Reviews (page 6 of 8)
I'm saying this as someone who genuinely loves Kraftwerk's Autobahn: c'mon man, you've got to draw the line somewhere.
I used to like a few of these track in the mix back in the day. But to listen to this as an album in 2024 it’s boring and annoying. A poor choice to include on this list.
I don't get this album's low ratings. Is it great? No. Did I need to hear it before I die? Also no. But I've also heard far, far worse on this list. Was just fine to get through some of my work to-do list today. Was great background noise. 3/5
Decent electronic album, I think having vocals really made this easier to get through than some of the other electronic albums from this list. Not really my thing still but I can appreciate how layered the songs were, clearly a lot of work went into each one.
Not for me. I can see how it would be a lot of fun out with friends and drinking at a club. Unfortunately that’s never translated into great music for me. I tried to see if I could focus on various aspects of the record but that didn’t work either. I tried focusing on the music like an instrumental piece but it didn’t get me hooked. Nor did it lyrically. Annoyingly despite it not being something I will listen to again I had some of the songs stuck in my head as they were so simple and repetitive.
Funky
This felt like quite a schlep to be honest. There were certain songs I recognised, or at least samples. I found the repetitiveness of these songs difficult at times, but I understand that's probably a bit part of it. But the repeat of lyrics over and over was grating. Not my bag
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would when it started. It was a bit repetitive but had some cool beats and was good fun. I guess some of the features of the album has been so overused in this kind of music over the years it's harder to appreciate the early stuff but it was cool.
Disco II Disco is why people hate EDM. If the only thing they say is that this album was number 53 on the charts I’m going to need a good reason why it’s on this list.
PROPER BONKERS or LE BONKÉR APPROPRIATÉ
I have absolutely no idea what this album is. It’s probably a 2 if I’m honest - but it really made me want to dance.
Sometimes I'm curious if we're listening to the same record, people-of-the-generator. So many people complaining about this record, but if you think this is bad, wait til you get some of the other ones on this list. It might be shadowed coming off of Soul II Soul's "Club Classics", but this record is a breath of fresh air: some dirty bass, interesting rhythm choices, and do I hear some non-4/4 time signatures? My word. I appear to be alone in this, but I do indeed think this record fucks pretty hard. Also, shoutout to that album cover, an image I don't even think someone trying their hardest to capture the feeling of the late nineties could even dream up. Favorite tracks: "Soft Machine", "Jacques Your Body Makes Me Sweat", "Sometimes"
Apparently when this came out critics called it ahead of its time. I’m not sure I agree. I think the first few songs are very of their time — Eiffel 65’s “Blue” was everywhere, and there were a ton of dance-influenced groups in the US around this time that had a similar sound even though they weren’t techno/house — Blaque, 3LW, Youngstown, O-Town, etc. You also had S Club 7 in the UK. If Darkdancer beat them by a few months, it was just the luck of timing their release. And of course, Daft Punk was already very much in the game. I guess it beat songs like “Call On Me” and groups like Cascada by a few years, but I’m not sure that really makes them innovative. Then you have songs like “Take A Little Time” which sounds like a throwback to the early—mid 90s dance craze (LaBouche, etc.). A lot of this album sounds like it was created by slapping together a bunch of loops in Garageband. It’s fun for about 30 seconds and then it gets annoying, but it still drags on for another 3 minutes. The more techno songs like “Disco II Disco” are just irritating. The worst parts of Daft Punk electronica. But there are a couple enjoyable songs. Track 2, “Music Makes You Lose Control” is surprisingly fun, and the opening track “Dreamin’” and “Take a Little Time” are both good. Overall, I’m not hearing anything worthy of being a “must listen.” While there are some catchy riffs and pieces, it’s mostly just more annoying electronica. An artist like Mika or Gotye is much more deserving of a spot on this list. I’ll give it a 3, but it’s really a 2.5. It’s not as unlistenable as some of the other electronica albums on this list, but I’m not going to listen to it again.
Hard to find any justification for this being included.
Was distracted but it sounded pretty cool
Not very good, I'm afraid. Not sure what this is doing here.
That's not my taste in musik. Boring
All the track are far too long. I know most are between 3 and 5 minutes so not that long but if you only have 20 to 30 seconds of material stretching that out to even 3 minutes is going to be very repetitive very soon.
This is a super fun listen, but I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. Some of the songs are catchy and will be stuck in my head for sure, but others seem amateur in a way that I can't get with.
Up until "Damaged People", this can best be described as an immaculately produced collection of really jolly good electronic dance music. Some of the well-known stuff is truly superb. I enjoyed it right up until the last track.
This is a solid throwback to late-'90s electro-funk with a heavy dose of retro flair. It's got a slick, polished sound that works well as background music—something you might put on while cleaning, working, or hosting people who don’t want anything too intense. There are definitely a few standouts. “Music Makes You Lose Control” is catchy and playful, “Sometimes” has a nice groove, and “Damaged People” adds a little emotion to the mix. “Disco II Disco” also has a fun energy that stands out from the rest. That said, I didn’t find myself wanting to come back to the album or add many of the songs to my regular playlist. It’s good, just not essential.
not worth the effort
Well now we know where Missy Elliot got the “lose control” sample from! This was pretty fun to be honest. Reminds me of Daft Punk from this period. I wonder if they were pals? High 3.
Not for me
Oh boy, another obscure British 90s electronica album. What am I gonna say about this one? I. Don't. Care. About. This. Album. Why is this on the list? I don't know! I'm starting to think that I just don't like electronica music. That might just be the one genre I can't get in to. Nothing about this interests me. The writing's repetitive and doesn't mean much to me. The sound is okay, sure. The production is well done. The last song was at least somewhat interesting with its darker tone and whatnot. This thing also drags. Am I really surprised? Not really. This doesn't need to be on the list. Low 2/5. Also the album cover looks goofy as hell. That's not important I just wanted to say that.
