Robot Rock (Maximum Overdrive & Soulwax Remixes) - 4 track EP [Single][EP][Limited Edition]

Daft Punk

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: April 19, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, EP, Limited Edition
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B0007MR19O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #243,309 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Robot Rock [Radio Edit]

2. Robot Rock [Maximum Overdrive]

3. Robot Rock [Soulwax Remix]

4. Robot Rock

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The First Single to Be Taken from Daft Punk's Third Studio Album, "Human after All", is the Body Thumping, Guitar Drenched "Robot Rock". The Video for the Song is Directed by Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel De Homem Christo. This Will Be their Second Foray Into Directing (They Directed "Fresh" from the "Homework" Album) and is a Natural Progression for the Pair, for Whom Visual Creativity Has Always Been Key. One of the Album's Most Thundering Tracks, "Robot Rock" is a Classic Daft Punk Moment - in Your Face, Unapologetically Over the Top, and Still a Devastatingly Classy Piece of Disco Magic. With their Trademark Vocal Effects Leading You Into the Tracks Signature Sound, a Brilliantly Beefy Electro Scale, it Once Again Shows their Skill at Crafting Five Minutes of Sheer Abandonment from a Small List of Ingredients. Remixes Come Courtesy of Soulwax and Daft Punk Themselves.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You're talking nonsense..., September 29, 2006

By	DAVIDNYC1023 (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

The Maximum Overdrive remix is over-the-top good. And the Soulwax Remix is F'ING PHENOMENAL INSANELY GOOD!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Single, January 1, 2007

By	Paul C. Simonson "Melkoret" (Arroyo Grande, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought Human After All when it first came out, and loved every song.
Last week I bought this album and lemme tell you, the two remixes on here are Freakin' Sweet!

The Maximum Overdrive is really intense, and the Soulwax Remix is pure Robot gold,showing off everything the song could possibly be.

Good Buy if your lookin' for more Robot Rock

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For Daft Punk Completists ONLY, July 24, 2005

By	Richard P. Schmidt (Fresno, Ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The remixes are good only for those that have a computer to skip the rediculously long, drawn-out, and poorly thought out EP.

Maximum overdrive is really more of Daft punk saying "These are the different vocoder samples we were playing with while making Human After All, all 72 (sic) of them. And now here's the different rhythms and hooks we toyed with but never really made the cut into the album... stuck together."

Soulwax remix is same idea but borrows the slow-to-faster-hokey-pokey used in "Primetime of Your Life" and glues on the 2 guitar riffs for 85% of the song. Fantasmic Disaster.

Really, if you love Daft Punk soo much that you're a completist (like I am), then you've probably already bought it. But if you can't decide on this EP or the Technologic EP (1st or 2nd), get either of the Technologic EPs. They were much more planned and as a result give a better performance than this whole CD can give you.

Oh and check out Vitalic. He rocks Hard just like Daft Punk did.