Discovery
by Daft Punk
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Mar 13, 2001
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 555 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 515 out of 555
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 555
  3. Negative: 35 out of 555

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  1. omni
    Apr 23, 2006
    9
    well it appears the critics know more than some fans on here who believe this to be a techno album. but in this case i would say they were wrong in their ratings. this was easily a top 5 album of 2001.
  2. JBone
    Sep 15, 2006
    9
    A great album, almost a masterpiece. I've listened to this album many times and the production qualities, the songs, are revolutionary. The album slows down a bit on the second side which is why I've docked them a point but all in all a very important and enjoyable album.
  3. GabrielN.
    Dec 21, 2008
    9
    I'm a song lover, i hate albums, but it happens that every song on this album is great, and some of them really brilliant! It's music that you can feel related to in a personal, intimate way. Very very underrated, best of Daft Punk, and probably one of the best albums ever.
  4. KellyB.
    Nov 21, 2001
    9
    Although Daft Punk has pulled off a really great album, a few clinkers were inevitable. I find myself listening to the songs over and over, and I never tire of its electronic sound. Great Job!
  5. Vampire25
    Dec 12, 2010
    9
    "Discovery" is such a refreshing and innovative album. Their is so much creativity in it. It sounds completely different from their first album "Homework". "Aerodynamic" has one of the greatest guitar solos I've ever heard, "One More Time" makes you wanna get up and just dance, and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is just a magnificent song. But then other songs such as "Nightvisions" is"Discovery" is such a refreshing and innovative album. Their is so much creativity in it. It sounds completely different from their first album "Homework". "Aerodynamic" has one of the greatest guitar solos I've ever heard, "One More Time" makes you wanna get up and just dance, and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is just a magnificent song. But then other songs such as "Nightvisions" is basically looking at Daft Punk at another angle, so to speak. It shows another side of them that were not used to from their first album. And that's definitely a good thing. All In All, "Discovery" by Daft Punk is an innovative and original album that I can proudly say is one of my favorites. A-… Expand
  6. djlollyb
    Aug 25, 2012
    9
    Discovery is one of the previous decade's best albums and it definitely doesn't disappoint.

