Homework (Daft Punk album)

In 1993, Daft Punk, comprising Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, presented a demo of their music to the DJ Stuart Macmillan at a rave at Disneyland Paris.Collin, Matthew (August 1997). [http://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.08/DaftPunk.a.html "Do You Think You Can Hide From Stardom?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016230513/http://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.08/DaftPunk.a.html |date=16 October 2015 }}. Mixmag. Retrieved 6 March 2007. The contents of the cassette, including the track "Alive", were released on the single "The New Wave" on 11 April 1994, by Soma Quality Recordings, a Scottish techno and house label co-founded in 1991 by MacMillan's band Slam.The New Wave (liner notes). Daft Punk. Soma Quality Recordings. 5 024856 620149. In 1995, Daft Punk released "Da Funk" and "Rollin' & Scratchin'" on Soma.James (2003), p. 273.[https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/daft-punk-glasgow-slam-the-19910158.amp Daft Punk in Glasgow: Slam on 'the two quiet wee guys' who used to crash on their sofa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227111831/https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/daft-punk-glasgow-slam-the-19910158.amp |date=27 February 2021 }}, Jules Boyle, Glasgow Live, 24 February 2021

{{Quote box |quoted=true |salign=center|quote=We've got much more control than money. You can't get everything. We live in a society where money is what people want, so they can't get the control. We chose. Control is freedom. People say we're control freaks, but control is controlling your destiny without controlling other people.|source=– Thomas Bangalter, in regards to the duo's creative control and freedom{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12053561 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609232158/http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12053561 |archive-date=9 June 2007 |title=Punk As They Wanna Be |last=Moayeri |first=Lily |publisher=Yahoo |date=9 June 2007 |access-date=11 January 2012}}|align=left|width=22em}}

The popularity of the singles led to a bidding war among record labels. Daft Punk signed to Virgin Records in 1996.

Woholeski, Peter (May 2001). [http://www.djtimes.com/original/djmag/may01/daft.htm "One More Time: Four Years After Its Filter Filled Splashdown, Daft Punk Retirns With Discovery – Complete with House Beats, Disco Sweeps and, Yes, Plenty of Vocoders"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010822001112/http://www.djtimes.com/original/djmag/may01/daft.htm |date=22 August 2001 }} . DJ Times. Retrieved 5 May 2007.

Richard Brown of Soma said: "We were obviously sad to lose them to Virgin but they had the chance to go big, which they wanted, and it's not very often that a band has that chance after two singles. We're happy for them."Collin, Matthew (August 1997). [http://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.08/DaftPunk.a.html "Do You Think You Can Hide From Stardom?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016230513/http://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.08/DaftPunk.a.html |date=16 October 2015 }}. Mixmag. Retrieved 6 March 2007. Virgin re-released "Da Funk" with the B-side "Musique" in 1996, a year before releasing Homework. Bangalter later said that the B-side "was never intended to be on the album, and in fact, 'Da Funk' as a single has sold more units than Homework, so more people own it anyways {{sic}} than they would if it had been on the album. It is basically used to make the single a double-feature." The album was mixed and recorded in Daft Punk's studio, Daft House in Paris. It was mastered by Nilesh Patel at the London studio the Exchange.

Bangalter stated that "to be free, we had to be in control. To be in control, we had to finance what we were doing ourselves. The main idea was to be free."Di Perna, Alan (April 2001). "We Are The Robots", Pulse!. pp. 65–69. Daft Punk discussed their method with Spike Jonze, the director of the "Da Funk" music video, who said: "They were doing everything based on how they wanted to do it. As opposed to, 'oh we got signed to this record company, we gotta use their plan.' They wanted to make sure they never had to do anything that would make them feel bummed on making music."Jonze, Spike (2003). The Work of Director Spike Jonze companion book. Palm Pictures. Retrieved 4 May 2012. Although Virgin Records holds exclusive distribution rights over their material, Daft Punk owns their master recordings through their Daft Trax label.James (2003), p. 267.