Not for me. Favourite track: Take a Little Time.
I was so primed to hate this as soon as I saw the cover and that it was a French DJ, but you know what, it's a pretty fun 90s version of a disco album that's full of great synth sounds and decent beats. It's dumb and fun, and doesn't really have ambitions beyond that. The vocals are pretty awful though and the samples are extremely annoying, and they just get played over and over and over and over and over. We get it, music makes you lose control - shut the fuck up already! So the songs get extremely grating very quickly making it much harder, sometimes impossible, to just enjoy the synth stuff and electronica production.
Not exactly high art, but not offensive.
Some of these I like but the longer ones definitely get repetitive. Some are definitely a little grating.
Very 80s. Nett gemacht.
Electronic dance from the end of the 20th century. Had forgotten how good this album is.
It's hard not to move along with these addictive disco tracks.
Again, not my immediate taste, but this one had more positivity in it than the SAULT album.
it's not that the songs itself aren't good, it's just im expecting to hear this type of music in a club setting since im evaluating albums as an art form, i couldn't give it higher than a one because i just wouldn't listen to this as an album
Fine, nothing notable.
3-
Good stuff. But how important??
Huh
I feel like even by 1999 this was out of date. Very cheesy and even at 43 minutes this overstayed its welcome.
French
Noot bad but a bit tiresome
Darkdancer is the second studio album by Les Rythmes Digitales, originally released in 1999. My first thought is that this sounds super dated. I mean I feel like it would sound dated even in 1999. A lot of the electronics used here (especially the drums) sound more early 90s/late 80s. Also, as a lot of others said, a lot of it is repetitive. But maybe that's the point. If I was in a club off of molly than this would probably be a banger. Alas, I had to listen to this while working. Decent enough music, it had its moments. I especially dig the more funk-influenced tracks.
This was OK. Its not really my music but there were some good tunes on this. I am not sure ill listen to it again though. Favourite song: Music makes you loose control is a good tume Least favourite: Hypnotise Album artwork: Its a pretty naff album cover
Ok. 2.35
Catchy dance tunes! I like this genre, I liked this album. I liked Sometimes the most. I felt some of the covers / sampled songs didn't stand on their own very well (see What'S That Sound).
Something tells me the writer who included this album heard it on holiday in Ibiza and was totally zooted on ecstasy with the Scooby Doo logo stamped on it. And then years later they heard Missy Elliot’s Lose Control and their fried synapses said I remember this album, it was like when I was on holiday. And then they included this album because they thought it was good. Even though it kinda sucks.
Some sound design from the beginning and end a little tinny, but some songs were recognizable and fun, a smooth 90s esc house album
Absolutely loved this. The energy, the beat, the sound. Cannot fault it. Made me want to go clubbing all over again and hit the dance floor. Uplifting feelgood stuff. Good mixture of acid house hip hop and electronica. Brilliant
Some fun stuff, but overall feels cheesy and vapid, like watching Barney.
the same bad song repeated 12 times
Dreamin’ Not really into electro but there were a few songs I was vibing with and enjoying. Second half of the album is starting to sound repetitive tho.
Some great grooves and catchy tunes.
It's albums like this that make me really love this whole project, because I 100% would have never heard about this otherwise. Not my usual thing at all but I definitely dig it
Even for electronic music this feels too repetitive
Fun album that makes ya wanna shake your booty
Fun, but a bit forgetable. music makes you lose control.
a writing friend turn for the music choice came and i can’t prove that they put this on but it was similar and bou did i not write. could i write poetry to this? n
Is it good? Yes, it's very good. Is it any more essential than other Electro-Pop/Big Beat music of the time (i.e. Chemical Brothers, Justice, Crystal Method, Fat Boy Slim, Daft Punk, etc.)? No, It is not. I'll just throw a dart here and give it...I dunno...three and two-thirds stars.
I got like 30 seconds in and was like nope
I liked this more than I thought I would.
I like beats. I didn’t really like the beats with singing. Songs were a bit long and repetitive. Don’t know if this really deserves to be on here as it didn’t do anything to stand out. Another album that came and went and I will have forgotten about it by tomorrow. 5/10
I like late 90s electronic music but this was just faux French electro imitation, with a lot of repetition in my opinion. It didn't grab me that much, at times it was even slightly annoying.
I would say the producer deserved to be on the list more than this solo album. Turns out he has worked on and produced some of the best pop music in the last ~20 years (Dua Lipa, Rina Sawayama, Jessie Ware) so just for that I won't hate on this album too much. A few really cool songs but many verge on annoyingly repetitive. I like the punchy synths on a few or the spacey closing track. 4/10
I don’t know who this is or how it made the list. Ohhh it’s Jacques Lu Cont, of remixing indie tracks fame. That answers the ‘who’. How it made the list, I still don’t know. It’s trashy and throwaway and occasionally annoying. BUT it’s also good fun a lot of the time, and pretty catchy. Apparently this came out a fortnight after the Basement Jaxx album that cropped up the other day, and they feel kinda similar. That one probably had more cultural impact, but this one maintained my interest more across its runtime. They’re both getting 2.5 stars from me, but I’m inclined to round this one up to a 3.
Liking the bass lines.
When this is all done people will look back at my stats and deduce that I hate 90s dance music. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is my jam, my era, my thing. But the dance music albums of the 90s were, largely, shite. So the tokenism of this list isn’t favourable to the genre. One half decent floor filler with a Skee-Lo sample an album does not make.
Frisky and fun!!!
Elektronisk med et 80’er throwback, måske lidt for repetitivt
Like a 90s gaybar. Some good tracks on it though
Fun vibes, some good beats - not my favorite kind of music but I still liked it.
