02 x 30.73 cm; 544.31 g |
[**]
Daft Punk's boldest and possibly best album
I've been a fan of Daft Punk for a long time now and found myself purchasing almost any piece of music that has got Thomas' or Guy-Man's fingerprints on, so when this album was announced I experienced an anticipation for an album that I had never experienced before (this was before even the incredibly clever marketing strategy really took off). After all the hype the album has been given, you would be surprised to see it even come close but boy does it blow any expectations out of the water! I highly recommend sitting down with a good set of headphones or through a solid hifi system and immersing yourself in this album because it is a masterpiece. Right from the get go with "Give Life Back To Music" you can see the intent the Daft boys have with this album, its got great melodies and groove, fantastic production and once again those infamous Daft Punk vocoders. "The Game Of Love" brings us straight back to those beautiful melancholic tracks that we've seen from Daft Punk (Something About Us and Make Love) and the vocoders on this track are a real highlight, you can see the work they have put in to make sure they sound as human as possible. "Giorgio By Moroder" is easily one of the highlights on this album and is one of Daft Punk's musical highlights of their career in my opinion. It starts with Giorgio Moroder talking about how he got into music and discovered the synthesizer. After you hear Giorgio say "My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio" then the track really lets go with a fantastic synth line that Moroder himself would be mightily proud of! "Within" is another slowed down track that has beautiful moments to it and I think that Chilly Gonzales' piano sounds beautiful here but it doesn't quite rate up with Daft Punk's usual ballad-esque songs. Then onto "Instant Crush", another highlight on the album and great vocal work from Julian Casablancas. As a big Strokes fan, I have always dreamed of this sort of collaboration between my favourite artists and it really delivered! Julian's solo is actually fantastic on here as well and really suits the track (I could try and explain this track but it wouldn't give it justice). After this we have the next single; "Lose Yourself To Dance" and easily one of the funkiest and grooviest songs on the album. The guitar by Nile Rodgers is fantastic as well as another great vocal performance by Pharrell. The real highlight for me on this song is again the vocoders, they back up Pharrell's vocals perfectly and will certainly make this track another number 1 single contender. Moving on the centerpiece of the album and the true masterpiece that is "Touch". On first listen "Touch" to me was a very complex track that I didn't quite get but after I had heard it it a few times it really hit me and it is a masterpiece in every single way, and a song that even if you don't buy the album you still need to experience. After "Touch" is "Get Lucky" and need I say anything about that because everyman and his dog have heard it! "Beyond" is another grower of a track with once again very nice use of vocoders, however the I wished they'd gotten rid of the strings at the start, I really disliked them myself! "Motherboard" is another solid track and has definitely been composed from the same sort of mind set as a lot of the Tron pieces. I reckon it will be another track that over weeks, months and even years, will have a growing effect on a lot of fans for sure. "Fragments Of Time" is a beauty of a track and one that I would have never pegged Daft Punk for writing but I am so happy that they did. Todd Edwards (who of course previously collaborated with the Daft boys on Face To Face on Discover) produces some excellent vocals here and his cut up style that you can hear during the chorus really is the glue that really holds this track together. "Doin' It Right" is definitely one of my favourites if not my favourite track on the album, the vocoders are straight up fantastic and Panda Bear is really on form here. The slow-ish tempo of the track and the drum beat provide a solid foundation for Daft Punk and Panda Bear to really let loose on this infectious track. Then finally the closer "Contact"! Another 'you have to hear it to believe it' kinda track and the perfect closer to what I consider to be an almost perfect album. The Sherbs "We Ride Tonight" is the sample used here and what a great choice it is. The drums are really a pleasure here and the last 2 minutes of "Contact" bring me back to the Homework days of the likes of "Rollin' and Scratchin'" which is a nice sort of touch for the long term fans! Overall I believe if we give this album time and see if it is a grower then there is no doubts that this could be seen as Daft Punk's best album. There isn't any filler here and you can tell that every track has been wonderfully thought out. Another brilliant album by the greatest producers in Dance and Electronic music that will undoubtedly change up the electronic music game. Thank you Thomas and Guy-Man!
