Melody A.M.

Mellow and ​hypnotic. Found myself relaxing into the music the more the album played 3.5 🌟

Would give it 3.5? Some were good. Strange electronic vibes and good song radio

Happy .... and stuff

Strong beats and catchy melodies, but it lost my attention half way through when it started to get a bit flat and boring in parts. It’s pretty much music to put on at dinner parties whilst everyone sits around doing drugs. 3/5 - liked it, but probably won’t listen again

This was HUGE when it was first released. It’s still a pleasant listen although most tracks have been played to death, used by marketing firms to soundtrack visions of cool etc Enjoyable. Top tracks: Poor Leno, A Higher Place

The tracks that weren’t hits back in the day were surprisingly meh.

Varsin lepposa tunnelma läpi levyn. Ei mitään korvamatoja mutta ei myöskään savea.

6,5/10 Legal

Melody AM is a look into the world of chilled out house music. Lovely to listen to whilst relaxing on an afternoon, a perfect addition to a background music playlist also. Best: So Easy Worst: Poor Leno 3.5 Stars

Very chill, great if you're in the right mood for it.

It is all electronic sound. I am not sure I needed to hear this album. It was just alright.

3 stars. Great music to have on in the background, but I can’t actively listen to it

A brilliant opening 1-2, both of which take me back to the 'chillout' trend of the early noughties, as the whole album does. It drops off significantly after that - not bad (with the exception of Poor Leno, which sounded dumb at the time, and now sounds dated and dumb) but not GOAT standard by any stretch. Nice enough, and with a clear love of Philly Soul and such.

Electro, c’est special mais smooth et ca s’ecoute bien en travaillant. 3.5

nice vibe

AVR. 6.8 TOP 3: 1. Sparks (+8) 2. Poor Leno (+7.7) 3. She's So (+7.5) TRACKLIST 1. So Easy (+6.5) 2. Eple (+6) 3. Sparks (+8) 4. In Space (+5.8) 5. Poor Leno (+7.7) 6. A Higher Place (+6.4) 7. Röyksopp's Night Out (+7.4) 8. Remind Me (+7.2) 9. She's So (+7.5) 10. 40 Years Back/Come (+5.9)

This is okay. Just not really my style of musice

Buona musica da sottofondo, molto particolare

Sonically sounds like an upbeat Kid A

Good vibes for WFH

Kende het niet maar wqs wel tof, ga ik nog eens luisteren

3 Met momentel heel raar, met andere momentel complete vibe

Lofi hiphop? 2.5/5 Daftpunk?

Boring

Good background music with some solid standouts

cool mellow vibes. wouldn't relisten right away though.

An enjoyable album that flows nicely between early 2000s house and chill out. The big singles off the album haven’t aged particularly well as I find them somewhat irritating, but there is so much more to this album that that.

Some amazing tracks but not as strong over all as I remember it. Did make me want to re-visit their back catalogue though.

Some lovely stuff dotted through it - dinner party dance music though

Good, some stuff I recognize, aside from the main song.

Very early nouties. Basically fine but not particularly interesting.

A moody, poky sampler- knew a few songs and enjoyed ‘Remind Me’ the most.

No conocía este grupo y me ha parecido interesante. Electrónica europea con más ritmo que IDM y con un sonido que me ha recordado a Télépopmusik. "Eple" o "Poor Leno" como muestra de lo que puedes encontrar. Remind Me también es bastante bonita.

Solid early 2000s electronic music!

Not bad

I really liked this, going into the regular rotation

More or less just ambience music

The soundtrack to your walkthrough of a scented candle shop.

bleh

Nothing particularly interesting about this. Not a lot stood out, and as a result it served as background music for the most part. Wouldn’t return.

One hit does not make a great album. Not for me

No. Except the one song where they sing

like fine

have listened to a royksopp album but not this one very chill album, they picked the right cover art 💥so easy 💥royksopp's night out

2001 trip hop, down tempo chill Sparks So easy

Way way back in good ol 2022 my project partner and I engaged in the 2016 version of this 1001 albums list, whether we want to remember it or not. We goaded each other into dividing the album list into ten equally-sized groups, and plucking a single track out of every hundred albums to generate 10-track set lists. They weren’t allowed to be songs we’d heard before. While we both chose tracks from the same Kraftwerk album, I also happened to choose a track from this album. Sparks. I think it was an underwhelming track then as it is now. Taken as a whole I’d say the entire thing is vaguely underwhelming. Not necessarily all bad. But a bit blah.

