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Sorta generic? Although "Missing Persons, Duran Duran" may haunt me in my dreams. That being said, it wasn't bad enough to say I'll never listen again.
Wtf. How is this too 1001?!
No me esperaba que este fuera el disco de "Turn me on" jajajaj. Varios temas suenan noventosos, otros medio relleno. Super olvidable. Nota: 2.7
i feel a sort of kinship with Mylo. all he had growing up in the Isle of Skye (basically Hyperborea) was a soft rock station that played AOR and Fleetwood Mac, stuff that feels tame as milk; children's music essentially. then, you find out that there are people out there, powerful people, who believe this stuff is enacting mind control over the godless youth and making them kill for the devil. it doesn't seem fair, right? it seems right out of a kid's movie to hate music for that reason. i had more than one station growing up, but those stations tended to play the same five songs over and over again, and they were all so tame. you realize that the only way music can be evil is if it's boring, no matter how good the tunes are. so Mylo, with full respect, took these songs that played incessantly in all their bubbly glory and turned them into fun dance tunes. "In My Arms" in particular feels so joyous in its energy, nigh infectious. maybe it's not the most hard hitting electro house of the era, but harsh bangers are a dime a dozen in the genre; sometimes it pays to chill.
Rather this record is to be destroyed! Housy repetitive children bontempi boredom.
this one was ok! i bobbed my head here and there
I grade these things on a curve. Legendary high budget albums I hold to a higher standard than lesser known artists. Also if I like an album from a genre I generally don't enjoy it gets more points for exceeding expectations. Is that the right way to do it? I don't really care! Preamble over, the vibes on this project are immaculate. It's mellow without droning, repetitive without overstaying its welcome and interesting without being abrasive. Running a 5k today that I did not prep for... this is going to be so perfect for my slow ass. Thanks Mylo! Update, too chill for running but I still enjoyed it.
Fun but won't listen again
Missing Persons Duran Duran
Never heard of this artist or album before but this was a lot of fun! This guy was doing synthwave electropop in 2004, several years before it really became mainstream. Too bad he never made another album after this.
Honestly really great, saved 65% of the songs, only not a 5 because I feel like there could be a higher peak. But this is all awesome stuff, very fun minimal electronic type music that would still be great if played in the club today!!
I like it
It's true, EDM destroyed rock'n'roll.
Drop the Pressure
Decent electronic stuff but nothing special. I liked the “bike” track.
Interesting in parts
Sensation!
Kind of groovy, but would I listen to it again? No.
I spent too much of this album thinking " these boys ain't destroying anything" before I thought about this genre, the vibesn for real. I don't think they're taking about the western ideal of destruction, as in something is there, then it's gone. I think it's Shiva, God of Destruction style. These samples aren't gone, they're dismantled, reshaped, and made into something completely new. And hey that's pretty cool.
Felt like sinking into a dream I’ve had many times before. Lo-fi beats to study/work/chill to
The one listing all the musicians that should burn in hell, including Weird Al and Cyndi “Looper”, was pretty funny. Wish I knew what they were sampling.
Not at all what I was expecting. Never heard of Mylo but some of it reminds me of Daft Punk. I like Daft Punk, I like this album, 4/5.
The aughts are my favorite decade of music (that I've lived through), so anytime an artist shows up who I've never heard before, I'm immediately skeptical. This is electronic music, so I already know it's going to get crapped on. And for some of it, deservedly so. Some of the tracks get SO repetitive with the vocals, "Sunworshipper" and the title track "Destroy Rock and Roll" in particular. But overall this was a bop. It reminded me of if The Avalanches (same era) had a handful of samples in a track instead of 100s. It's nothing remarkable, and wholly undeserving of being included in this list, but it was easy listening and something I can see myself returning to again. 3.5
Gotta respect how it was created and its status as a genre-defining album, but just a bit too much bedroom noodling for my taste.
For me, the last great dance album. As it happens, I got married the year this came out. Odd coincidence, no?
2.75
Was fine
Good for the afternoon
Not bad. Nothing caught my attention the first go around, but I'd give it another listen easily.
Hadn’t heard of this guy before - but quite liked this
Great vibe pretty much all the way through.
