Reviews (page 3 of 8)
I’m not really into electronic music. But this was fun. I might listen to it again.
I enjoyed a lot of this for electronica "work music". The repeated vocals acting as instrumentation threw me off a bit the first time I listened to the album but the second time I saw the vision a little more. I think that if I listen to this album more they'll disappear into the music entirely and leave behind a very fun album in their stead.
Nope
Having an album called Destroy Rock & Roll and then delivering an uninspiring, boring, bland album is certainly a choice.
Definitely one of the better techno albums I've heard, lots of catchy stuff and slightly less repetitive than others
I'm operating on less than 5 hours sleep so nice and mellow is exactly what I need today. I listened to this a few times through the day. It's hard to be objective but it seems solid enough. The beats are good.
Chill EDM music. Lots of ‘80’s samples, and a ‘70’s/‘80’s feel on most tracks. Enjoyable listen.
Never heard of him and originally thought it was an American band but he is Scottish which probably accounts for the shout out to Big Country. This is just meaningless electrosynth rubbish. In fact, I was listening to this on YouTube and kept thinking an advert had come on such is the banality of the tunes.
Driving on a lonely highway at night type music.
there's a really good EP in there somewhere
Low-end 3. More hit or miss than most electronic stuff. Zenophile/Valley two best on here but some of this (including title track) is terrible
What a fantastic album. This thing is full pump and really takes you places. Some of these samples are funny, some are motivating, but they're all executed flawlessly. Missing persons, Duran Duran, missing persons, Duran Duran...
Not terrible or annoying, but a really boring and unnecessary album. If you feel like listening to French house, there's no reason to choose a cheap copy like this.
Music for a chiropractor's office
2,7 Highlights: Drop the Pressure, Zenophile
Favorite Track: Sunworshipper
This is one of those surprising gifts that you find, amongst what is often the hubris of albums that are pointless being on the list. Fun, electro/dance music great to listen to at work. I wish it was more current, some of the references in "Destroy Rock and Roll" are dated although they must have hit the mark in 2004. By current standards the production value is "cute" which makes it even more enjoyable.
Drop The Pressure
Not usually into EDM stuff, but I was kind of vibing with this one. Just need to be in the right mood for it I guess.
Such a mess of an album. Half the songs are interesting and weird. The other half are boring and weird. A few of these are going to be repeat listens of mine.
There's some bad albums on this list but this the first one I couldn't finish listening to It's just bad, embarrassingly so.
I thought I liked a few songs but it's been an afternoon and I already forgot everything.
Esto es inofensivo y no acaba con el rock. Sin interés
I have always loved this record
Ну на фон норм, но не больше. Газлайт с лагающим звуком в одной песне кек
It was great, actually.
As ive gone thru this list, I’ve grown fonder for electronic projects. This almost made me start to hate them again
Retail music - upbeat uptempo bright and breezy synth pop electronica. At best it's like an optimistic Boards of Canada but for the most part it's like an own brand Daft Punk.
2004 album
just not that interesting and the vocals are annoying as hell especially the title track
É divertido mas perde sua força na segunda metade.
Apparently, this album is inspired by young Mylo growing up on the Isle of Skye listening to Atlantic 252. An Irish radio station that had a big foot print. I spent the summer holidays of 1992 doing a data input job at the Isle of Man Airport. The radio was tuned to Atlantic 252. They had about 20 records. This record, although not bad, draws from a similarly limited sonic palette.
Like one long DJ mix... alternating between hypnotic, spoken-word dance tracks and electronica. It dips in quality by the halfway point but then picks itself up in the last few songs that remind me of Moby. Does the title reflect the artist's intention to deconstruct and remix rock and roll into dance? I took a look at the samples in Wikipedia and it borrows from a lot of retro tracks.
Interesting “trance rock(?),” if not a little repetitive at times. Still a good background listen.
2.5/5
Valley Of the Dolls - 4/5 Sunworshipper - 3/5 Musclecars- 4/5 Drop The Pressure - 4.5/5 In My Arms - 2.5/5 Guilty Of Love - 3/5 Paris Four Hundred - 3/5 Destroy Rock & Roll - 2/5 Rikki - 3.5/5 Otto’s Journey - 3/5 Muscle Car - 2.5/5 Zenophile - 3/5 Need You Tonite -2/5 Emotion 98.6 - 3/5
It's not a bad background noise to put on while you're doing chores, but life-changing? I've had cups of coffee that were more life-changing than "Destroy Rock & Roll" by Mylo. The beats are mostly pleasant, and I can't say that I wasn't nodding my head and even shaking my little white ass at times. But there's also nothing original or phenomenal about this record, at least as far as I could tell (electronic is, as you might have gathered, far from my genre of choice). The most interesting part of the record is the vocal samples, which are only, I'd say, mildly interesting.
A few songs were decent, but I found that a majority of them were annoying and repetitive. And I fell asleep while listening to it.
Bizarre mais ok
2,5/5
what! this is so fun!
7/10 - A strong electronic album, not too hardcore, remember clubbing to this back in the 2000s, can see a lot of complainers though, honestly we need more of this rather than another generic 70s album
bleeps & bloops, some samples and decent melodies
6/10
Sounds like if Daft Punk decided to make their own "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts". I could maybe see putting the title track on a mixtape but other than that nothing here really that I'd go out of my way to listen to again.
This has it's moments and it's decent as some background noise while working, but that's about all this is good for.
Do I really need to listen to this album before I die? Probably not. It definitely didn't destroy rock and roll. And I could see how it would be transformative in the 80's or 90's. But having it come out in 2004.. there's so many better albums I could be listening to.
Felt a bit cheesy for me… couldn’t really get into it.