It started very promising but it got weaker over the time. It still had sone great tunes to dance to!
This is more like it ! I enjoyed this but maybe because it helped keep me going with what I was doing ! 3*
Too hard to find and listen to.
2.
Quite enjoyable and not as terrible as these reviews make out
I must have downloaded Disco to Disco back in the Napster / Winamp days. I distinctly remember the song and the terrible cover art, but none of the other tracks on the album. Mostly forgettable French electro with a hint of nostalgia. God knows how it ended up on a list of 1001 of the best albums of all time.
The album sounds bleak in light of what French electronica was a the time and, the highs it would reach subsequently. Having said that, it closes quite strong and that Sometimes track is a stone cold classic.
I remember when this album came out I was fully hyped up and I wasn't the only one. Les Rythmes Digitales would have an event at Ekko Utrecht, but was cancelled (missed a Theo Maassen show for it, I already had a ticket). Revisiting the album after all those years, I can't say I missed that much. Darkdancer is full of electronic music that was "ahead of its time" then, but now sounds a bit dated.
2.5
HOLY SHIT THAT'S THE FUNNY DANCING TRIANGLE SONG
Mostly just fine. "Sometimes" is a catchy track. But overall a bit generic.
Not my genre of choice, but enjoyable for the most part.
I never want to listen to this again.
Lots of annoying samples were chosen for this project. Music Makes you Lose Control and Hey You What's that Sound are particularly repetitive. There are some spots that I vibe with though.
This was a good album. I hadn't heard of this before, but I did enjoy listening to it.
The first cd is great. Not sure the extended edition was needed though, the remixed versions don't really add anything and sound more monotonous.
Enjoyed le music
i went in expecting to really hate this, but instead i only mildly disliked it 👍🏻
cool
This is pretty bad, barely listenable, and begind it's time
Not for me - vocals were off.
Obwohl ich normalerweise kein Fan von Synthesizern bin, finde ich das Album überraschend gut anzuhören. Es kombiniert Elemente, die erfrischend und dynamisch bleiben, und schafft es sogar, jemanden wie mich zu überzeugen, der sonst eher skeptisch gegenüber Synthesizer-Klängen ist.
Touches of Daft Punk and Troy soundtrack. Chill but interesting.
A dance album that would clear the dance floor. Lame.
Some stuff was okay. I think if the songs were half the length it would have been better. They get a bit too loopy and repetitive when they're 6 minutes long.
repetitiva tanto la letra como el instrumental, el ritmo parece que lo hace al voleo. tarda 40 mil años en que empiece la cancion, no tiene contenido, mismo ritmo todo el rato, previsible y plano
MUSIC MAKE YOU LOSE CONTROL
anstrengend zu hören, tlw. musste ein Lied "geskippt" werden
euh... had Frans of op z'n minst Franglais verwacht... blijkt het een Engelsman te zijn.. die dan ook nog eens enkele gekende deuntjes uit zijn mouw heeft geschud rond de eeuwwisseling... niet slecht... met zoals gezegd, enkele songs die ik kende maar niet wist van wie ze waren... bij dezen dus weer wel... ik ben geen echte electro fan, maar dit mag je altijd op de draaitafel zwieren!
Sounds like a bad 90s film
Hard to rate a dance album unless you’re dancing or working out to it. Some of the beats are great on this one, yeah they’re repetitive but that’s dance music. The funk track is my favorite
I bet if you surveyed everybody who’s at least 300-400 albums deep, and you asked them if there's a genre they feel they themselves could have done a better job picking albums from, I bet 90%+ would say yes. Mine would be dance. WTF. I love dance music but you’d never know it from the way I rate the questionable dance choices from this list.
I don't really listen to this style if music. So I can't say if this is good or bad. But it's not something I will listen to again. To chaotic for my to listen to while working, and not interesting enough for when I'm focusing on music.
Eh, it was fine I guess. Nothing really stood out to me, good or bad. We've also had a recent onslaught of electronica albums so it's possible I have electronica fatigue and/or this was just a weaker album compared to others we've heard recently.
I liked this album a lot!! Stand out tracks for me were "Soft machine" "Hey you (what’s that sound)" and "About funk"
I really liked it, but I didn't think it was a real standout from other dance music.
Dance. Un poco largo.
Almost like a guilty pleasure. Yes, I enjoyed this for exactly what it was.
Music Makes You Lose Control tuttu sample ja kappaleen bassolinja aivan mahtava. Muutenkin paljon tuttuja sampleja. Ranskalaista housea eli vähän samaa maata kuin Daft Punk. Hyvää elektronista rentoa housea. Parhaat: Music Makes You Lose Control, (Hey You) What's That Sound?
Tää kuulostaa kuin fiktiivisen discomuusikon musiikilta: idealta, prototyypeiltä. Kuin jotain puuttuisi, muovinen. Mutta sieluttomaksi en uskalla sanoa. Ja kyllä tähän voisi vähän hytkyä.
Elektroninen artisti, joka tietää, mitä tarkoittaa "koukku". Levy sisältää muutaman mitäänsanomattoman vitsin, mutta kaiken kaikkiaan tämä on hieno yritys.
Endalausar lúppur eins og danstónlistar er von og vísa. Stundum virkar það, en oftar en ekki er það leiðigjarnt. Sumt er allt í lagi (Music makes you lose control), annað er verulega pirrandi (From: Disco to: Disco, Damaged people). Nennti ekki bónusdisknum.
Rating: 10/10
This is pretty decent electro pop. A lot of the sounds didn’t age well. Some of the beats are a lot of fun though. I can imagine getting hyped when some of these tracks come on in the club. Some of the best tracks aren’t on spotify so it may be worth digging them up on youtube.
