Daft Punk- Random Access Memories (2LP)

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Vocals, Synthesizer – Daft Punk Guitar – Nile Rodgers (A1, B3, C2), Paul Jackson Jr. (A1-3, C1-3, D1-2) Featuring - Chilly Gonzales, DJ Falcon, Julian Casablancas, Nile Rodgers, Pa ul Williams, Pharrell Williams, Todd Edwards Orchestra: Bass – Charles Berghofer (A3, C1, C3, D1), Don Ferrone (A3, C1, C3, D1), Drew Dembowski (A3, C1, C3, D1) Bass Clarinet – Gene Cipriano (A3, C1, C3, D1) Bass Trombone – Craig Gosnell (A3, C1, C3, D1) Bassoon – Judith Farmer (A3, C1, C3, D1) Cello – Armen Ksajikian (A3, C1, C3, D1), Christina Soule (A3, C1, C3, D1), Paula Hochalter (A3, C1, C3, D1), Timothy Loo (A3, C1, C3, D1), Vanessa F. Smith (A3, C1, C3, D1) Clarinet – Gene Cipriano (A3, C1, C3, D1), Marty Krystall (A3, C1, C3, D1) English Horn – David Kosoff (A3, C1, C3, D1) Flute [Flutes] – Greg Huckins (A3, C1, C3, D1), Sara Andon (A3, C1, C3, D1), Steve Kajala (A3, C1, C3, D1) French Horn – Danielle Ondarza (A3, C1, C3, D1), James Atkinson (A3, C1, C3, D1), Justin Hageman (A3, C1, C3, D1), Nathan Campbell (A3, C1, C3, D1), Stephanie O'Keefe (A3, C1, C3, D1) Oboe – Earl Dumler (A3, C1, C3, D1) Percussion – Brian Kilmore (A3, C1, C3, D1), Mark Converse (A3, C1, C3, D1) Trombone – Andrew Martin (A3, C1, C3, D1), Bob McChesney (A3, C1, C3, D1), Charles Looper (A3, C1, C3, D1), Charles Morillas (A3, C1, C3, D1) Trumpet – Charles Findley (A3, C1, C3, D1), Gary Grant (A3, C1, C3, D1), Larry McGuire (A3, C1, C3, D1), Warren Luening (A3, C1, C3, D1) Viola – Alma Fernandez (A3, C1, C3, D1), Andrew Picken (A3, C1, C3, D1), Carolyn Riley (A3, C1, C3, D1), Harry Shirinian (A3, C1, C3, D1), Jody Rubin (A3, C1, C3, D1), Ray Tischer (A3, C1, C3, D1), Rodney Wirtz (A3, C1, C3, D1), Roland Kato (A3, C1, C3, D1) Violin – Audrey Solomon (A3, C1, C3, D1), Calabria McChesney (A3, C1, C3, D1), Carrie Kennedy (A3, C1, C3, D1), Cynthia Moussas (A3, C1, C3, D1), Irina Voloshina (A3, C1, C3, D1), Joel Pargman (A3, C1, C3, D1), Johana Krejci (A3, C1, C3, D1), Kevin Connolly (A3, C1, C3, D1), Lisa Dondlinger (A3, C1, C3, D1), Lisa Sutton (A3, C1, C3, D1), Margaret Wooten (A3, C1, C3, D1), Mary K. Sloan (A3, C1, C3, D1), Miwako Watanabe (A3, C1, C3, D1), Neel Hammond (A3, C1, C3, D1), Nina Evtuhov (A3, C1, C3, D1), Olivia Tsui (A3, C1, C3, D1), Rafael Rishik (A3, C1, C3, D1), Rita Weber (A3, C1, C3, D1), Samuel Fischer (A3, C1, C3, D1), Sara Perkins (A3, C1, C3, D1), Song Lee (A3, C1, C3, D1) Concertmaster – Assa Dori (A3, C1, C3, D1) Conductor – Douglas Walter (A3, C1, C3, D1), Joseph Solido (A3, C1, C3, D1) Arranged by Chris Caswell, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter Orchestrated by Chris Caswell (A3, C1, C3, D1) Written by Thomas Bangalter (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3, D4), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3, D4), Paul Jackson, Jr. (A1), Nile Rodgers (A1, B3, C2), Giorgio Moroder (A3), Jason "Gonzales" Charles Beck (B1), Pharrell Williams (B3, C2), Paul Williams (C1, C3), Chris Caswell (C3), Noah Lennox (D3), Daryl Braithwaite (D4), Tony Mitchell (D4), Garth Porter (D4), Stéphane Quême (D4) 2 LPs, gatefold sleeve Original analog Master tape : YES Heavy Press : 180g Record color : black Speed : 33 RPM Size : 12'’ Stereo Studio Record Press : unspecified Label : Columbia Original Label : Columbia Recorded at Gang Recording Studio, Paris, Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, Electric Lady Studios, New York, Capitol Studios, Hollywood. Recorded by Florian Lagatta, Mick Guzauski, Peter Franco Engineered by Daniel Lerner Mixed by Mick Guzauski Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Chab Originally released in 2013 Tracks : Side A : 1. Give Life Back To Music (4:35) 2. The Game Of Love (5:22) 3. Giorgio By Moroder (9:04) Side B : 1. Within (3:48) 2. Instant Crush (5:37) 3. Lose Yourself To Dance (5:53) Side C : 1. Touch (8:18) 2. Get Lucky (6:09) 3. Beyond (4:50) Side D : 1. Motherboard (5:41) 2. Fragments Of Time (4:39) 3. Doin’ It Right (4:11) 4. Contact (6:23) Awards: In Michael Fremer’s Top 50 Albums of the 2010’s 2013 Grammy Award Winner for Album of the Year, Record of the Year "Get Lucky," Best Pop Duo/Group Performance "Get