The stealth campaign to limit the group's exposure has helped make "Random Access Memories" one of the most hotly anticipated releases of 2013.

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Random Access Memories is Daft Punk's first studio album since 2005's Human After All, though the band scored the Tron: Legacy soundtrack in 2010.

BBC: Daft Punk

The Swedish online music site did not release the number of streams for the track which features on the DJs' new album, Random Access Memories.

BBC: Daft Punk

"Random Access Memories" almost became an opus along the lines of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" or Prince's "LoveSexy, " the latter formatted as one long track.

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