Overly repetitive, tedious, annoying crap suitable for breaking down and cracking prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
The whole album is just one repetitive sound after the other... I couldn't finish listening to most songs, it was really boring and annoying.
Pretty good
This actually rocks. I can't believe it's one of the lowest rated albums on the entire list. Up there with The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim. Also catching some Daft Punk and Air vibes. Honestly a really good summary of the late 90s European electronica scene. My belief is that if this had a normal album cover and not something that looks like an advertisement for the PS1 Pepsiman game, the score would be about 0.5 points higher.
Digitales Music makes me lose control is cool- sounds like a Stanley Clarke sample The third tune, soft machine is cool . Weird groove and It’s nice to have a real lead vocal in the electronic music instead of a just a sample. Sometimes also has a melody. This guy is a producer now for Dua Lipa including Levitate
I hate this type of music
I just don’t get the reasoning for repeating the same thing over and over again.
Just meh for me, kinda weird.
Would have been super cool if it had all the songs on it, only had like 6 songs the rest were banned by spotify I guess who knows
It really says something when this is the record to represent Europop out of this list. The French have really innovated by finally discovering synthpop nearly 2 decades after everyone else, and trying to make it as commercial and derivative as possible without having to put any creative thought into it. I won't lie, there are a couple tracks I like. And the sound isn't too excessive so it doesn't get too annoying. It's hard not to like some of this when it tries as hard as possible to get stuck in your head without being too loud or over-the-top. Nevertheless, this form of house-synthpop fusion club music is designed solely to get people moving in your Paris nightclubs with appropriate one-line lyrics and repetitive beats and synths. You can dance and socialize without paying attention and yet you haven't missed anything. No attention span? Fear not, this is your jam. Europop was influential for keeping synthpop and house music alive in the pop sphere during this period where music was generally in synth-free directions, up until electropop would bring it back to the public consciousness in the late-2000s, followed by tropical house for 2010s EDMs nerds. People should know about it, especially since I believe it's still alive across much of Europe with the same derivative and commercial mindset to lifelessly suck as much as money out of the industry as possible. When I say derivative, I'm really not kidding. "Music makes you lose control" sounds like the synthpop founders Heaven 17 / Human League. Shannon imitates Madonna's debut in "Take a little time." The "Disco II Disco" almost sounds like a parody of Daft Punk. Finally, "Sometimes" reminds me of some 80s artist I can't put my finger on... Pet Shop Boys? It gets bonus points for being listen able. I was able to groove to a lot of it because it imitates my favorite 80s artists with very clean production, but that doesn't make it good at all. There's nothing new or exciting here, and of course it suffers from the classic 90s CD problem of being an hour long. Favorites: Music makes you lose control, Jacques Your Body Makes Me Soft
Not interesting. Stück in time.
When I said yesterday that whatever crap I was served up (forgotten already) had broken new records of been my first 3 in a row 1 out of 5, I gleefully hoped that this miserable sequence would end. It not only hasn’t but this offering has surpassed the depths my list has recently sunk to. I was up all last night with excruciating toothache but even that was a thankful relief than giving this a listen. The actual music (and I use the term loosely) reminded me of a video game I used to play with my kids. Forgot the name but the one where you race around indefinable circuits throwing bananas and bombs at your opponents featuring a man dressed in overalls who comes to your house to mend things. You know the one? It was played on an early computer where my kids used to also make up short passages of elementary tunes. Despite the fact that these used to get right on my chest hairs they at least were significantly better than those arranged here by Mr Darkdancer. Most interesting thing about this album, and has got me wondering if the time 12:14 on his watch has any significance? May have but will have forgotten about this album in an hour, so who cares? 000000.1/5 2/4/24
Great sounds. Reminds of Chicago house music. To the person who wrote about their friend Keith (rest in peace), thank you for sharing. Shit was beautiful.
It is alright. A little repetitive for my liking but not bad.
I don't really know electronic music too well, but this has been rendered fairly obsolete by modern computers. Perhaps it inspired some later indie French/German electronic music I listened too, but generally nothing too deep or interesting is explored here. I thought perhaps "From Disco to Disco" and "Sometimes" stood out a little on first listen. Other tracks just fall back on tired chord progressions, or directly uplift samples and lyrics - probably why this can't be found anywhere online, because it's largely plagiarised? Anyway - not an essential album, though fine to listen to.
its not a musical album, its like a sample album filled with repetitive shit NNN
Okay, so it’s dance music. If in the world of dance music you consider Michael Jackson a perfect 100, then this would come in somewhere in the 20s. It’s kinda repetitive and not all that inspiring
This sucked. Surely there are better examples than this album in this genre. In fact, I know there are, but the question remains why is this in this list at all?
Not really my thing but good background music. Favorite Track: About funk
I think you need to be around 1999 to understand the hype of this album.
I don't listen to this type of music, but based off of the reviews I thought that this would be unlistenable to me. Turns out this album is a fun little EDM/dance album. There are a couple stinkers, but overall this was a fine album.
This should have been a 15 minute sample CD handed out after shows.
90s club music. Not something i would listen to randomly but good beats and catchy hooks and lyrics. 3.5
Even for dance club music, this was pretty repetitive.
1-2
Decent early EDM.
"Darkdancer" by Les Rythmes Digitales is an album that aims to blend electronic dance music with retro influences, but ultimately falls short of its ambitions. Released in 1999, the album features a mix of house, disco, and electro-pop sounds, drawing inspiration from 70s and 80s music. While the album has its moments, such as the catchy singles "Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)" and "Music Makes You Lose Control," it often feels derivative and lacking in originality. The production is slick, but many of the tracks lack depth and fail to leave a lasting impression. Overall, "Darkdancer" is a decent attempt at blending retro and contemporary sounds, but it ultimately feels like a missed opportunity. The album lacks the innovation and creativity needed to truly stand out in the electronic music landscape.
