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    Random Access Memories - Daft Punk (Review)

    en-usJune 14, 2023
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    About this Episode

    Ten years after it was released, do we think Daft Punk's Random Access Memories - #295 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums list - is underrated, overrated or just, uh, rated?

    The Record Roulette crew weighs in on that question, the suggestion that this is "live" instrumentation, the challenge of comparing dance music to everything else and whether this is another "Nebraska" situation.

    Leave comments on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook at @rrmusicpod or visit our website at recordroulettepodcast.com.

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    Runtime: 43 minutes

    Music by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay.

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