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"If you listen to this album, it does not have hit songs except for Get lucky" That's really not saying much because most of the tracks are intentionally const
by Steko 13y ago
"If you listen to this album, it does not have hit songs except for Get lucky"
That's really not saying much because most of the tracks are intentionally constructed to be unfriendly to Top 40 radio; e.g. the end of Contact.
"The success of this single is due to the contributions of legendary recording artist AND producer Nile Rodgers"
Nile Rodgers is a legendary producer but Get Lucky was produced by Daft Punk like every other track on RAM. How confident in their production are they? They used legendary producer Giorgio Moroder only for his (non-musical) vocals. The whole album would have come off as a huge act of hubris if it came out and only had one good track.
"it was the only good track."
Opinions are like children -- we often like our own more than other people's. Instant Crush and Contact are great tracks. Better than Get Lucky? I don't know how you graph track quality. The entire album is good though.
Lose Yourself to Dance is one of the weaker songs on the album but more radio friendly and so I think it's going to be the second single which is a disappointment because it isn't very good next to Get Lucky.
- bredren 13y agoThis album was a huge let down. They made this big hoopla about how it was 'so expensive to make' because of the amazing talent like Julian Casablancas they brought into the studio, and they made something no one wanted to listen to. The sales tell part of the story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/random-access-memories-sales-drop-daft-punk-album_n_3420552.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/random-access-memor... And they tell some of the rest of it: "The thing we can ask ourselves at some point is like: We're making music for 20 years. How many bands and acts do you have that are still making good music after 20 years? It always sucks - almost always, you know?" Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo concluded: "So our new album is supposed to really suck." http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/daft-punk/381428-daft-punk-new-album-sucks http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/daft-punk/381428-daft-punk-new-alb... When it comes down to it they squandered amazing talent like Julian Casablancas, Pharell and Nile Rodgers to give history lessons on electronic music. The album would have been better if it had been released as a mixtape with no marketing at all.
- daeken 13y agoInstant Crush is one of my favorite songs in recent years, for what it's worth. The chorus is just absolutely meticulously well engineered and well performed. Couldn't stop listening to it for days, along with Doin' It Right.