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I am one of the few mods on here who likes Electronic dance music, so my opinion is not biased at all.I find no seperation in the tracks. No creativity or even an original take on old ideas. Some of it sounds like dodgy 80's synthesised film soundtracks that adorn badly dubbed Italian apocalyptic films.
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I’m not even sure I understand your first sentence. You’re one of the few mods who likes EDM so magically your opinion is unbiased? Uh, no. It’s your opinion, it’s biased no matter what. It doesn’t even matter whether you like EDM or not (and most Justice fans don’t), either you like the album or you don’t.
As for them not having any creativity, with “Waters of Nazareth” and “We Are Your Friends” they pretty much single handedly created an entire sub-genre of electronic music. Their entire shtick is basically being a new take on French Touch, so yeah, I’d say even if you don’t think they’re very creative, you have to admit that what they’re doing with 90s French House is at least worth noting. Also, their biggest influences are guys like Giorgio Moroder and bad film soundtracks (they sample “Tenebre” on “Phantom”), so it isn’t really surprising that you get that vibe.
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I find it strange that a lot of people dissed the band DIGITALISM for being a sub par Daft Punk when I think this album is even worse than Idealism.
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Digitalism sound more like DP than Justice, and it’s not like a lot of people don’t just see Justice as DP lite anyway. Idealism is ripping off pretty much all the best parts of Homework, which is such a recognizable album to even the most beginner of EDM fans, that it’s not at all surprising that a lot of people sort of overlooked Justice’s ripping off of DP. I mean, taking old disco samples and porn basslines and hitting the distort button isn’t really a Daft Punk trademark (at least not more so than it is the trademark of so many other EDM groups), but Idealism basically sounds like Homework 2.0.
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They are a lot better than Daft Punk. Punk might win for the singles, but hasn't had a single album as consistent as this one.
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This is ridiculous. DP hasn’t had an album as consistent? So Daft Punk never made Homework? Discovery? Even Human After All is starting to get more praise in the wake of Alive 2007.
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first of all, Cross only has two strong songs, "D.A.N.C.E." and "Waters of Nazareth"--in my opinion.
now let's look at Daft Punk's Discovery.
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Obviously I disagree with your assessment of Cross, and I would’ve talked about Homework myself.
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4. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger- duh, their most commercially successful song
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I’d argue that up until Kanye sampled Harder, “One More Time” and “Around the World,” maybe even “Digital Love,” were at least more recognizable, if not more successful. Actually, looking at Wikipedia, One More Time peaked in the US at 61, and Harder only charter in the US on the club charts, although Wiki probably isn’t that reliable in this case (anyone know of Harder ever made it into the top 200 or whatever Billboard charts?)
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10. Voyager - pretty generic house, one of the weaker tracks
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Really? I don’t think Voyager is anymore generic than anything else on Discovery, and there’s really nothing wrong with some simple Chicago House.
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i doubt Justice will ever produce as solid an album as Discovery, not to mention Daft Punk's other great albums
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I think producing an album on par with Discovery is a fairly simple task, especially for a group like Justice. A few more disco samples, some more Chicago influence, and they’ll basically be making Discovery all over again.
Anyway, I think Homework is a better choice of album for showcasing how amazing Daft Punk is. Discovery was good, but it’s only as good as the samples it uses. Honestly, I think pretty much any one song off Homework (yes, even WDPK 83.7, which has that amazing snippet of “Musique,” their best, and most underrated, song) is far better than anything on Discovery.