Alive 2007

Image:Daft Punk, 14-6-2007, Bercy, Paris.jpg during the Alive 2007 tour]]Alive 2007 is taken from Daft Punk's performance at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, on 14 June 2007.{{Cite magazine |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=14 August 2007 |title=Exclusive: Live Album To Chronicle Daft Punk Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/exclusive-live-album-to-chronicle-daft-punk-tour-1049888/ |access-date=1 July 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} The performance includes remixed versions of many of their most popular tracks[http://www.mycow.eu/article.php?id=622&PHPSESSID=681d93ba383388979581817da484bdf4 "French Touch Is Back in Its Homeland"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720165136/http://www.mycow.eu/article.php?id=622&PHPSESSID=681d93ba383388979581817da484bdf4|date=20 July 2011}}. mycow.eu. Retrieved on 13 September 2007. such as mixing vocal elements from "Too Long" with new music,[http://www.thedaftclub.com/news.php?item.29.7 Bercy Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211194053/http://www.thedaftclub.com/news.php?item.29.7|date=11 December 2007}} thedaftclub.com. Retrieved on 13 September 2007. and mixed elements of "Television Rules the Nation" with "Crescendolls", "Around the World" with "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" and "Superheroes" with "Human After All".[http://www.lejdd.fr/cmc/culture/200724/daft-punk-embrase-bercy_29323.html Daft Punk Embrase Bercy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914071032/http://www.lejdd.fr/cmc/culture/200724/daft-punk-embrase-bercy_29323.html|date=14 September 2007}} {{in lang|fr}} lejdd.fr. Retrieved on 13 September 2007. The album includes elements of the Busta Rhymes song "Touch It", the original version of which was produced by Swizz Beatz featuring a sample of "Technologic". Also featured are elements of Gabrielle's "Forget About the World", the original version of which was remixed by Daft Punk for her single. The encore of the Alive 2007 set features Bangalter's side projects: Stardust's "Music Sounds Better with You" and Together's self-titled track "Together".Alive 2007 (liner notes). Daft Punk. Virgin Records, a division of EMI Music France. 2007. The special edition of the album includes a 50-page book containing photographs from the tour taken by DJ Falcon, as well as the encore on a second disc.

In December 2014, two vinyl editions of the album were released.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/daft-punk-16-1222491 |title=Daft Punk's 'Alive 2007' to be released on vinyl for first time |last=Britton |first=Luke |date=11 April 2014 |website=NME |access-date=18 May 2018}} The first is standard black dual LP, while the second is a limited edition collectors box set. The box set edition was shipped along with a reissued Alive 1997 vinyl with stickers, dual vinyls in white in a threefold sleeve, and a separate white LP containing the encore. Also included is a large hardback 52-page photo book, an Alive 2007 concert pass replica, a Daft Punk printed slipmat, and a download code for the digital versions of the songs.

In early 2006, Daft Punk announced a number of shows. On 29 April, they performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, their first US performance since 1997.Merry Swankster, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060628170459/http://www.merryswankster.com/archives/2006/05/coachella_spotl.html/ Coachella Show Review]}}(5 May 2006). Retrieved 25 February 2006. Thomas Bangalter initially suggested there would be a DVD release of the show,{{cite web |title=Interview at French Touch Forum |url=http://frenchtouch.forumactif.com/ftopic1349.Thomas-Bangalter-s-InterView-at-BelFort-s-After-Show.htm |accessdate=7 March 2007}} {{registration required}} but later said he felt amateur footage shared online was more compelling.[http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/oct/25/chatting-with-a-robot/ Las Vegas Weekly: Chatting with a robot] Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 26 October 2007. Daft Punk later announced shows at Bercy, Paris,[http://www.myspace.com/daftpunk Daft Punk's Official MySpace Page] myspace.com. Retrieved 31 August 2007. Wireless Festival and RockNess in June 2007, the Oxegen festival in July and Lollapalooza in August.[http://www.rockness.co.uk/ Rockness '07] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216022537/http://www.rockness.co.uk/|date=16 February 2007}} rockness.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2007[http://www.wirelessfestival.co.uk/london/ Wireless Festival '07] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618204815/http://www.wirelessfestival.co.uk/london/|date=18 June 2007}} wirelessfestival.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2007[http://www.oxegen.ie/ Oxygen '07] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040725050135/http://www.oxegen.ie/|date=25 July 2004}} oxegen.ie. Retrieved 24 February 2007[http://lollapalooza.com/ Lolla '07] lollapalooza.com. Retrieved 12 April 2007.