I really enjoyed this. Chill, smooth, groovy. Funny how I can be so bored on albums that others love, and really enjoy albums others find “boring elevator music.” 7/10 Quite Likeable
The music wasn’t as exciting as it tried to be. The tracks with lyrics gave me a headache.
Having listened to thousands of songs in this genre, I’m constantly shocked how remarkably unremarkable they all are. Outside of the legends, I can’t tell you difference between a Mylo, J Worra, Kloudd, Schmarx, Dombresky, Inaya Day, La Bouche, PBH & Jack…(all real names) So I find it silly to include any house album on the list (equivalent to a live album)…I do still like dance music. My rating system is biting me in the ass because this is NOT a four star album but I liked all but a few songs. As an ALBUM, totally not anything. As songs put on during a DJ set to dance to, yeah, but that’s a different list.
If weird al gets a shout out, you get an extra star
This seems like standard inoffensive loungey beep boops. I don't hate it, but, per usual, don't really feel anything about it at all.
its alright
Pretty tame and not too inspiring. I love EMD but this feels super bland and some ridiculous lyrical work (the song naming all of the 80s artists?) just ok....like a 2.4 or so. Not great. “Destroy Rock and Roll" has a few flashes of charm and a few infectious grooves, but the album never quite finds its footing. It’s a clever idea in search of a stronger pulse, leaving you wishing its best moments showed up more often. The album feels more like a promising sketchbook than a finished statement. Pleasant enough, just not the knockout it wants to be.
Not my usual thing, but a really cool experimental album that carries me through easily. Great mix to have on while working
Canciones que escucharía un fin de semana para impresionar a mis amigos
Meh. Helt ok, ga meg lite.
Det var ganske behagelig, god jobbemusikk
Brave naming this album Destroy Rock & Roll. More like idle threats to Rock & Roll or Mild shoving and pushing Rock & Roll. I'm not a big dance music fan but this is mid tier dance music. 2 out of 5 stars
Alright but doubt I will revisit
It actually is pretty cool electronic. Does it Destroy Rock and Roll? Absolutely not haha. At times it takes itself way too seriously like "now THIS is art". Aside from that I enjoyed it.
Basically good pop electronic music. I don't know if I'm having an unfair minor adverse reaction to it because it has a couple of commercially successful singles on. There was some nice atmospheric stuff and some funky house type stuff in the second half that I enjoyed.
It's okay. Some of the songs are passable and at least it was upbeat. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again
Loved the album, a fresh take on the electronic music that I am used to. I will be listening to it more and refining which songs I like most. I think there are definitely songs I would add to my playlist
Not horrible but not interesting enough to make me want to come back.
a bit Orb ISH. fluffy cloud sound alike not bad thought.
Like most of the electronica albums I've heard on here, it starts out okay but by the end I've had quite enough.
Pleasent, but hardly essential. Mostly background music
Difficult to see why "Drop the Pressure" was such a big hit. It's annoying and by far the worst song on an album that is mostly yawn-inducing. 1.5/5.0: Bad
my rating is probably overly critical because this isn’t a bad album buts its so generic i couldnt stand to listen
This album has some absolute bangers that I would gladly listen to over and over again, and some songs that aren't as great. Big hitters for me are Sunworshipper and Destroy Rock & Roll. Overall, a great album. Sometimes just a little too annoying to warrant a 5/5, but definitely deserves a 4.
Как-то не зашел.
A true lightning in a bottle, one and done record. Not bad for a 24 year old sitting at their PC on the Isle of Skye in Scotland using freeware and available early 2000s recording/looping software. Definitely ahead of the curve, as EDM was just about to break out big by the end of the decade.
For me this was a mildly relaxing mix of tedium and music for robots with some infuriating repetition sprinkled in. Good background music at best, and a chore to get through at worst. -1 star for the name of the album.
Oh damn, finally, some good electronic music. This might be unpopular, but it's a banger.
someone said this is a remix of wii music i would like to add theres some layerzs of elevator music in here as well i wanna understand where the album name came from sunworshiper lyrics are annoying. hope he crashed his bicycle in my arms is REALLY annoying w those skips lofi beats ahh album "cindy looper" im sorry?? nah too many skips in the songs. would be a whole star better if they werent there favorite song: emotion 98.6
This is the kinda thing I signed up for, this rules
Before: Another one I don't have a clue about. I'm guessing maybe it's not rock. Maybe something from the jazz or rap realm? During: My first thought after the first 30 seconds is "techno background music". Seeing how this was released in 20024, it's rather recent. I'm wondering now if any of my favorite albums from 2004 are on this list. 1. The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat - nope, nothing at all from them 2. Destroyer, Your Blues - nothing at all from him 3. Flotation Toy Warning, Bluffer's guide to the flight deck - nothing at from them 4. New Buffalo, The Last Beautiful Day - nothing at all from her 5. The Divine Comedy, Absent Friends - well, not this one but there are 2 other albums from them on the list - guess what, they're Britpop On the fourth track now. You've got to be kidding me. WTH is this album on this list? I can see putting one example of this style of music on the list but it should be one of the best. I wouldn't know but I'm pretty sure this is isn't. By the 10th track I have to start skipping through. I'm considering changing my rating system now. Heretofore, I've been rating based solely on my own personal opinion of the music but I'm thinking now I'll also consider my onion of whether or not it should be on this list, and my opinion of the significance of the album at the time it was released. Lets try it out. After: 2 - my personal rating 1 - suitability for this list 2 - relevance ------------------------------ 2 - composite rating
Not absolutely terrible but was willing it to end about 25 minutes in. Interesting concept, Drop The Pressure and In My Arms are great. Rest was meh.
ca va pour de l'éléctro
oday’s listen was Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo, and I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. It opens in a very chilled, almost too-relaxed way to the point where I wondered if it might drift into the background completely. But as the album progresses, it finds its groove and really settles into what it does best. There isn’t a huge amount of variety, and after a while the tracks do start to blend into one another. That said, it works brilliantly as laid-back, feel-good background music. This isn’t an album packed with big shifts or dramatic moments it’s more about atmosphere and vibe. When you lean into that, it becomes a really enjoyable listen. Favourite tracks: “Drop the Pressure”, “In My Arms” and “Destroy Rock & Roll” are great fun and full of energy. I also really enjoyed “Sunworshipper”. Least favourite tracks: Beyond the standout singles, some of the other tracks feel a bit samey and repetitive. Album artwork: A cool cover. I really like the colours. Simple but effective.
