History Music / RandomAccessMemories

Two years after the announcement, a 10th-anniversary edition of ''Random Access Memories'' was announced, containing an extra disc of 35 minutes of bonus content including unreleased demos and outtakes. One of the demos, "Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)", was made with Casablancas and his band The Voidz; it was released as a single and officially described by the duo as their "last song ever" in a press release. In September 2023, ''Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition)'' was announced for release on November 17; it includes the 13 original tracks of the album without drums or percussive elements.

''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth and final studio album recorded by electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk. It was released through Creator/ColumbiaRecords on 17 May 2013, eight years after their previous album ''Music/HumanAfterAll''.

The album's sound, rather than continuing the {{house music}} style of the duo's previous albums, is a GenreThrowback to the [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] {{disco}} and {{funk}} that they grew up on. In many ways, it is the true SpiritualSuccessor to their 2001 album ''[[Music/DiscoveryDaftPunkAlbum Discovery]]'', which first introduced the genres' aesthetic to their sound through {{sampling}} songs made in that era.

This vision included collaborations with many artists from the era that were longtime heroes of the duo, including disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder, singer-songwriter Paul Williams, Chic guitarist/songwriter Nile Rodgers, and several internationally renowned musicians and session players, like Nathan East and John "J.R." Robinson. A slew of guest vocalists, including Music/PharrellWilliams, [[Music/TheStrokes Julian Casablancas]], and Music/PandaBear, were also featured.

''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth and final studio album recorded by electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk. It was released through Creator/ColumbiaRecords on 17 May 2013, eight years after their previous album ''Human After All''.

The album's sound, rather than continuing the {{house music}} style of the duo's previous albums, is a GenreThrowback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] {{disco}} and {{funk}}, and is in many ways the true SpiritualSuccessor to their 2001 album ''[[Music/DiscoveryDaftPunkAlbum Discovery]]'', which first introduced the genres' aesthetic to their sound through {{sampling}} songs made in that era.

''Random Access Memories'' was supported by five singles: "Get Lucky," "Lose Yourself to Dance," "Doin' It Right" (featuring Panda Bear), "Instant Crush" (featuring Casablancas) and "Give Live Back to Music". It ended up being the duo's final album before the announcement of their split eight years later in February 2021.

Two years after the announcement, a 10th-anniversary edition of ''Random Access Memories'' was announced, containing an extra disc of 35 minutes of bonus content such as unreleased demos and outtakes. One of the demos, "Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)", was made with Casablancas and his band The Voidz; it was released as a single and was officially described by the duo as their "last song ever" in a press release. In September 2023, ''Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition)'' was announced for release on November 17; it includes the 13 original tracks of the album without drums or percussive elements.

Two years after the announcement, a 10th-anniversary edition of ''Random Access Memories'' was announced, containing an extra disc of 35 minutes of bonus content such as unreleased demos and outtakes. One of the demos, "Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)", was made with Casablancas and his band The Voidz; it was released as a single and was officially described by the duo as their "last song ever" in a press release. In September 2023, ''Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition)'' was announced for release on November 17; it includes the 13 original tracks of the album without drums.

The production of the album involved a scaling-back of electronic components; emphasis was put on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway). This was reportedly a result of the duo deciding to work extensively with live musicians out of growing dissatisfied with their trademark sampling and looping; according to Thomas Bangalter, one half of the duo, "We wanted to do what we used to do with machines and samplers, but with people."

The album's lead single "Get Lucky" (featuring Rodgers and Music/PharrellWilliams) topped the charts in several countries, including the duo's native France, and finally gave the band a legitimate American hit. It also [[FollowTheLeader paved the way for a series of further disco/funk influenced Top 40 hits from other artists]], like Music/RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines" (which unfortunately blocked "Get Lucky" from the top of the charts in America), Music/BrunoMars' "Treasure," and Mark Ronson and Mars' "Uptown Funk," among others.

''Random Access Memories'' was supported by five singles: "Get Lucky," "Lose Yourself to Dance," "Doin' It Right" (featuring Panda Bear), "Instant Crush" (featuring Casablancas) and "Give Live Back to Music".

It ended up being their final album before the announcement of their split eight years later in February 2021. On

-->'''"Get Lucky"'''

''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth and final studio album recorded by electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk. It was released through Creator/ColumbiaRecords on 17 May 2013.

The album came eight years following their previous album ''Human After All''. Its sound, rather than continuing the house music of the band's previous albums, is a GenreThrowback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] disco and funk, and is in many ways the true SpiritualSuccessor to ''[[Music/DiscoveryDaftPunkAlbum Discovery]]''. Production of the album involved a slew of guest vocalists and reduced electronic components; emphasis was on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway).