Daft Punk produced the tracks included in Homework without a plan to release an album. According to Bangalter, "We did so many tracks over a period of five months that we realized that we had a good album."James (2003), p. 269. They set the order of the tracks to cover the four sides of a two-disc vinyl LP. Homem-Christo said, "There was no intended theme because all the tracks were recorded before we arranged the sequence of the album. The idea was to make the songs better by arranging them the way we did; to make it more even as an album."

Warner, Jennifer. [http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntDaftPunkDave_3.htm "Interview with Daft Punk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710090208/http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntDaftPunkDave_3.htm |date=10 July 2014 }} . p. 3. DMA. About.com. Retrieved 30 March 2007.

{{Listen

|filename = Daft_Punk_Alive.ogg

|title = "Alive"

|description = "Alive", first single released from Homework, is the final version recorded of "The New Wave",The New Wave (lines notes). Daft Punk. Soma Quality Recordings. 5 024856 620149. which was the first song made by Daft Punk.

|filename2 = Daft_Punk_-_Around_The_World_(LP_Version).ogg

|title2 = "Around the World" (LP version)

|description2 = LP version of "Around the World", third single released from the album. The song carries influences of Gershon Kingsley's hit "Popcorn" while playing over "a post-disco boogie bassline", which serves as the base for a "single, naggingly insistent hook".

}}

"Daftendirekt" is an excerpt of a live performance recorded in Ghent, Belgium.Homework (liner notes). Daft Punk. Virgin Records, a division of EMI Group. 42609. 1997. It served as the introduction to Daft Punk's live shows and was used to begin the album. The performance took place at the first I Love Techno, an event co-produced by Fuse and On the Rox on 10 November 1995.[http://www.ilovetechno.be/?page_id=802 History – I Love Techno] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141042/http://www.ilovetechno.be/?page_id=802 |date=13 April 2014 }} (lineup 1995). ilovetechno.be. Retrieved 3 May 2014. Homework's following track, "WDPK 83.7 FM", is a tribute to FM radio in the United States. The next song, "Revolution 909" is a reflection on the French government's stance on dance music.

Warner, Jennifer. [http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntDaftPunkDave_2.htm "Interview with Daft Punk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108052404/http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntDaftPunkDave_2.htm |date=8 January 2012 }} . p. 2. DMA. About.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

"Revolution 909" is followed by "Da Funk", which carries elements of funk and acid music. According to Andrew Asch of the Boca Raton News, the song's composition "relies on a bouncy funk guitar to communicate its message of dumb fun".Asch, Andrew (18 December 1997). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QkFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VI4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3854,661628&dq=influences+homework+daft+punk&hl=en "Daft Punk smashes charts with simplicity"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402003335/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QkFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VI4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3854,661628&dq=influences+homework+daft+punk&hl=en |date=2 April 2016 }}. Boca Raton News. Retrieved 1 May 2012. Bangalter expressed that "Da Funk"'s theme involved the introduction of a simple, unusual element that becomes acceptable and moving over time.Daft Punk audio commentary for "Da Funk" music video, The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003). Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine complimented the song as "unrelenting",{{cite web |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |date=2 November 2002 |title=Daft Punk: Homework |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/daft-punk-homework |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617091744/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/daft-punk-homework |archive-date=17 June 2013 |access-date=1 May 2012 |work=Slant Magazine}} and Bob Gajarsky of Consumable Online called it "a beautiful meeting of Chic (circa 'Good Times', sans vocals) and the 90s form of electronica".

Gajarsky, Bob (28 April 1997). [http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1997/04.28/revdaft.html "Daft Punk, Homework"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110030554/http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1997/04.28/revdaft.html |date=10 January 2013 }} . Consumable Online. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

"Phoenix" combines elements of gospel music and house music.*Warner, Jennifer. [http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntDaftPunkDave_3.htm "Interview with Daft Punk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710090208/http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntDaftPunkDave_3.htm |date=10 July 2014 }} . p. 3. DMA. About.com. Retrieved 30 March 2007.