Det eneste gode ved det her album er når man genkender et sample fra et 40 år gammelt nummer
Stor 1er men overhovedet ikke særlig essentielt og bliver ret ensformigt, hård plade at have back-to-back med 808 State
Drop The Pressure was quite nice. I remember it from when I was little and went camping with my parents.. The rest is generic BS
This seemed like average electronic music to me — nothing offensive to the ear but nothing really stood out as amazing. 3/5
I concur with the top comment: "There's no chance of this destroying rock & roll. It doesn't have the energy for that. It's just going to sit on the couch, baked out of its mind, and talk shit about rock & roll instead." Decent listen.
Electronic dance music hit its peak in the late 90s, between the big beat acts riding the Britpop coattails, the French House scene and then IDM, before it seemed like Drum’n’Bass just took over the world. I’ve learned to approach noughties electronica with some caution. Even the Chemical Brothers have missed more often than not since the turn of the millennium. So it’s with great pleasure that I’ve discovered this little gem. It’s not as innovative as what we were getting a few years beforehand but the bass is consistently mischievous, the samples are good fun and all in all, it’s just a funky hour of good vibes. I’m not going to run out and search for a copy but if I happen to spot it in passing, I’ll definitely add it to my collection.
1001 ALBUMS- # 29 Destroy This Mix! A one off ‘Album’ of pure DJ sampling makes the 1001 cut?? Oh wait he’s from the UK, now it makes perfect sense 🤣. While I do appreciate surprises in this project and not just the expected classics, I’m confounded by the inclusion of a record that is so unoriginal, so uninspired and so tedious that it genuinely just fills space as background white noise. Created by a non-musician, something literally anyone could mesh together using modern technology, however those more accomplished with the house-dance original songwriting have executed it brilliantly in contrast to what’s here (Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Air). However these tunes are lifeless, the album art is hideous and the title is just plain offensive to any self-respecting music fan. I am sorry to say Mylo but you are a talentless hack, or at least play up the DJ stereotype ad nauseam. ‘Destroy Rock & Roll’ puuuuuuuuhlease 🙄 What did I do to deserve getting this to listen to right after an Animal Collective release?? My electronica patience has run out… Hit the Thumbs Up icon below if you enjoyed my hot take on the album :)
Reminded me a bit of daft punk but I liked this better.
Couldn’t be arsed
Given the fact that this is an artist I’ve never heard of, with a terrible album title and ugly cover, and the reviews didn’t bode well, I expected a lot worse. In fact, I actually enjoyed this a lot, and will keep it in my library and return to it. It’s a real precursor to a lot of the more expansive genre of downtempo and lo-Fi hip-hop beats that’s prevalent these days. Think Emancipator, Gold Panda etc. But overall I do think it has a more niche appeal and won’t be for everyone, so this is the rare 4 star album I won’t assign the must-listen label. Still - if you like chill electronic stuff you’ll probably enjoy this.
Unhidden gem.
1.5
I had no idea what to expect from the title, but this was a nice change of pace from Gilian Welch. Chill vibe, good to have on while working. Not as into some of the tracks that have random talking on them though, which holds this back.
He wants to be James Murphy so bad, and he simply is not. This is usually pleasant enough that it's not a one-star album - though there are some one-star songs, like the atrocious Drop the Pressure - but it is completely disposable. Of course Pitchfork gave it BNM in 2006.
Reminded me a bit of The Avalanches but nowhere near as inventive or interesting though pleasant enough dinner party background music.
Rock & Roll is safe… but as electronic jams go this was pretty chill and ok. I didnt hate it and might actually put it on if I’m stoned and need some background grooves.
Crap
From a genre that I don't care for and is not for me, this was enjoyable enough. Pleasant background music.
Never heard of this artist before. I'm sure most of the reviewers are pissy about this album title too. It all moves along somewhat nicely, but doesn't really go too "hard" if that makes any sense. Some recognizable samples of 70's/80's soft rock/pop are used all throughout. I didn't care for the tracks that sampled speeches or sermons on repeat, however. The title track was somewhat weak and tedious in that regard. Everything felt a little subdued, I was expecting more as I knew this was a house album coming in, and thus wasn't as memorable as a result.
Lovely album, immaculate vibes. Kept growing on me and ended on the perfect note.
Bland and boring. Rinse and repeat.
