When Daft Punk made their loyal following of dance obsessives wait four years after the brilliant Homework, at least that long layover paid off with the even better Discovery. Well, it's been another four excruciating years waiting for the inevitable Daft Punk masterpiece and what has arrived after all this time, feels like a cruel joke. Cruel in the sense that Human After All couldn't be a more apt title for this paint-by-numbers album. For a group that seemed to be so steeped in innovation after their last two releases, Human After All seems to be nothing more than a band searching for answers and coming up with absolute zilch.

Ok, maybe that statement is a tad harsh. There are a few moments that shine on Human After All. The beats and guitars on "Robot Rock" and the title track are pretty good. And the way "Steam Machine's" lyrics are whispered to sound like… well… a steam machine, is quite fascinating and probably the best track here.

Still, to be brutally honest, this album just doesn't have the goods to come anywhere near their two other works. "The Brainwasher's" intro is an obvious take-off of the beginning to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man," but, at best, this is just tedious instead of intriguing. "Technologic" is nothing more than a much weaker "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" off of Discovery, and "Emotion" is full of anything but. Only ten tracks are to be found here, and one of them ("On/Off") is just a 19 second blurb of noise. If you're like me and feel like you didn't get your money's worth with Human After All, do yourself a favor if you haven't already and track down the new and far superior LCD Soundsystem album. When you listen to the first track, "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House," you can be certain that those guys weren't referring to this new record.