• {{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-30-greatest-edm-albums-of-all-time-20120802/1-daft-punk-homework-virgin-1997-19691231 |title=The 30 Greatest EDM Albums of All Time |last1=Dolan |first1=Jon |last2=Matos |first2=Michaelangelo |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2012-08-02 |access-date=2014-10-08 |archive-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827000517/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-30-greatest-edm-albums-of-all-time-20120802/1-daft-punk-homework-virgin-1997-19691231 |url-status=live }} Daft Punk considered "Fresh" breezy and light with a comical structure.D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes. Virgin Records. 1999. "Around the World" carries influences of Gershon Kingsley's hit "Popcorn". Chris Power of BBC Music named it "one of the decade's catchiest singles". He stated that it was "a perfect example of Daft Punk's sound at its most accessible: a post-disco boogie bassline, a minimalist sprinkling of synthetic keyboard melody and a single, naggingly insistent hook".{{cite web |last=Power |first=Chris |date=5 January 2010 |title=Review of Daft Punk – Homework |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vmq4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414052122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vmq4 |archive-date=14 April 2013 |access-date=1 May 2012 |publisher=BBC Music. BBC}} "Teachers" is a riff on the Parris Mitchell song "Ghetto Shout Out!!", released in 1995 on Dance Mania.{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ray-barney-victor-parris-mitchell-relaunch-dance-mania/Content?oid=9757078 |last=Galil |first=Leor |title=The Return of Dance Mania Records |date=23 May 2013 |website=Chicago Reader |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073624/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ray-barney-victor-parris-mitchell-relaunch-dance-mania/Content?oid=9757078 |url-status=live }} The track is a tribute to several of Daft Punk's house music influences, including future collaborators Romanthony, DJ Sneak and Todd Edwards.Gill, Chris (1 May 2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209125128/http://remixmag.com/mag/remix_robopop/ ROBOPOP]. Remix Magazine. Archived from [http://remixmag.com/mag/remix_robopop/ the original] on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012. "Oh Yeah" features DJ Deelat and DJ Crabbe. "Indo Silver Club" features a sample of "Hot Shot" by Karen Young. "Alive" is the final version of "The New Wave", released as Daft Punk's first single. The final track, "Funk Ad", is a reversed clip of "Da Funk".

The artwork for the front cover and inner sleeve was conceived by Daft Punk and photographed by artist and film producer Nicolas Hidiroglou. He met the duo through a connection at Virgin Records, and recalled that it took a week to complete the artwork. Homem-Christo had previously designed the Daft Punk wordmark, which was the basis for the front image of the logo embroidered onto the back of a satin jacket.{{cite web |url=https://909originals.com/2021/01/20/we-spent-a-lot-of-time-making-everything-perfect-the-story-behind-the-cover-artwork-for-daft-punks-homework/ |title=The story behind the cover artwork for Daft Punk's 'Homework' |website=909originals.com |date=20 January 2021 |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=9 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409224324/https://909originals.com/2021/01/20/we-spent-a-lot-of-time-making-everything-perfect-the-story-behind-the-cover-artwork-for-daft-punks-homework/ |url-status=live }} Variations of the logo would continue to be the front cover image for all of Daft Punk's studio albums until Random Access Memories in 2013.

To create the inner gatefold photo, various items representing track titles were arranged by Bangalter on a table at his home. He noted that many of the pieces reflect Daft Punk's influences, including: a DJ Funk audio cassette; a card with a logo of The Beach Boys; a Kiss tour poster; and a 1970s compilation record featuring Barry Manilow. Other mementos include a token from the Rex Club, the venue in Paris where Daft Punk first performed as DJs. The wall behind the table contains a photo of Homem-Christo singing as part of the duo's first band Darlin', as well as the Darlin' logo next to a portrait of Homem-Christo as a small child.{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Dave |url=https://mixmag.net/read/daft-punks-iconic-homework-gatefold-sleeve-explained-blog |title=Daft Punk's iconic 'Homework' gatefold sleeve explained |website=Mixmag |date=20 January 2017 |access-date=9 April 2021 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034134/https://mixmag.net/read/daft-punks-iconic-homework-gatefold-sleeve-explained-blog |url-status=live }}

The black and white image of the duo in the liner notes was photographed by Phillppe Lévy. It was shot during an event in Wisconsin called Even Furthur in 1996, featuring Daft Punk's first live performance in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/05/daft-punk-oral-history-first-american-show-even-furthur-1996/ |last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo |title=Discovery: The Oral History of Daft Punk's First American Show |work=Spin |date=13 May 2013 |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=9 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409224324/https://www.spin.com/2013/05/daft-punk-oral-history-first-american-show-even-furthur-1996/ |url-status=live }} Additional artwork and the album layout were done by Serge Nicholas.

