Daft Punk to Release Greatest Hits Album

After the failure of 2005's Human After All, an album I labeled one of the most disappointing of the year, Daft Punk will be releasing Musique 1: 1993-2005, a greatest hits compilation, which will include hits from their last three albums, as well as bonus remixes and, in a special edition package, a DVD featuring all of the videos, plus a couple never-before-seen ones.

On a personal note, I absolutely despise best-of comps that get put out after an artist's first two-or-three albums. It is such an obvious marketing ploy, designed to squeeze as much money as they can out of the consumer. Up until now, the main offenders have been people like Hilary Duff and Aaron Carter, people who don't even deserve to be called musicians. But Daft Punk?! C'mon!! I thought you guys had some class. I know Human After All was a misstep, but that doesn't mean you have to rush-release a best-of and then call it a day. That's not the Daft Punk I know.

The only reason I would be interested in buying this is for the bonus remixes and DVD, and I already have most of their videos, thanks to the Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze retrospective DVDs. As for the songs that made it onto this "greatest hits," it's got the obvious entries ("Da Funk," "One More Time," and "Robot Rock") but where are "Aerodynamic" and "Digital Love," two of my favorite songs off their second album, Discovery? They were singles, they had videos...what the f*ck?