Top Albums of The Decade #2
Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)
The first four tracks of Discovery alone are worth the price of admission – ‘One More Time’ sets the stage, heavily auto-tuned and robotized for a generation of post-millennium disco freaks, with the energy level topping out on ‘Digital Love’ which is my personal pick for possibly the best single of the decade. Things sort of simmer down in the second half, bookmarked by the soft-porn instrumental piece ‘Nightvision’ and doesn’t quite peak again, not even in Daft Punk’s subsequent releases. Still, is this not the happiest record ever released regardless of whatever decade? From the get go Discovery is all about intense euphoria, unbridled joy and partying like we shouldn’t have made it past 1999 but are ecstatically grateful that we did.