Melody A.M.

meh, went on a fair bit

Nice

I mean...I like some of Röyskopp's music, honestly, but this wasn't it. Sample of Blue on Blue was creative, and cemented the opening track as my fave song, but aside from that song I wouldn't relisten. Fave track: So Easy

Not spectacular, but not offensive. Yeah, I think not offensive is the best I can offer.

This album sounds like it belongs in a Jon Bois video - and not in a good way. Outside of a few moments, this album really wasn’t fun or exciting.

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp (2001) If you want to hear an old Burt Bacharach/Hal David song (made famous by Paul Anka) covered by a Swedish vocal ensemble and sampled into a synth dance track by this Norwegian electronic music duo, then listen to the opening cut on Melody A.M. Then you should seriously lower your expectations. This record is primarily suited for video game and/or advertisement soundtrack, manufactured on expensive electronic toys. It’s a lot better than some other music in the genre, such as american dream by LCD Soundsystem (2017), but that’s not saying much. Lead vocal by guest artist Anneli Drecker on “Sparks” is quite listenable, however her lyrics, which hover around feelings of being “wounded, sulky, and alone”, don’t make for a concordant musical mood. There are some dreamy sonic settings, and intriguing jazz harmonic and percussive inventions, but several tracks are spoiled by much too much gimmickry, with artificial noise in the highs, excessive phase shifting and channel-to-channel wobbling. And most of these compositions are heading nowhere. It seems as though the majority of the tracks just give up on any notion of development, and simply stop. Listen to this in the background while you work, but don’t hope for an increase in productivity. 2/5

Röyksopp are like a commercial version of Boards of Canada, who I dislike so they don’t have too much going for them. Mindless, cold, detached and incredibly boring electronica.

Not very catchy or easy to pick up initially. Electronic isn't my favorite genre but I'm always willing to give it a chance. Not a fan of this album.

Same review as all albums in this genre, it’s not bad but for me it’s just background music..

Ehhhhhhh....

Really not into this electronic stuff. Prefered the Malian guys from a couple of days ago

it’s nice but just not interesting it’s just ugh and come on be not boring #forgettable sorry!!

Доброе утро! Прослушивание 1: 1 Тут будет текст, нет? Но ритм мне понравился 2 Вау, неплохо, какие звуки классные. Я так понял мы имеем дело с альбомом без солиста. Мне такое не очень нравится, но ради интереса послушаю. 3 Лол, это отличная песня для лифта. 4 А это позоже на музыку будильника. 5 Ого! они умеют петь?! А....(матерное слово). Песня мне нравится, прикольно. Добавил. 6 Неееееет, они разучились долго петь, теперь они поют только 2 слова :( 7 УРА! УРА! ТРЕК НА 8 МИНУТ, УРА! 8 Это мне на динамик что-то попало, или это норм звук?) И они снова научились петь, а....(матерное слово). 9 Очень страный трек, не понятно какую эмоцию испытывать. 10 Идеальная музыка для игры 3 в ряд хехехе))). Ладно, только первая часть подходит. Вообще пенси отличный саундрек для чего либо, я бы позвал их в свой фильм работать над мелодиями. Шутки шутками, а на самом деле альбом интересный. Поставлю его чуть позже на фон, и посмотрю как оно. Прослушивание2: блин, отличная музыка для фона. сказать больше нечего. Сидишь такой, а потом тиу тиу, пиупиу, тиу тиу хахахахахаха Выводы, итоги: Такое музло- не моё. Оно меня повеселило, подняло настроение, но оценку я поставлю ниже среднего- 2/5

Czesto gesto elektronike wylewa z listy, tym razem w jakze ambitnym gatunku trip hopowym, wiec lajtowe bity raczej downtempo oparte na brzmieniu synthow sprytnie wykorzystanych do tworzenia muzyki bedacej woda na mlyny tworcow reklam z wczesnych lat 2k, melody a.m jest debiutanckim krazkiem norweskiego duetu röyksopp, na 46 minutach eksperymentow mozna doszukac sie dwoch glownych nurtow, muzyki reklamowo windowej jak eple, przypadek ze song zostal wykorzstany przez apple podczas instalki macowego OSa, in space, czy otwierajacego so easy, ta strona plyty jest jeszcze calkiem sluchalna, bo przypomina mi troche lofikowe beaty przez takie drumowanie i eksperymenty z synthami, miejscami przypominajca troche to co slyszalem juz na plycie of boards of canada wczesniej na liscie, no ale jest i druga czesc, o wiele bardziej popowo wokalna, kawalki o niczym, spiewane przez nijaki wokal pana Øye na trakach poor leno i remind me, kolejnym glosem juz troche bardziej pasujacym do atmosfery plyty jest pani Drecker, ktora ma swoja partie na sparks, ale albumow slucha sie jako calosci i tak tez ocenia, a tutaj momenty w ktorych czlowiek musi otworzyc oczy, bo cos nie brzmi dobrze pojawiaja sie wraz z wokalnymi kawalkami, moze tez nie o same wokale chodzi, bo na meskich spiewanych trakach beaty sa zdecydowanie szybsze, na pleje dodam sparks, ktory jak dla mnie najlepiej reprezentuje style zawarte na tym krazku

