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Daft Punk releases Random Access Memories remaster with 9 bonus tracks
- Dowwie 3y agoI would be more excited if it were unreleased work from the Homework project. "Get Lucky" is pretty much the only track that came out of RAM that I can revisit with as much appreciation as when I used to listen to it. The bonus tracks are basically drafts. Listening to a track featuring people talking in a recording studio isn't much to get excited about.
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- nh23423fefe 3y agowhoa whoa whoa, no love for: Giorgio, Instant crush, Lose yourself to dance, Beyond, doin it right (favorite), Contact?
- dromtrund 3y agoTruly one of the greatest albums ever made IMO.
- notmypenguin 3y agoRather odd thst a retrospective of Giorgio Moroder is mid credited to some masked 21st century bandits who basically sing “we have nothing original to offer the world” over and over in an autotuned vocoded voice
- pknomad 3y agoI personally loved Give Life Back to Music! How can you not like the guitar riff?
- lispisok 3y agoFunny, RAM is my favorite Daft Punk album. I love every song
- warning26 3y agoI'm a huge fan of Horizon, one of the original bonus tracks from RAM.
- gravitronic 3y agoFind yourself a copy of the Alive '99 CD. It's a live set from the homework era and is awesome. It also came with a video DVD of a few tracks performed live, sans robot suits
- pie420 3y agoFunny, because Get Lucky is the pop-iest, worst song on RAM. Possibly the worst take you can have on the album
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- amanaplanacanal 3y agoIt’s catchy as hell though. And I can play it for my EDM hating friends and they don’t complain. So there’s that.
- ahefner 3y agoTouch is the worst song on RAM. Instant cringe.
- musicale 3y agoYou mean Mexican Monkey?
- archivisti 3y agomissing daft punk very much
- greazy 3y agoNot the same but Kavinsky and Justice has filled the void
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- roflchoppa 3y agoReally enjoyed this fragments of time video. https://youtu.be/CYKekR6661o https://youtu.be/CYKekR6661o
- alpaca128 3y agoConsidering how nice the sound already is in original tracks like Motherboard and Giorgio, I'm curious about what a remaster can do.
- Slow_Hand 3y agoI was wondering this as well, considering that RAM was engineered with a no-compromise and loving approach to recording, mixing, and mastering. Bob Ludwig, the original mastering engineer, is about as close to an elder-master as you can get. It’s not like there’s any question around his capabilities. The only “upgrade” that I can observe to the mixes is that the original album has now received alternative Atmos mixes as an add-on. I think “remastered” is just marketing shorthand in this case.
- musicale 3y agoI heard the vinyl version of Random Access Memories playing on a cheap turntable and was surprised how good it sounded. I'd like to A/B the vinyl vs. CD versions through the same speakers to hear how they compare.
- ramesh31 3y agoThey mastered it on tape, so assumedly analog would have the edge.
- musicale 3y agoThe CD version sounds good on headphones and OK through my small speakers. But the vinyl sound was arresting - maybe a smaller stereo image or something else with the mastering.
- hammyhavoc 3y agoNot necessarily. Mastering for vinyl is very different than any other medium. You need to reduce bass for one so that the needle stays in the groove. The digital version is likely to be the most faithful representation of the tapes, assuming high quality AD was used, which I'm certain it was.
- rurban 3y agoPrime is my favorite of this: https://youtu.be/IuwwuuvnvCs https://youtu.be/IuwwuuvnvCs