Forgettable synth noodling.

Repetitive, mind numbing, boring. Not bad music, just not for me. Royksopp’s Night Out was nice for a minute. Then it kept repeating itself.

This is an album where a smokey filled jazz bar enters a world of synthesized sounds exploring futuristic smooth melodies. "So Easy" opens up things with a decent bass beat and drifting cloud like vocals. It's followed up with spacey electric cords in "Eple." However, the loop felt repetitive and old after a bit. The mood setting slow jam of "Sparks" brought keys tickled slowly eliciting sensual notes. The static sound of a record spinning in the background gave it a nice touch. Compared to the wonderful collection sounds, the vocals were only okay. The playful plucking of "In Space" was a joy. The trance induced melo drifting party continued with Poor Leno. Bring the quaaludes. The next track "Higher Place" didn't really take me to a higher place. Röyksopp's Night Out was an elongated journey with building beats. There's something there, but there is something off. All the computer beeps feel misplaced. The rhythm in background beats feels like someone getting a busy signal but waiting as is someone will pick up. It just stretches on too long. However, there was something budding with the jamming guitar chords. The track "She's So" has a great combination of a guitar jam session with great drums and saxophone meeting electric synthesized sounds and beats. The song, and most of the album, is like the computerized world of TRON and their version of a smokey jazz bar.

Great music for the chill out room and perfectly Composed but background music for em

Meeeh

Found this pretty disappointing. I don't really like how any of it sounds, it was just a bit boring, and I usually enjoy downtempo. I even feel like I was in the right vibe for some good downtempo, but things like the vocals were especially annoying when present. The synths and things were just a bit crap to be honest. Nothing actively bad aside from the vocals, just boring and a waste of time when there are much better albums with this vibe.

kinda fw this

not bad but i wouldnt add to playlist

Poor leno goated

Fine for some background music I guess.

Royksopp more like Pleasestopp. Mindless and completely forgettable.

Is it weird to say that this sounded like a robot porn soundtrack?

eh, i can see how this album is liked - however, electronic music isn't my style. 2/5

Apresenta algumas construções melódicas interessantes e opções vocais agradáveis, mas nada que possa acrescentar de importante. Regular!

so boring..

2.6/5

La verdad lo escuché hace como una semana y hoy no recuerdo absolutamente nada de él, solo que no me gustó y que me pareció excesivamente raro, y no en el modo padre de raro.

다채롭고 몰입감 좋은 전자 음악. Melody A.M.이란 제목이 좋은 느낌을 줌

Be-boop, be-boop

Added one to the gym playlist

Sei que é bem feito mas eu não gosto desse ritmo

What if EDM sounded like my alarm clock fading in to wake me gently in the morning?

No standouts

beep boop beep boop

I still dislike 90s/00d electronica

As electronica goes it was fine I guess. Not memorable though, I don’t remember anything the next day.

Another unnecessary beep boop beep album.

Enjoyment: 4/10 Replayability: 3/10 Cohesion: 7/10 Flow/Pacing: 3/10 Artistic Merit: 5/10 Weighted Average: 4.25/10 Review: Another cool experimental album, but this time the highs were not so high and the lows were lower than I hoped, which didn't leave much room for the neutral space in between. Overall, there's some funky and fun sounds, but again, very repetitive making it difficult to want to listen this over and over. Liked Song(s): Eple, Poor Leno, Remind Me Disliked Song(s): A Higher Place, Röyksopp's Night Out, 40 Years Come Back Recommend? Maybe Heard Before? No

This had its moments, but it never really took off. It's a chill listen but that's all I can say about it, really.

Eple lowkey a banger though

Boring. I have yet to hand out a 1. I know it’s coming, but not today!

Beepboop and move on

blip boop its roykslop

No se ni que decir, es como ross tocando el teclado en friends (Poor Leno si que me gusto igual) 4/10

Going up? 3rd floor....housewares, lingerie, sleepwear....

