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List Price: $16.98 | | Label: Virgin Records Us
Salesrank: 16534
Released: March 25, 1997 |
| Our Price: $6.44 |
| Used Price: $4.95 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Homework Track Listing:
1. Daftendirekt
2. WDPK 83.7 FM
3. Revolution 909
4. Da Funk
5. Phoenix
6. Fresh
7. Around The World
8. Rollin' & Scratchin'
9. Teachers
10. High Fidelity
11. Rock 'N Roll
12. Oh Yeah
13. Burnin'
14. Indo Silver Club
15. Alive
16. Funk Ad
Editorial Review:
French band, a highly danceable mix of disco, house and techno, who just recently supported the Chemical Brothers on their European tour dates. The band is currentlybuzzing in the U.K. music press. 16 tracks. Domestic available on Virgin as of March 25, 1997.
Description of Homework:
After rocking the suburbs with the infectious and persistent "Da Funk" (with its amusingly pointless Spike Jonze video), Gallic pranksters Daft Punk unleashed Homework, an album that combined everything good about house music with everything bad about French pop and changed the face of dance music in the process. The sound of production duo Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem is a raw and dirty collage of cheap drum machines (wired for maximum swing) welded to endless filtered loops and embellished with everything from guitars to talk-box vocals. The beats are lifted straight from the Chicago House textbook, but the simple bass lines and catchy hooks make a listenable pop song from what would normally be a stripped-down DJ tool. Uncompromising yet totally accessible. --Matthew Corwine
Homework Reviews:
Strongly NOT recommended for "Easy Listening" or "Adult Contemporary" fans. 
2008-07-30 - The very first time I've listened to this album, I thought my player got broken or the CD was scratched, but then I listened again afterwards and noticed that it was actually the real sound of Daft Punk. No strings attached.
After a few more times of listening and deep-diving it, I suddenly found myself hooked to the loops and beats of what could be considered the best Daft Punk album ever. A risky project which turned into quite a good electronic/house classic, as good for workout as it is for partying.
Weird samples, extreme loops, mad beats and several other bizarre sounds made this album an essential if you're in it for electronic.
"Around the World" is a true all-time gem, for sure.
Strongly not recommended for "Easy Listening" or "Adult Contemporary" fans.
It has become a classic. Its thats great 
2007-10-26 - I saw one review here which said something about how bad Homework is because of the elemetry beats and the repetivness. This person obvisouly has no idea about how dance music was in the earlier acid days. Violent and repitivive is what they where going for in this album. If you like more pop/easy listning type of music, their second album Discovery is probably more for you. I like all their albums but I must say homework is my favourite. Its all about the TR-909, TR-808 beats, old samplers and dirty basslines produced by vintage synths like the korg ms-20 and so on! -
Where it all began 
2007-10-18 - Who knows what the state of techno/electro/house fuse music would be in if it weren't for Daft Punks release of Homework. It certainly wouldn't be where it is now. If you wish to hear where much of it began this is your album. As far as other Daft Punk albums go I would rank this 3rd in listenability however it still has a song or two guaranteed to bring back memories.
Intoxicating
2007-07-19 - How do Daft Punk do it? In all honesty, this should not work for me. It's filled with beats that every single jock loves to imitate (badly), it's loop the loops (Around The World says the title at least 100 times), it's long. The beats kind of remind me of ramped up Darude beats, the cha cha slide (although that song is fun, you have to admit), and the vengaboys, yeesh. Daft Punk, pre-notionally, are destined to crash and burn.
But they don't crash and burn. They _______ soar over it. Not many beats on here pulse through my body this easily. They hit hard like a heart beat. I can feel them running through me like blood. And they all aren't just uhn tiss uhn tiss uhn tiss like most of the morons at my school do. They apply a bit of finese, yet still be dancy as ______. No , I don't mean ANYTHING like Aphex Twin, Amon Tobin, Venetian Snares (just try keeping up with Snares), or even Prodigy. Rather,I think there are plenty of changes, although there really aren't any big ones. It's VERY subtle in change. That's okay, because they never will bore me, because the beats on here stretch. And they all don't follow the exact same pattern. It's the grooving, pulverizing beats and a bit of variety that make it rise above the other club _______.
Oh, and the samples. Thank _______ god that they don't feature the godawful annoying syhtns that plagues all of the hardcore techno ____, the lame, boring noises of Darude like garbage, and of course, the horrifying europop trash. No, they do better. It mostly focuses on the beats, and you'll find some deriative stuff, but just have a look at things such as Daftendirekt, with it's surpisngly addicting voice. Waterfalls, and the only song that can make the awful sound of hardcore and make it good (or at least it sounds like it). Don't get it for that. Daft Punk are more concerned with the beat. Though they know the latter is important too. So it all works out. Only the last two seven minute songs (both are HORRIBLE) suffer.
Music is life and cleanses the soul (or makes it more evil, heh). Music can also entertain you. I love doing both (Though I lean toward the first one). You can't expect too much of it. It's dance music. And I can't get enough of it.
9.0/10
Oh, the memories...