    An action packed and exciting experience for anyone to enjoy.
  7. dante_finn
    Aug 13, 2014
    9
    Thos album is so cool. The sounds are steady and neat with some off-beats. The backgrounds are really sick(in a good way). This album though is sometimes included with a lot of auto-tunes that are compressed which may makes the beats repetitive but it does keep up with the rythm. And the styles are ranged with different genres.
  8. Geologist
    Apr 28, 2013
    9
    In honor of the upcoming release of the bands highly anticipated 4th Album, "Random Access Memories", I thought I'd go back and review what really made Daft Punk, Daft Punk. "Discovery" was the bands breakthrough release, and is a sparkling, shiny LP that will make you want to immediately stop whatever you're doing and start moving along to the groove. It's tracks like "Digital Love" andIn honor of the upcoming release of the bands highly anticipated 4th Album, "Random Access Memories", I thought I'd go back and review what really made Daft Punk, Daft Punk. "Discovery" was the bands breakthrough release, and is a sparkling, shiny LP that will make you want to immediately stop whatever you're doing and start moving along to the groove. It's tracks like "Digital Love" and "One More Time" that make the album so dance-like, but at the same time, so magical. 9/10… Expand
  9. crazilon
    May 19, 2013
    9
    This entangled me. Especially with the integration of the anime film "Interstella 5555". A lot of songs were very catchy and I could dance to them, but some got boring after.... overall, pretty cool album.
  10. ragekoi
    Jul 21, 2013
    9
    Pure, electronic glory. The majority of the tracks are extremely iconic and practically timeless. This album basically set the industry standard for how good dance music is created.
  11. sonic125
    Aug 10, 2014
    9
    As Discovery, is a fine album,But some songs are great like one more time ,hard better faster stronger and face to face. The songs that should not in this album are high life and crescendolls
  12. Heavixd
    May 26, 2016
    9
    The best album of the duo by far, doesn't have one single bad song. I wish they have made another album similar to this one instead of that electronic mess that is Human After All.
  13. Airil
    Jun 23, 2016
    9
    Personally I really like the album. Starting from spotify, continues on vinyl, it is just a very good album to listen to. Most of the songs are used in Interstellar 5555, movie. I would always suggest this album to anyone.
  14. Ripplux
    Aug 22, 2016
    9
    My favorite album from daft punk
    "One More Time" is repetitive (it say one more time 26 times) yet it still manages to get stuck in my head
    "Aerodynamic" feels like it was made for interstella: 5555 one of more forgettable songs of the album "Digital Love" Is just an amazing piece of art one of my favorite daft punk songs ever. it's the first song on the album to use daft punk's famous    My favorite album from daft punk
    "One More Time" is repetitive (it say one more time 26 times) yet it still manages to get stuck in my head
    "Aerodynamic" feels like it was made for interstella: 5555 one of more forgettable songs of the album
    "Digital Love" Is just an amazing piece of art one of my favorite daft punk songs ever. it's the first song on the album to use daft punk's famous vocoder. The lyrics are tremendously catchy
    "Harder Faster Better Stronger" it's Harder Faster Better Stronger need i say more?
    "Crescendolls" actually sounds like a house track instead of 80s pop music
    "Night Vision" is just filler yet it is very intriguing and is something I'd sleep to
    "too long" is too long    … Expand
  15. sodovich
    Dec 25, 2021
    9
    The tradional Daft Punk classic. It has very memorable tunes that rocked the early 2000's in a glorius way. It also features "Digital Love", which is my favorite song ever, just a beautiful piece of music.
  16. Jetcer
    Mar 19, 2023
    9
    It's almost a perfect album. It has so many great songs, from the radio friendly "One more Time" to the slow "Veridis Quo". Every song on here shines through. The only critisism I have is that "Nightvision" is almost nothing, if this wasn't on this classic album, we wouldn't have praised this track so much, because it's, as i said, a bag of nothingness. And maybe the song "Too long" is aIt's almost a perfect album. It has so many great songs, from the radio friendly "One more Time" to the slow "Veridis Quo". Every song on here shines through. The only critisism I have is that "Nightvision" is almost nothing, if this wasn't on this classic album, we wouldn't have praised this track so much, because it's, as i said, a bag of nothingness. And maybe the song "Too long" is a bit too long, but in some way the keep it fresh and don't make it repetitive which is impressive for a song that's 10 minutes of the same thing, not a Tyler the creator kind of 2 part track. The first for songs "One more time, Aerodynamic, digital love and harder, better, faster, stronger" are just straight bangers to play everywhere. Also an honorable mention is the use of the sample by kanye west of "harder, better, faster, stronger", he turned this song into something fresh and new and I recommend it. Crescendolls is like a funny, jumpy and kinda weird song, but somehow, in some strange french way, it just works. Superheroes and high life are also great, but then you come to the song "Something about us" which is in my opinion the best produced Daft Punk song ever. The intro is so soft and great with the "waw waw waw, wew wew wew". The lyrics are fun while also interesting to listen to. But I'm not going to spoil that for you, you should listen to it for yourself. After this there are some deep cuts, like voyager and short circuit, which you can easily vibe to in your room, but are not really something special though never the less, fantastic. Then Face To Face is the best daft punk ever made and is my favourite, maybe not the best produced, but just my favourite one of all time. Everything about it, the drum at the beginning + the sampling goes so well together on this track. The singing is also *chef kisses*. And then we end with "too long" which is just a cool a chill closer to the album.

    Really the best EDM and house album of the 2000's.

