If you wanted Daft Punk, but something original, lets go back to the beginning. In ‘97, Britpop (a fusion of British music and pop music) dominated the world. Basically, one year later, OK Go and Coldplay would form. Homework was a startler to some, and ravers were not ready for it. But this album has a few more surprises than it’s tongue-in-cheek manner. “Alive” steps away from sampled music, while “Da Funk”, with its fusion of samples and house, made it one of the best-selling singles Daft Punk ever released, “Teachers”, with its fusion of rap and pop, stands classic, and was featured in many YouTube videos, while “Daftenedirekt” along with “Wdpk 83.7 FM” opened us up to the world of Daft Punk. Most recognizable was the successful “Around the World”, which charted highly in many countries and had wide-reaching impacts on increasing Daft Punk’s popularity. The music video, which received heavy airplay on MTV, was helmed by the French director Michel Gondry and choreographed by Blanca Li. In retrospect, this album is a bit raw and sounds way distinct than its successors, but it’s an instant classic to love and listen to for its more-than-1-hour duration.