Discovery

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Discovery is Daft Punk's second studio album. It was recorded in during the years of 1998-2000 and released March 13^th 2001 by Virgin Records. The album was produced by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. The total running time of the album is 61:01. There is an evident use of sampling on this album, with most if not all of the songs having at least one sample of another artist.

Contents 1 Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem 2 Awards and nominations 3 Limited Edition 4 Tracklist 5 Singles

[edit] Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

In 2001, Daft Punk collaborated with japanese manga/anime director Leiji Matsumoto. The effect of their work was Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem was a full-length anime feature produced by Matsumoto and written by Daft Punk and Cédric Hervet. It is the first animated house musical in the history.

The movie contains no dialogue, only some minimalistic sound effects. The story of the film is narrated by songs from Discovery.

[edit] Awards and nominations

• 2001 Grammy Award for best dance performance for One More Time (nomination)
• 2001 Grammy Award for best pop instrumental performance for Short Circuit (nomination)

[edit] Limited Edition

Limited edition of Discovery on Enhanced CD was released in 2001, only in Japan, for Interstella 5555 additional promotion. Limited edition contains booklet with new and unreleased Daft Punk pictures from their japanese session.

[edit] Tracklist

1. "One More Time" (5:20)
2. "Aerodynamic" (3:34)
3. "Digital Love" (4:54)
4. "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (3:41)
5. "Crescendolls" (3:31)
6. "Nightvision" (1:44)
7. "Superheroes" (3:57)
8. "High Life" (3:21)
9. "Something About Us" (3:48)
10. "Voyager" (3:47)
11. "Veridis Quo" (5:50)
12. "Short Circuit" (3:26)
13. "Face to Face" (4:00)
14. "Too Long" (10:00)

[edit] Singles

• "One More Time" (2000)
• "Aerodynamic" (2001)
• "Digital Love" (2001)
• "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (2001)
• "Face to Face" (2003)
• "Something About Us" (2003)

Daft Punk albums

Homework (1997) • Discovery (2001) • Human After All (2005) • TBA (???) Musique Vol. 1 (1993-2005) (2006) Daft Club (2003) • Human After All - Remixes (2006) Alive 1997 (2001) • Alive 2007 (2007)