Not my personal fav

It is background music. Once again not sure why this album is on the list.

Background background background

another middle of the road, background music that I will forget tomorrow.....

Not bad as background music but not my cup of tea

A little bit of it was OK but as a whole album it was boring.

2.5

Some good moments, but not a fan of the vocals

So, so boring.

This album has aged badly.

Nah

4/10

Neither a 1 nor a 4, a little boring though

Nope ... nothing new here.

Not my fav. But not bad. Good background trance electronica

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I've heard of this artist, though I don't know that I'm familiar with them at all. So, I'm mostly going into this album blind. The track "Remind Me" is vaguely familiar, apparently it's been used in a few different advertisements, so that's probably it. It's not bad, but I just don't find it compelling. I've got a good ear, but I just don't get what makes this special enough that I must listen to it before I die. Why this album over other ones? A lot of the tracks blur together, too. It frequently feels like background music -- like something to be played in a waiting room or as hold music.

Not a fan of this kind of music. At all. Just repetitive beep boop shit all the time man.. Whats with the weird tin can noise on "Poor Leno" ? Lars, who invited you ? There are others weird sound choices on this album but this one was really funny (In a "wtf are you doing" kind of way). Well that was a painfull 47 minutes. Its just so not for me. Its objectively not a 1.5/5 tho.

Não desgostei do álbum, mas também não gostei muito. Rapidamente se tornou som ambiente e caiu no completo esquecimento. Não é ao todo ruim, serve uma função, é legalzinho e atmosférico, mas não mudou minha vida de forma alguma. 2.5

After listening to this album I can say that I listened to this album.

Röyksopp? More like Röykslopp. What do I say about 45 minutes of electronic elevator music?

This is the most generic sounding album I've ever heard. This is 100% the music they play in the concourse of a shopping mall. There's not really anything wrong with it but it's just not interesting at all. I can't remember even listening to this and I just finished it 5 minutes ago. 1.5/5

Первая оценка альбома на сайте. Занимаюсь таким впервые. Хорошая эмбиентная работа. Добавил к себе 5/10 треков. Пока не знаю, насколько часто буду их переслушивать, но впечатления альбом оставил достаточно приятные. Еще бы добавил то, что обложка хорошо коррелирует со звуком на альбоме

Another boring electronic album.

Too boring to care about. 2 stars or D-.

Nothing bad to really say about this, but it does just kinda exist. I guess the album title kinda describes it as such though, so I guess it met the mark?

Tidens tand har inte varit helt ödmjuk mot de norska svamparna. Här finns fina stunder. Tänker då speciellt på Röyksopps night out, men också en del väldigt beskedliga beats där man får titta sig runt för att försäkra sig om att man inte befinner sig i lobbyn på något spa. I Poor Lena kan den som söker finna sköna discoryttmer, men dessa är väl undangömda bakom en slätstruken ljudmatta. Det räcker som helhet inte till mer än en två den här gången.

Första associationen går till Moby. Elektronisk småtrevligt men inte särskilt spännande. Lättuggad bukfylla. Enkla, närmast barnsliga melodier. Den typen av melodier som är mer är irriterande än njutbara. Eple är det tydligaste exemplet på detta. Överlag saknas det blod, som Persson hade utryckt det.

It is fine as electronic background music, but not really my thing.

It was fine I didn’t listen to the whole thing tho

It’s okay. Softer and gentler than I remember and that’s a shame. Some nice singles on this but much of it is kinda forgettable in terms of melodies. Nice production and I’m sure many people would really enjoy this.

better than I thought

Too bad, it got interesting near the end, but it took a very long time to get there.

Boring and repetitive. Unpleasant outweighs the few pleasant parts.

Meh

Nice background-music. favourite: "So Easy" 2,5

not awful but terribly uninteresting. the highlight was the song from the old geico commercial (obligatory mention)

2 out of 5. Like others have said it works as background music.

It’s fine for work but nothing stood out. Possibly would have been better listened to while wearing headphones. I did enjoy Royksopp’s Night Out and Remind me. End of album worked more for me.

Electronic slop

Inoffensive background music. Not sure who this genre actually appeals to.

Just fine.