J**R
Feel good album of the year
When I first heard this, I honestly didn't quite understand what direction Daft Punk were going in. But you have to listen to it all the way through, to truly understand it's genius. If, like me, you're fed up of shallow 21st century pop music with no heart or soul, with people dominating the top 40 who look like Satanists, singing about being a cannibal, dying young, bad romances and good girls gone bad (Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Rhianna etc, I'm looking at you) where pop music is Satanically dark, singing about being possessed by demons whilst wearing outrageous outfits that always seem to resemble the Baphomet symbol and showing off devil horns etc, then this is the album for you. It's how pop music really should be. It should make you feel good, put a smile on your face, and make you want to go out and party and celebrate with friends, or just to cheer you up at home to chill out to (just to get the record straight here, my favourite bands are Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode, and whereas their music may do well commercially, it falls into a separate genre of 'dark art pop'). And, you can tell, it's also required a hell of a lot of hard work and effort to make it. Back when, you know, bands like Kool and the Gang were doing stuff like 'Celebration' with catchy riffs, vocals, and simple lyrics. This has that same vibe of being ridiculously upbeat. And a similar sound. But it's still Daft Punk. RAM is an unbelievably feel good album. It's almost therapeutic. It harkens back to the good old days of how top 40 pop music used to sound like. It puts a wiggle in your stride, a smile on your face, and a sense of joy back into the modern world of pop. Sorry for repeating that, but it really is the best way to sum it up. And it actually gets better with each listen. You notice it has love, soul and hope, which is something much needed in these dark times. It actually has HEART. As for the hype, I never realised there was so much hype. I don't follow Daft Punk like I used to, I found Human After All a disappointment, but LOVED the Tron Legacy soundtrack (not the film though, it was rubbish), in fact, I never even knew the album was out. I avoid hype as much as possible, it really destroys your expectations. I really liked the catchy single 'Get Lucky', but it segues so perfectly into this record (after album highlight 'Touch'), you groove to it, but barely notice it. So perfect for parties. I still think Discovery is my favourite album, perhaps because it brings back so many good memories, but RAM really isn't too far behind. In fact, listening to it, it kind of brings back memories of when I used to listen to Discovery, so I guess it must be doing something right. Shame I'm over a decade older! This is the feel good album of the year (so far, though it's hard to imagine one that could possibly lift you up better on those dark days), and perfectly timed for what could be a long, beautiful summer. Brilliant stuff.
T**Y
CD has some tracks with small damaged
R**K
Awesome album and perfect quality
V**N
Je vais à mon tour, comme d'autres et à l'inverse de beaucoup, louer l'album de Daft Punk pour le pari qu'ont pris les deux robots. Car finalement, au vue de la division qui semble régner au sein des fans de Daft Punk comme des fans de musique, c'est bien un pari relativement risqué qu'ils ont pris. Premièrement, ils reviennent sur le devant de la scène après avoir connu un échec critique sur Human After All et étaient forcément attendu au tournant. Pour ceux qui, comme moi, n'ont jamais été déçu par leur travail et ce depuis la sortie d'Homework (plus quelques années vu que j'avais 6 ans à l'époque), l'a priori était fait et mis