Studio Album · No. 2
Discovery Songwriting Credits by Daft Punk
Produced by Daft Punk
Holds writing credit on 14 of 14 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 14 / 14 documented
Scored across the 14 tracks with documented writers, by whether Daft Punk carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 14 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Bangalter and de Homem-Christo co-wrote every track on Discovery, with two outside contributors making minor appearances. Romanthony (Anthony Moore) co-wrote and co-produced 'Too Long' and sang on 'One More Time'; Todd Edwards co-wrote and co-produced 'Face to Face.' All other 12 tracks belong exclusively to the duo. Sample clearances add further co-composer credits on tracks like 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' (sampling Edwin Birdsong) and 'Digital Love' (sampling George Duke), but the original compositional framework on every track is entirely Bangalter and de Homem-Christo's.
Discovery is the second studio album by Daft Punk, released in March 2001 on Virgin Records and produced entirely by Bangalter and de Homem-Christo. It was a departure from the raw Chicago-house minimalism of Homework toward a maximalist, melodic, and emotionally warm synthesis of 1970s and 1980s disco, funk, and synth-pop that became one of the most influential electronic albums ever made and the primary reference point for the genre of nu-disco and French filter house. The album was conceived in part as the soundtrack to Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, a feature-length animated film directed by Leiji Matsumoto that provided a continuous visual narrative for the album's 14 tracks (played in sequence with no dialogue, only the album as audio), creating one of the most ambitious album-as-film experiences in popular music. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo wrote and produced every track themselves; 'One More Time' (released as the lead single) became one of the best-selling dance singles in history, spending 19 weeks on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart and reaching the top five in the UK and France; 'Digital Love,' 'Harder Better Faster Stronger,' and 'Instant Crush' (later remixed) were among the other standout tracks. Discovery reached number two on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over five million copies worldwide, and its influence on subsequent electronic music, directly audible in the work of Pharrell Williams, The Weeknd, Chromeo, and virtually every producer working in funk-influenced pop production in the 2010s, is among the most traceable in popular music history. The album's influence on subsequent electronic music, directly audible in the work of Pharrell Williams, The Weeknd, Chromeo, and virtually every producer working in funk-influenced pop production in the 2010s, is among the most traceable of any electronic record in popular music history, and Interstella 5555 remains the gold standard for album-length visual narrative accompaniment.