It's broken now
Mid Chillern synth Rolig Ingenting spesielt
This is a really fun one. I was really into this chiptune synthy dance sound as a kid and I still really enjoy it. Hits that same nostalgic vein as Daft Punk. Some of the samples are overly repetitive, but overall it's a fun listen.
Best Song: Guilty of Love Might be ok if on molly at a rave, otherwise, it sucks. 2/5.
Really great record I do love this Might have to go 5, but man its so good. The samples are great, the grooves and beats are so good. Great record
Guapísimo, muy rollo Daft Punk
i always forget sunworshipper is here, but boy this falls off once the bangers stop
Really feels like this is the sources for some of the pop electro vibes that dominated the late 2000s and early 2010s.
An aptly entitled album because if I wanted to destroy Rock and roll, I would definitely put this album on. Just because you can work a computer program and put a bunch of samples together does not make you a musician. I guess it's pleasant enough to listen to but what's the point?
Why is this on the list? It's not even good within it's genre.
Favourite Songs: Muscle Cars
Not what I was expecting from this album but after giving it some listens it is a greatly composed and compiled album with groovy electronic elements and a great structure all throughout. Love the sampling in this one too and is one of my favorite aspects of electronic music when listening to it. 9/10, Favorite Song: Destroy Rock and Roll
Levy paranee loppua kohti, alussa muutama biisi jopa rasittavan toisteista. Ranskalaiset vaikutteet hyviä, alkupuolen daft punk tulee mieleen. Kiva levy.
#279/1001. Do you destroy rock and roll with mostly boring electronic music? I don't think so. There are others who did it much better in the IDM/ ambient/experimental electronic genre, and electronic artists who make you dance better. A 2 only because it is not rock.
Like music for a mediocre game. Would’ve been SO much better without the vocal tracks.
Fluffy electronic music with cute remixes. Still feels like some of your friends are messing with you dj equipment.
For brief bursts, this is alright to be honest, but it's really relentless and basically brainless. I suppose I don't see why this is better, worse or the same as millions of songs that millions of people could make on a computer really? I do like the one where they name all the people, and like I say, for a little burst it's fine, but it's not really for me.
The only thing this destroys is my eroding faith in this list
non male alcune tracce ma overall non è il mio genere
Era partito interessante poi si è trasformato sempre di più in un disco di musica da discoteca (praticamente techouse)
J'ai entendu ce nom plusieurs fois mais j'en avais jamais écouté. Y-a-t-il eu un hype en 2004 ? J'ai fait une première écoute de l'album à froid, càd avant d'avoir lu d'autres reviews ou même la page wiki. Verdict : beaucoup de plaisir à écouter ça! Ça se danse, c'est jamais plate (sauf p-e vers la fin de l'album que cest un peu plus ambiant) il y a plein de trucs innovants pour surprendre l'auditeur, exemple des shifts rythmiques, du panning flyé (genre sur Destroy Rock n Roll le son qui passe de gauche à droite avec une baisse de volume, comme si c'était une balle qui nous tournait autour de la tête, vraiment cool!), des sons et des séquences intéressants. Ça reste un DJ/producer qui sample des affaires et transforme ça en beat. Mais j'ai eu du plaisir
Was okay but a bit background music-y.
A mixed bag. I like the vibes at the start, especially to work to. As it goes, it lost its appeal.
Wow! No! Best Song: Drop the Pressure Rating: 2.5/10 Stars: 2/5
6/10
Was good background music while I got things done but won't go back. Better DJ albums out there.
I was not previously familiar with the artist or album. This is an electronic dance album. It is mostly instrumental, but does use some vocal loops as well. It was interesting to hear once, but nothing particularly stood out to me. I wouldn't mind hearing it again but I doubt I would ever seek it out.
This album was a real stinker. Super bland and generic, sounded like background noise, not something special. The title is all hype, as the music is lifeless, boring, repetitive house beat that gets annoying fast. The whole vibe is weak, and with no catchy tunes, 55 minutes felt like forever. The worst part is how it messes with good samples. Songs like "In My Arms" and "Drop the Pressure" have cool 80s vibes, but they get lost in a boring structure. It's a bummer to hear stuff from Kim Carnes or Boy Meets Girl ruined like that. Honestly, it's an old-fashioned piece of 2000s UK electronica that doesn't belong on a "1001 Albums" list but somewhere a music journalist most likely declared this the future of music and it was forgotten inside of a week.
Fun with some interesting samples and good beats. Nice background listening but nothing exceptional. But worth a listen.