Who gave this cunt a drum machine?
Non, s'il vous plaît, et merci.
Some good tracks on ‘Darkdancer’ such as, ‘(Hey You) What’s That Sound’ (check out the music-video for a good time), ‘Music Makes You Lose Control’, and ‘Take A Little Time’ amongst others. Also nice of Shannon and Nick Kershaw to swing by from the 80s and lend their vocals to the project. Speaking of which, I’m a fan of the whole 80s homage and aesthetic that’s happening here. I’m not so much a fan of the faux French thing though. It drags the album down and dates/ages it more than I hoped it would. Still, it’s a mostly fun time overall.
There are sooooooo many electronic / techno albums that are well known that are not on this list. then there is this… 2.5/5.
Frustrating how many times (in the first 50 albums alone!) I feel like the editor was trapped in his own bubble, foisting UK artists up as more impactful or significant than they really were. Opener "Dreamin'" feels woefully behind its time; before the vocals start, it sounds like a Sonic The Hedgehog soundtrack entry unearthed nearly a decade after the game was released. Thankfully it gets brighter from there - easy to see a line ahead to Justice's emergence in 2006-07 on "Soft Machine," and "Music Makes You Lose Control" got to Hot Streak's source six years ahead of Missy Elliot. I think the vocal performances and samples are so earnest they feel dated, as if they could sit alongside La Bouche or Corona, but thinking back, I remember thinking the same about Romanthony's turns on Daft Punk's Discovery. Still, hearing a vocal positively dripping with vibrato warbling "the fullness of a great love are bells and wedding rings," fully three years after the Spice Girls dropped "Wannabe," makes "Take A Little Time" sound about as fresh as hair metal after Nevermind dropped. You can hear Fatboy Slim in the air as "Brothers" was put together. Overall it feels really uneven, less "omnivorous" than just herking and jerking between disparate influences that are not well blended.
Idk what that was supposed to be and why it’s on the list
Epitome of a 3
Good beats, excellent production. The band seems to have a strong attitude but also a humor which I like. Soft Machine and Damaged People are standouts. And Nik Kershaw!
3 everyone was hating on this but it was alright. Yes the lyrics were repetitive but at least there was variation in the music
I have been on a run of albums I really have not rated (two-plus weeks of albums averaging low 2 stars, with only a couple of 3s in there). When this popped up I thought "oh for fuck's sake, more shit!" I've never been an EDM / house / techno fan, to the point that I don't even know if this is one of those genres, but it's what I imagine they are. And in a shocking twist, I actually quite enjoyed it! Yes, it's repetitive, and I don't really think it belongs on the list, but the hooks are pretty good, and the sound quality and production is crisp as anything. I genuinely may revisit this, and I really did not expect that this morning.
A lot of good songs on it. But there were a couple I had to skip.
Fun but I’m not really into this scene
Wouldn’t seek it out but don’t hate it. Some of it’s kinda fun and other songs were way just boring
I feel like I'm on the loading screen for an online poker game at the very start of Dreamin' before the vocals hit. I got bored and changed the playback to 1.5x for a bit and it was interesting. I think this almost works better at 1.25x. Maybe 1.15..., 2.0 is too fast. From Disco To Disco feels like a gag. I can't help but picture the twin brothers in Baskets opening for this guy. This should not be on the list. I swear if you give this a 5....
Trying to be fair as this is not something I would usually listen to. The production is crisp. It's Danceable. I'm really trying to find something else to say, but none of the tracks are clicking for me. I think Basment Jaxx were a little more interesting with this kind of sound around this time, but it's been a while.
This one set for a long time urated here. Before going back for another streak with the generator, I've decided to clean my unrated list. I don't know why I didn't listen to this album for so long. The terrible cover has to be a reason, I guess. To be honest it's not bad.the production on most tracks is actually very nice. He knows his way. My problem here is the sample choices and treatment. It's unfortunately quit generic and a bit lazy. It's a hard thing to pull off but not worth it. I've heard many albums that make this sound much better. So, it's a 2.3 I think it's fair.
This is a solid 1 star, just because this thing doesn't allow anything less. Get it out of here. Never again.
I would have given this 2 stars, since I didn't hate it, just didn't like it, but I actually did hate the 'For What It's Worth' pseudo-cover.
California gurls
me gustó bastante de a ratos, aunque salvo la última ninguna canción me pareció fuera de lo normal del género
Meh
The repetitive and obnoxious vocals on this album completely ruin it. There are brief moments where the electropop sounds great, but those moments are completely overshadowed by someone repeating a line like “Lucifer rising in my head” multiple times. There were also at least a few times the sound of this album reminded me of the Ghostbusters song, which isn't exactly a good thing. The only decent track was Mdc vendredi.
I read the summary of the artist on Spotify and got nervous when it said the lead singer was inspired by Kraftwerk. Ended up liking it more than expected, found myself dancing/bopping along while listening. Still not my favorite but 2.5 rounded up to 3.
Most of this was unlistenable. Hated the vocals. It seems like an album any semi-talented DJ yahoo could’ve made. A couple of OK things (e.g., Damaged People), would give it 1.5, but a 2 vote I can’t do because I don’t want to help the Global Stats for the album.
I haven’t heard of Les Rhythmes Digitales before. At a glance, this album cover looks like a Pepsi advert. I think he’s cracking open a can, and even his hair and clothing are the Pepsi colours. Bit odd. I’m really not sure what to expect from this. Let’s listen! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: (Hey You) What’s That Sound, Brothers Thankfully, the music isn’t about Pepsi as far as I can tell. This is pretty fun electronica, and it definitely feels very 90’s. The music isn’t exactly deep, but it’s catchy enough to keep my attention. I’m truly bewildered how this album is considered an essential listen though. It’s not bad by any means, but it really doesn’t feel amazing. Perhaps a lot of later electronica wouldn’t have existed if this didn’t lay some groundwork? I really don’t know.