Can't find any fault with this one
If you toss an album at me with a title like "Destroy Rock and Roll". You better come at me. Especially since I just listened to Nevermind 15 minutes before. This is a repetitive sampling mess. The fact I am not a fan of techno/EDM certainly doesn't help its cause
Enjoyable-enough background energy. When electronic albums could be clever, compact, and personality-driven instead of maximalist festival fuel. Zenophile.
Very very dull.
Its 2006. You walk into a new sushi restaurant in the trendy shopping district. The decor is wall to wall stainless steel with retro anime accents..Voltron images, Street Fighter characters... The roll list is 275 items long and has the punniest names you ever saw. At least 8 contain truffle oil for some reason. The cocktail list is a combination of enormous fishbowl drinks and sake/fruit martini fusions. 6 cocktails involve dropping a shot glass into another glass. No one that works at the restaurant is Japanese, except the resident DJ. That DJ plays this album on a loop. Your friend orders the truffled scorpion unagi roll with pickled scotch bonnet as your Blackberry vibrates. You really don't like anything about your surroundings, but you are content.
Amazing album i found when i was searching for cool music whenever i could. Found this at an awesome point in my life!
I enjoyed a couple tracks like In My Arms and Guilty Of Love but I don't think this belongs on the list, as it's not super out of the ordinary or ahead of its time. At least it's better than Daft Punk though
When he said "Weird Al Yankovich, Cyndi Looper," I felt that.
Enjoyable despite being fairly repetitive.
I don't normally go for the instrumental electronic beats albums, but this is probably the best one I've heard yet on this list. Simple and repetitive, but got me bobbing my head
Scottish. Fuck Electronica. Fuck Truth be said though, this isn't too terribly bad. I mean, it isn't great. It's like minimalist electronica. But I can tolerate it, unlike most Scottish music. Someone commented that this sounds like if Air and The Avalanches had a very uninteresting child, and I feel like that's exactly what this sounds like. Favorite songs: Drop the Pressure, Destroy Rock & Roll, Otto's Journey, Paris Four Hundred, In My Arms, Zenophile Least favorite songs: Guilty of Love 3/5
It took me a few tries to get through this one because I got busy, and maybe that has me biased against it, since I kept listening from the beginning whenever I came back to it. It's ok. Despite maybe coming back to it four times, I can't seem to recall any songs
Tää oli aika kiva! Paikotellen tommosta vähän daft punkin mieleen tuovaa hommaa. Tasapainoinen ja ihan nastaa samplaamista. 3/5
Tämä oli uusi tuttavuus ja yllättävän hyvää settiä! Osa loppupuolen kappaleista tylsempiä, mutta alkupuolella kunnon groovet. 4/5
I couldn't wait for it to be over. Nothing against it, tho. Just not for me. 3
Never got out of second gear. Just when I thought it would go up a notch, it just listed lazily. Kind of disappointing and no it will not destroy rock & roll.
yeah we aren't destroying rock and roll with this one. it's like right in between good dj music and lofi and i just don't ever see a scenario where i'd listen to this again other than being on hold while i'm trying to get a new debit card
Didn't think positively at first due to the album name but I really enjoyed it overall.
Rock & Roll will never be destroyed, but I guess it can be bored to death.
I was excited bc the rolls haven't had a more recent dance album in a bit but idk i'm left kinda neutral on this. I'm not sure if it's a situation of this album not being as novel as it was when it released since there's so so many good sample-focused house records out there since its release and before too, it may have hit better if I found this earlier. I'm sure it had its moment, and there's some tracks that i'd be into hearing in a club, but overall few tracks stand out to me now. Still i might come back to the some songs i did like.