Huge new alb from the 1001
mdurisimo el álbum, ha unos temas que de verdad mera chimba,tiene uno o dos temas ahí que no van y que son definitivamente skips pero de resto demasiado top
Das Debütalbum Destroy Rock & Roll von Mylo erschien 2004 und wurde überwiegend in seinem eigenen Heimstudio auf der Isle of Skye sowie in weiteren Studios in Großbritannien produziert. Mylo, ein schottischer Produzent, verbindet hier elektronische Clubmusik mit Pop-Elementen und klar strukturierten Songformaten. Stilistisch bewegt sich das Album zwischen House, Electro und Dance-Pop. Prägend sind Tracks wie „Drop The Pressure“, „Destroy Rock & Roll“ und „In My Arms“, die mit eingängigen Synthesizer-Motiven und deutlichen Rhythmusstrukturen arbeiten. Viele Stücke basieren auf markanten Samples, die Mylo in einen reduzierten, tanzorientierten Kontext stellt. Trotz Club-Fokus behalten die Arrangements eine gewisse Zurückhaltung und wirken nie überladen. Aus meiner Sicht funktioniert das Album vor allem durch seine klare Linie: Es setzt auf Wiedererkennbarkeit statt Komplexität. Destroy Rock & Roll ist ein solides Beispiel für britische Elektronik der frühen 2000er Jahre, das Songorientierung und Clubtauglichkeit ausgewogen verbindet.
riding daft punk's coattails in a goodway. A little more chill but still very disco/dance celebratory electronica.
I enjoyed some of this. I had to skim through some of the songs with repetitious clips of people talking. Otherwise, not awful during my workout and at times pleasant.
Omg this album was sooo good, it had so much nostalgia of tracks I've absolutely heard back in the day. Multiple ones added to my likes list. So good!
Could be worse.
Interesting. I appreciate the creativity that went into each mix. Every song is mixed well and has a great flow to it. Not my style, but still an overall enjoyable listen. Great music to zone out to. The title track "Destory Rock n' Roll" is definitely my favorite.
Cool stuff.
What is the good of dance music if it doesn’t make you feel like dancing? This felt like an art project gone awry. Not a fan. Added “Valley of the Dolls” to the Generator playlist. At least that one doesn’t have the same spoken words over and over in a loop.
Kinda cool.
I now obsessed with this album. I had never heard it before! It's been great for my suggested music selection!
Well, this was the first album that made me go look up the criteria for how the albums for this project were selected. It's interesting to see that this got a ton of critical acclaim. This is fucking BORING. This is the kind of thing I put on when I'm reading and want something that is barely sound, just to have a little noise meandering in the background. While I admit that my knowledge of DJ work is not the deepest, this doesn't seem any more remarkable than any of the laid-back electronic stuff that had come out the decade prior. I just don't get it. I'd give it a 1.5 if I could, but since I can't, a 1.0 it is.
Alright
Not sure if it will destroy rock and roll but it’s a chill album, not bad for background listening maybe not something I would miss out too much on though.
Okay, I'm two songs in and I get it. This guy was doing great lo-fi hip-hop and sampling in 2005. It's good, it was so fresh at the time. Alright, never mind, the lo-fi was just one song. But he's doing some cool sampling and mixing throughout the album.
Started out fine but ultimately devolved into repetitive blahness. If it were just the first 3-5 tracks, it would’ve been a great album.
I sort of have a soft spot for dance music like this but after listening to all of that, all I can say is that I’m extremely bored of hearing the same thing again and again with these artists. This is definitely an album I could do without listening to before I die. Be more creative please
I dug the first two tracks well enough, especially the downtempo “Sunworshipper”. That one and “Guilty of Love” actually attempt to do something interesting arrangement-wise. Past that, it drifts very much into something I don't enjoy. “Musclecar” in particular was a chore to sit through. 2/5
If you include Doctor Pressure with Miami Sound Machine, this becomes an easy 4. Starts kind of slow but from track 5 onwards this is some real great classic 90s house
I've only been doing this for 50 days, and have already heard 2 better electronic album than this one. Still I quite like the hypnotizing factor of electronics, so it's not gonna be slanderd.
I enjoyed it!
The cover of this album looks familiar to me, but the rest does not, which is unsurprising for this genre. Here goes... This sounds like background music from a video game. I didn't hate it but it's not my genre.
not my thing tbh
Did I really need to hear this album before I die? Nope.
Elevator music
Didn't destroy rock & roll, just any good impression I might have of the album.
It started all right, with a couple of tracks that sounded like they could be abstract hip-hop. Unfortunately it quickly devolved into a boring dance / house mix that was already irrelevant in 2004. There's nothing original or innovative here ; it's good clubbing music, but not much else. Maybe I'd listen while painting my garage. Easy to listen, but ultimately a bit pointless. The only reason I didn't give it a 1* is because it didn't actively annoy me. There is so much great electronic music out there, why pick this snoozefest instead ?... 3/10
Maybe quite new at the time but can't seat at the table with the same era "French Touch"
I honestly don’t understand why this album is on this list. It feels completely generic and basically pointless to me. Rikki and Otto’s Journey are straight-up bad, and the rest leaves me totally indifferent, except for Guilty of Love, which is the only track that really sticks. But then again, I’ll admit it: when it comes to dance music, I’m probably the worst judge. I just can’t tell the good from the bad.
This must be who Apple hires to make the hacking music to the autogenerated video montages of AI’d photo albums created in the Photos app
I enjoyed it more than I thought I would
hm maybe in a certain time, or in a certain place, or under the influence of a certain set of substances. But otherwise hard to take a full album of this.
Chillll back half
some bopping, some boring
An hour of crappy synth music and shitty repetitive lyrics. Like, the title track is just a list of musicians’ names. This absolutely did NOT destroy rock & roll.
Love that my boys from Queen got a mention let's gooooo
lol MOTHER FUCKERS MOTHER FUCKERS MOTHER FUCKERS GONNA DROP THE PRESSURE HAHAHAHAHA This is a silly and 8-bit like album and it was fun. 2.5
The title does not get my attention. News flash: Rock n' Roll is alive and well. Good for club dancing, maybe? Not my cup of tea.