This was a meme of outdated electronic music. The vocals are horribly bad and repetitive nonsense. Was a fun listen on a long car ride.
Gøy med litt sånne album inni mellom alle dei kjedelige
It was fine. Nothing blew me away
The grooves on this album are surprisingly good but it is still an era of techno that I have little interest in
Expected better from this one honestly, kinda stale and aged poorly. A couple of tracks are ok, most of them don’t really stick. The Wish.com of Daft Punk
2-3 Has some good bangers, but alot of crap.
Ok so I was like “who tf is this guy I should know him” and it turns out yeah I do but not for this project. He has some really good stuff later on as the Thin White Duke (Four To The Floor Remix) and then as Jacques Lu Cont (remixed tons of pop songs). And he produced Madonna’s best album imo. So this guy has chops, no doubt about it. BUT, I consider myself someone who has his ear to the ground for all things dance music from the mid-90’s onward, and I cannot in good faith figure out why this record is on here, and Daft Punks Discovery is not (and a whole list of other edm records tbh). Discovery is one of the most influential, perfect dance records, and this one from just a few years earlier…is kinda not even noteable? This album has not held its own in the past two decades, nobody talks about this album. In fact, this album is a spineless nothing-burger in the context of this list and in the context of its respective genre. This album can’t make up its mind if it wants to be something for your headphones or something for the dance floor. It uses a lot of dated sounds even for its time of release. The grooves and loops are sometimes grading on the ears. What are we doing here? This album feels like such a disconnected music nerd’s token pick of what they think good electronic music maybe could sound like. Do yourself a favor - instead of listening to this album, listen to Chicane’s “Far From The Maddening Crowds”. It came out at a similar time and actually commits to its melodies and ideas. It scratches the same itch that this album SHOULD be scratching. It is actually danceable AND more sonically layered. I’m so mad this took up a spot on the list.
Over all a well produced album. The genre is not for me. I have a problem with extremly repetitive loops. I won't be listening again for that reason. 2/5
Techno. That hive of scum and villainy that was a bastard child of disco and 80's electronica. I liked it!
Why do none of the songs go anywhere? I thought this guy had some half decent big beat stuff but I guess I was thinking of someone else. Far better records with this kind of vibe, Todd Terje's It's Album Time! For one. 3 songs in and I'm ready to rate. Nothing has changed with the rest of the album. I recognise the hey you what's that sound sample obviously from Buffalo Springfield via Skee-Lo, and this version was on a Gatecrasher album remixed by someone else, so I can't even give credit for half liking that. Oh god ok yeah I do remember Jacques Your Body. It's shite. Total background nothing music.
This was not my thing. Tried to listen through but the 90s house scene just didn’t do it for me.
Problem with early nu-disco (like early DP) is that some of the sound and instruments are great, but the songs are bland, repetitive, and annoying (see Disco II Disco). A couple standouts (Music makes, Hey you, Jacques)
Not my cuppa tea. It did get my arse shakin' though, I'll give it that.
Not too bad, but it makes me nervous
Sure
It was so close to being similar to music I like, but not quite there.
Interesting.
Did not like this one
Weer een act waar ik nooit van gehoord had. Nummers kwamen me ook niet bekend voor, op een paar samples na. ‘From: Disco To: Disco’ werkt op mijn zenuwen maar verder verrassend leuk album!
<2
Nice surprise, that one!
Good album, but not really for me.
Forgettable and repetitive french edm - no thanks.
It was pretty good for a dance album.
Day27 - this should be on the albums no one should ever listen to list
There was one track which had a repetitive tone which sounded to me like somebody begging "Why?". I found myself agreeing with them.
If this album were a cup of tea I would tell people “it’s not mine.”
Absolutely not my style.
Four stars seems like a lot, but three is definitely not enough. Mark this one as a 3.9 for me.
It's not like there were a huge amount of album-length statements about this kind of Eurotrashy, late 90s dance music that I happen to really like so I'll take it. I wrote about it more elsewhere but I think this is way more noteworthy as an introduction to Stuart Price's excellent pop production work, probably best exemplified by Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor.
This sounds way older than 1999. I would have guessed 1985-1988ish. Very euro electro sound. Annoying at times. I heard it - couldn't finish it, don't want to hear it again.
Disco II Disco is either the best or most annoying song I've ever heard and I think it's closer to the former
Oooh the opening two tracks — “Dreamin’” and “Music Makes You Lose Control” — are awesome. Really infectious fun! I love how it unpretentious this album is. Lots of cheesy 80s pop influence and great dance beats. Some of it gets a little goofy too and I mean that as a good thing. I would love to be on a dance floor and laugh at some zany synth effect or crazy vocal sample. It’s all part of the fun. With only a few exceptions, this album is a dance party waiting to happen.
Wow I love this album cover, it somehow makes me feel nostalgic for this art style but also interestingly I don't know if this is specifically a style that is reminiscent of the 1990's. This came out in 99, so maybe I'm nostalgic for both the late 90s and early 2000's. I'm trying to decipher really what's going on in the image though, it looks like in the lower right there's some kind of music gear (like the knob with notches and greenish background on the right) that is split by him. Is he painting that cityscape behind him and cracking a fresh spray paint? Is it a soda? It kind of looks like a Pepsi right? The music is cool. The tones are in that fun space of not being dated but also specifically pulling for a nostalgic sound. It's kind of daft-punky to me at times. I love these funny lines like "music makes you lose control". I feel like this was something that was done in the 80's, like telling people to move on the dance floor. To me it's very dated but I think it's a constant lyrical theme that will be in music forever. It's definitely not popular at the moment though because it's not cool and it's not deep but I'd love to hear some indie rocker sad boy album where all the songs are about society and capitalism and then right in the middle of the album you hear something like "music makes you lose control". Despite the low play counts, I enjoyed this album!