Initial impressions after first two tracks, this is very tame and easy listen, is the album title ironic or sarcastic? Was expecting something more biting who are the missing persons so repeated in the title track? lol Its a pretty chill album. Is it DEST ROYR OCK& ROLL or DROR EOCO SYKL TR&L? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQc676lFJBfqmlQnJKCHXRja36BTxXtyv2a7lY6xq7dBiTRWilCeP-pT0I-mjMCSzHDoLE&usqp=CAU
music is fun
For me Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo lands bang in the middle. It’s an album that neither blows me away nor leaves me fuming. it’s just there, a middle-of-the-road kind of record. There are definite moments on this record that catch your ear. Mylo's production is crisp, and the electronic beats are punchy and inventive. Some tracks have this infectious energy that makes you want to nod along, and the overall sound is polished with a catchy vibe that fits neatly into the early 2000s electro scene. The album’s experimental edge shows a willingness to mix genres, and there are flashes of brilliance where the synth work and samples come together nicely. On the flip side, a lot of the album feels a bit generic and doesn't really push any boundaries. While the production is solid, it sometimes lacks that extra spark or distinct personality that would make it truly memorable. The hooks are serviceable but not outstanding, and by the end, you’re left feeling that it’s more of a background record than something you’d actively seek out. The overall vibe is pleasant enough, but it doesn’t leave a lasting impression. To be completely honest, there’s really nothing to love about Destroy Rock & Roll, but there’s also nothing to hate. It’s not the kind of album that will get you fired up, nor is it one that will make you want to hit the skip button immediately. I wouldn’t rush to turn it off, but I also wouldn’t go out of my way to put it on. It just sits in that comfortable middle ground. A decent listen if you're in the mood for something unobtrusive, but nothing that truly stands out in a crowded musical landscape. In my perspective, Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo is a decent record that does its job. It’s well-produced and catchy enough to fill in the gaps, but it ultimately lacks the oomph to make it a standout album in my collection. For me, it scores a straightforward 3/5 stars. Perfectly average and perfectly unremarkable.
its okay there's other albums that are of the time, i'm being accosted by oomf for this. They're going to execute me on the eve of september 15th. Watch.
loved it.
5/10 “Ketchup is Spicy” EDM TPAB of H&M Music Stems and Seeds House Royalty Free Bangers Best Of Old Navy Soundtrack Songs to Eat Mushy Peas To One of the Greatest Cultural Exports of British Dance Music
absolutely dreadful, incessant and grating. the kind of music you put on to teach someone a lesson. mylo should have seen jail time for sunworshipper
Nice bit of mellow house, like the piano’s involvement but think some tracks are too repetitive.
If I'm going to get through 1001 records in record time I need to execute swiftly and judiciously. It doesn't help to rumble across indeterminate territory traversing throwback mashups that evoke and eschew the entire electronic aesthetic from the last few decades. I get the sense that this guy Mylo sought to slag out the whole disco-Daft Punk loving world with a monolithic effigy, like telling your dog in a sweet, loving voice, "You m-f-ing little sh-it, etc..." I mean that's literally one of the songs. The judgement of the sacred fire, especially Cyndi Looper.
Pretty good electronic album. Not really what I'm into, but enjoyable none the less.
Feelin like dropping the pressure right about now
No. This is getting increasingly irritating. Just not my vibe.
Not my thing. Listenable but not moving to me. My life is not any better that I have now listened to this album. Beyond me how this is a must listen before you die.
Absolutely listen to this album before you die if you need to feel bored
Just kill me
I had never heard of Mylo before now, but this album was just immensely awesome. So many catchy grooves and melodies that really grabbed my ear and just made me happy. Perfectly recorded/produced and just so, so good. I listened to it twice. Five stars, hands down.
Good background noise.
It did not destroy rock n roll
Great album. Don't think I've ever listened to Mylo before. Very groovy. No stand out song
Pretty good electronic album. I didn't recognize the guy's name, but some of the tracks rang a bell. Sonically this is a nice journey, and something I'll probably come back to. Solid album, that really doesn't have any duds. Very listenable.
Ugh... What the hell, did I really need to listen to this one in particular?
Fun music to listen to while you do homework or something!
Prima, als geheel niet heel bijzonder
Ik weet niet wat het is, maar in albumvorm is het nog geen enkel EDM-project gelukt om mij in te pakken. Een nummertje vind ik leuk, een setje vind ik heerlijk, maar in een album gebeurt gewoon echt te weinig. Saai.
bleeeeeeh
Not bad electronic & sample based music. Didn’t grab me but didn’t mind it. Just alright.
This was actually remarkable. Don't know who Mylo is, don't even know what to say the genre is precisely. But it is ... interesting and novel and very easy to get through. Really reflecting on it I actually like this a "whole" lot. I don't know of any other of their work or whatnot, but this album by itself. Yeah, honestly I think it is well worth a listen.
Ajme a tek je ovo blast from the past 😃
I didn’t hate it, but it’s just a ripoff of better artists.
My interest level in this album is a negative number but the lowest I can rate it is 1 star or F-.