The first single, "Alive", was included as a B-side on the single "The New Wave", released in April 1994. The next single, "Da Funk", was initially released in 1995 by Soma and was rereleased by Virgin Records in January 1997.{{Citation|title=Da Funk – Single by Daft Punk|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/da-funk-single/697667182|language=en-us|access-date=2021-03-01|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302153601/https://music.apple.com/us/album/da-funk-single/697667182|url-status=live}} It was Daft Punk's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart.{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=daft punk |chart=Dance/Club Play Songs}} |title=Daft Punk Album & Song Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=29 April 2012}} The song reached number seven on British and French charts.[https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970216/7501/ "Archive Chart"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615022813/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19970216/7501/|date=15 June 2020}} UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 January 2012.[http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Daft+Punk&titel=Da+Funk&cat=s "Lescharts.com – Daft Punk – Da Funk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112052900/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Daft%20Punk&titel=Da%20Funk&cat=s |date=12 November 2012 }} (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 January 2012. The third single, "Around the World", was Daft Punk's second number-one single on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart, and reached number 11 in Australia,[http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=daft+punk "Discography Daft Punk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325123927/http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=daft+punk |date=25 March 2012 }}. Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012. number five in the United Kingdom[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/daft%20punk/ "DAFT PUNK"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628221159/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/daft%20punk/ |date=28 June 2012 }}. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 April 2012 and number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=daft punk|chart=all}} "Daft Punk Album & Song Chart History"]. Billboard. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

The fourth single, "Burnin'", was released in September 1997 and reached number 30 in the UK. The final single, "Revolution 909", was released in February 1998 and reached number 47 in the UK and number 12 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. Prior to its inclusion on Homework, "Indo Silver Club" was released as a single on the Soma Quality Recordings label in two parts.Indo Silver Club (liner notes). Daft Punk. Soma Quality Recordings. SOMA 035. The single lacked an artist credit in the packaging and was thought to have been created by the nonexistent producers Indo Silver Club.Silcott, Mireille (3 April 1997). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606041352/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/040397/cover.html "Personality punks"]. Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.

In 1999, Daft Punk released a video collection featuring music videos of tracks and singles from the album under the name of D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes. Although its title derives from the appearances of dogs ("Da Funk" and "Fresh"), androids ("Around the World"), firemen ("Burnin'"), and tomatoes ("Revolution 909") in the videos, a cohesive plot does not connect its episodes.{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |title=Daft Punk: D.A.F.T. – A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen, and Tomatoes (2000) |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v202984 |work=Allmovie |access-date=24 December 2012 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026060726/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v202984 |url-status=live }}

Daft Punk wanted the majority of pressings to be on vinyl, so only 50,000 albums were initially printed in CD format. After its release, production was accelerated to meet demand. Homework was distributed in 35 countries,

[http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/electronic-music/daft-punk/biography RFI Music – Biography – Daft Punk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813183015/http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/electronic-music/daft-punk/biography |date=13 August 2012 }} Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 3 March 2007.