I listened to this while packing for a trip, and I can barely remember what this album sounded like. Then I went to listen to it again, and remembered that I strongly disliked this album and decided not to listen to it a second time. Too many boops and not enough beeps.

I like some of their other music more. This first album is uh very experimental.

Creepy ish but not the worse

Looking forward to reacquainting myself with this album, been a few years. So Easy is instantly recognisable from a zillion chill out compilations and is probably the best track on the album along with Eple - which is a shame as they’re the opening two tracks. As much as I really wanted to like this album I found it overall quite boring, which was a shame.

I've heard a few of these tracks on Spotify playlists, fits into a "chill electronica" kind of vibe...sounds a little bit generic to my ears, a tier or two above muzak, but not something I'd consciously LISTEN to. Safe production, safe mixing, just...safe.

Easy-listening background music with very little depth. It's the musical equivalent of an Ikea piece of furniture - simple, efficient and reasonably fashionable, but certainly not high-quality or lasting in any way. Even the band's name sounds like a new model of Ikea coffee table. I usually enjoy electronic music, but downtempo is not really my thing. I'll admit that this album creates a pleasant atmosphere, but it also feels too simplistic in terms of structures and sampling. "Eple" is catchy but rather basic ; "Royksopps Night Out" is the only track that sounds a bit more complex, with a few interesting loops and a noticeably darker tone. The other songs feel completely interchangeable, and were quickly forgotten after being heard. I didn't hate it, and Röyksopp were probably pioneers in their own fashion, but the album mostly left me indifferent. There would have been a million better picks for this list in the electronica genre. 4/10

recognize pretty much all the singles here, and honestly, I don’t have a jaded memory of them. A few tracks even flirt with a light trip-hop vibe, which is actually quite nice. Still, this kind of music is never going to feel truly essential to me, apart from a handful of exceptions. That said, I can imagine it finding its way back one day, maybe…

kinda calming but id need to be in a very specific mood to want to listen to this

Just an album of lo fi stuff.

This is #day503 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… surprisingly, "Eple" rang a bell from my childhood radio and electronic-music infatuation days. Melody A.M. is very much music of its time: downtempo, house, a touch of trip-hop... a little too generic for my taste, though. In this regard, I prefer Moby. "She's So" is a nice Twin Peaks-esque gem. Otherwise, this is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day504.

I remember Remind Me trending for a second in the early oughts. It had a cool dejected electro dance sound that I liked. It was kinda tedious but that was part of the sound. The album is filled with that stuff, just it’s not as catchy and much more tedious. Yawn. Two stars. No need to listen to this you can die in peace.

Interesting instruments, at first I was liking it, but it got tedious and almost like creepy background music.

I liked Royksopps night out

chill vibes, not their greatest album but certainly paved the way to better ones

If you aren't a fan of electronic music, this isn't going to change anything for you. I am not a fan of electronic music.

Not really my speed

Cool as back ground music..not something I’d listen to again

Instrumental music only good for background noise

I’ve heard some good remixes of Royksopp. I think they have a good solid base for that kind of thing but on their own it’s a bit dull.

Not the worst thing I’ve ever listened to, but nothing I care to revisit either.

I expect this kind of music to be somewhat hypnotizing. I just found boredom in active listening. There may be some EDM boundaries crossed by this record that I'm not aware of so I'm giving it an ignorance star + one because I didn't really like it.

OK. 2/5

Electronuc, nothing attention grabbing

This was really on the line for me. I actively disliked most of the album, which is not something that comes up often on this project. I don’t know which is worse, (subjectively) bad music or mediocre music? I’ve encountered more of the latter on this project. Maybe I would’ve enjoyed it more if I were it was 2001 and I was rolling on E in a club at 2am, but alas I am judging it as an album in 2025. There were sections that I did genuinely like, however. Especially longer instrumental tracks that were a little out there, like “Röyksopp’s Night Out.” I enjoyed a bit of dancey experimentation and heard directions where this record could actually be more appealing. So this rating managed to achieve the staggering heights of 2 stars.