Groovy dance music from top to bottom. A British guy, not a French guy. Works under many nom de plumes including the Thin White Duke (not David Bowie)
Nice album for that time
The album cover is the dude from LazyTown, yes? This is pretty banging actually. Never heard of the band but this is the sort of thing I’m here for: stuff I absolutely wouldn’t usually listen to. Lovely. More of the different please.
You can tell exactly what this album sounds like by its cover
Pass
Not bad - not great - not necessary to listen to.
Not for me.
Pretty fun
10/10 would dance to again
Great music to clean to.
This was a bop from top to bottom!
Blah
Mäßiger bis schlechter Synth-Pop
Extraño el internet de antes.
At first I did not know who this guy was or why he was here, but the second song answered all my questions. I am not a total fan of the album, but there are several songs in it that are a total vibe. Expected Marc rating: 3
No és el tipus de música que m'agrada per res i m'ha semblat súper bo. Molt fàcil d'escoltar, interessant, i mantenint més o menys la qualitat tota l'estona Expected Lorenzo rating 4
The beats are cool for some of the songs, but it sounds super repetitive in the vocals with no significant change throughout each song.
Hadn't heard of this one, but recognized a couple of songs on it when they came on. Surprised by how much I enjoyed this - about two thirds of the songs got me moving in my seat a bit, only a couple of duds. It seems to have been pretty influential as well, as the guy went on to produce for some big names. 7/10
Not bad at all.
Not really my thing. But not unpleasant. Nice that Nik Kershaw is involved.
Better than I expected. I enjoyed the more 80’s sounding songs. Some songs were really obnoxious with the random sounds.
I don’t like it. Electronic video game music
Unlistenable
Just no.
Fucking terrible
First listen, I wasn't impressed.... after a while I really started liking it. Standouts: (Hey, You) What's That Sound?, Music Makes You Lose Control, Dreamin', From Disco to Disco, Sometimes, Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat). 4/5
I liked this. Good energy and rhythms. A little repetitive but appropriate for synth-pop.
Anstrengend, wenn man es ohne Drogen und Tanzfläche hören muss.
It sounds just as it looks
Too funky
BLECK!!!
Boring and repetitive. Too many substances were involved in the production of this crap.
Looks interesting - an electronic album from 1999. Like it’s vibe right away, any electronic album is a positive to me haha. Music makes you lose control is one I recognised. Generally enjoying this one and will add it to my library. 4.
Great if you like Daft Punk but think it’s too good. 2.4
No more disco please
Catchy as hell, I've bookmarked some songs from this
Brader
Faktisk overraskende fed, var nogle gode tracks på! Ikke så fan af det der Disclosure sig samme sætning 1000 gange, men også mere stille og rolige ting
We're all sacks of meat with Electricity in it. Dance, meat sack.
Dreamin' - 3 Music Makes You Lose Control - 3 Soft Machine - 2 Hypnotise - 2 (Hey You) - 2 About Funk - 2 Sometimes - 4 Damaged People - 3
Dreamin' - 2 Music makez you lose control - 2 Soft machine- 4 Hypnotize - 2 Hey what's that sound? - 4 Take a little time - 3 Disco II disco - 3 Brothers - 3 Mdc - 3 Jacques - 3 About funk - 4 Sometimes - 5 Damaged people- 4 3.25 - lots of highs and lows in this album but it had some gems that are definitely going into my regular rotation
05/16/24 S Tier—————————5 Sometimes A Tier—————————4 Dreamin’ B Tier—————————3 Take a Little Time Soft Machine Brothers Jacques Your Body Makes Me Sweat C Tier—————————2 Hey You What’s That Sound? Hypnotise mdc vendredi About Fun Damaged People Music Makes You Lose Control Disco II Disco D Tier—————————1
Darkdancer by Les Rhythms Digitales Thursday 5/16/2024 9:48, office S Tier————————— Soft Machine A Tier————————— Dreamin Hypnotize Take a little time B Tier————————— Jacques your body makes me sweat Damaged People Sometimes C Tier————————— Music Makes You Lose Control Disco II disco Hey You What’s That Sound Mdc vendredi Brothers About the Funk
3.25
Uhhh... yeah why did this need to be here. Nothing special. Now looking up the guy who is behind it, he's a very active producer with a ton of artists I really like (scissor sisters, jessie ware, rina sawayama to name a few) and very active to this day but probably that's where he should stay.
The format of this project, where you try to listen to and form an opinion about a whole album, just doesn't work for most EDM. I'm sure this music would work perfectly fine when played at a party or something.
This album was so bad my cats left the room.
Not too impressed - a bit poppy, a bit Daft-Punky but the results sound like they should be in the 80's. Shame really. I had high hopes.
I should know what my rate will be even before I start it, and I also don't need to wait 1 hour to know that it will be 1 star. It's not the most generic electronic album that I have here, but still boring.
I mean, it's not the worst album I've had. It's passable, but I wouldn't come back again. This genre of music is not for me, and I'll be honest I would have a hard time recommending it to anyone. Some the lyrical stuff was alright though. Sometimes stood out among the sea of meh.
It was ok, but there was a lot better electronic music going on around the same time. I’d rather listen to that.
This album doesn’t belong anywhere close to any top 1000 list of anything
Goofy but good songs
Gøy med litt sånne album inni mellom alle dei kjedelige
Hot traaash
4!
