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2001年発表のダフト・パンクの2作目。単調なハウスビートにのったシンプルな歌詞と、ロボット声が印象に残る世紀末の名曲シングル<1>を含む、よい意味で万人向けする懐の深い楽しい作品になっている。
ダンスフロア的色彩が濃く、ポップな大衆性に欠けていた前作と比べ、非常に多彩な音楽的要素を取り入れている。しかし、よく聴くと、ひねくれているところがあるのが彼ららしさか、フランス的エスプリか。日本アニメ界の巨匠、松本零士とのコラボレーションも話題になった。（麻路 稔）
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Starting off with the irresistibly hummable "One More Time," Daft Punk's second album,
Discovery, blows through a head-spinning array of styles and samples, creating a pop culture stew of funky loops and dance floor anthems, while displaying the characteristics of a million other artists. The keyboard noodlings of
Jean Michel-Jarre are in there somewhere, along with the otherworldly imagery and giant hooks of 1970s rock icons like
Boston or
Electric Light Orchestra. There are dashes of
1999-era Prince and oodles of new wave/disco, from
Gary Numan to
The Bee Gees, all set off with efficient house beats. "Aerodynamic" eschews breakbeats for a guitar interlude that somehow ends up meshing in a crazy blend of stomping basslines and hyped-up harmonics. "Digital Love" starts off silly and gets sillier, but the monosyllabic lyrics serve to lull the senses enough for the song's summery groove to grab hold with authority. "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is the definitive salvo in the dance floor retro/vocoder battle that began in earnest with Cher's
Believe, spinning a clever groove around an ever-escalating string of computerized seduction. Everywhere on the record, gigantic beats are dropped with pinpoint precision, giving songs momentum that transforms repetitive melodies into sudden revelations. The record's only mis-step, the aptly-named "Short Circuit" utilizes a keyboard riff that is nails-on-a-chalkboard awful, but it can't keep this from being one of the best records of 2001.
--Matthew Cooke