2.4 Fascinating, that's given me an ever greater appreciation of Boards of Canada. I wondered why there weren't any other bands that sound like them, and it's because, it turns out, when you try, you sound pretty shit. The album closer could have been lifted straight off a lost EP of tracks BoC discarded for not carrying the soul of them, for being unfinished and generally shit. Even the opening two, that I remember hearing at the time, are massively disappointing. Very interesting, glad I heard it.

Just background noise, electronic music not much to care about. 6.75/10 2/5

Ok. ★★

Some ok beeps and boops

Another fine electronic album but not a whole lot going on. Had previously only heard "Happy Up Here" by Röyksopp so I'm glad to listen to some other work but don't feel a need to revisit again in a full album format. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)

Eple is an amazing song 24 years on. However the rest of this is a mixed bag of plinky plink gibberish. Good to use as a coaster for drinks.

I can't really say I'm a fan of this album. It's fine for some background noise. It's got a chill, easy personality, but there's just nothing noteworthy to latch onto. It's a collage of sounds and beats, soullessly compiled into an album without ever generating any interesting texture. I guess the best thing about it is there's nothing to dislike either. It's like soft-serve vanilla ice cream. Nothing really to like or dislike about it. It just is.

merely mind numbing rather than aggravating. wow!

Described as Leftfield, Trip Hop, House, Downtempo. Some pan it as hold music. I think it's upscale MUSAK with lotsa drugs. Not for me.

Like nearly all the Electronica on the list , this did not do it for me.

Not bad but not my speed either

Some ok stuff. Not anything fun enough to come back to. 2.5 down.

When I embark on my large scale ranking projects (e.g., top 100 Beatles songs), I used to make a point of emphasis to include a relatively even distribution of songs from different albums until I realized that not all albums are created equal. I fear that the makers of this list felt like they had to include some lo-fi electronic albums on this list. They didn’t

POV you walked into a CSI knockoff produced in 2006 that's headed to a nice little syndicated run on A&E for your dad to watch on Sunday mornings

This is basically a softer Boards of Canada. It's nice to fall asleep to or mellow out with after tripping balls, but I don't know if it merits much air time beyond that.

It wasn’t as bad as I thought, but I still didn’t really vibe with it.

not really my cup of tea to be honest

2+ Stars (6/15)

Meh

I am growing weary, as this is my third electronica album in the last five. One of the things I’ve discovered that I didn’t know about my music tastes is that I genuinely dislike electronica/techno. I’m sure it’s technically brilliant and all that, but it’s just not a pleasant listen for me with all the beeps and boops; it just all sounds too fake to me. It was better than yesterday’s abomination of a film score, but a low 2/5 is the best I can do. Please give me something with real instruments tomorrow.

Thought I would like it more. Sorta disappointed. Just didn’t grab me

The music is repetitive.

Groupe inconnu. Musique de fond plutôt agréable, mais sans plus. Le morceau 'In Space' sort un peu du lot, mais ce n'est pas assez pour avoir envie d'écouter l'album une seconde fois. =>2/5

Very undeserving of its album title. 2/5

pretty ordinary

It’s…fine. Remind Me still (gently) slaps, but the rest feels like adequate chilltronica. Better than a lot of the dreck from the time, but there’s not much that stands out now.

This is electronica I don’t have much use for. Meandering and not inspiring for me.

If I wanted instrumental music I’d listen to Bach or Beethoven or Zimmer, not this. Come on. Seriously?

This didn’t just struggle - it didn’t make any impression at all. This album means there needs to be an option to complete without rating. How can you rate such aimless background sound?

I struggle to understand who listens to this stuff. It's not offensively awful, just boring.

Increasingly beginning to think that the electronica on this list was selected by someone who doesn't know much about electronica so just picked the most obvious albums that sold rather than the ones that defined and influenced the genre. I bought this album first time around and my general reaction was meh and its still meh now. The two lead singles - So Easy and Eple are easy going and catchy - but the rest is pretty forgettable and lacking any real moments that grab you.

Seeing that I bought this album twice you’d think I would like it but I don’t. Can’t remember why I bought it the first time round but it was a CD I foolishly sold to Music Magpie along with most of my collection when streaming came along. This actual album was no great loss unlike the vast remainder but that’s a story for another day. Second time around it was bought at a charity shop and made up a third choice to get 3 for a pound. Downloaded it to hard drive and then forgot about until today. This says it all really and my attitude towards it. 2/5 24/7/25

Got nervous when I saw "dance" but it's not nearly as bad as I expected. I thought it was going to be some overstimulating shit, but it's chill. I would call it soundscapes moreso than dance. Not my thing at all. This topped charts. What do people use this kind of music for?