Fairly uninteresting background music. Some songs seem ok, but most are forgettable. 2/5

Not my type of thing admittedly. There were a few tracks that had me grooving along a bit, but even those tracks would get old pretty quick.

A bit boring and uneventful. Not very memorable. 5 min later I already forgot what I was listened to. I would not recognize a single track if it would be played to me in the next few weeks. I guess that qualifies for a 2?

Made me feel weird.

Oddly enough, I liked a couple of songs. Overall this album was a miss for me.

Yhden hitin levy, jonka kuunteli mielellään pitkästä aikaa, mut loppulevy olikin aika harmaata ja massaan katoavaa

Just don't rly like chillout

Not bad, just not necessarily what I would listen to

More uneventful electronic music. This is not my bag.

Few nice classics. All other songs just fillers

Not my thing but I can appreciate the craft.

Kinda weird soundtrack type music. Didn’t really enjoy.

Pretty shit

Not very memorable for me. The songs were not bad and super chill, but I will probably not listen again

Boring

Ambient Electro Downbeat Gedudel Vorallem Instrumental Ruhig. Hintergrundmusik

I wanted this to be chill background music. And there were definitely hints of really good chill electronica. But there was too much... I'm just gonna say "weirdness." Just when they find a nice groove, there's a radical shift or a new jarring sound mixed in. Ah, finally got to "Remind Me" after 8+ minutes of "Royksopp's Night Out" - I recognize this one! And it totally sticks out on the album. It's good, not great, but the vocals are different from anything else on "Melody A.M." This is nowhere close to reaching the trip-hop heights of Portishead or Massive Attack. Those songs flow, whereas Royksopp just feels disjointed.

I sometimes like this style of music -- ambient, video-game background music (no, they didn't make this album for video games; just my description) -- and this has some nice tracks on it. I have a feeling when it came out 20 years ago, it was a bit more of a standout. These days, this kind of music is, I think, fairly widespread? Probably. Anyway, overall, I liked this album.

Chilled out music - but too much

The second half of the album is much better than the first....but still, I felt at the time that this album's success was based more on hype than hits.....still feel that way

3

Beeps and boops in different order

More electronic music...terrific. Nothing like some trip hop to get me in the mood to...hang out with people I only pretend to like because they are cooler than me/can get me in places I couldn't get in/have good drugs/are super attractive women? Royksopp's Night Out is awful. This is not a good album but probably checked a "Band from Norway" box for the editors of the list. This song takes forever and it's techno so I have no idea when one ends and another begins so I thought the second half of Royksopp's Night Out was a different (better) song but it's just a better part of the same one. Remind me is familiar from something...but it sucks nonetheless.

Buns

Dull AF

How fucking dare you, 1001 albums list! How dare you! To even call this music is outrageous. This is the worst DIY schlock I have ever heard! There are so many albums that I did not “need to hear” before I die but this is, so far, the only one that makes me think death is the better option. If I heard 1000 5 star albums prior to this garbage and this was the the 1001st, I would still disqualify the entire list. (Not a fan)

nah

legit XTRA fit. hm

boring h&m crap, how this was ever considered cool or interesting is totally beyond me. admittedly charmed by the Arthur Russell-biting Remind Me, but it can't save how shit the rest of this is

This album should have stayed in the google drive Junkie Hipster cafe/ elevator music Some songs might be a 2 if JayZ was on there RöykSLOP: 1/5

Its giving Scorpios beach club.

😟

Not my type of music. Sounds good but dont like this.

Scandinavian elevator music. I saw one quote say that it bridged the gap between electronic and indie music, and I'm here to say...No. No, it didn't.

p881. 2001. 1 star. Tedious electronica for the millennium. The rule holds true: if no-one is talking about it 5 or more years after release, it's not essential listening. Who put this on the list?

I found this without substance to an offensive degree. Not unsimilar to hearing Steely Dan, this music elicits no feelings in me at all. This is difficult for even just sounds in general much less intentional music. Unlike supreme fart sniffers such as Steely Dan though I'm not convinced the creators of this album even enjoy this. I can't discern the intended audience or use of this music. My piece of my life I dedicated to hearing this was substantively worse because of it.