No täähän taas yllätti, en ihan tämmöistä house levyä odottanut tältä listalta. Onko tää parasta housea mitä oon kuullut ja yhtä tärkeä kuin muut klassikot tällä listalla? Ei välttämättä, mutta hyvin nautittavaa silti. Mullehan elektroninen musa aina maistuu jos se on hyvin tehty. Ja tämähän on. Parhaat: In My Arms, Rikki, Otto's Journey
I was really not expecting Destroy Rock & Roll to be this good but i was so happily proven to be wrong. From the first time a got a taste of some of the songs, i was expecting that i would get a 2 star album at best. However, when i actually listened to this album it went up to a 3 and stayed that way until the last 2 songs which were enough for me to give it a 4. The songs here were all some really good stuff but the final 2 tracks, like i said, stole the show for me. The album always managed to have a good beat to all of it's songs and got really beautiful towards the end. This album isn't gonna destroy rock & roll but it is still a really good one nonetheless. Best Song: Need You Tonite Worst Song: Sunworhsipper
Maybe I'm just feeling generous since the other electronic albums I've listened to for this project were just awful, but this wasn't too bad. It won't destroy rock & roll for sure, but at least it was somewhat enjoyable and didn't annoy the hell out of me. 3.5 stars
A few good tracks.
1.5
I don't know how anyone listens to this actively.... The banal nothingness I think I've ever heard. It's like listening to the color taupe. (4.2) ★★
I like the more upbeat tracks, but when this moves towards downtempo, I think it is boring. 3 stars
This isn't bad, but it's not something I'd actively listen to either. It's like the music that's playing in the background if you're at a trendy shop or cafe/bar. Definitely not essential. 2.5 stars.
2.5
Easy 5! Cool, quirky little dance album and 00s classic from the Scottish Daft Punk. Probably the best thing to come out of the Isle Of Skye other than whisky. Lots of fun, funky beats, smooth 80s keyboards and cool samples from Rikkie Lee Jones, Bette Davis Eyes and Boy Meets Girl and serious heavy bangers with Drop The Pressure and the title track. Also some really pretty, chilled out stuff towards the end with Zenophile and Need You Tonight so a good mix of pop, club, ambient and chill out. Mylo apparently got tinnitus afterwards and lost all his money because of all the royalties he had to payout for the samples but it was worth it because this is a very good album.
Yeah, this was phenomenal. I cannot believe I didn't hear about this when it first came out. I would've loved this as a kid. I've never had 55 minutes pass by so fast and blissfully. Stellar album. I need to find this on CD.
Drop the Pressure is the stand-out of course, but there are a few other good 'uns that make this a good listening experience.
Decently fun album
It was alright. Didn’t love it but didn’t hate it. Low 3
I do feel like this is music while on hold. And repetitively annoying. Or annoyingly repetitive.
Boring
p899. 2004. 1 star. Tedious background music for hipster bars. It speaks volumes that the best track on it is samples from the hits of two other artists.
As I've hit the home stretch of this 1001 album endeavor, the generator has resorted to spewing forth all of the shitty, generic British electronica albums that I've largely been spared thus far. Majority of them are mostly bland and fade into the background. But THIS, THIS alternates between bland background music, and highly irritating spoken word passages that make me want to pull my hair out. Under no circumstances does anything by Mylo need to be listened to before you die. If this was a list of 1,000,001 albums you needed to hear, and there were a total of 1,000,000 albums in existence, THIS would still need to be left off the list.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiit
No one can defy The Metal
Heard someone describe this as dance music Ramones and I guess that kind of sums it up in a way though it's massive disservice to the Ramones. It's direct and to the point. Each song is an idea and a direction and i
Electronic enhanced music.
Eh
I was ready to bestow the much-appreciated "rest album" moniker on to this album, though I'm not so sure whether it qualifies. It lacks both a relaxed and emotional component for me to truly feel rested after listening to it. I thought it was pretty alright, though this kind of dance music is very tough for me to engage with. It's flat and sterile, but not in the cool, aesthetic, minimalist way that I usually get down with. It's very mild and my opinion of it is worsened by how lengthy it is. I think this is the longest album that I have listened to so far. It may very well be the longest album on the list outside of The Beatles' White Album. Getting to the title track and hearing a few artist names that I've listened to as a result of this list was pretty cool. I kind of wish I got recommended this one later into the list so that I could see how how big that figure would be. Out of the 58 artists mentioned in the song, I've listened to 8 as a result of this list and 10 in total. I am 13.8% more cultured on music as a result of going through this list, a figure that means absolutely nothing outisde of this one random ass song. Y'know what? Fuck it. I've got time to kill while I wait out the rest of this album. If this were the last album I was recommended on this website, I would be able to say that I have listened to 27 of the artists on this list, or 46.6% of the total list... That's... a much weaker figure than I was expecting. Better to knock this one out of the way sooner rather than later, I guess.