Nooooot a huge fan of this. It was fine I guess, but as far as an electronic album goes I’m surprised that this made the list.

Just ok.

Could see myself falling asleep to this on a loop

Melody A.M. is tolerable when it's permeated by hip-hop vigor rather than narcotics. 'Eple,' boasting a piano loop that approximates Premier's 'Mass Appeal,' and 'Röyksopp's Night Out,' featuring some tasteful scratching and funky guitar loops, are passable, while the rest is either slippery languor or tacky buoyancy. Atmosphere is the downfall of could-be-great bands like Portishead, but Röyksopp isn't just reliant on mood, they try to make up for it w/ vocal performances that are mawkish and uninteresting, e.g., 'Remind Me.' By the end, I'm irritatingly relaxed b/c I'm exasperatingly indifferent to the sounds I'm hearing: I find myself not even caring to say who cares. Don't say no to drugs, kids, but say no to this lousy ambiance.

Oh I dunno. Sort of laid back trip-hop-ish but more upbeat in many ways. Just doesn’t do it for me.

Kinda boraing electro-dance that isn't really upbeat enough to dance to. Some interesting beats and sounds nothing here to sustain an entire album 2 stars

Not my favorite, didn’t grab me at all.

While certainly funky with a plethora of effects, the overall album gave the vibe of an underwater dance album. Possibly a good listen if you are high or partying at Sandy's but personally this was not an album that I would in any case want to listen again as it took three days of starts and stops to get through it. As such it will receive a 2/5.

Wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. Just ok.

Nothing about this made me think I need to hear it before I die, although I will have “Remind Me” stuck in my head for the next week. Not a terrible album, but not great either. Just sort of… there. A few parts of songs that caught my attention in a good way, but largely the songs felt long and boring with nothing really standing out.

Didn't age gracefully

Standout Songs: So Easy In Space Remind Me I’m not big on electronic music. Really hoping I don’t get any more albums like this, already the second one within a few days. This one was tolerable but still not good. Just not my style.

Hubiera querido vivir en Noruega por lo menos una semana, quizá comprendería un poco algo más que no sé

Esch jetzt I minere Meinig halt work nüd speziells. Ech has rächt langwiilig gfonde ond ohni gross tüüfi. Zomdem esches halt ned so mini Musig (was au de Grond chönnt si, wieso echs ned so verstoh). Es esch aber losbar, drom was öppe s einzige positive esch.

Not bad vibing music, but not something I'd go out of my way to listen to. I debated between 2 and 3* for this one, because it was actually pretty good for what it was, but as I doubt I'll ever listen to it again I'm going to go with 2*.

This album gave off "Please hold while we connect you to a representative" vibes.

Similar to yesterday, the whole electronic sound is just so boring. I found nothing to truly latch onto and enjoy and instead felt that I was just waiting for it to end the whole time

Very boring.

Overall pretty boring. Elevator music at times. SOME songs I enjoyed partially, but mostly, no. Just boring. Don’t think I’d do much with it. Maybe after a relisten I’ll like it more. But yeah, for now, a 2.

342/1001 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

Needed more electrons

Meh. Kinda forgot it was playing.

These songs sound like all the weird levels of Dr. Mario and/or the music that plays in the background of the time lapse video of people refinishing a deck or converting a school bus into a camper.

Eple Poor Leno Röyksopp's Night Out Remind Me

An okay electronica album, not a great one. Just revisits mostly great ideas by other people while not creating any of their own. Quite a bit overrated and probably does not belong on the list.

Was kinda weird but ok.

This was not for me. I think it suffered coming off the back of Everything But The Girl, which was a vaguely similar thing that I liked a whole lot more.

Lofi hip-hop radio beats to chill / study to. I dunno, I’ve got nothing against it, but I’ll never listen again.

Yeah, not my jam.

Electronic music... I'm not always opposed, I like some. But this was not for me.

