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Homework (Daft Punk album)

Homework
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Studio album by Daft Punk
Released 20 January 1997 (1997-01-20)
Recorded 1993–96
Studio
  • Daft House
  • (Paris, France)
Genre
Length 73:53
Label
Producer
Daft Punk chronology
Homework
(1997)
Discovery
(2001)
Singles from Homework
  1. "Da Funk"
    Released: December 1996
  2. "Indo Silver Club"
    Released: 26 February 1996
  3. "Around the World"
    Released: 17 March 1997
  4. "Burnin'"
    Released: 15 September 1997
  5. "Revolution 909"
    Released: 16 February 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars
eMusic 4.5/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B+
The Guardian 4/5 stars
Muzik 10/10
NME 7/10
Pitchfork Media 7.6/10
Q 4/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars
Select 4/5

Homework is the debut studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 20 January 1997 by Virgin Records and Soma Quality Recordings. The album revived house music and departed from the Eurodance formula. The duo produced the tracks without plans to release an album. After working on projects that were intended to be separate singles over five months, they considered the material good enough for an album.

Homework's success brought worldwide attention to French house music. Homework charted in 14 different countries, peaking at number 3 on the French Albums Chart, number 150 on the United States Billboard 200 and at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. By February 2001, the album had sold more than two million copies worldwide and received several gold and platinum certifications. Overall, Homework received positive critical response. The album features singles that had significant impact in French house and global dance music scenes, including the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play number-one singles "Da Funk" and "Around the World", the latter of which reached number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1993, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo presented a demo of their electronic music to DJ Stuart Macmillan at a rave at EuroDisney. The contents of the cassette were released on the single "The New Wave" on 11 April 1994, by Soma Quality Recordings, a Scottish techno and house label co-founded in 1991 by MacMillan's band Slam. Daft Punk returned to the studio in May 1995 to record "Da Funk", which was released later that year alongside "Rollin' & Scratchin'" under the Soma label.


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