reaching number 150 on the Billboard 200. It charted on the Australian Albums Chart on 27 April 1997; it remained there for eight weeks and reached number 37. In France, it reached number three and stayed on the chart for 82 weeks. By October 1997, Homework had sold 220,000 copies worldwide.{{cite news |last=Reighley |first=Kurt |date=October 1997 |title=Let's Go Discotheque – A Survey of French Dance Music |page=22 |number=50 |issn=1074-6978 |work=CMJ New Music Monthly |publisher=CMJ Network |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 |access-date=31 January 2013}} In 1999, it was certified gold in France for selling more than 100,000 copies. On 11 July 2001, it was certified gold in the US for sales of 500,000 copies. According to Virgin Records, two million copies had been sold by February 2001.{{cite news |last=Paoletta |first=Michael |date=24 February 2001 |title=Virgin's Hitmakers Daft Punk Return |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15 |page=15 |magazine=Billboard |issue=8 |volume=113 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=31 January 2013}} By September 2007, 605,000 copies had been sold in the US.{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=1 September 2007 |title=One More Time: Left for dead by many |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8g4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32 |page=32 |magazine=Billboard |issue=35 |volume=119 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=31 January 2013}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Sean |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/homework-mw0000097581 |title=Homework – Daft Punk |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-date=6 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606031812/http://www.allmusic.com/album/homework-mw0000097581 |url-status=live }}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|cut}}{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Christgau|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=daft%20punk|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Daft Punk|publisher=robertchristgau.com|date=|access-date=6 January 2023|author-link=Robert Christgau}}

| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Daft Punk |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = B+{{cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1997/05/23/homework |title=Homework |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=23 May 1997 |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-date=6 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106105415/http://www.ew.com/article/1997/05/23/homework |url-status=live }}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last=Bennun |first=David |title=Hip to the trip |work=The Guardian |date=24 January 1997}}

| rev6 = Los Angeles Times

| rev6Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news|first=D. James|last=Romero|title=In Brief|work=Los Angeles Times|date=15 June 1997|page=|accessdate=21 January 2023|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-15-ca-3456-story.html}}

| rev7 = Muzik

| rev7Score = 10/10{{cite journal |last=Bush |first=Calvin |title=Daft Punk: Homework (Virgin) |journal=Muzik |issue=21 |date=February 1997 |page=58}}

| rev8 = NME

| rev8Score = 7/10{{cite journal |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001167reviews.html |title=Daft Punk – Homework |journal=NME |date=18 January 1997 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011035651/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001167reviews.html |archive-date=11 October 2000}}

| rev9 = Pitchfork

| rev9Score = 7.6/10{{cite web|last=Schreiber|first=Ryan|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16830-homework|title=Daft Punk: Homework|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=16 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316031702/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16830-homework|archivedate=16 March 2008}}

| rev10 = Q

| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Daft Punk: Homework |journal=Q |issue=127 |date=April 1997 |page=120}}

}}

David Browne, writing in Entertainment Weekly, described the "playful, hip-hopping ambient techno" and said Homework was "ideal disco for androids". Darren Gawle of Drop-D Magazine wrote that "Homework is the work of a couple of DJs who sound amateurish at best".{{cite web |last=Gawle |first=Darren |date=20 June 1997 |title=CD Review: Raft Punk, 'Homework' |url=http://dropd.com/issue/60/CD/DaftPunk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803054250/http://dropd.com/issue/60/CD/DaftPunk/ |archive-date=3 August 2009 |access-date=1 May 2012 |work=Drop-D Magazine |publisher=Drop-D Digital Publishing}} Robert Christgau of The Village Voice identified "Da Funk" as a "choice cut", indicating "a good song on an album that isn't worth your time as money".{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=27 January 1998 |title=Consumer Guide |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv198-98.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815131446/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv198-98.php |archive-date=15 August 2013 |access-date=28 May 2013 |newspaper=The Village Voice |location=New York}}{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |title=Key to Icons |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130180649/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php |archive-date=30 November 2012 |access-date=11 February 2012 |publisher=RobertChristgau.com}} Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine wrote that "while a few tracks are more daft than deft", "Da Funk" had inspired acts such as the Avalanches. Sean Cooper of AllMusic called the album "an almost certain classic".{{When?|date=August 2024}}

