{{Infobox album | name = Daft Club | type = remix | artist = Daft Punk | cover = Daftclub.jpg | alt = | released = 1 December 2003 | recorded = | studio = | genre = House | length = 73:15 | label = * Virgin * Labels | prev_title = Alive 1997 | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Human After All | next_year = 2005 }}
'''''Daft Club''''' is the first remix album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 1 December 2003 by Virgin Records. The album features numerous remixes of tracks from their second album, ''Discovery'' (2001), and one from their debut, ''Homework'' (1997).
The album received mixed reviews from critics who often considered the remixes of songs from ''Discovery'' inferior to their original counterparts.
==Background== The name of the album comes from Daft Punk's online music service, which featured remixed songs, a live recording of Daft Punk performing at the Que Club (which would later be released as ''Alive 1997''), and an a cappella and instrumental version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". The service was available for free to people who bought initial pressings of the ''Discovery'' album. Each album included a ''Daft Club'' membership card, which granted access to the Daft Club website. The service originally ended in January 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>
In regards to the album and online music service, Thomas Bangalter stated:
{{cquote|It's great to find a new channel where there is an open access, open door to more, but not more than had to be done before. It's establishing a connection between people that listen to our music and ourselves. There's no limits of time, and it helps people get and listen to this music. A track that could have been done today can be online tomorrow. The other thing is to really express ourselves through the Internet. And the other thing is to really bring some value in the CD itself. Buying the CD should not become a charity thing for the record industry. That's really important, because that's what it became, in a way. People that would buy our CD would say, 'I'm buying the CD because I want to help the artist,' and it's bullshit in a way, to have to think like that. It's a real thing, and it's regretful.<ref name="Yahoo! Music">{{cite web |author=Moayeri |first=Lily |date=12 April 2001 |title=Punk As They Wanna Be |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12053561 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609232158/http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12053561 |archive-date=9 June 2007 |website=Yahoo! Music}}</ref> }}Limited edition copies of the film ''Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem'' featured ''Daft Club'' as a second disc. The track "Something About Us (Love Theme from Interstella 5555)" is omitted from this version. A limited edition of this album was also released in Japan. It includes an extra track and a bonus DVD-Video. The DVD contains a preview of ''Interstella 5555'', interviews in English with Daft Punk, a music video for "Crescendolls" from the film and a video for "Something About Us" that includes a montage of various scenes.
Tracks from ''Discovery'' were remixed in ''Daft Club'' except "Nightvision", "Superheroes", "High Life", "Veridis Quo" and "Short Circuit". In place of these tracks are additional remixes of "Face to Face", "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" and "Aerodynamic", respectively. Also featured is the "Aerodynamic" B-side titled "Aerodynamite", the previously unreleased track "Ouverture" and a remix of the ''Homework'' track "Phoenix".
A vinyl repress of the album was released on 9 September 2022.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=1 November 2025 |title=RSD MRKT - Daft Club |url=https://rsdmrkt.com/upc/190296611865 |website=Record Store Day Marketplace}}</ref> For the 20th anniversary of ''Interstella 5555'', Daft Punk reissued ''Discovery'' with Japanese artwork, stickers, and ''Daft Club'' membership cards. The represses came out in December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ragusa |first=Paolo |date=30 October 2024 |title=Daft Punk's anime film ''Interstella 5555'' coming to theaters for one night only |url=https://consequence.net/2024/10/daft-punk-interstella-5555-anime-visual-album-discovery/ |access-date=30 October 2024 |website=Consequence |language=en}}</ref> The ''Daft Club'' online music service was relaunched retaining access through the membership cards. A store was added featuring various apparel with the ''Daft Club'' logo.
==Critical reception== {{Expand section|date=December 2024}} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r673781}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Blender'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=May 2004 |title=Daft Punk: ''Daft Club'' |url=https://archive.org/details/blender-2004-05-courtney-love-26-c/page/120/mode/2up |magazine=Blender |page=120}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3Score = C−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,588194,00.html |title=Daft Club Review |author=Kristina Feliciano |date=13 February 2004 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |page=72 |accessdate=16 June 2013 |archive-date=26 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426030103/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,588194,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev5 = ''musicOMH'' | rev5Score = (mixed)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040603043242/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/daft-punk.htm musicOMH review]</ref> | rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev6Score = (1.3/10)<ref name="Pitchfork" /> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=CD: Daft Punk, Daft Club |date=2003-11-28 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119032407/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/28/popandrock.shopping4 |archive-date=2023-01-19 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/28/popandrock.shopping4}}</ref> | rev7 = Rockfeedback | rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222831/http://www.rockfeedback.com/review/81/daft-punk-daft-club-virgin/ Rockfeedback review]</ref> }} ''Daft Club'' received mixed reviews. An extremely negative review by ''Pitchfork'' features an artist's illustrated interpretations of how the remixed songs compare to the original versions. The review also stated that the album's contributors "all seem intent upon completely decimating the source material" and that "to listen to Daft Club front-to-back is–and it's pointless to exaggerate here–to watch a loved one be physically dismembered."<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|author=Sylvester|first=Nick|date=28 January 2004|title=Daft Punk: Daft Club|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2135-daft-club/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319034158/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2135-daft-club/|archive-date=19 March 2009|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Daft Club'' track listing | all_writing = Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, with additional writers noted. | extra_column = Vocals performed by | title1 = Ouverture | length1 = 2:41 | title2 = Aerodynamic | note2 = Daft Punk remix | length2 = 6:11 | title3 = Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger | note3 = The Neptunes remix | writer3 = {{hlist|Edwin Birdsong}} | extra3 = Daft Punk | length3 = 5:11 | title4 = Face to Face | note4 = Cosmo Vitelli remix | writer4 = {{hlist|Todd Imperatrice}} | extra4 = Todd Edwards | length4 = 4:55 | title5 = Phoenix | note5 = Basement Jaxx remix | length5 = 7:52 | title6 = Digital Love | note6 = Boris Dlugosch{{efn|"Dlugosch" is misspelled "Dlugosh" in the album's official artwork.}} remix | writer6 = {{hlist|Carlos Sosa|George Duke}} | extra6 = Daft Punk | length6 = 7:30 | title7 = Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger | note7 = Jess & Crabbe remix | writer7 = {{hlist|Birdsong}} | extra7 = Daft Punk | length7 = 6:00 | title8 = Face to Face | note8 = Demon remix | writer8 = {{hlist|Imperatrice}} | extra8 = Todd Edwards | length8 = 6:59 | title9 = Crescendolls | note9 = Laidback Luke remix | length9 = 5:26 | title10 = Aerodynamic | note10 = Slum Village remix | length10 = 3:37 | title11 = Too Long | note11 = Gonzales version | writer11 = {{hlist|Anthony Moore}} | length11 = 3:13 | title12 = Aerodynamite | length12 = 7:48 | title13 = One More Time | note13 = Romanthony's Unplugged | length13 = 3:40 | title14 = Something About Us | note14 = Love Theme from ''Interstella 5555'' | length14 = 2:12 | total_length = 73:15 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Daft Club'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2003–2004) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|France|130|artist=Daft Punk|album=Daft Club|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 March 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|8|artist=Daft Punk|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 March 2021}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col" | Chart (2021) ! scope="col" | Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Switzerland|69|artist=Daft Punk|album=Daft Club|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 March 2021}} |}
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== References ==
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==External links== *{{Discogs release|name=Daft Club|id=212277}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.daftclub.com Web archive of Daft Club website]
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