sur le côté "positif quoiqu'il arrive". Pour d'autres, les preuves devaient être faites et le génie que certains leur attribue se devait d'être justifié. Ensuite, et parce que je ne comprends pas ceux qui disent "ça ne ressemble pas à Daft Punk", je dirai que je reconnais Daft Punk au fait que je ne les reconnais pas : ils veulent sans cesse surprendre leur public en proposant des musiques qu'on ne leur attribuerait pas; ça reflète d'une audace que peu de personne possède. Et autant j'attends de certains artistes qu'il livre une copie plus ou moins ressemblante d'un album à l'autre, je serai déçu si eux s'en contentaient. Enfin, vouloir faire revivre le son des générations précédentes est-il tant un problème que ça : peut-être copient-ils les anciens sons à succès mais faut-il leur jeter la pierre ? Pas nécessairement, mais cela dépend du point de vue de chacun. Je dirai de mon côté que si cela permet à certains de découvrir d'anciennes très bonnes chansons, alors le bien est là ! Et critiquer de faire de l'argent sur le passé c'est un peu renier la société dans laquelle on vit actuellement (Converse et j'en passe...). Mais là n'est pas la question et je conclurai ce paragraphe en citant Giovanni Giorgio "I wanted to do a song of the 50's, the 60's, the 70's, the 80's and a sound of the futur". R.A.M est une ode à la gloire du passé, mais aussi à celle du futur, comme l'était Da Funk à son époque. Un essai vers une transition musicale recherchée mais pas acceptée de tous. Cet album me fait passer par tout un tas d'émotions diverses et, comme il me touche, il est pour moi un succès. Nous commençons doucement, avec la guitare de "Give Life Back to Music", comme pour signifier que ces 13 titres avaient en tête de réussir à faire cela. Nous enchaînons sensuellement avec "Game of Love", mixons passé/futur avec "Giorgio by Moroder", nous émouvons sur "Within" et la patte Gonzales. Puis tout s'accélère, doucement dans un premier temps avec "Instant Crush", chanté par l'excellent Casablancas puis plus rapidement avec la voix envoûtante de Pharell, avec qui nous pourrions "nous perdre pour la danse". "Touch", quant à lui, semble plus personnel, plus extravagant, comme un plaisir accompli histoire de montrer qu'ils mettent ce qu'ils veulent dans leurs albums, et grand bien leur en fasse. "Get Lucky" résonne alors, et par la faute des diffusions en boucle et parce que certains ne jureront que par cette chanson, j'ai un peu de mal à la supporter même si je la trouve excellente, ce qui passera. "Beyond" et "Motherboard" assurent une transition parfaite vers l'apex de l'album. "Fragment of Time", chanté par celui derrière l'excellente voix de "Face to Face" sur Discovery, et géniale. "Doin' it right" est un titre qui fait pour moi écho à celui de la première chanson de l'album, comme pour signaler que temps que "tout le monde danse ce soir, nous le sentirons bien", aveux caché des Daft Punk quant à ce dont ils se contentent pour être heureux. Puis, un final en apothéose, capable de redonner la vie aux morts (presque). Ceux qui voulaient du Daft Punk inchangés les retrouve sur cette conclusion parfaite à un album original mais délectable. Alors oui, il n'est pas possible de faire de la musique qui plaira à tout le monde. Et franchement, si tel était le cas, on s'ennuierait fermement. Mais chacun doit se faire une idée de ce que vaut un album (lui comme d'autres) en prenant la peine de l'écouter quelques fois (se faire un avis en une écoute n'est pas bien sérieux pour moi). Nous avons, et ce n'engage que moi, un chef d'oeuvre musical qui restera longtemps dans ma bibliothèque et trônera aux côtés des anciens albums, que j'écoute encore avec plaisir. Pour résumer, tentez l'expérience ça en vaut largement le coup !