This is ok. It is a little bit like hold music for the first half, but gets more interesting after the flip. Destroy Rock & Roll is pretty good, reeling off all these artists that are bringing about the downfall of western civilisation due to break dancing, including <checks notes> Christine McVie, The Alan Parsons Project, Patti Smith, Huey Lewis and the News, Men At Work and REO Speedwagon. Oh, and Cyndie Looper too, whoever that may be.
Ay por fin un descanso de tanto rock clásico en la lista y sí me gustó, tiene unos samples chidos. El nombre si está medio pretencioso jajaja
I had a great time with this. One of the few "never heard this artist ever" that just clicked - and the first that's all electronic (although as Death in Vegas and Leftfield showed, I quite like British electronica. I'm madly going to give this is a 5 as I found myself bopping along to most of it pretty much all the way to the last few tracks. I liked the samples, I like the beats, I like the bleeps. I liked the mixing.
Drop the pressure I know well (though never knew the artist) but overall this is just not for me. i feel bad for leaving bad reviews because i’m sure there’s people who enjoy this and i’m very happy they get to listen to this but i had to turn it off with 4 songs to go
This was like daft punk sounds without the songs. Sometimes there'd be a promising lick and it would then just repeat ad-finitum until it had become truly boring. The overall sound felt like that generic well produced dance music that is a bit less nauseating than some, but without the tunes and hooks to bring it round it never really became good, this was exacerbated by the mash up cover thing of Bette Davis eyes and in my arms where I knew what the hooks were but neither arrived and what was left was a good riff that got played so.much it stopped being good. It's not exactly a 2, but it's a low 3. Having said that I don't need to ever hear it again. I'll go high 2.
wait what i don’t wanna destroy rock and roll wait dont do that no no nooo.!!!!!! this album was pretty danceable but i didn’t dance as i was playing animal crossing while this was going on in the back but i did like the beats and it was upbeat. it was a house album im sssuming but i liked it. i gotta get into house music as the only house music artist i listen to is deadmau5 but i like this album tho especially the last track. this one track stood out to me and they mentioned a lot of artists pretty cool t track. 7/10
This album is such a vibe
This album dropped at the dawn of 4cast. Drop the Pressure was massive in the dance music scene I followed, and I'm sure I played it a few times at gigs. Simple, beautiful and profane. How Scottish. The album holds up very well for me 22 years later. Hell of a driving record.
Few bangers
I didn't think I liked it that much but then I kept letting it loop so I must?
In no way has this destroyed rock and roll or influenced anything to destroy rock and roll. There were aspects of this album that felt super bland and there were aspects that I was grooving to. The fact that this is a 2004 record and isn't really anything interesting makes me really dislike that it's on this list. There are so many better albums out there, this really doesn't sound like it should have been on here.
I liked this more than most electronic albums. It was easy to vibe with. Destroy rock and roll was a super cool song.
Some familiar tracks here. Good flow, generally enjoyable to listen to. Nothing stands out as a highlight though.
Faded a little but has some good stuff
Perfect album to listen to on a low-key Sunday morning. It's easy-listening EDM.
I can see why this would have done so well in 2004, where rereleases of 70s & 80s songs were so prevalent. I’m not gonna skip the songs if it comes up, but after a minute, you’ve heard most of the song.
Another uninspired electronic album from the early 2000s
Imagine hearing this and Daft Punk’s Discovery then picking this one as the ‘must hear before you die’ album. Give your head a wobble, Robert Dimery.
2.5
2.5
Overall: 2/10 Oh god. Enough of this type of music, please. If it's not Daft Punk or The Prodigy then I tend not to enjoy these repetitive electronic dance albums. It's just not my thing at all. This one actually upset me a lot for some reason lol Fav Song: Drop the Pressure
55 mins & 7 seconds of my life I won't get back
Eh
This is an OK album but there isn’t much more to say than that Yes it’s nice to listen to, yes it’s impressive that it was mainly made solo on a laptop (but hey there is a tonne of stuff like that on Bandcamp that’s better), and yes it is slightly unusual in the fact that it uses a lot of soft rock type samples. None of that explains why this is in the 1001 records list though
Fun Scottish house record. Don't know why it was on this list, but it's not bad
Ok
01) Valley of the Dolls - 8,5 02) Sunworshipper - 8,0 03) Muscle Cars - 8,0 04) Drop the Pressure - 10,0 05) In My Arms - 9,5 06) Guilty of Love - 8,0 07) Paris Four Hundred - 8,0 08) Destroy Rock & Roll - 9,0 09) Rikki - 8,0 10) Otto's Journey - 8,5 11) Musclecar (Reform Reprise) - 8,5 12) Zenophile - 8,0 13) Need You Tonite - 8,0 14) Emotion 98.6 - 8,5 TOTAL: 8,46 (85/100) Current ranking: 145/793
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Kinda cool but gets boring imo I would rate it a 3 just because I went from dancing to sleeping and then dancing again but then sleeping again
Mainstream Rock & Roll died in the 2000's but I don't think Mylo gets the kill count for it. The songs worked well enough as background music but weren't really enough to sustain or reward a more attentive listening session. Has it's place I guess, wouldn't really say it is essential, but that goes for the majority of 2004 albums on this list. Namedropping a bunch of Muscle cars or better musicians also doesn't make for great lyricism.
I think this is something I could come back to.
To date (over twenty years later) this is his only album, and you can hear why. How do you top this?
ok
Had to stop listening. Way too repetitive
Repetitive. Pretty good for working if you can completely ignore the strange lyrics. Beats were strong and interesting.