Lucky," Best Dance/Electronica Album & Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical! Five singles were released from this album: Get Lucky, Lose Yourself To Dance, Doin' It Right, Instant Crush, Give Life Back To Music Reviews : "The recording is spectacular!... The record is part disco, part progressive rock, part space rock, part funk, part dinner-theater, and part psychedelic... The more you listen to this record, the more it reveals the depth of its conceptual richness, even if it's expressed in disco beats. Even if you don't pay attention to that or to the lyrics (not that I would understand why you would do that), the rich quality of the cinematic production and recording will thrill the senses... The sound is analog-rich, warm, almost fat, with bass that's deep, muscular and lavish. The stage is wide and deep. The midrange is lush and the top end never offends with grit or harshness, yet is open and airy with cleanly rendered transients. You can just keep cranking this up and it only gets better!" - Michael Fremer, analogplanet.com « When Daft Punk announced they were releasing a new album eight years after 2005's Human After All, fans were starved for new material. The Tron: Legacy score indulged the duo's sci-fi fantasies but didn't offer much in the way of catchy songs, so when Random Access Memories' extensive publicity campaign featured tantalizing clips of a new single, "Get Lucky," their fan base exploded. But when the album finally arrived, that hugely hyped single was buried far down its track list, emphasizing that most of these songs are very much not like "Get Lucky" -- or a lot of the pair's previous music, at least on the surface. The album isn't much like 2010s EDM, either. Instead, Daft Punk separate themselves from most contemporary electronic music and how it's made, enlisting some of their biggest influences to help them get the sounds they needed without samples. On Homework's "Teachers," they reverently name-checked a massive list of musicians and producers. Here, they place themselves on equal footing with disco masterminds Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder, who shares his thoughts on making music with wild guitar and synth solos trailing behind him on one of RAM's definitive moments, "Giorgio by Moroder." Elsewhere, Daft Punk celebrate their close relationship with indie music on the lovely "Doin' It Right," which makes the most of Panda Bear's boyish vocals, and on the Julian Casablancas cameo "Instant Crush," which is only slightly more electronic than the Strokes' Comedown Machine. And of course, Pharrell Williams is the avatar of their dancefloor mastery on the sweaty disco of "Lose Yourself to Dance" and "Get Lucky," which is so suave that it couldn't help but be an instant classic, albeit a somewhat nostalgic one. "Memories" is the album's keyword: As Daft Punk celebrate the late '70s and early '80s with deluxe homages like "Give Life Back to Music" -- one of several terrific showcases for Rodgers -- and the spot-on soft rock of the Todd Edwards collaboration "Fragments of Time," they tap into the wonder and excitement in that era's music. A particularly brilliant example is "Touch," where singer/songwriter Paul Williams conflates his work in Phantom of the Paradise and The Muppet Movie in the song's mystique, charm, and unabashed emotions. Daft Punk have never shied away from "uncool" influences or sentimentality, and both are on full display throughout Random Access Memories. It's the kind of grand, album rock statement that listeners of the '70s and '80s would have spent weeks or months dissecting and absorbing -- the ambition of Steely Dan, Alan Parsons, and Pink Floyd are as vital to the album as any of the duo's collaborators. For the casual Daft Punk fan, this album might be harder to love than "Get Lucky" hinted; it might be too nostalgic, too overblown, a shirking of the group's duty to rescue dance music from the Young Turks who cropped up in their absence. But Random Access Memories is also Daft Punk's most personal work, and richly rewarding for listeners willing to spend time with it. » AllMusic Review by Heather Phares Ratings : Allmusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.8 / 5 Show more