Its number-one hit, "Get Lucky," finally gave the band a legitimate American hit and [[FollowTheLeader paved the way for a series of further disco/funk influenced Top 40 hits from other artists]], like Music/RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines" (which unfortunately blocked "Get Lucky" from the top of the charts in America), Music/BrunoMars' "Treasure," Mark Ronson and Mars' "Uptown Funk," among others.

The album also gave Daft Punk five Grammy Awards, including the prestigious Album of the Year award. The album was also a major commercial success, topping the weekly charts in 24 different countries as well as the Billboard Dance/Electronic weekly charts. The double-LP release of the album was particularly popular, aided in part by the heavy focus given to it in promotional material, becoming the top-selling vinyl release of 2013.

''Random Access Memories'' was supported by five singles: "Get Lucky," "Lose Yourself to Dance," "Doin' It Right," "Instant Crush" and "Give Live Back to Music."

It ended up being their final album before the announcement of their split eight years later in 2021.

Give life back to music.'']]

* DreamTeam: By far the most star-studded album Daft Punk have ever released, with some of the collaborators being the best at what they do. A few examples include:
** Daft Punk and Music/GiorgioMoroder on ''Giorgio by Moroder''
** Daft Punk and Chilly Gonzales on ''Within''.
** Daft Punk and [[Music/TheStrokes Julian Casablancas]] on ''Instant Crush''.
** Daft Punk, Music/PharrellWilliams and [[{{Music/Chic}} Nile Rodgers]] on ''Lose Yourself to Dance'' and ''Get Lucky''.
** Daft Punk and Music/ToddEdwards on ''Fragments of Time''
** Daft Punk and [[Music/AnimalCollective Panda Bear]] on ''Doin' It Right''.

The album came eight years following their previous album ''Human After All''. Its sound, rather than continuing the house music of the band's previous albums, is a GenreThrowback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] disco and funk, and is in many ways the true SpiritualSuccessor to ''Music/DiscoveryDaftPunkAlbum''. Production of the album involved a slew of guest vocalists and reduced electronic components; emphasis was on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway).

The album came eight years following their previous album ''Human After All''. Its sound, rather than continuing the house music of the band's previous albums, is a GenreThrowback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] disco and funk, and is in many ways the true SpiritualSuccessor to ''Music/{{Discovery}}''. Production of the album involved a slew of guest vocalists and reduced electronic components; emphasis was on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway).

The album came eight years following their previous album ''Human After All''. Its sound, rather than continuing the house music of the band's previous albums, is a GenreThrowback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] disco and funk. Production of the album involved a slew of guest vocalists and reduced electronic components; emphasis was on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway).

''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth and final studio album recorded by electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk. It was released through Creator/Columbia Records on 17 May 2013.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The front cover is the duo's only cover to their studio albums to not feature the band's [[IconicLogo wordmark]] and the only one to show both their helmets and the album title. Since the duo has now broken up with this being their last studio album, it's likely going to stay that way.

* RegionalBonus: "Horizon," only included in the Japanese release of the CD.

''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth studio album recorded by electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk. It was released through Creator/Columbia Records on 17 May 2013.

* OneWordTitle: "Touch," "Contact" and "Horizon."

Its number-one hit, "Get Lucky", finally gave the band a legitimate American hit and [[FollowTheLeader paved the way for a series of further disco/funk influenced Top 40 hits from other artists]], like Music/RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines" (which unfortunately blocked "Get Lucky" from the top of the charts in America), Music/BrunoMars' "Treasure", Mark Ronson and Mars' "Uptown Funk", among others.

''Random Access Memories'' was supported by five singles: "Get Lucky", "Lose Yourself to Dance", "Doin' It Right", "Instant Crush", and "Give Live Back to Music".

* AlbumTitleDrop: [[SubvertedTrope Almost.]] "Fragments of Time" mentions "random memories".
* AscendedMeme: "Get Lucky" originally did not have a video of its own, only a few video clips attached to an ad for the album that used the song as BGM. Fans mixed the clips together to make a bootlegged music video. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAB23dlLGwQ Daft Punk finally released their own version in 2021]] that added some more clips so the base video loops weren't as repetitive.

* EpicRocking: "Giorgio by Moroder" and "Touch" from ''Random Access Memories'' are over 8 minutes long and go through several musical styles. "Get Lucky" and "Contact", which are both over 6 minutes long, also qualify.
* GenreRoulette: ''Random Access Memories'', while listed as "Pop" on iTunes, toys around with many different genres and genre influences between songs. "Give Life Back to Music", "Lose Yourself to Dance" and "Get Lucky" are disco, while other songs like "Giorgio by Moroder" and "Contact" are more influenced by electronica, though with some live instrumentation. "Doin' it Right", and "Fragments of Time" fall squarely into soft rock, while "Instant Crush" is a more electronic take on the alternative rock music of singer Julian Casablacas in Music/TheStrokes. Their collaboration with Music/PaulWilliams, "Touch," is a roulette game by itself, mixing disco, pop, roadhouse piano, a children's choir, and sci-fi psychedelia.