Better than most of the "electronic" albums I've listened to so far, but still didn't thrill me.

Good not great. But Paper Planes is a jam.

Not so noticeable, at least not for good

Boring electro crap 3/10

Not quite Jarre

Snooze fest

Boring old techno

It really is mainly the first two songs, rest of the album isn’t bad but it does fall off a bit. Think it also suffers a bit from those songs being so well-known, that it was an album of songs I was either tired of or just wasn’t that into. First album that I’m not really sure why it’s on this list, if Drukqs or Selected Ambient Works II isn’t on there, or The Knife. No-one needs to hear this, it’s not good enough or challenging enough, and it’s already been on adverts. Don’t hate it, but I could have happily missed it completely.

It was alright

Some okay songs on here. I can see where they had some influence on indie electronic music but it’s so varied and yet…kind of forgettable? Definitely not bad listening or offensive but a little all over with the quality

Not my usual style of music- it was a pleasant enough listen I guess but just not to my taste.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Haven't heard of them before. A really chill album, even too chill I'd say. Good as background music but not much else 2/5

Enjoyed how the album seemlesly transitioned between tracks like the first fee track but the rest wasn't my bag

Ambient music I will not relisten.

Pleasant background music, but that's all it is.

Boring.

Another trip hop record. Not my favorite by any means, but not the worst. Just kind of meh background music. Too much of this on this list.

A little too atmospheric for me, but a good vibe.

Good instrumental beats, but not much to chew on. Got boring after a while. Songs that do have lyrics still direct focus to the beat in the background. I would have liked this a lot more when I was younger. Not my thing nowadays. Standouts: Sparks and Remind Me.

2,5

This is pretty boring. Maybe downtempo isn’t my thing, but almost everything here sounds plasticy and unexciting

Chilled, some nice tunes, wouldn’t put it on

Norwegian electronica > French electronica. Slightly higher 2 star rating

2.2 I think the winters in Norway might be a bit too long.

Decent but boring in terms of "must listen before I die". It doesn't feel like anything on this record made big enough waves to give it that title.

There are enjoyable moments but this is weightless

Not bad but it’s not like I’m gonna listen to this ever again.

Nice for easy listening, but that is it really

Has a couple good songs but most just became annoying.

还是不太喜欢电音…

It sounds like the music you hear in hair salons, mellow and harmonious but not quite enough to catch your attention or distract you

Leaves me like drawing a butter rum life saver from the 5 flavor pack everyone is sharing.

It's not bad I just don't care. 2.5

Not going to waste my time on an album review for an album that wasted my time. Terribly boring.

Favourite song - Eple

I'm not going to lie, this one was pretty boring. It has its moments but overall it's pretty boring.

Not for moi.

It’s ok

I got this right after another ambient electronic album, and if it weren't for that I may have rated it higher.

It's kind of funny that the only song I enjoyed on this album is the one with lyrics, "Poor Leno".

Beep beep boop beep

Mmm…

Light listening here. The opening track is familiar and enjoyable. The rest of the album is listenable, but it just trails off into mediocrity .

I didn't find this super exciting or interesting

Overall, not really a fan.

I can't even remember if I actually listened to this

Quite boring indeed.

This was not super good, not super bad... I could have live without listening to this for sure, but it didn't hurt me neither... * sigh *

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp offers a sleek, chilled-out listening experience that is perfectly fine for background music. The Norwegian duo crafts smooth, downtempo electronica with polished production and lush soundscapes. Tracks like Eple and Poor Leno highlight their ability to blend catchy beats with atmospheric elements. However, despite its polished sound, the album lacks the engaging qualities needed to fully capture and hold my interest. The melodies, while pleasant, often feel repetitive and fail to build to any memorable peaks. There's a sense of sameness throughout the album that makes it difficult to distinguish one track from another. The vocals are understated, adding to the overall laid-back vibe but not providing much in terms of dynamic variation. The production is undeniably clean, but it sometimes feels overly slick, lacking the raw energy or emotional depth that could make the music more compelling. While Melody A.M. serves well as unobtrusive background music, it doesn't offer enough intrigue or excitement to stand out as a truly captivating listen. The album's cool, ambient tones are soothing but ultimately too passive to leave a lasting impression. For those looking for engaging, dynamic electronica, this album might fall short. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 0 STAND OUT TRACK - None

Not a fan, just too over mixed and engineered for my taste. So Easy was okay.

not my cup of tea

2/3

Ну нееее. Скучно и, в целом, однообразно. Долбящая танцевальная музыка начала раздражать мозги. Какого-то погружения глубокого здесь нет. Это не провал, но не более 2 звезд.

