Record of the Year Revisited: 2013

Original Record of the Year: Daft Punk - Get Lucky

For many years now I've kept a list of all the CDs I own because it reached the point where it became too big to remember every CD. More recently I added the year the CD is from to the list to see how they span the years.

After doing that I don't own any CDs which came out after 2013. One CD from 2013 I do own is "Random Access Memories" by Daft Punk. 

The only track from any of the CDs I own from 2013 to make the Top 40 was "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk which was my pick for record of the year.

When searching for the best year it was 1 of just 2 records from the 2013 sample Top 40 that I liked with the other being "Pompeii" by Bastille.

The Bastille was a record I didn't discover until later, but is it better than the Daft Punk record?

Not at all. Neither record is outstanding, but the Daft Punk record is good enough to go out and buy and the Bastille record isn't.

UK Number 40s: Daft Punk - Technologic (2005)

 

Daft Punk made quite an impact when they first hit the Top 40 with "Da Funk" in 1997. The follow up was "Around The World" was even bigger and their debut album "Homework" was bought by many.

Then in 2000 they made an even bigger impact with comeback single "One More Time" which is no doubt being played on a dancefloor somewhere whilst you read this. After the success of the "Discovery" album in 2001 many waited in anticipation of what they would do next.

It took a while, but when they did return in 2005 it was pretty low key. Dance music had declined in popularity and people were more likely to be listening to guitar music. Daft Punk reacted to this be releasing the rock inspired album "Human After All". 

It spawned 2 Top 40 hits, "Robot Rock" which made number 32 and then this single. Following this it looked like their Top 40 career was finished but then in 2013 they came back and topped the charts with "Get Lucky".