2007-07-18 - Sometimes, a band will have two albums that will fall into two, different categories: One category is the release of an album that's a pop smash, attracts numerous consumers, inspires shirt designs, and launches them into superstardom. The second category is the release of an album that's considered an underground masterpiece, hailed by fans and critics alike, the type of album that's usually released before the "pop smash" album.
Basically, "Homework" qualifies as the latter of the two. "Discovery" will be remembered as putting Daft Punk on the radar with its songs, and while it's still a great album, "Homework" is that proto-smash success that nonetheless became an influential and essential piece of electronica, house, etc.
But just what is it that makes "Homework" so lovable? After all, this seems more a technical thing. "Discovery" had much more vocal work and seemed to catch the duo having a blast in the studio.
There are quite a few things that make "Homework" a great buy, one of them actually being the minimalism of it. Daft Punk is the kind of band that can take a few riffs, beats and backwards phrases, put it into a seven-minute song and make it awesome. So, in fact, minimalism can be a good thing when done right, and Daft Punk sure did it right. Another thing is the progression between the different parts of each song. It makes for an interesting twist every now and again. Something else of note is that percussion (the hi-hat cymbal, maracas, bass drum) is at times as important as the keyboards.
Every song on "Homework" is catchy and interesting, putting the listener in a different state of mind with each song. At one point, you'll want to get up and jump like you were at a dance club, at another point, you'll imagine yourself going on cheerful, peaceful adventures. And that's a key factor into the album; the mix-up of the songs add a level of interest that make you want to explore deeper into it.
And for me, "Homework" is like times revisited for me. I got this a long time ago and loved to listen to it while my parents and I went out somewhere, especially on longer trips. In my room, I could relax and let the images fill my mind as I played this. And even today, long after getting this, it still tugs on the heart strings to recall those good times.
"Daftendirekt": Love the vocal track on this and the catchy, simple bassline. The energetic hi-hat adds to the song, which makes for a great intro.
"Wdpk...": The first half of the song is the word, "Music" song over a few times with a catchy drumbeat, and then it sounds as though it's an advertisement on an all-Daft Punk radio station.
"Revolution 909": The first, thirty seconds are a bunch of recorded conversations, which paints the image of, for me, an anime music video, where everybody's gathered for a concert, before the police officer says, "Stop the music and go home. I repeat, stop the music and go home!". The song fades in, goes through several, different changes and leads directly into the next track.
"Da Funk": Sounds like an urban city, possibly near the subway, as more pre-recorded sounds occur. The funky rhythm, wah-wah lead and danceable rhythm come in, and make for a great, slow groover.
"Phoenix": The intro takes a little bit too long, with the riff coming in at about 1:23, but the rest of the song is really cool, with an organ line that makes me picture a wedding scene. Very cool, indeed.
"Fresh": Starts off with the sound of the ocean, then a slow, melodic, psychedelic, distorted guitar line comes in. The last note holds as the keyboard riff comes in. A great song to relax to and imagine yourself flying over the waves...
"Around The World": A seven-minute masterpiece! This is a spacey, feel-good, adventurous type of song that creates very hypnotic effects with the keyboard work and the repetition of "Around The World". Beautiful, awesome, inspiring, you get it!
"Rollin' and Scratchin'": I actually haven't listened to this song in a long time, but it's about seven and a half minutes (I'll update my review after listening to this song again.)
"Teachers": I love the beat on this song, and it's basically a deep-voiced guy and squeaky-voiced guy saying all of Daft Punks influences, from Romanthony, who would appear on "Discovery", to the ever-quotable rock band Van Halen.
"High Fidelity": This is a very interesting, six-minute song. It combines a funny, two-note, saxophone riff with a nasally-voiced person saying something very jumbled. It's pretty funny and makes for another interesting listen.
"Rock 'n' Roll": The longest song on the album, another I haven't listened to in a while, but will, and if memory serves me, there's almost a touch of industrial sound with the tones on this one.
"Oh Yeah": A funky, two-minute, percussion-heavy song with a bunch of funny, male vocal work and hot, female vocal work. A short but sweet dance number that is very catchy and fun!
"Burnin'": I'm sorry, I'll really update my review by now! I don't, quite remember this song, but I actually remember that I like it. Ironic, no?
"Indo Silver Club": This is probably the hottest, more uptempo song on the entire album. Love the riff and the swaying beat, the bass and maracas combo in the middle makes for a cool interlude, until it fades back in and rocks you till the end of it!
"Alive": Big, heavy drums start this off and another hot riff repeats itself to create Daft Punk's hypnotic effect. A tasty, late-night-styled dancer.
"Funk Ad": A 50-second sample of "Da Funk" backwards. Actually, this one sounds a lot like that snake charmer song that's always so associated with Egypt. Very cool and a fun way to end the album.
Well, I'm sorry my review seems a little incomplete, but my opinion of this album is still certain: "Homework" is an excellent album full of catchy songs, danceable fun and has left a huge influence on modern-day dance music. I've always considered Daft Punk the greatest, recent electronica/house/dance band of this era, and I hope this album will prove it to you. After this, you should definitely check out "Discovery" for more great music served up Daft Punk style. And until I update my review, peace!