In 2003, Pitchfork named Homework the 65th-greatest album of the 1990s.{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Eric |date=17 November 2003 |title=Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216061332/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/4/ |archive-date=16 February 2012 |access-date=11 February 2012 |work=Pitchfork}} In the 2004 Rolling Stone Album Guide, Douglas Wolk awarded Homework three out of five, writing that "the duo's essential, career-defining insight is that the problem with disco the first time around was not that it was stupid but that it was not stupid enough".{{cite book |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |author-link=Douglas Wolk |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |edition=4th |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/207 207] |chapter=Daft Punk |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian}} In the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, Alex Rayner wrote that Homework tied established club styles to the "burgeoning eclecticism" of big beat, and demonstrated that "there was more to dance music than pills and keyboard presets".Rayner, Alex (2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. p. 812. New York, NY: Universe Publishing. 2006. {{ISBN|0-7893-1371-5}}. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Ian Mathers of Stylus Magazine wrote: "There's a core of unimpeachably classic work on Homework, hidden among the merely good, and when you've got such a classic debut hidden in the outlines of the epic slouch of their debut, it's hard not to get frustrated."{{cite web |last=Mathers |first=Ian |date=9 May 2005 |title=Daft Punk: Homework – Playing God |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/playing_god/daft-punk-homework.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509230035/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/playing_god/daft-punk-homework.htm |archive-date=9 May 2012 |access-date=1 May 2012 |work=Stylus Magazine}}

In 2009, Brian Linder of IGN said Homework was "groundbreaking achievement", praising the combination of house, techno, acid and punk.{{cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=1 May 2012 |title=Daft Punk: Worst to Best |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/23/daft-punk-worst-to-best |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913070351/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/23/daft-punk-worst-to-best |archive-date=13 September 2012 |access-date=23 October 2009 |publisher=IGN}} Reviewing it in 2010 for BBC Music, Chris Power compared Homework{{'s}} "less-is-more" use of compression as "a sonic tribute" to the FM radio stations that "fed Daft Punk's youthful obsessions". In 2011, Hua Hsu of eMusic praised the "feeling of discovery and exploration" as a result of "years of careful study of the finest house, techno, electro and hip-hop records".{{cite web |last=Hsu |first=Hua |date=8 May 2011 |title=Daft Punk, Homework |url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/music-news/review/album/homework-daft-punk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009021410/http://www.emusic.com/listen#/music-news/review/album/homework-daft-punk/ |archive-date=9 October 2014 |access-date=1 May 2012 |publisher=eMusic}} That October, NME named "Around the World" the 21st-best track of the preceding 15 years.Tim Chester. [http://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/article/248795#article 150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years – #21 – Daft Punk – Around the World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213064717/http://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/article/248795#article|date=13 February 2012}} NME. Retrieved 11 February 2012. In 2012, Clash described Homework as an entry point of accessibility for a "burgeoning movement on the cusp of splitting the mainstream seam".{{cite web |last=Younis |first=Reef |date=15 February 2012 |title=Classic Albums: Daft Punk – Homework |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/classic-albums-daft-punk-homework |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220125949/http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/classic-albums-daft-punk-homework |archive-date=20 February 2012 |access-date=2 May 2012 |work=Clash}}

In 2012, Rolling Stone named Homework the greatest EDM album of all time, describing it as "pure synapse-tweaking brilliance".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-30-greatest-edm-albums-of-all-time-20120802/1-daft-punk-homework-virgin-1997-19691231#disqus_thread |title=The 30 Greatest EDM Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2 August 2012 |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-date=5 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805041707/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-30-greatest-edm-albums-of-all-time-20120802/1-daft-punk-homework-virgin-1997-19691231#disqus_thread |url-status=live }} In a second review for Pitchfork, in 2018, Larry Fitzmaurice awarded it 9.2 out of 10, writing: "Homework remains singular within Daft Punk's catalog, the record also set the stage for the duo's career to this very day—a massively successful and still-going ascent to pop iconography, built on the magic trick-esque ability to twist the shapes of dance music's past to resemble something seemingly futuristic."{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/daft-punk-homework/ |title=Daft Punk: Homework |work=Pitchfork |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-date=2 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202155255/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/daft-punk-homework/ |url-status=live }} Homework{{'s}} success brought worldwide attention to French house music.James (2003). p. 292. According to Scott Woods of The Village Voice, the album revived house music and departed from the Eurodance formula, and "[tore] the lid off the [creative] sewer".{{cite news |last=Woods |first=Scott |date=5 October 1999 |title=Underground Disco? |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-10-05/music/underground-disco/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109041512/http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-10-05/music/underground-disco/ |archive-date=9 January 2015 |access-date=10 February 2012 |newspaper=The Village Voice |location=New York}}

