Homework is the debut studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It was released on 17 January 1997 by Virgin Records and Soma Quality Recordings. By February 2001, the album had sold more than two million copies worldwide and received several gold and platinum certifications. The album features singles that had significant impact in French house and global dance music scenes.
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Homework is the debut studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It was released on 17 January 1997 by Virgin Records and Soma Quality Recordings. Homework charted in 14 different countries, peaking at number 3 on the French Albums Chart, number 150 on the United States Billboard 200 and at number 8 on the UK Albums chart. By February 2001, the album had sold more than two million copies worldwide and received several gold and platinum certifications. The album features singles that had significant impact in French house and global dance music scenes, including the U.S. Billboard Hot DanceClub Play number-one singles ‘Da Funk’ and ‘Around the World’ Janet Jackson sampled the track ‘Daftire’ on her song ‘So Much Betta’, which was included in her tenth album, Discipline, in 2008. The performance took place at the first I Love Techno, an event co-produced by Fuse and Fuse, in Ghent, Belgium; it served as the introduction to DaFT Punk’s live shows. The duo produced the tracks included in Homework without a plan to release an album. They considered the material good enough for an album, and set the order of the tracks to cover the four sides of a two-disc vinyl LP. The name ‘Homework’ relates to the fact that they made the record at home, very cheaply, and spontaneously, trying to do cool stuff very quickly, and very very quickly.
It is also the name of a song on Fuse’s 10th album, ‘So much Betta,’ which was recorded in her studio in November 1995 and released on November 10, 1995. The song was recorded at the same time as ‘So Betta’ and was released as a live performance at the I Lovetechno, Ghent event. The track was recorded during the same week as ‘Around The World’ was recorded. The title of the song is a reference to the song ‘Dftire’, which is a track from the album ‘So Many Betta, which was also recorded in the same month. The band’s second single, ‘Rollin’ & Scratchin”, was released later that year under the Soma label. The single was re-released with the B-side ‘Musique’ in 1996, a year before releasing Homework. In 1996, the duo’s singles led to a bidding war among record labels, resulting in their signing to Virgin Records in 1996. Although Virgin Records holds exclusive distribution rights over Daftpunk’s material, the Duo still owns their master recordings through their Daft Trax label. In 1998, Daft punk released their second single ‘The New Wave’ on the label Soma. In 1999, they released their third single ‘Rolling & Sc scratchin’ on Soma’s label, the label ‘Soma Quality’
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