How many electronic albums can a list possibly have? I don't even dislike it, but I'm also having trouble differentiating it from the other groups.

How do you get the two little dots to show up on an Android keyboard? Some mysteries in life were meant to be unsolved!! Royksopp°°...best I can do. Thought this might be relaxing to listen to, but then was disinterested fast. I thought the guitar solo at the 37 min mark was insane though.

Trip-Hop that lost its hop. Every song had a cool ambient vibe that is promptly wrecked by an off tempo beat drop. Melody A.M. sounds unfinished and thrown together.

I just didn't see what made this stand out. It was really dull.

2/5

Inte så märkvärdigt. Hade säkert tyckt bättre om det bara jag hade orkat sätta mig in i elektronisk musik.

Ist jetzt nicht so meines, dieser Techno

I used to listen to Eple a lot. But this album as a whole - i didn't enjoy it.

A-ha! Now I know two Norwegian bands…it only took 40 years. This one is not my cup of nype-te.

2.4

unexpectedly not bad. 2.5/5

Hmm, it's fine. Records like this serve as another reminder that the majority of this book was written and compiled in 2005-ish. 20 years on its hard to listen to this and go "wow, what an essential listen that was." Still, yeah Eple (which I never knew by any other name than 'that Royksopp tune') was absolutely everywhere and is very evocative of that time, because I never hear it anymore. I had 'Blue on Blue' on a Sampled CD which I prefer to this remix which kicks off the record. The rest, is basically the stuff that spawned a million chill out CDs that served the audience of frazzled clubbers. Or it's just one of them, don't know or care really which was first. It's not music to engage with, but it does a job. I wonder if Royksopp ever did actually make another record?

Perhaps a car isn't the best venue to listen to a dance music album like this, but I don't think I would like it much better in a night club. The first track samples "Blue on Blue," a song I never liked. Other tracks sounded like what AI can produce in 2024. The final track was a bore.

Very boring electronic

Day77 - maybe it’s good for background music but that would be about it

Slightly more interesting hold music.

I was introduced to Royksopp in the height of the Nuevo-techno era in the early 2000s with their album The Understanding. That album was a club bop. This one sounds like the soundtrack to a martini bar. I’ll take dirty ‘Tini with three olives so I can leave please. Kind of forgettable

I didn’t hate it. Didn’t love it. Probably wouldn’t listen again.

this was certainly something that happened and did not move me in either direction could i write poetry to this? n

Suffers from having to follow Portishead's "Dummy". Some of these tracks have a solid groove and are almost club-worthy. Most of them are too ambient to be Trip-Hop, and too funky to be Ambient. Without any tension or urgency, it just sort of meanders without any resolution. I guess that's probably the point. Two and one-half stars.

Not sure why this made the list

Remind Me is a good song, but nothing else grabbed me.

I enjoy electronic music, but this was quite tedious.

Something about this album irritated me, nothing too monstrously but it borders on twee and too laid back and unimaginative.

Meh

Nothing exceptional.

Maso

Today's album is Norwegian downbeat ambient electronica. Perfect call centre hold music. I've heard worse, but it's not great. It's electronica after all.... So Easy samples the song Blue on Blue by Bobby Vinton, which was featured in Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day. It plays after Mr. Lahey accidentally shaves part of Bubbles hair, and Bubbles is biking down to the animal shelter to see his kitties. One of my favourite scenes from the movie. Favourite songs: So Easy, Sparks, Remind Me Least favourite songs: A Higher Place 2/5

1.5

ehhh

I imagine if there was music in a Finnish sauna, this would be it. Background and quite forgettable

Not really my type of thing

Torn between 2 and 3

Meh

Elevator music

I didn’t catch all the lyrics, but I’m pretty sure a few times I heard them say, “Your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line for the next available associate.”