Elevated elevator music

Quite why this made the list is beyond me. Let's all go to Ibiza, look at the sunset and listen to some beats

1.5 - not for me

Ei oo miu

1/2

Vôbec by som tento album nedal do tohto rebríčka

not my speed

very weird

Well this fucking sucks

Dance. Not great. Bland and uninteresting even for dance.

Music they play in IKEA

Hipster Lounge Music

Die nächste für den Elektroschrott!

Sorry, I tried. I listened to every song and it all sounded the same. Not for me, but according to the comments a lot of people dig it, so check it out

Awful 😣

Boooored

0 me ha gustado la vd, y el hecho de q no tenga letra hace q me haya gustado menos

Repetitive electronic instrumental music. Some of it is ok as background music, but as a whole, hard pass. Poor Leno was repetitive but at least it sounded nice. Best song: Poor Leno

Did not enjoy this album. Struggled to finish it.

This album is dogshit 1001 album worthy: no 81/148

Oh, great another fucking EDM/Techno album 🍑💨

not a fan turned it off after 3 songs

De la musique d'ascenseur, ou de bar lounge dans le sud de la France au début des années 2000.

Boring but not good or peaceful enough to put me to sleep.

Playing around with some electtronic equipment from the waste - box, adding some auto-generated gently tr-808 drums and put all together to an album. maybe nice for elevators or stylish hotel lobbys. Please wake me up - when the album ends

Easy listening. Very electric. Elevator music.

Bored

Dull, bland and fucking boring

1.3

BS

Lots of beeps and boops, like Eno but not as good, thought I would like it more as I remember it getting good reviews back when it came out. Not for me, nothing much else to add.

no words. not a fan of electronic music

Album 458 of 1001 Röyksopp - Melody AM Rating : 1 / 5 Electronic BS

What buying a Kia Soul sounds like

I mostly skippade through this, because it's really not my cup of tea. I did enjoy the beat on "Eple" but im missing the vocals, but I get that's not what this is about.

pa la musica de fondo del natura d locos

Not an electronic kind of person

No, gracias

okay, but dull

Meh…

Instrumental nope.

Why is this something I have to listen to. Who picks the junk. It's a no for me dawg.

God I really dislike dance music. I just could not get into this. Irritating pulses and beats that are akin to a vasectomy permeate throughout this slog of a dance project. Not enjoyable to me at all.

No.

Too basic, couldn’t get into it.

This was terrible. No reason to listen to this at all. So boring, I had a really hard time finishing it.

Yeah nah

This might be the most boring album I've ever listened to.

Downtempo ei yritä liikoja.. Yrittää ei tarvitse ei.. ehei NORJALAISILLE SAATANA EI SAA ANTAA YHTÄ ENEMPÄÄ VEI SUOMELTA ÖLJYN JA SUOMINEIDON HATUN PERKELE!

Looks like a phoney album cover for a CD you’d see on a Hemnes in the IKEA showroom. And I thought all the French electronica was bad. Do not want.

Zzzzzz

Not my taste of music

Dated and dull.

ass

I thought the reviews calling it hold music were just being harsh. I was wrong. Each song would be great if they were like 30 seconds long. Not really the sort of music I’d listen to anyway, but especially not when it’s this boring.

Nope.

There's a listen-once EP in Melody A.M., but it doubles down on all the worst traits of chill-out genres. Here are some quiet ignorable musings, there's the watered-down funk. The range is from soundscape to aggressively background. And background music is a tricky space to operate in: Be careful and leave the jazz samples alone!

Not my thing in any way.

lil too mellow 4 me

I think that there are a lot of interesting rhythms and instruments used within this album. However, the problem mainly lies with the tone of it. It’s obviously supposed to be a techno album, but it can’t pick what type of feeling it’s going for. Listening through the album will cause jumps in feeling; you’ll go from listening to a chill song to an upbeat one down to eerie without any warning. Normally I can appreciate some electronic music, but most songs on this album were grating to listen to.

The worst of two worlds. Electronic elevator songs.

Bullshit

All songs in this sound kinda the same to me so it's hard to rate. Fav tracks: - Remind Me Least fav: - Poor Leno - All the rest of the songs

Remind me est tellement nulle en version originale. Rien à sauver

Me caga esta banda, me caga su sonido. Desde que salieron. Más de 20 años de odio. Muzak glorificada. Es música inofensiva though. Para poner de fondo en un restaurant.

Not my thing.

Eurononsense

The “cool” music in the clothing store of a dying mall.

I’d be perfectly happy never hearing that ever again.

Crappy elevator music. 5.9/10

listen.. forgettable... at this point there's no reason for me to listen to anything that doesn't have SOME lyrics.

Mellow Space Pop. Its fine. 2.5/5