Daft Punk New Album 2013, Read Track by Track Reviews for "Random Access Memories" Here

Daft Punk's long awaited new album, Random Access Memories is almost out.  

But for those of us who have to wait a few more weeks to hear the whole record on May 21st, The Sun U.K. has given us an exclusive track by track breakdown from an early listening party.  

1. "Give Life Back To Music" - Sets out RAM's stall early. Funk guitars give way to a power-rock solo. "Let the music in tonight, let the music of your life, give lifeback to music" sings out.

2. "The Game Of Love" - Soft-rock love song with a vocoder vocal. Would make great end credits music for a film but it's not the best track on the album

3. "Giorgio By Moroder" - Die hard dance music fans will love this 9 minute opus. Giorgio Moroder, who brought synthesizer sounds into the mainstream, talks through how he started out before huge synths kick in and the track builds with slap bass, jazz piano and massive crashing drums. Starts off gently, ends sounding like the duo's early material.

4. "Within" ft Chilly Gonzalez - A very 70s almost Lionel Ritchie-style piano 'ballad'. Cymbals chime away and vocoder vocals contain lyrics about 'looking for someone'. As heart-breaking as the robots have ever sounded.

5. "Instant Crush" ft Julian Casablancas - The Strokes go disco. Instantly sounds like the funkiest songs from Julian's band with a chugging new-wave guitar backing everything. Julian's voice is made more high-pitched by vocoder as he sings lovelorn lines like 'Never be alone again/ Never really know where to go'. One of the best and most straight-forward songs on the record, deserves to be a single.

6. "Lose Yourself" ft. Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams - Second single. Similar to Get Lucky but with even more of a disco sound. The whole thing nods at Off The Wall-era Michael Jackson as well as groups like Nile's Chic and Earth, Wind and Fire. Handclaps, funk guitar and Pharrell's smooth vocals combine to make near perfect pop.

7. "Touch" ft. Paul Williams - The midway point and the strangest song on the record. It opens with over a minute of bubbling and distortion and then bursts into Paul Williams', the man behind songs for Bugsy Malone and The Carpenters, cheesy vocals. The lyrics remind you of DP's Discovery track Digital Love. Huge strings appear later and it builds brilliantly over 9 mins.

8. "Get Lucky" - Song of the summer, already.

9. "Beyond" - One of the few tracks without any collaborators but also an album highlight reminiscent of their Discovery song Something About Us. Begins with a minute of strings before it properly kicks in. Includes dreamy lyrics about 'a promise long forgotten' in 'the birthplace of your dreams' and some of the best guitar and drum playing on the album.

10. "Motherboard" - Completely instrumental with more incredible jazz-style drumming and a rare bit of acoustic guitar. Epic and ambitious.

11. "Fragments" - References soft rock and glam as much as house and soul. Todd Edwards' vocals made me think of Womack & Womack's Teardrops (and the cover versions).

12. "Doin It Right" ft. Panda Bear - Vocoder backing vocal throughout saying 'Everybody will be doin it right/Everybody will be dancing tonight', Panda Bear singing implored lines over the top. Minimal production.

13. "Contact" ft. DJ Falcon - A brilliant end to the album. Like Giorgio By Moroder it's the track that references Daft Punk's early work the most. After a spaceman sample there are huge church-like organ sounds and sci-fi synth sounds. Live drums combine with frantic electronic bleeps before the track reaches take-off. Ear-splitting in the best way.