The middle of this album, Drop the Pressure and In My Arms, are fine but the rest kinda drags
New to me.. not bad. Another "recency bias" add to the list, I'm sure but still, enjoyable background music.
3.7 2x catch up 2/10
It’s good but it does feel like a bedroom producer album
Got slightly boring towards the middle but overrall decent, groovy Caught myself bobbing my head a few times 6.4/10
good
Favorite track(s): all pretty milquetoast except for the title track and Musclecar Reform Reprise which are absolutely infuriating
It's okay, but an album of widely instrumental grooves has to be much better to make the list
Why are electronica albums so repetitive and so long?
I enjoy me some techno beats. This one was good.
Shite
2.5. Decent background music
I thought I was stroking out at different points
So good tracks on this, not normally my thing.
What is the point of this album, and why was it included?
This is an interesting one, because I actually really enjoyed it but I also definitely could have died before listening to it and it would have been fine.
Do I need this record in my life? Absolutely not, that’s for sure. But was it unpleasant to listen to? No definitely not as well. I therefore cannot give it a 1 star review. But it would have been a killer album on the list ‘1001 albums with unremarkable background music you should listen to before you die’. Because it does that really well. 2/5
Very nice, lofi chilled, quite synth wavy in places, title track is great
Some quirky bops right there. I appreciate there’s some electronic music on this list too. I like it a lot, but listening to the album in its entirety gets a little boring. Stand-outs - Musclecars - Guilty of Love - ‘05 Version - Rikki - Otto’s Journey
tastes like pink artificial sweetner
Lite weird men inte tillräckligt... En tvåa
Creatively, this album was consistent and intriguing. However, this is not my style of music. Electronic music tends to blend together if I'm not paying attention actively (which is made harder when the music is boring imo), and this album fell into that.
I Took Off On My Bicycle 1001 Albums Generator 194 (12/30/2025) Destroy Rock & Roll is the only album that Scottish producer Mylo made, and it is some of the most chill, laid-back house music that I have ever heard. I really enjoy how Mylo uses repeated spoken samples to add an additional rhythmic element on these songs. The album starts pretty strong, especially with the first two songs, but it definitely feels too long. Additionally, a couple of songs sound pretty dated now in their production, but overall, Mylo makes a pretty good effort here. 3.5/5, rounded down to a 3, although I really have no idea why it's on this list. Favs: Valley of the Dolls Sunworshipper In My Arms Least Fav: Guilty Of Love
I love this shit
It's one of those artists I have never heard of before - it turns out this is his only album he released. It's early 00s electronica, and good background music for studying/working. Some songs were quite repetitiven or annoying (Rikki), but most of them were OK. It reminded me of Air and Avalanches as others also mentioned before, two bands I really like. It's not the same quality but still quite good.
Not sure how this generic bullshit is essential listening but ok
Nope
I'm too sober for this
Nice beats but I get pretty bored of the electronic music albums on this list. As always, pleasant enough as background noise while I work, but not extraordinary.
This was almost too repetitive and wasn’t good working music because of the repetition of lyrics.
This is some great electronic music, and a cool time capsule of the evolution of that whole genre of music. My favorite tracks from the album were "In My Arms" and the staccato "Rikki," but I have to give a shout-out to "Destroy Rock & Roll" which is pretty much a list of artists on this list, including yesterday's album (Culture Club).
You know, didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I am. Obviously the title of the album is way more provocative than the actual music. This album isn't going to bust a grape in a fruit fight, but the album isn't trying to Destroy Rock and Roll. Dunno why people hold it against the album, clearly its referencing the sermon sample in the title track, and samples rock and roll bands. Anyways, yeah. Enjoying this quite a bit more than I thought I would. Kinda brings me back to the lately 2000's, early 2010's vibes with its sunny, airy electronic vibe. Quite a nostalgic sounding album. Some songs veer a little too much on the dance side vs listening side for me (with at least one song that annoys me, that being guilty of love where the hook is just a rising synth riff that doesn't feel like it has a resolution), but I had a good time with it.
Rock and roll remains safe
My rating of this album is going to be a bit confusing compared to what my thoughts are on this. This album reeks to me of “oh so this new introspective electronica album came out at a time where the reviewers wouldn’t know the legacy of the album in the future. A bold stance “destroy rock & roll”, very likely a reference to the “destroy disco” moment that launched rock into the stratosphere in the late 70’s and early 80’s. And I’d argue, did rock and roll ever return to the grace that it had after 2004? Apart from a few explicit exceptions, I don’t think so. And that’s probably why the critics of this list decided to put it there - because they thought audiences might resonate with it the same way it did - and move into more electronic focused decade - which, again, I feel like that happened. But that’s maybe a bias I have from being into current electronic music haha. To the album itself. The electronic elements are nice, some songs really bring that 2000’s electronica feel to it really well. But some songs are just… cringe. Idk why electronic artists make these 7-9min songs where they’ve got these repetitive boring catchphrase, esp on the title track, naming just almost random artists from the 70’s and 80’s that most fit the bill of rock and roll, but… Stevie wonder? Wham? What????? Why we confusing soul and pop with rock and roll??? It’s confusing. This album didnt last in the general public conscious, even in the electronic sphere I had no clue of Mylo and all straws lead to Coldplay’s album. Something like Modjo’s self titled would fit 100x better on the list with a more coherent vibe to it. I guess the difference is this album samples rock classics as an anti-tribute to them??? I feel like the average bedroom producer makes better electronic music nowadays than this album, mostly cause the songs just GET to the point. Haha, imagine a dariacore album on here, now that genre samples similar to what Mylo did here.
