# Alive 1997

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Alive 1997
| type         = live
| artist       = [Daft Punk](/source/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](/source/Birmingham), England)
| genre        = [House](/source/House_music)
| length       = 45:33
| label        = [Virgin](/source/Virgin_Records)
| producer     =
* [Thomas Bangalter](/source/Thomas_Bangalter)
* [Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo](/source/Guy-Manuel_de_Homem-Christo)
| prev_title   = [Discovery](/source/Discovery_(Daft_Punk_album))
| prev_year    = 2001
| next_title   = [Daft Club](/source/Daft_Club)
| next_year    = 2003
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r558302}}</ref>
| rev2 = [Robert Christgau](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Q_(magazine))''
| 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](/source/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](/source/Uncut_(magazine))''
| 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](/source/electronic_music) duo [Daft Punk](/source/Daft_Punk), released on 1 October 2001 by [Virgin Records](/source/Virgin_Records). It contains a 45-minute excerpt of a live performance recorded during [Daftendirektour](/source/Daftendirektour) at [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham)'s [Que Club](/source/Que_Club) on 8 November 1997. It was later followed by ''[Alive 2007](/source/Alive_2007)''.

The album was generally positively received by critics. ''Alive 1997'' peaked at number 25 on the [French Albums Chart](/source/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](/source/Discovery_(Daft_Punk_album))'' 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Medium_(website))|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](/source/Abake), 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](/source/Rolling_Stone)|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Critical reception==
Reception to ''Alive 1997'' was generally positive upon release. John Bush of [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/Hot_Press)'' felt that the audible audience enhanced the record, making it reminiscent to sound effects heard in ''Homework''.<ref name="HotPress"/> An ''[NME](/source/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](/source/Alive_2007)'', in particular highlighting the singular continuous flow of the 1997 performance.<ref name="Sputnik"/> ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))'' called ''Alive 1997'' "45 minutes of breathless electronic excitement"<ref name="Q Review"/> while ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))'' 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](/source/Abake)&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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Category:Albums produced by Thomas Bangalter
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