Daft Punk announced a world tour, Alive 2007.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} They played at the RockNess Festival by the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland, on 10 June 2007 as the headline act in the 10,000-capacity Clash tent. Part of the tent was removed to allow thousands of people outside to see the show.[http://www.clashmagazine.com/clash-rockedness/#more-831 Clash Magazine Rock Ness Review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929003824/http://www.clashmagazine.com/clash-rockedness/#more-831|date=29 September 2007}}. clashmagazine.com. Retrieved 17 June 2007. On 16 June, Daft Punk headlined the third day of the O2 Wireless Festival.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616140948/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article1949838.ece Wireless Festival review] The Times. Retrieved 6 July 2007 Daft Punk headlined Stage 2/NME Stage at the Oxegen music festival on 8 July 2007. Their live set was preceded by a showing of the trailer for the film Daft Punk's Electroma.[https://www.nme.com/news/daft-punk/29572 Daft Punk close Oxegen with robotic spectacular] NME. Retrieved 12 July 2007.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928093826/http://www.shoutmouth.com/index.php/news/21584 Daft Punk Closes Out Oxegen Festival] shoutmouth.com. Retrieved 12 July 2007. Four days later, the duo played at Traffic Torino Free Festival in Parco della Pellerina in Turin, Italy.[http://www.trafficfestival.com/en/events/mainstage/daftpunk.asp Daft Punk at Traffic Torino Free Festival] trafficfestival.com. Retrieved 13 July 2007. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509093958/http://www.trafficfestival.com/en/events/mainstage/daftpunk.asp|date=9 May 2008}}

Daft Punk headlined the AT&T stage on 3 August 2007, the first night of the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago. Their show there was praised by Pitchfork, which wrote that it "was a much-needed reminder of the still-potent power of communicative pop."[https://web.archive.org/web/20071213072356/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44663-lollapalooza-report-friday-scott-plagenhoef Lollapalooza Report Friday (Scott Plagenhoef)] Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 7 August 2007. On 5 August, Daft Punk performed at the International Centre in Toronto followed by a 9 August performance at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, New York.[http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=25543_0_2_0_C Daft Punk Announce Live Album] side-line.com. Retrieved 31 August 2007. They headlined the Vegoose festival in Las Vegas on 27 October, along with Rage Against the Machine, Muse and Queens of the Stone Age. At the end of October, Daft Punk performed in Mexico City.[http://vivirmexico.com/2007/11/01/revision-daft-punk-ciudad-de-mexico/ Révision: Daft Punk Ciudad de México] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208115550/http://vivirmexico.com/2007/11/01/revision-daft-punk-ciudad-de-mexico/ |date=8 February 2009 }} {{in lang|es}} vivirmexico.com. Retrieved 6 November 2007. They also performed on Friday 2 November 2007 at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico and Guadalajara.[http://www.urb.com/features/425/DaftPunkMonterreyWeekendPartOne.php Daft Punk Monterrey Weekend: Part One] URB. Retrieved 6 November 2007. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501140218/http://www.urb.com/features/425/DaftPunkMonterreyWeekendPartOne.php|date=1 May 2009}}

Modular Records announced that Daft Punk would appear in Australia for an event in December 2007 called Never Ever Land.[http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/aust/33866/Daft_Punk_ARE_coming_to_Australia_Presented_by_Michael_Coppel_Modular_supported_by_inthemix Daft Punk ARE coming to Australia] inthemix.com.au. Retrieved 30 August 2007. Daft Punk were supported by their regular acts SebastiAn and Kavinsky at the appearances, which had been announced as an extension to the Alive 2007 tour. Never Ever Land toured to Melbourne at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Perth at the Esplanade, Brisbane at the Riverstage and finally Sydney at the Sydney Showground Main Arena.{{cite web |title=Official Never Ever Land site |url=http://www.nevereverland.com.au |url-status=dead |accessdate=30 August 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918210104/http://www.nevereverland.com.au/ |archivedate=18 September 2008}} A Triple J interview with Pedro Winter (Busy P) revealed that Daft Punk's Sydney appearance on 22 December would be their final show for 2007 and the last to feature the pyramid light scheme.[http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s2039545.htm Daft Punk to Play Last Shows in Australia] Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 October 2007. Tickets for the Australian tour sold more quickly than for any Daft Punk-related event in their history.[http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/zan/cohost/busyp.asx Zan Rowe Interviews Busy P on Triple j] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108183408/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/zan/cohost/busyp.asx|date=8 November 2012}} triplej.net.au. Retrieved 30 September 2007.