I understand the reasoning for this album's inclusion with as it achieves being a high-quality production that uses a variety of interesting sampling. Is this going to destroy Rock & Roll? No, but the quite peculiar ways that he tries to achieve that are nothing to laugh at. Can't knock a man for trying.
Aufgewärmter alter Kram, Hintergrundgedudel
DID NOT LISTEN
Meh.
Enjoyed this one. Drop the Pressure is a classic! Definitely holds up. It was a much more relaxed album than I was anticipating - I’d give it a 3.5 if I could
Wasn't what I was expecting at all, but actually really liked this album. Has some great tracks and good to drive to. Highlights: "Drop the Pressure" and "Emotion 98.6"
It’s a pretty fun collection of tracks. It worked well in the background to work to. I do agree with others that the album title is silly. It doesn’t sound like it even tries to accomplish it. Just a bizarre choice. Rating: 4.1
Не зайшов альбом. Нічим не виразний електрохаус
Спочатку думав що зовсім не моє, але тут присутні свої, так би мовити, моменти. Пісня де перераховуються різні виконавці, хітові In My Arms Paris або Four Hundred. Не те щоб прям моє, але 2.5 поставлю.
This is pleasant enough. I don't listen to much anymore but I still have a fondness for house and there's some decent beats here. I had it on in the background whilst I was doing other things and it flew by pretty quickly There are some parts where it does have a bit of a muzak feel though, like I'm on hold with HMRC. There are some vocal samples that are too repetitive and get slightly annoying too, like the Destroy Rock and Roll one that just names big names in rock and pop on repeat Overall this was decent. I wouldn't mind listening to it again but I probably won't seek it out again Highlights: Need You Tonite
Maybe fits more into a club? But for me nothing but background music. Except "Musclecar (Reform Reprise)" much too lame to destroys anything!
No thanks
Just so damn fun. FIVE!
Sounded okay to start, couple decent songs but all very samey and got boring
Sorry but it's gonna take a lot more than a remarkably uncreative sample of Betty Davis Eyes to destroy rock & roll. You can't destroy rock & roll from your dentist's waiting room as Mylo seems to be suggesting with this bland collection.
I like it that Mylo grew up on the Isle of Skye (Scotland), and that this album is kind of an homage to the 70s/80s soft rock that he listened to as a kid on the lone radio station you could hear on the island (Ireland's Atlantic 252). I also like it that he managed to sample the screed in "Destroy rock & roll" from a BBC interview when he was temping for the BBC. I'm not sure there's much else to like on this album, despite the "1001 Albums" entry for this album boldly stating "Everybody loves Mylo". (Maybe the reviewer actually meant that delicious chocolate beverage Milo?) It's not even bad, really, just incredibly forgettable and repetitive and uninspired. Even the supposedly massive hit of 2003 ("Drop the pressure") is neither familiar-sounding nor all that memorable, except perhaps as a much weaker version of a Daft Punk tune. Sorry, Mylo.
I have no idea why this is rated as highly as it is. There is great electronic music. This is not that.
Ok… so… this album, largely a snoozefest. None of the songs particularly stand out. It’s mostly techno with a few low-fi tracks mixed in, but as I said none of the songs stand out. Like at all. The title track is possibly the worst cut on the album, as it’s just a satanic panic preacher listing off the top names in pop/rock from the 60s through the 90s while the techno beat drones on in the background. As an album on it’s own, 2 stars. Its inexplicable inclusion on this list lands it at a 1. With the last few 2 star albums I’ve had, Metallica, Circle Jerks, ZZ Top, I at least found some redemption in seeing the artist’s and album’s place in musical history. Each album largely had a stand out single, or in not at least a song that stood out. This album had basically no redeeming qualities. As a fan of Lo-Fi, there are artists who did it much better, and as someone who basically has no interest in techno, I know there is better out there. Really not sure why this made the list, at all.
I would have thought this was a early 90s album but kind of surprised it was a early 2000s album. Nice beats with some messaging about genres hidden in there. Kind of forgettable but still enjoyable nonetheless. 7/10
Infectious enough listen, not sure how often I'd come back to it but really enjoyed it.
It’s ok background music. Doesn’t do much for me. Our neighbour’s dog is called Milo. Thinking about the dog all the time when I listen to this album.
as far an an electronic album goes, i liked this one. it had some good flows, and i found myself bopping to it quite a bit. this isn't typically my genre, so i probably wouldn't go past a 3. maybe a 3.5, but this doesn't make a 4 stars for me
This was cool. I felt like I was listening to a video game soundtrack in a good way.
I was worried early with the repeated dialogue in Sunworshipper, and thankfully that trend only carried over to a few more tracks, but I absolutely preferred the songs that were completely instrumental. Absolutely love the Bette Davis Eyes sample on In My Arms. Would listen to some again, but definitely not the whole thing.
It's like a blend of EDM and Lo-Fi. I like it a lot!
Hipster shop music, nothing special.
yesss this is cool i love
Drop the pressure, heeeeerlijke plaat! Maar wacht? beginnen we met Ambient? Eigenlijk nooit het volledige album geluisterd, maar ben wel heel erg benieuwd! Ja het is best wel een lekker housealbum. Ken best wat nummers al en zeker niet alles is top, maar ik vibe het wel. Het is een beetje van die zomeravond house. Nummers zoals Otto's Journey funken echt heerlijk, beetje disco housey vibes. Terwijl bijvoorbeeld Sunworshipper veel meer ambient is. Drop the pressure, de grote hit, is een onvervalste houseklassieker maar heeft ook wel wat hints van vroege Daft Punk. Sowieso zijn de Daft Punk invloeden hier vrij duidelijk, alsook de Garage en disco invloeden. Daardoorheen hoor je de duidelijke sampling die is gebruikt, geen schande als je het mij vraagt. Ook is het album niet te lang met 55 minuten, sorry maar ik zie echt weinig reden om dit minder dan 4 te geven? Doe ik ook gewoon, joe joe. FAVO: Sunworshipper, Drop The Pressure, Paris Four Hundred, Destroy Rock & Roll, Rikki, Otto's Journey, Zenophile
BYD, A8 Augsburg - München, Deutschland. Gottlos beschissen.
