Homework (album)

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Homework

Studio album by Daft Punk
Released	January 20, 1997 (UK) March 25, 1997 (U.S.)
Recorded	1993 - 1996
Genre	Electronica, House
Length	73:53
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	Daft Punk
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Daft Punk chronology
	Homework (1997)	Discovery (2001)

Homework is the 1997 debut album from French duo Daft Punk. It is considered a blend of funk, house, acid and techno, and widely noted as one of the most influential electronica albums of the 1990s. It features the hits "Around the World" and "Da Funk". The track "Teachers" is an homage to the pioneers in the Detroit techno and Chicago house scenes and acknowledges (among others) future collaborators Romanthony, DJ Sneak, and Todd Edwards. The tracks "Da Funk", "Rollin' & Scratchin', "Alive", and "Funk Ad" were originally released on Soma Quality Recordings. "Funk Ad" is a reversed portion of the song "Da Funk".

The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

1 History
2 Track listing
3 References
4 External link

[edit] History

In 1993 Daft Punk met Stuart Macmillan of the label Soma Quality Recordings at a rave in Euro Disney. A demo cassette of the duo’s material was given to Macmillan that contained the track “Alive”, which was later included in Daft Punk's 1994 debut single “The New Wave”.^[1] In May 1995 Daft Punk recorded “Da Funk”, which was also released under the Soma label and brought the duo a great amount of sales and acclaim. Their sound significantly impacted the global dance music scene and eventually led to Daft Punk’s signing with Virgin Records in 1996.^[2]

Their departure from Soma was noted by Richard Brown of the Glascow-based label. “We were obviously sad to lose them to Virgin but they had the chance to go big, which they wanted, and it's not very often that a band has that chance after two singles. We're happy for them.”^[1] Although Virgin held exclusive distribution rights over Daft Punk’s material, the duo remain the owners of their master recordings through the Daft Trax label.^[3]^[2]

Daft Punk deliberately ordered the album's tracks with a two-disc vinyl LP in mind. As stated by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, "We had many tracks and we had to put them on four sides... there was no intended theme because all the tracks were recorded before we arranged the sequence of the album. The idea was to make the songs better [more listenable] by arranging them the way we did; to make it more even as an album."^[4] The duo felt that the majority of pressings should be in vinyl, so only 50,000 albums were initially printed on CD. Upon its release in 1997, overwhelming sales of Homework caused distributors to accelerate production and satisfy demand. The album appeared in 35 countries throughout the world and sold over two million copies in a few months from release.^[2]