* {{Retraux}}: Aiding the GenreThrowback nature of the album, the packaging on both the CD and LP releases are evocative of CD and vinyl releases from the 80's, and in the latter format's case the 70's as well. The CD jewel case spines mimic the style of those that were standard for many record labels' CD releases in the 1980's, and the CD and LP labels replicate the yellow-on-red LP labels that Creator/ColumbiaRecords introduced in 1970.
* {{Sampling}}: Notably, the album in its entirety contains only ''one'' prominent sample during "Contact".[[note]]"Fragments of Time", co-produced by Music/ToddEdwards, features his distinct microsampling style in the chorus, but it's in the background and rather faint.[[/note]]
* SpokenWordInMusic: The autobiographical song "Giorgio by Moroder", in which Moroder himself speaks about his music career.

''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth studio album by the veteran electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk. It was released in 2013, eight years following their previous album ''Human After All'', and ended up being their final album before the announcement of their split eight years later in 2021.

The album's sound, rather than continuing the house music of the band's previous albums, is a GenreThrowback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] disco and funk. Production of the album involved a slew of guest vocalists and reduced electronic components; emphasis was on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway).

* AscendedMeme: "Get Lucky" originally did not have a video of its own, only a few video clips attached to an ad for the album that used the song as BGM. Fans mixed the clips together to make a bootlegged music video. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAB23dlLGwQ Daft Punk finally released their own version in 2021]] that added some more video so the base loops weren't as repetitive.

* AscendedMeme: "Get Lucky" originally did not have a video of its own, only a few video clips attached to an Apple ad that used the song as BGM. Fans mixed the clips together to make a bootlegged music video. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAB23dlLGwQ Daft Punk finally released their own version in 2021]] that added some more video so the base loops weren't as repetitive.

The album's sound, rather than continuing the house music of the duo's previous albums, is a GenreThrowback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] disco and funk. Production of the album involved a slew of guest vocalists and reduced electronic components; emphasis was on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway).

Its number-one hit, "Get Lucky", finally gave the band a legitimate American hit and paved the way for a series of further disco/funk influenced Top 40 hits from other artists, like Music/RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines" (which unfortunately blocked "Get Lucky" from the top of the charts in America), Music/BrunoMars' "Treasure", Mark Ronson and Mars' "Uptown Funk", among others.

The album, rather than the French house of ''Music/{{Homework}}'' and ''Music/{{Discovery}}'', is a GenreThrowback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] disco and funk. Production of the album involved a slew of guest vocalists and reduced electronic components; emphasis was on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway).

''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth studio album by the veteran electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk. It was released in 2013 after a lengthy hiatus from their third studio album ''Human After All'', and ended up being their final album before the announcement of their split in 2021.

''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth and final studio album by the veteran electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk, released in 2013 after a lengthy hiatus from their third studio album ''Human After All''.

[[caption-width-right:329:''Let the music of your life, Give life back to music'']]
''Random Access Memories'' is the fourth and final studio album by the veteran electronic music duo Music/DaftPunk, released in 2013 after a lengthy hiatus from their third studio album ''Human After All''. The album, rather than the French house of ''Homework'' and ''Discovery'', is a GenreThrowback to 70s and 80s disco and funk. Production of the album involved a slew of guest vocalists and reduced electronic components; emphasis was on live instrumentation and vintage synths, leaving only drum machines and vocoders as the main electronic sounds of the album (and even then, live drumming was used on several songs anyway).

Its number one hit, "Get Lucky", finally gave the band a legitimate American hit and paved the way for a series of further disco/funk influenced Top 40 hits from other artists, like Music/RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines" (which unfortunately blocked "Get Lucky" from the top of the charts in America), Music/BrunoMars' "Treasure", Mark Ronson and Mars' "Uptown Funk", among others. It also gave Daft Punk five Grammy Awards, including the prestigious Album of the Year award. The album was also a major commercial success, topping the weekly charts in 24 different countries (among them being the US, the UK, and a huge chunk of continental Europe, including Daft Punk's native France) and the Billboard Dance/Electronic weekly charts, topping the year-end album charts in the US and Australia, and ultimately becoming the 99th best-selling album of TheNewTens in the United States. The double-LP release of the album was particularly popular, aided in part by the heavy focus given to it in promotional material, selling 49,000 copies in the United States alone and becoming the top-selling vinyl release of 2013.

!!''I listened to your tropes, Now listen to mine'':