Alive 2007 by Daft Punk

Daft Punk
Alive 2007
2007
House
Virgin

1. Robot Rock/Oh Yeah
2. Touch It/Technologic
3. Television Rules The Nation/Crescendolls
4. Too Long/Steam Machine
5. Around The World/Harder Better Faster Stronger
6. Burnin'/Too Long
7. Face To Face/Short Circuit
8. One More Time/Aerodynamic
9. Aerodynamic Beats/Forget About The World
10. Prime Time Of Your Life/The Brainwasher/Rollin' And Scratchin'/Alive
11. Da Funk/Daftendirekt
12. Superheroes/Human After All/Rock'n Roll
13. Human After All/Together/One More Time (Reprise)/Music Sounds Better With You (Encore)
(Also included is a 500x500 album cover .jpeg)

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"Robot Rock/Oh Yeah"

This is the first and probably the last album that I will ever say this about: Alive 2007's only flaw is that it is so good, that every time I listen to it, I can't help being sad that I wasn't actually there. When an album is so good that being good becomes it's only flaw...I'd say you have one incredible album on your hands. This is the best house/electronic/dance/techno/whateveryoucallit album you will ever hear in your entire life. And I am aware that them's fightin' words.

What is Alive 2007? It's a live recording of Daft Punk playing at the Bercy arena in Paris on June 14th, 2007. What makes it so special? Here's a rundown of what Daft Punk's live show: it's almost every song that the group has ever released, sampled and played on top of each other in one singular, stream-of-consciousness mash-up song. To top it off, (no pun intended) Daft Punk is putting together this music as it happens at the point of a gigantic glass pyramid. Inside the pyramid are hundreds upon hundred of lights and screens, which are being controlled along with the music to create a light show for your dancing enjoyment.

Obviously this is audio and you can't see the light show, but the music is plenty visual. It's also incredibly well produced for a live album, and you really should do it some justice by listening on a pair of good headphones with high bass response. Sorry I can't describe the music in more detail, but I think it really speaks for itself. You will be blown away. If you aren't familiar with any of Daft Punk's music, then this is a great place to start. If you already know most of their catalog, then you'll be pleasantly suprised at the vast amount of songs and samples included in this show.

Click here to download part 1 (89.48 MB)
Click here to download part 2 (90.77 MB)

I own the standard edition of Alive 2007 that you can pick up off of any record store shelf today. However, at the time of release, it was also offered in a Deluxe Edition that included a huge photo book, a heavy duty booklike CD-case, and a bonus disc, containing the Finale from this show. The Deluxe Edition is no longer being made, or I would have a copy. But thankfully, one of my good friends got it as soon as it came out, and so he has given me a copy of the Finale. Ususally I don't upload anything to the blog unless I have paid for it and have a physical copy myself, but this is an exception because I really don't feel like the album is complete without it. The Finale is the best track, and it definitely deserves to be heard by everyone who downloads Alive 2007.

Alive 2007 also contains the only profanity ever uttered by a Daft Punk recording, and I quote: "fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it." In that order and that many times.

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