No es terrible, podría escuchar algún que otro tema por separado, el álbum de corrido no lo volvería a escuchar, en parte es repetitivo y tampoco soy fan de la música electrónica de por si
Wait this is super fun actually!!! Repetitive but not quite annoying, great background music -- better than a lot of electronic stuff I hear now-adays Some tracks better than others, Music Makes You Lose Control is a fav so far, wondering why a lot of them are not available on Spotify though Sometimes is fun too not my usual genre but I can definitely enjoy!
I didn't know this album existed but somehow recognize every song.
Una sorpresa. M'esperava trobar un d'aquests discos dance infumables que formen part d'aquesta estimada llista i descobreixo un treball variat, entretingut, alegre, que sona més 80s que els propis 80s. Amb una mica de temps i més escoltes fins i tot segurament pujaria la puntuació
Very cool, very dancable
When they finally release GTA 6 this will be the music I'll drive around town to.
Fine, but not my thing.
First thought was, did Brandon Fraser ever make music? 🤔 These are quite nice jams, reminds me of a more chill Chemical Brothers a bit. But it’s too much of the same going on. 6 out of 10
This just tickled something inside my brain
This album is fine, but sort of all over the place. A few individual tracks are more notable than the album all together. Weird to learn that it's not actually a French group but just one English guy. I think I'm a fan of the style but would actually prefer not to listen to this again.
Fun to listen to on a surface level, but very repetitive and completely lacking depth. Is it even art? Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: Sometimes Date listened: 28/11/23
No estaban muchos tracks en Spotify. Lo que escuche me gustaron. 3
the repetition is making me hate my life not only is it all repetetive why is it all 5+ minute slong thank god this album is missing half of the songs on spotify so i cant listen to it all and no i will not be searching it out elsewhere
This was pretty dumb and silly, but at least entertaining in a corny way. Amazing how rapidly dated the breakbeat sounds of the 90s became in such a short time frame, hearing the Amen break looped repeatedly as the rhythm track feels like the musical equivalent of discovering a fossil.
Enjoyed it somewhat. Reminded me of 90s N64 games.
Ik heb het tot track 7 geschopt, dat vind ik al aardig ver. Wat een drama.
Nu ne pārāk. :D Man vibe bija tāds, ka jāpaņem narkotikas un tad var tresīt. :D
I don't think i knew the original version of Music makes you lose control, it's really cool, loved the bass in it 🥰🥰🥰🎶🎶🎶🥰🥰🥰🎶🎶🎶🥰🥰🥰🎶🎶🎶🥰🥰🥰🎶🎶🎶🥰🥰🥰🎶🎶🎶🥰🥰🥰🎶🎶🎶🥰🥰🥰 listened to this album multiple times
too long but fun
Some nice funky beats. Gets a little repetitive at times. Occasionally annoying (Disco Disco). But mostly kept me tapping my toes the whole time.
HL: “Music Makes You Lose Control”, “About Funk”, “Sometimes” feat. Nik Kershaw, “Mdc Vendredi” Supposedly 80s revivalist, but also sounds like it could only have been produced in 1999 I’d say this album is 1 part banger : 1 part forgettable : 1 part obnoxious garbage Even one of my favourite tracks, “About Funk”, needs half its runtime to become good I feel like I’d be less annoyed if it was an album excised from current editions of the book, like MJ Cole’s Sincere, & Justin Timberlake’s solo debut. The fact that it’s still considered essential listening is the real headscratcher November 21st, 2023
While there are some good elements at play here, to my ears -- likely based on decades of listening to certain types of music -- this album sounded a little too artificial to me. This isn't to knock the creativity or work that went into it; just a matter of personal preference.
I enjoyed this actually - like someone else mentioned, it's very 90's daft punk-esque. For those complaining about repetition, it was very common in electronica music.
So underrated. This was Daft Punk, except it loved 80s pop instead of 70s disco. Even men with hearts of stone will bop to these tracks.
was aight
Fun in that Depeine mode let of way
Less disco more trip in this super sweet French album
Nope. Just nope.
ninja fortnite
What the hell? I really liked this. 4/5
This felt like a sick, cruel joke. I hate this album.
😬
ahead of its time. Sounds dated but still fresh/unique. 3.7
Electro-clash before there was electro-clash. As a result, it sounds both ahead of its time and outdated at once. The best moments would fit in nicely on a Daft Punk playlist, but there's a lot of filler too.
Overall pretty dissapointing, but one or two good tracks. If you like those go and listen to the soundtrack to the Playstation 1 game Speed Freaks.
nem fogok végig hallgatni 20 számot
1999. Sounded more like late 80s early 90s, self published material. The first couple tracks just sounded like somebody got a new iMac and garage band and wanted to throw a bunch of stuff in it. But then I started to really enjoy HYPNOTISE and it got better after that. Probably wouldn’t buy the CD but because it kept my attention, it gets a 3
i'm not mad i listened to les rythmes digitales' darkdancer! truly, this album was pleasant and fun. many songs had a good beat and were different from one another to keep a listener interested. my personal music tastes found some sounds were too repetitive in a single song, but i can still appreciate the creativity even if it wasn't for me. the usage of electronic, synth, disco to create dance music was a big part of why this album came across as different from other half-instrumental electronic albums. i was reminded of kraftwerk at times--"sometimes" had that heavy electronic sound that i associate with kraftwerk!
Meh. If you ask me, it definitely didn't need a spot on this project. Music was fine, but nothing noteworthy.
If there is one thing I've learned about old electronica it's that it took a long while before it got good. Either that, or it ages horribly. This was ok at best but pretty dated and all over the place? 5/10.
Dollar store Daft Punk
Very good, even if it is not my usual cup of tea. Perfect to work to
Actual artless garbage. Worst album on 1001 albums so far.
Maybe this hits different when you’re in the club or drunk, but for now this isn’t hitting Also shout-out to From Disco To Disco for accurately replicating the sound of someone strangling a duck Favourite tracks: Music Makes You Lose Control, What’s That Sound