{{seealso|Homework (Remixes)}}

On 22 February 2022, one year after their breakup, Daft Punk updated their social media channels with cryptic posts leading fans to a newly created Twitch account. At 2:22pm UTC, a one-time only stream began of the duo's full Daftendirektour performance at the Mayan Theater.{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2022-02-22 |title=Daft Punk to Host One-Time-Only Stream of 1997 Helmetless Show |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/daft-punkhomework-anniversary-mayan-theater-show-livestream-1311162/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=2023-03-29}} At the same time, Daft Punk released an expanded 25th-anniversary edition of Homework. It includes remixes from DJ Sneak, Masters at Work, Todd Terry, Motorbass, Slam and Ian Pooley. The remixes were also simultaneously released as a separate remix album, Homework (Remixes),{{Cite web |title=Homework (Remixes) from Daft Life Ltd./ADA France on Beatport |url=https://www.beatport.com/release/homework-remixes/3662700 |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=www.beatport.com}} with a physical release on 25 November 2022.{{Cite web |last=Hourçourigaray |first=Bérénice |date=2022-09-29 |title=Daft Punk sort enfin les remixes de 'Homework' en vinyle et CD |url=https://www.tsugi.fr/daft-punk-sort-enfin-les-remixes-de-homework-en-vinyle-et-cd/ |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=TSUGI |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Gordon |date=2022-12-08 |title=Daft Punk's 'Homework: Remixes' Debuts on Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/daft-punk-homework-remixes-debuts-top-dance-electronic-albums-chart/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |access-date=2023-03-30}}

{{tracklist

| total_length = 73:53

| all_music = Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

| title1 = Daftendirekt

| length1 = 2:45

| title2 = WDPK 83.7 FM

| length2 = 0:28

| title3 = Revolution 909

| length3 = 5:26

| title4 = Da Funk

| length4 = 5:30

| title5 = Phœnix

| length5 = 4:57

| title6 = Fresh

| length6 = 4:03

| title7 = Around the World

| length7 = 7:10

| title8 = Rollin' & Scratchin'

| length8 = 7:28

| title9 = Teachers

| length9 = 2:53

| title10 = High Fidelity

| length10 = 6:03

| title11 = Rock'n Roll

| length11 = 7:33

| title12 = Oh Yeah

| length12 = 2:03

| title13 = Burnin'

| length13 = 6:53

| title14 = Indo Silver Club

| length14 = 4:35

| title15 = Alive

| length15 = 5:15

| title16 = Funk Ad

| length16 = 0:51

| all_writing =

}}

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

{{Chart table top|1997|weekly=y}}

{{album chart|Australia|37|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|refname=ARIA|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Austria|34|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Flanders|7|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Wallonia|9|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|15|artist=Daft Punk|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Netherlands|25|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Finland|34|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|France|3|refname=FAC|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Germany4|48|id=5543|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=30 May 2012|refname=ger-1997|rowheader=true}}

|-

!scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI){{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/1997/21|title=Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 16.05.1997 al 22.05.1997) – Album & Compilation|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=22 August 2021|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318054616/https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/1997/21|url-status=live}}

|align="center"|19

|-

{{album chart|New Zealand|8|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|refname=HungM2|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Norway|40|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|refname=HungM|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Sweden|16|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|UK|8|artist=Daft Punk|access-date=2 May 2023|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Billboard200|150|artist=Daft Punk|access-date=30 May 2012|rowheader=true|refname=BB200}}

|-

{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|5|artist=Daft Punk|access-date=23 May 2021|rowheader=true}}

|}

{{Chart table top|2002|weekly=y}}

{{album chart|Ireland2|54|artist=Daft Punk|access-date=13 December 2020|rowheader=true}}

|}

{{Chart table top|2013|weekly=y}}

{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|42|artist=Daft Punk|access-date=23 May 2021|rowheader=true}}