Low-fi beats to be bored to
2 out of 5. This can't even dent rock n' roll.
Very good
not even worth giving it a try
Fine as this genre goes, but not really for me.
Was prepared to be bored or disappointed but this is pretty good. Variety, hangs together, some humour. This 'genre had to be in and this is a pleasant example
Really cool find! Can’t believe he only made one album. Really interesting beats
Did not enjoy.
Didn't exactly blow my skirt up, but had a song or two I dug.
Nah.
A forever classic. Tunes bounce and roll. Still waiting for the follow up album
No. 35 From the first track, I loved the sound. This is an enjoyable, bouncy, electric instrumental listen, and really good for productivity
Destroy boring electronica
It did not destroy rock and roll, nor did it make me want to. It was fine.
Sometimes catchy, but never memorable.
Absolute garbage
No, I've never heard of them either. Supposed to be House / ElectroPop, but more Pop than House. Boring ElectroPap.
Too repetitive.
Didn't like it at all
jag vill gilla detta för det verkar finnas en tydlig koppling till soft rock från 70-talet som jag gillar. men det här liksom bara pågår och ja det är lite trevligt i början men det pågår för länge.
Solid album. Great samples across the board. Definitely added and will listen to more often.
Not bad for dance/electronic. Still just ok.
Mission accomplished. Add this to the first time last time listen pile.
a lot of noise, no good music
I see what they mean by "destroy". When it's not irritating, it's dull. I'll give it a star for the update to Betty Davis' Eyes. 2/5
I came in with low expectations. But this is decent for what it is.
lofi beats to study/relax to before you die like a solid 3.6/5
Rating: 5/10 some decent inessential house tunes
Started kinda cool and chill but maintained snoozefest status until the end. Didn't bring in enough fresh and memorable sound or ideas, likely won't listen to it again 5.2/10
Some mid beats. 5 missing persons-duran durans out of 10 lizard wizards
perfectly gentle house for a background sesh
Had not heard of prior to listening and was better than expected. Can see it being a nice one to listen to while working.
Whoa we're halfway there. This record is like when your a senior in highschool and you spent the between period time doing as much of the homework as possible. But you only got about half of it done. If you got everything spot on the best you can get is a 50%. Thats how I feel about this record. Its 10 or so half songs. The beat and background is what they give me. And its just not enough. Alot of these have the potential to be part of a good song. But none of them have the legs to stand on their own. Its just not enough in any regard. The few songs with lyrics get a little closer but most of those are just lists. Pretty much the ABC's in terms of substance. Its just not worth my time at all. But again it could be part of an actual good song so its not all bad. Just mostly
There's more interesting people out there doing this more interestingly.
this album reinforced my conspiracy theory that mylo is patient zero for "lo fi whatever to relax and study to"
delightful bleep blorp music. a tad to wordy in places for my liking but very sweet
fine?
Far to repetitive for me, and a bit too dancy. Didn't enjoy.
So, house music is meant to be repetitive, it's all about the club setting and ease of play for a DJ. I get it, and I usually have to listen to the genre with that in mind: it's meant for a live experience. This project is surprisingly groovy, considering that repetitive state. The number of tracks that get to move my body is far greater than the tracks that don't. Like the title track. What a grating song. Though, from an artist's perspective, conceptually, it's just as solid as the rest of the effort. As music for the sake of music, it's the only song I feel is skip-worthy. I think the repetitive nature I'm impressed with is the reason some of the songs are slightly forgettable. It's easier for me to remember the album's energy than most of the tracks. I do have a thing for Sunworshipper and Drop the Pressure after just a couple of listens, though, so the capacity for being recognizable is in there. 3.8/5
I don't have high hopes for this one looking at the cover + album info.. More forgettable UK 00s music? Let's find out. Two tracks in this is basically "downtempo beats to study to" which is perfect since I'm working right now Went downhill after the first few tracks. I find the repetition of the spoken word samples very annoying. Had to skip the title track, ugh. I even like this kind of music, but this was a dud compared to most albums on this list. Turns out my first impression was correct. 2.4/5
Cool soundtrack while working
surprising
I found it cohesive, but boring
In the 'Destroy rock and roll track' he names a lot of legends. Is that why it ended up in the iconic albums list? I feel like there's too much repitition in every song.
Didn't think I was going to enjoy this and, to be honest, it's a bit of a mixed bag. The first w tracks were good, but after that the tracks that are all repetitive phrasings are just dull for me. So, pluses and, well, not pluses.
The sound of robots fucking... I didn't hate this like I hate Fatboy Slim. It's, at times, listenable. But man, I just don't like electronic and that's my failing, not the music's. Listenable.
++: Muscle Cars, In My Arms, Guilty of Love, Rikki, Otto's Journey, Zenophile +: Drop the Pressure, Destroy Rock & Roll, Musclecar (Reform Reprise) +-: Valley of the Dolls, Sunworshipper, Paris Four Hundred, Need You Tonite, Emotion 98.6 5,5/10
I enjoyed! More 2000s electronic 🤲🤲
could not finish it LMAO
Never heard of him before. Nice album, solid EDM production, with some nice references to pop and rock classics.
Mkey
Good vibe, but a bit samey.