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Rating:
"total disappointment"
These are the two words I associate with this album, because after years of very good electronic music (even if somewhat raw in some aspects), switching to decidedly poor pop seems like the right strategy to disappoint fans who have followed you for a long time, delivering the final blow.
The immense commercial campaign for the various singles of the album (especially that damn "Get Lucky") already made me very suspicious. I mean, Daft Punk always seemed suitable only for true electronic music aficionados, even if they had made some commercial turns in the past (just look at "Technologic" from the nonetheless appreciable "Human After All").
But alas, I couldn't resist the temptation to buy the record. Before putting it in the stereo, I was torn between my highest expectations and the anxiety instilled by that commercial sellout "Get Lucky," but I thought, come on, they might have made that foolish move, but there must be at least some worthwhile tracks on the album, right?
Nothing could be further from the truth.
As soon as I started listening, I realized how far those who had been my idols had fallen, those two robots who opened the doors to the world of music for me. The album was nothing but a jumble of horrible pop songs, swinging from the most commercial pieces to the whiniest ones (damnation to "Instant Crush," never heard worse stuff). I wanted to believe that I had been sold another record, but unfortunately, it was indeed a work by Daft Punk.
As far as I'm concerned, that record can remain gathering dust among the others in my collection, that useless, disappointing, and utterly poor record that bears the name "Random Access Memories," which, in my opinion, is not worthy of bearing the name of Daft Punk.
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By Darius
Random Access Memories is probably the perfect anti-Daft Punk album, a work that breaks away from pure synth-house futurism to build a unique retro-revival journey.
The era of cream-colored suits and slicked-back hair is not a bland commercial revival, but an authentic sonic gem, bridging seventies sentiment and contemporary times.
By Ilpazzo
In an era dominated by HORRIBLE dance music, cold, increasingly computerized, and annoyingly TUNZ TUNZ, there was absolutely a need for someone, ESPECIALLY from the industry, to say 'STOP!' to this mess of cursed noises.
This album is an improvement of Discovery to the max. A sequel that improves the original.
By ElectroKite
Random Access Memories is an excellent album that sounds modern and at the same time presents that typical flavor of the years between the Seventies and the Eighties.
This new record is courageous, and is fresh and retro at the same time.
By Gardenio
"Random Access Memories is boring, sluggish, self-referential, dull, useless, empty, pretentious, unpleasant, sterile, bland, indigestible, amateurish, annoying, arrogant, stupid, and banal."
"The album is musically poor, lacking ideas and banal, packaged specifically to satisfy the most diverse listeners, to be blasted on the radio, and to make the most superficial listener cry masterpiece."
By TommasoMotteran
There is no innovation, no complexity, no care, no experiment, no love, no tradition, no meaning, no anger, no conservation, there is absolutely nothing.
Musicians who dedicate their time and talent (assuming there is any, in fact there isn’t) to ruining this world deserve death.
