{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Alive 1997 | type = live | artist = Daft Punk | cover = Alive 1997 (2001 Daft Punk album).jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|df=y|2001|10|1}} | recorded = 8 November 1997 | venue = Que Club (Birmingham, England) | genre = House | length = 45:33 | label = Virgin | producer = * Thomas Bangalter * Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo | prev_title = Discovery | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Daft Club | next_year = 2003 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r558302}}</ref> | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref name="Christgau">{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=10947|title=Robert Christgau: Album: Daft Punk: Alive 1997|website=Robertchristgau.com|access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref> | rev3 = ''NME'' | rev3score = 8/10<ref name="NME">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-5678-340068|title=Daft Punk : Alive 1997|website=Nme.com|date=12 September 2005|access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Q'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Q Review">Q (11/01, p.118) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...45 minutes of breathless electronic excitement..."</ref> | rev5 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev5score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref name="RollingStone">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/t/daft-punk/|title=Daft Punk|website=Rollingstone.com|access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref> | rev6 = Sputnikmusic | rev6score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Sputnik">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/27153/Daft-Punk-Alive-1997/|title=Daft Punk - Alive 1997 (album review ) |website=Sputnikmusic.com|access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Uncut'' | rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Uncut">Uncut (12/01, p.101) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "...Pulled straight from the mixing desk, this has a shrill rawness that vividly captures a night of sweat-stained gymnastics..."</ref> }}

'''''Alive 1997''''' is the first live album by French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 1 October 2001 by Virgin Records. It contains a 45-minute excerpt of a live performance recorded during Daftendirektour at Birmingham's Que Club on 8 November 1997. It was later followed by ''Alive 2007''.

The album was generally positively received by critics. ''Alive 1997'' peaked at number 25 on the French Albums Chart.

==Background== The album was initially released online as part of the Daft Club service. Early pressings of the Daft Punk album ''Discovery'' contained a card that would allow access to the Daft Club website containing remixes and the live recording. The Daft Club service ended in 2003.<ref>{{cite book |last=Santorelli |first=Dina |year=2014 |title=Daft Punk: A Trip Inside the Pyramid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riz3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1904 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-1783232932}}</ref> The performance at Birmingham's Que Club<ref name="LinerNotes">{{cite AV media notes | title=Alive 1997 | others=Daft Punk | year=2001 | type=liner notes | url=https://img.discogs.com/mpQAcdMyWnvro-hGPqyoMclhgGw=/fit-in/600x305/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-13682-1437900791-1639.jpeg.jpg | publisher=Virgin Records}}</ref> was considered by Daft Punk to be one of their favorite live sets at the time of its release.<ref name="HotPress">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/alive-1997-1544855|title=Alive 1997|first=Fiona|last=Reid|website=Hotpress.com|access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref>

The live performance contains elements of what would later become the track "Short Circuit" featured in ''Discovery''.<ref name="Medium">{{cite web|title=Daft Punk Confirmed to Play Glastonbury... in 1997|last=Cardew|first=Ben|url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/when-daft-punk-played-glastonbury-20-years-ago-eb17741b2ace|work=Cuepoint|date=21 October 2016 |publisher=Medium|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=September 2022|certain=y}}

''Alive 1997'' contains the 45-minute excerpt as a continuous track. The physical releases contain no tracklisting. The CD and vinyl packaging included a set of Daft Punk stickers. The layout for the album was done by Åbäke, and the photography by Serge Paulet.<ref name="LinerNotes"/> In 2022, the album was reissued for the 25th anniversary of ''Homework''.<ref name="25thAnniversary">{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=22 February 2022|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/|access-date=22 February 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> <!--ATTENTION EDITORS: The album is meant to be continuous (it has only one, 45 minute track) and does not have a proper tracklisting.-->

==Critical reception== Reception to ''Alive 1997'' was generally positive upon release. John Bush of AllMusic noted how "radically different" the live versions of Daft Punk's tracks are compared to the originals, and that the release accurately captured the energy of the stage show.<ref name="AllMusic"/> Fiona Reid of ''Hot Press'' felt that the audible audience enhanced the record, making it reminiscent to sound effects heard in ''Homework''.<ref name="HotPress"/> An ''NME'' review called ''Alive 1997'' "an immaculately executed product", expressing that it was preferred over the "sleek sophistication" of ''Discovery''.<ref name="NME"/> Sputnikmusic also felt that it was superior to the duo's later live album ''Alive 2007'', in particular highlighting the singular continuous flow of the 1997 performance.<ref name="Sputnik"/> ''Q'' called ''Alive 1997'' "45 minutes of breathless electronic excitement"<ref name="Q Review"/> while ''Uncut'' wrote that it "has a shrill rawness that vividly captures a night of sweat-stained gymnastics".<ref name="Uncut"/>

==Personnel== Adapted from the ''Alive 1997'' liner notes.<ref name="LinerNotes"/>

* Daft Punk&nbsp;– production, writing * Serge Paulet&nbsp;– photography * Åbäke&nbsp;– layout * Janvier&nbsp;– photo retouching

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Alive 1997'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|France|25|artist=Daft Punk|album=Alive 1997|rowheader=true|access-date=5 March 2021}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Wallonia|157|artist=Daft Punk|album=Alive 1997|rowheader=true|access-date=5 March 2021}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Flanders|97|artist=Daft Punk|album=Alive 1997|rowheader=true|access-date=15 May 2022}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|29|date=20220513|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2022}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|20|date=20220513|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2022}} |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs release|name=Alive 1997|id=311278}}

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