H**H
Vor diversen Jahren hab' ich mir mal 'ne CD von Daft Punk gekauft. Sie heißt DISCOVERY und enthält ihren Singlehit "One More Time", den ich damals auch deswegen mochte, weil ich Vocoder- bzw. Auto-Tune-Stimmen schon immer geliebt habe. Um es kurz zu machen: Außer "One More Time", das mir in der Albumversion allerdings zu lang war, und dem schönen Instrumentalstück "Veridis Quo", langweilte mich die Scheibe in ihrer Gleichförmigkeit total. Zudem fand ich die beiden Typen von Daft Punk mit ihren silbernen und goldenen Motorradhelmen ziemlich blöd. Dass man die wahren Gesichter einer Band nicht kennt, war in den 70ern noch was Neues (Stichwort Kiss), erschien mir aber in den 2000ern nur noch albern. Zeitsprung: Der Sommer 2013 wurde von einem unglaublich eingängigen, nach den frühen 80ern (Kool & The Gang?) klingenden Stück beherrscht, das bei jedem Hören unglaublich gute Laune verbreitete. Das Stück hieß "Get Lucky" und stammte von ... ja: Daft Punk, entstanden unter sängerischer Mithilfe eines gewissen Pharrell Williams, der ja inzwischen mit "Happy" einen eigenen Superhit feiert. Wieder Zeitsprung: Frühling 2014. Inzwischen ist das letzte Album von Daft Punk seit fast einem Jahr auf dem Markt, hat sämtliche Verkaufsrekorde gebrochen, diverse Preise kassiert (u.a. fünf Grammys), weltweit Platz 1 der Charts erreicht (u.a. in Deutschland, England und den USA) und wird bei amazon zu einem sehr günstigen Preis zum Download angeboten. Also lud ich mir RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY eines schönen Tages herunter, brannte es auf CD, legte selbige in den Player - und war von den ersten Tönen an total fasziniert. Was ist das denn für eine Entwicklung, die Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo und Thomas Bangalter in den Jahren seit DISCOVERY hinter sich gebracht haben? Denn dies stellt, unter Beibehaltung typischer Elemente wie Vocoder-Gesang und elektronischer Klänge, eine ganz andere musikalische Liga, eine ganz andere Dimension dar. Da waren auf einmal echte Instrumente, echte Songs, echte Abwechslung, echte Vielfalt. Elektronik, Disco, Funk, Jazzrock, Orchestrales, Pop und vieles mehr. Diverse zumeist brillante Gastmusiker und Gastsänger sowie bis ins Allerfeinste ausziselierte Arrangements und eine großartige Produktion sorgten für einen musikalischen Paukenschlag, der noch viele Jahre nachhallen dürfte. Klang schon der Download hervorragend, so vermehrte sich der akustische, haptische und optische Genuss noch durch den Erwerb der Vinyl-Ausgabe: zwei Hochqualitäts-180-Gramm-Langspielplatten in einem fantastischen Doppelcover, dazu ein achtseitiges, großformatiges 'Booklet', in dem u.a. die Songtexte nachzulesen sind. Einfach nur toll. Edelst. Zu den Stücken von RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY ist schon vieles geschrieben worden. In der Tat ist es so, dass jeder einzelne der insgesamt dreizehn Titel seinen ganz eigenen Reiz entwickelt. Da ist so unendlich viel Liebe und Sorgfalt drin, dass man es schon selbst hören sollte, um es wirklich würdigen zu können. Man könnte stundenlang davon schwärmen und darüber schwadronieren. Tanzbarkeit, Melodie, Melancholie, alles findet sich hier. Viele Einflüsse aus den letzten vierzig Jahren Popmusikgeschichte wurden verarbeitet. Manchmal erkennt man einen davon sofort (z.B. die Hommage an "Eye In The Sky" des Alan Parsons Project in "Instant Crush"), manchmal grübelt man endlos, wo man das ein oder andere verdammt noch mal schon gehört hat. Egal, denn es bleibt trotzdem immer originell und original. Daft Punk haben mit RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY ihr eigenes ABBEY ROAD, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, RUMOURS, THRILLER, BROTHERS IN ARMS, AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE oder ... oder ... oder geschaffen. Kurzum: Dies ist ein Monument. Und die Vinylausgabe mit weniger als fünf Punkten zu bewerten, wäre ganz und gar realitätsfremd. 'There are so many things that I don't understand / There's a world within me that I cannot explain / Many rooms to explore, but the doors look the same / I am lost, I can't even remember my name' (Daft Punk: "Within").
S**L
遅ればせながら「Give Life Back To Music」の虜になって購入!カッティングギターの音色とベースのグルーブ感がとにかく心地良く何度も聞いてしまいます。ヒット時にオンタイムで聞けなかったのが残念ですが、今でも色褪せない名曲揃いのアルバムだと思います。「Get Lucky」のカッティングギターもいいですね。!その他の曲では 「Instant Crush」「Touch」「Fragments of Time」が好みです!
Trustpilot
1 week ago
1 month ago