|}

{{Chart table top|2021|weekly=y}}

! scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU){{cite web|url=http://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-11-tjedan-2021/|title=Lista prodaje 11. tjedan 2021. (08.03.2021. – 14.03.2021.)|date=23 March 2021 |publisher=Top Lista HR|language=hr|access-date=27 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627043136/http://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-11-tjedan-2021/|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 21

|-

{{album chart|Germany4|44|id=5543|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=5 March 2021|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|Switzerland|43|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|access-date=7 March 2021|rowheader=true}}

|-

{{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|9|artist=Daft Punk|access-date=2 May 2023|rowheader=true}}

|}

{{Chart table top|2022|weekly=y}}

{{album chart|Switzerland|33|artist=Daft Punk|album=Homework|rowheader=true|access-date=4 December 2022|refname=swi-2022}}

|-

{{album chart|UKIndependent|8|date=20220513|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2022}}

|}

{{Chart table top|2024|weekly=y}}

! scope="row"| Argentine Albums (CAPIF){{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodecultura.com.ar/rankings/los-discos-mas-vendidos-de-la-semana-3/|title=Los discos más vendidos|accessdate=28 August 2024|publisher=Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers|website=Diario de Cultura|archivedate=28 August 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828170924/https://www.diariodecultura.com.ar/rankings/los-discos-mas-vendidos-de-la-semana-3/}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

|-

|}

{{col-2}}

{{Chart table top|1997}}

!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 1997|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022140300/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a|url-status=live}}

|38

|-

!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 1997|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106142348/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a|url-status=live}}

|38

|-

!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen Soundscan){{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010320221621/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/ALBUMS_1997.html|title=ALBUMS : Top 100 of 1997}}

|43

|-

!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1997&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1997|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-date=22 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922125729/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1997&cat=a|url-status=live}}

|95

|-

! scope="row"|European Albums (Music & Media){{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-12-27.pdf|title=Year in Focus – European Top 100 Albums 1997|magazine=Music & Media|volume=14|issue=52|page=7|date=27 December 1997|access-date=2 March 2021}}

|68

|-

!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=1997|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 1997|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812234952/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=1997|url-status=live}}

|24

|-

!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1997-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1997|website=The Official NZ Music Charts|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510101747/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3886|url-status=live}}

|22

|-

|}

{{col-end}}

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|title=Homework|artist=Daft Punk|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=2007|certmonth=3}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Homework|artist=Daft Punk|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2000|relyear=1997|relmonth=11}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Homework|artist=Daft Punk|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=1999|source=infodisc|access-date=1 July 2021|refname=SNEP}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|title=Homework|artist=Daft Punk|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=2001|access-date=22 October 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Homework|artist=Daft Punk|type=album|award=Platinum|id=1998-02-20|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1997}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Homework|artist=Daft Punk|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=2013|id=2973-1040-2|salesamount=345,009|salesref={{cite web |url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-daft-punk-lp-sells-165k-to-hit-no-1/054839 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Daft Punk LP sells 165k to hit No.1 |last=Jones |first=Alan |date=27 May 2013 |work=Music Week |access-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000124/https://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-daft-punk-lp-sells-165k-to-hit-no-1/054839|archive-date=3 December 2013}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Homework|artist=Daft Punk|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2001|salesamount= 674,000|salesref={{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-may-26-2013-albums-daft-punk-145934615.html |title=Week Ending May 26, 2013. Albums: Daft Punk Gets Lucky |work=Chart Watch |publisher=Yahoo |date=29 May 2013 |access-date=29 May 2013 |author=Paul Grein |archive-date=14 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614023156/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-may-26-2013-albums-daft-punk-145934615.html |url-status=live }}|refname=RIAA}}

{{Certification Table Bottom}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |last=James |first=Martin |title=French Connections: From Discotheque to Discovery |place=London |publisher=Sanctuary Publishing |year=2003 |isbn=1-86074-449-4}}

• {{Discogs release|name=Homework|id=3235}}

{{Daft Punk}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:1997 debut albums

Category:Albums produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

Category:Albums produced by Thomas Bangalter

Category:Daft Punk albums

Category:Electropop albums

Category:French house albums

Category:Techno albums by French artists

Category:Virgin Records albums