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I thought RAM was already on the downturn. They peaked with Discovery and Alive 2007 in my opinion.

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RAM felt producer nostalgia based, legend namedropping and such. The daft spirit was gone to me.

I mean, it’s basically the album version of “Teachers” off Homework :P

Alive 2007 is my absolute favourite. I often think that 2007 remixes are better then the originals.

I remember my mind was blown when i first heard #3 Television rules nation / Crescendolls, when it transition back to Television with a drop... absolute masterpiece of electro music

I always felt RAM wasn't so much a downturn, just too different from their past work (which was the reason I liked them so much).

I suspect the reason is the duo simply wanting to do different things. After all, they've been Daft Punk for almost 3 decades.

Human After All was already on the downturn.

To me RAM sounds like an Air album, not a Daft Punk album. I don't consider that a bad thing though.

I thought I was the only person who thought this. Greetings thought sibling. Also not a bad thing, I like Air just fine but I expect an Air album from them, not Daft Punk.

The Tron soundtrack on the same order as Discovery and Alive 2007. Felt much more like Daft Punk than RAM, IMHO.

Everyone has their own opinion on the content, but RAM won the most prestigious Grammy Award. From a recognition perspective there's not really anywhere to go but down.

Grammys are a joke. In 2014 Macklemore’s album “The Heist” beat out Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid Maad City” for best hip hop album.

Please, it hurts to think about.

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