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''Human After All'' is the third studio album by French duo Daft Punk, first released on 14 March 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States. With it, the duo took a minimalistic and improvisational approach to their music with a mixture of guitars and electronics.〔〔 A remix album called ''Human After All: Remixes'' was later released exclusively in Japan. ''Human After All'' was Daft Punk's last studio album released under Virgin Records. ''Human After All '' received mixed reviews noting its reported six-week creation, which is particularly short compared to previous albums ''Discovery'' and ''Homework''.〔 The singles "Robot Rock" and "Technologic" charted in several countries while the title track "Human After All" charted in France. The songs would later be incorporated into Daft Punk's ''Alive 2006/2007'' tour to critical acclaim.〔 ''Human After All'' reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart, and was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. ==Background== Daft Punk considered ''Human After All'' to be their favorite of the three studio albums they had created at that point, and regard it as "pure improvisation."〔Suzanne Ely, ("Return of the Cybermen" ) ''Mixmag'' (July 2006). Retrieved on 9 March 2014.〕 An early press release stated that the record would "() their trademark Daft Punk sound, this time with a more spontaneous and direct quality to the recording".〔(Daft Punk - Human After All ) roughtrade.com. Retrieved on 9 March 2014.〕 ''Human After All''s brief creation and minimal production had been decided upon beforehand as counterpoint to their previous album. As Thomas Bangalter of the duo stated, "We were definitely seduced at the time by the idea of doing the opposite of ''Discovery''."〔 He compared the deliberately unpolished record to "a stone that's unworked." ''Human After All'' was created primarily with two guitars, two drum machines, a vocoder and one eight-track machine. Furthermore it was produced in two weeks and mixed in four, a session in sharp contrast to their older material. Bangalter has stated that the album is an attempt to discover where human feelings reside in music. He later commented that "we felt like the third album was about this feeling of either fear or paranoia... (record is ) not something intended to make you feel good".〔Eric Ducker, "The Creators" (2007). ''The Fader'', (issue 47 ), pp. 116. Retrieved on February 17, 2008.〕 Bangalter felt that ''Human After All'' and the film ''Daft Punk's Electroma'' are both "extremely tormented and sad and terrifying looks at technology, yet there can be some beauty and emoting from it." He acknowledged the perceived mechanical quality of the record, but felt that it expressed "the dance between humanity and technology".〔 As Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo noted, "Every album we’ve done is tightly linked with our lives. () The internal, personal stuff Thomas went through during ''Human After All'' made it closer to where he was at the time". When questioned on the positive reaction to the use of the tracks in Daft Punk's ''Alive 2006/2007'' tour, Bangalter expressed that, "''Human After All'' was the music we wanted to make at the time we did it. We have always strongly felt there was a logical connection between our three albums, and it's great to see that people seem to realize that when they listen now to the live show."〔Mark Pytlik, (Interview: Daft Punk ). Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on October 2, 2007.〕 The cover image of ''Human After All'' features the Daft Punk logo displayed on a television screen. Each single from the album ("Robot Rock", "Technologic, "Human After All" and "The Prime Time of Your Life") features a cover with a different image on a similar screen. This television theme is also expressed with tracks from the album, including "On/Off" and "Television Rules the Nation". Bangalter cited the novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' by George Orwell as an inspiration for the record.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Human After All」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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