For the 2007 shows, Daft Punk added the tracks "Burnin'" and "Phoenix" and an encore. Bangalter explained that the 2006 sets were initially designed for performances within larger festivals, but later refined to accommodate Daft Punk shows, saying "The goal was to try and bring a complete global experience to the audience."[http://www.laweekly.com/2007-10-25/music/buy-it-use-it-break-it-fix-it/ Buy It Use It Break It Fix It] LA Weekly. Retrieved on 6 November 2007. The introduction for the live show featured the five-note sequence used in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.[http://www.nme.com/news/daft-punk/29861 "Daft Punk thrill massive LA crowd"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007124849/http://www.nme.com/news/daft-punk/29861|date=7 October 2012}}. NME. Retrieved on 14 November 2007.

For the performances, Daft Punk used Ableton Live software on "custom-made supercomputers" controlled remotely with Behringer BCR2000 MIDI controllers and JazzMutant Lemur touchscreen pads. They also used Minimoog Voyager RME units, which, with the mixers, allowed them to "mix, shuffle, trigger loops, filter, distort samples, EQ in and out, transpose or destroy and deconstruct synth lines". The majority of the equipment was stored within offstage towers during the performances.

The tour visuals were set up by XL Video.[https://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/xl_video/ XL Video's profile on Apple] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211051948/http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/xl_video/|date=11 December 2011}} Apple. Retrieved on 9 November 2007. The company provided eight-core Mac Pro units running Catalyst v4 and Final Cut Pro. Daft Punk approached the company with their visual concept for the shows. "They came to us with a pretty fixed idea of what they wanted", said head of XL Video, Richard Burford. "They wanted to mix live video with effects. Using the eight-core Mac Pros, we were able to take in eight digital sources and treat them as video streams. Then they could use Catalyst to coordinate the video with lighting effects and add their own effects in on the fly. The final digital video streams ran to LED screens."

The Alive 2007 tour was acclaimed.{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=24 February 2021 |title=Daft Punk Gave Us More Than Enough Time |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/essay-daft-punk-breakup-tribute.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303222612/https://www.vulture.com/article/essay-daft-punk-breakup-tribute.html |archive-date=3 March 2021 |access-date=3 March 2021 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}} The Times described the set as a "memorable sensory spectacle, both dazzling and deafening" and ThisisLondon declared it "an almost faultless set of relentless electro euphoria".{{Cite web |title=This is London Magazine |url=https://www.thisislondontickets.co.uk/ |access-date=1 July 2022 |website=This is London Magazine |language=en-US}} NME wrote that the performance was "a robotic spectacular", while Shoutmouth described the set as "typically triumphant". The tour is credited for bringing dance music to a wider audience, especially in North America.{{Cite web |last=Szatan |first=Gabriel |date=26 February 2021 |title="They left an indelible mark on my psyche": how Daft Punk pushed pop forward |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/26/how-daft-punk-pushed-pop-forward-skrillex-erol-alkan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227165307/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/26/how-daft-punk-pushed-pop-forward-skrillex-erol-alkan |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=27 February 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nabil |title=Cover Story: Daft Punk |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/daft-punk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225043233/http://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/daft-punk/ |archive-date=25 February 2021 |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=Pitchfork}} The Guardian journalist Gabriel Szatan likened it to the Beatles' 1964 performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, which brought British rock and roll to the American mainstream.

{{Album ratings

| MC = 78/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/alive-2007/daft-punk|title=Reviews for Alive 2007 by Daft Punk|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=17 June 2013}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Bush|first=John|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/alive-2007-mw0000750377|title=Alive 2007 – Daft Punk|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 June 2013}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = B+{{cite web|last=Battaglia|first=Andy|date=4 December 2007|url=https://www.avclub.com/daft-punk-alive-2007-1798203480|title=Daft Punk: Alive 2007|work=The A.V. Club|access-date=17 June 2013}}

| rev3 = The Boston Phoenix

| rev3score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite web|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=10 December 2007|url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/52600-daft-punk-alive-2007/|title=Daft Punk {{!}} Alive 2007|work=The Boston Phoenix|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513064721/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/52600-daft-punk-alive-2007/|archive-date=13 May 2017|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = A−{{cite magazine|last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|date=23 November 2007|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20160383,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121143140/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20160383,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2007|title=Alive 2007|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=3 September 2008}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|date=23 November 2007|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/23/electronicmusic.shopping|title=Daft Punk, Alive 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 June 2013}}

| rev6 = MSN Music (Consumer Guide)

| rev6score = A−{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=March 2008|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2008-03.php|title=Consumer Guide|work=MSN Music|access-date=17 June 2013}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = 7/10{{cite web|last=Richards|first=Sam|date=16 November 2007|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/9244|title=Daft Punk: 'Alive 2007'|work=NME|access-date=26 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080235/http://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/9244|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 8.5/10{{cite web|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|date=20 November 2007|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10925-alive-2007/|title=Daft Punk: Alive 2007|work=Pitchfork|access-date=3 September 2008}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|date=16 November 2007|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/alive-2007-20071116|title=Alive 2007|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=17 June 2013}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|last=Walters|first=Barry|date=December 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jk52QtJvGoC&pg=PA119|title=Save the Robots|journal=Spin|volume=23|issue=12|access-date=15 November 2018|page=119}}

