Album of the Day

Robotic duo Daft Punk released their debut, HOMEWORK, on this day in 1997 in the U.K., and electronic dance music hasn't been the same since. “We made the record at home, very cheaply, very quickly, and spontaneously, trying to do cool stuff,” noted Thomas Bangalter, who with bandmate Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo had been focused on making singles before realizing they had enough strong tracks to fill an album. Among the instant classics here are “Alive,” “Around The World” and “Da Funk” - the latter two both topped Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play chart. Rolling Stone hailed the collection as the greatest EDM album of all time, and you too will give HOMEWORK an A+.