    Fav tracks: Digital love, face to face, veridis quo, something about us
    Least fav track: Too long, Nightvision    … Expand
  17. KoushikFM
    Jul 8, 2023
    9
    Wonderful album from start to end. The album itself is a 9/10, pair it with Interstella 5555 and you got a 10/10 experience.
  18. SwendolineTAB
    Aug 9, 2001
    8
    Just love it
  19. CK
    Aug 13, 2001
    8
    Watch the videos!
  20. ZamesG
    Dec 4, 2004
    8
    There are two types of people. People who like this CD, and people who don't. Good yes, but definatly not for everybody
  21. SilverMan
    May 23, 2013
    8
    As Discovery, is a fine album. But as being the soundtrack of Interstella 5555, is an awesome album, one of the best albums of the decade
  22. Aijixe
    Sep 24, 2015
    8
    A grand, spectacular treat to the ears but seems to rely heavily on hooks. To their credit though, Daft Punk are really, really good at creating hooks.
  23. j000000000000
    Nov 18, 2014
    8
    Very stellar album. Personal favourites are Something About Us, Crescendolls, Nightvision, and Digital Love. There are some weak points ( Idk why everyone says Too Long is amazing, I thought it wasn't that good.) but it's overall really good.
  24. LeoDiCaprioFan
    Jun 5, 2016
    8
    This album is where I started listening to Daft Punk. Daft Punk are really talented EDM duos who changed the EDM's generation forever. Some songs are ish. But songs like "One More Time", "Harder Better Faster Stronger", "Digital Love" and "Superheroes are the best ones out of this album. So yeah, really good album.
  25. Tuneison
    Sep 24, 2018
    8
    Of Daft Punk's two early dance albums (The other being Homework), this one comes off as superior and better defines their style.
  26. MacsMusic
    Aug 8, 2018
    8
    Discovery is a lively, original, varied, fun, and catchy electronic album. It's surprisingly fun for an album made so long ago; it has aged very, very well. Seventeen years later, Discovery sounds great. The electronic music is really fun, and rarely misses a beat. It doesn't sound like any other electronic music, except for other Daft Punk music, I guess. "One More Time" is electrifying,Discovery is a lively, original, varied, fun, and catchy electronic album. It's surprisingly fun for an album made so long ago; it has aged very, very well. Seventeen years later, Discovery sounds great. The electronic music is really fun, and rarely misses a beat. It doesn't sound like any other electronic music, except for other Daft Punk music, I guess. "One More Time" is electrifying, and ridiculously fun. The following song is almost as fantastic, with great, high-energy electronic music. "Love" and "Harder" work very well in their own ways. I'm not a big fan of the vocals in the songs "Superheroes" and "Too Long," but the songs still don't sound all that bad. "Us" has fascinating, wholly original music that really stands out.

    Discovery is not a flawless record, but the majority of the album is filled with ageless, electrifying, organic electronic music and sounds great. It's an 8.5.    … Expand
  27. All_ButTrU4
    May 8, 2022
    8
    8.8/10
    Essential electronic music that pushed the envelope on the lengths dance music could go.
  28. Hendo250
    Apr 10, 2021
    8
    this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8
  29. BenjaminBunny
    Apr 17, 2004
    7
    Not as disposable as you might think.
  30. than_Q
    Jun 18, 2016
    4
    The album is sincerely unimpressive. The feature songs are great in there own right (including 'one more time' 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'), however every other song is just repetitive and annoying. For the first 4 songs you will enjoy the album but it just breaks apart afterwards and becomes a complete mess. For a 15 song album by such a critically acclaimed band, I expected more,The album is sincerely unimpressive. The feature songs are great in there own right (including 'one more time' 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'), however every other song is just repetitive and annoying. For the first 4 songs you will enjoy the album but it just breaks apart afterwards and becomes a complete mess. For a 15 song album by such a critically acclaimed band, I expected more, and I definitely did not receive any enjoyment whatsoever.

    Discovery was essentially an attempt to bandwagon the rest of the songs with the hits that Daft Punk had made, and it does a terrible job of doing so. The album essentially represents the era that it came from, full of annoying and repetitive phrases that try to make you go insane simply by playing the same (excuse my french) **** over and over expecting it to get better, but it doesn't. I suppose that you could say it was good for it's time, but I don't think that human intelligence had gotten that low in the 2000s.

    Don't buy this album, seriously, it's pathetic, maybe if you're a really hardcore fan of Daft Punk you would enjoy this album, but I didn't.    … Expand
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#4 Most Discussed Album of 2001
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#17 Most Shared Album of 2001

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. AllMusic
    Apr 3, 2013
    100
    Daft Punk are such stellar, meticulous producers that they make any sound work, even superficially dated ones like spastic early-'80s electro/R&B ("Short Circuit") or faux-orchestral synthesizer baroque ("Veridis Quo").
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  2. CDNow
    70
    Matching Homework in quirkiness, buoyancy, and club-ready freak-beats, Discovery combines the best of what Daft Punk has to offer: mid-'80s synth-pop ("Digital Love"), sleazy euro-funk ("Harder Better Faster Stronger"), shake-your-booty electro-metal with spacey guitar effects ("Aerodynamic" -- Basement Jaxx meets Eddie Van Halen), and minimal, big-beat tunes that Underworld wishes it would have thought of first ("Superheroes").
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  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    Not enough of this album delivers on the promise of [lead single] "One More Time."
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