}}

On the review aggregator Metacritic, Alive 2007 has a score of 78 out of 100, indicating "generally favourable reviews".{{Citation|title=Alive 2007 by Daft Punk|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/alive-2007/daft-punk|language=en|access-date=14 April 2021}} Pitchfork regarded it as "the Ultimate Daft Punk Mixtape", finding that songs from Human After All had been "constantly improved and born anew" for the live set. The sentiment was also shared by AllMusic, stating that "It has the feel of a greatest-hits-live concert, but energized by Daft Punk's talents at weaving songs in and out of each other." AllMusic considered it weaker than Alive 1997. A review by The Star noted that the release and Daft Punk's concurrent tours restored the duo's reputation following the mixed reception for Human After All.Rayner, Ben (4 December 2007). [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2007/12/04/daft_punk_redemption.html "Daft Punk redemption"]. The Star. Retrieved on 3 September 2008. Critics also reconsidered songs from Human After All after they were integrated into the tour.[http://www.papermag.com/?section=article&parid=2297&page=2 "Daft Punk and the Rise of the New Parisian Nightlife"]. Paper Magazine. Retrieved on 3 November 2007.

Dave de Sylvia of Sputnikmusic gave Alive 2007 a score of four stars out of five and said, "Despite a few individual disappointments, Alive 2007 is as exciting a collection of music as any released this year."{{cite web|last=de Sylvia |first=Dave |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=14504 |title=Daft Punk - Alive 2007 Review |date=4 December 2007 |work=Sputnikmusic |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071212143701/http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=14504 |archive-date=12 December 2007 |url-status = dead|access-date=17 June 2013}} Entertainment Weekly felt that the live crowd enhanced the positive mood of the performance. Rolling Stone stated that Alive 2007 "loses some of the essential experience" of attending the live Daft Punk events. The Boston Phoenix also felt that the album package would have benefited from more video content, expressing that a key factor of the live show was its implementation of visual elements. In his first positive review for a Daft Punk album, Robert Christgau wrote that a full video representation was avoided because "too much scale, flesh and bodily effluvia would be lost". Thomas Bangalter expressed his reasons of not releasing a DVD by stating "the thousands of clips on the internet are better to us than any DVD that could have been released."

At the 51st Grammy Awards, Alive 2007 won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album, and the single "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" won for Best Dance Recording.{{cite web |title=51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008) |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/51st-annual-grammy-awards}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, except where noted.

| title1 = Robot Rock / Oh Yeah

| length1 = 6:27

| writer1 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Kae Williams

| title2 = Touch It / Technologic

| length2 = 5:29

| writer2 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Trevor Smith, Swizz Beatz

| title3 = Television Rules the Nation / Crescendolls

| length3 = 4:50

| writer3 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Dwight Brewster, Aleta Jennings

| title4 = Too Long / Steam Machine

| length4 = 7:01

| writer4 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Anthony Moore

| title5 = Around the World / Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

| length5 = 5:42

| writer5 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Edwin Birdsong

| title6 = Burnin' / Too Long

| length6 = 7:11

| writer6 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Anthony Moore

| title7 = Face to Face / Short Circuit

| length7 = 4:55

| writer7 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Todd Imperatrice

| title8 = One More Time / Aerodynamic

| length8 = 6:10

| writer8 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Anthony Moore

| title9 = Aerodynamic Beats / Forget About the World

| length9 = 3:31

| writer9 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Gabrielle, Ben Barson, Andy Dean, Ben Wolff

| title10 = Prime Time of Your Life / Brainwasher / Rollin' & Scratchin' / Alive

| length10 = 10:22

| title11 = Da Funk / Daftendirekt

| length11 = 6:36

| title12 = Superheroes / Human After All / Rock'n Roll

| length12 = 5:41

| writer12 = Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer

| title13 = Human After All / Together / One More Time / Music Sounds Better with You

| length13 = 9:59

| writer13 = Bangalter, Stephane Quême, Keith Nash, Anthony Moore, Benjamin "Diamond" Cohen, Alain Quême, Frank Musker, Dominic King

| total_length = 83:54

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