Yeah can’t contest the production and recording, had that kind of “Sound City” vibe, on that score it was successful, and commercially it was huge, but to me it wasn’t “Daft Punk” any more, it was more like “Serious Soft Rock”.
It was quite telling for me when my sister in law, who was not previously a fan, thought it was great. She is into soft rock, and does not care much for electronic music at all.
For me DP were all about electro/funk/robot/house, RAM felt like too much of a departure, for me. I can see why they wanted to do it, and no doubt it is a great album, but if I want that particular vibe I’d choose Fleetwood Mac or ELO or even Empire of the Sun first.