Alive 1997
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Alive 1997
- Artist: Daft Punk
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- Release Date: November 06, 2001
- Total Time: 45:31
- Type: Live
- Genre: Electronica
Review
Alive 1997 reveals the French duo Daft Punk as one of the brightest entertainers in the occasionally stale world of album-based electronic dance. True, techno and house DJs can light up a crowd like few others, but the increasing artist slant of electronica often results in push-button programming and straight-from-DAT live performances, with most of the heavy lifting relegated to the lighting supervisor and effects computers. This brief glimpse at Daft Punk's live show circa 1997 (their major breakout year) is a tour de force of high-energy theatrics and flair. Aside from the pair of "WDPK" interludes, Alive 1997 includes only three tracks, but they're so radically different from their album versions that they're only barely familiar. The duo's biggest hit so far, "Da Funk," is stretched out to 16 minutes with a start-and-stop improvisation section that brings the crowd to a peak, while "Rollin' & Scratchin'" never looks back after breaking right on through the red-line. An energizing document, Alive 1997 is one of the few live records to approximate the excitement of the original live show. ~ John Bush, Rovi| Alive 1 Vinyl (Album by Kevin Aviance) | |
| Alive 2 Vasquez Mixes (Album by Kevin Aviance) |
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Alive 1997
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| Live album by Daft Punk | ||||
| Released | October 1, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | November 8, 1997 Que Club, Birmingham |
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| Genre | House | |||
| Length | 45:30 | |||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||
| Producer | Daft Punk | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
Alive 1997 is a live album by Daft Punk released in 2001. It contains a 45-minute excerpt of a live performance recorded at Birmingham's Que Club on November 8, 1997.
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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. The Birmingham performance was selected by Daft Punk themselves for release, as they considered it to be their favorite from their Daftendirektour.
Alive 1997 prominently features elements of "Daftendirekt", "Da Funk", "Rollin' & Scratchin'" and "Alive" from their Homework album. The live performance also contains elements of what would later become the track "Short Circuit" featured in Discovery. Alive 1997 contains the 45-minute excerpt in one continuous track on CD. The CD and vinyl packaging included a set of Daft Punk stickers. Layout by Åbäke, Photography by Serge Paulet.
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| French Albums Chart[3] | 25 |
References
- ^ Alive 1997 at Allmusic
- ^ Robert Christgau
- ^ "Daft Punk - Alive 1997". French Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved on May 22, 2012.
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