Robopop
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It is an objective fact that they have achieved a level of commercial success not commensurate with their level of artistic ability. Their songs are repetitive, easy to get lodged in the head, but unlike good music, it does not make us want to keep them there.
This is reality. The burden of proof is on others to show that this is not so. Reality does not need to be explained. It simply is.
When you mention repetitive, it's more the style of music they create which is 4 on the floor, hypnotic house music(until recently), plus they have only released four full albums in the past 16 years. I think their first album was unique and innovative, it was meant to be repetitive and minimalist but there were movements like build ups. Their second album was their best IMO with influences from the '70s like disco, funk, soft rock, prog, and even metal, their third album is when they began to falter and their fourth album has been a big hit but is very mediocre and unoriginal when you get past the hype. At least with Discovery(2001) even though there was obvious retro influences they managed to put a then at the time contemporary dance music spin on it. I think Human After All though has been a very big influence on a lot of modern top 40 EDM.