Absolute gem of an album.
Odd that someone born on the Isle of Skye is eventually responsible for music like this. I would have thought that somewhere along the line he would have been influenced by the Gaelic music which typifies that part of Scotland but there is precious little evidence of that. Maybe this is a straight rejection of that type of music which I would have thought was hard to escape from in his formative years. I cannot think of any other type’s of music so diametrically opposed to than this and the organic sounds produced at the local ceilidh. I’m sure that Mylo would be able to explain to me this chasm but I don’t think he would be able to convince me that this album is of any value to my life and that it is imperative I must listen before I snuff it. Indeed when I hear what he has done to Judy Tzuke’s beautiful song it would have been better for my ignorance of this record to have continued. As penance for this rubbish entering my earholes and to cleanse them I’m off to listen to some true Gaelic tunes courtesy of Julie Fowlis and others. 1/5 17/2/25
If you want to destroy rock and roll, I think you need to go at it with something stronger than this. I don’t go to clubs, so I don’t have a frame of reference for this music style aside from mall stores. And waiting an hour for my wife to get out of an Old Navy changing room is not the greatest feeling you want music to invoke.
The tactic here seems to be to bore rock to death, which they put into practice throughout the long album. I’m not sure, but I think they played a couple of “songs” a second time.
Annoying, repetitive, uninspiring.
Up in the clurb, we all fam.
I like having Electronic music albums on this list. This one is a bit too bland tho.
A decent electronic album that has some interesting grooves
At least not fucking folk
Electronic isn't really my jam.
It's quite telling that I was listening to this while working, and at one point a track came on that I thought "oooh, now this is -good-!" I checked it out and Youtube had just skipped over to Daft Punk on auto play. The entire time, however, there was no track that stood out except for 'Drop the Pressure.' If you're going to Destroy Rock & Roll, you gotta do better than this, folks.
This wasn't bad, it showed some interesting variations in melody and sonic texture. In a way it is fitting I get this while in a ski-area in Austria. What goes for dance music here are crimes against humanity. Mylo is a reminder to those peddlers of bass boosted summer of 69 to up their game or even better: pack it in, there's standards that won't be achieved with cow noises.
easily one of the best electronica albums I've heard
Alright why has the world conspired to keep "Valley of the Dolls" hidden from me. In fact, why has the world conspired to keep this whole album from me? You all know I cant resist sample-based music thats made more colorful by the use of a phaser/flanger. That blissful Daft Punk phaser texture hits the dopamine receptors just right. I didnt realize it, but "Drop the Pressure is responsible for a very often-used vocal sample in house music! This song specifically has that early Calvin Harris vibe, you can hear the beginnings of blog house sprouting up. But my highlight on here (and it isnt even close) is the blissed-out "In My Arms". This one is special. I know that there will be very few times that this list produces a song that so perfectly aligns with my exact hopes for what any song can be, while also doing so utilizing my very favorite production methods. A house tempo song with a super happy, super fuzzy, phased vocal loop in a major key. A repetitive, simple bassline. A nice little bridge/chopped up middle section that ramps back up to an even more outright happy and shiny second half, with just a little extra glittery synth at the end to bring it home. I replayed it twice before I could move on through the album! The only comp I have for this song is Pete Heller's Big Love, which wouldnt surprise me to hear it was a reference track for "In My Arms". Genuinely, this song couldve been surrounded by ten layers of shit, and this album wouldve still been worth it for that euphoric little nugget. Luckily, this album isnt layers of shit at all! Now, it's no opus of dance music. But it's good! A tasteful (i hate using that adjective) amount of sampling and chopping, like on "Rikki". Some more easy listening cuts that venture into almost trip-hop territory like "Sunworshipper" or "Need You Tonight". I'm gonna guess the common gripe about this album is that theres not much substance to grab and hang onto, not much in the way of hooks or sticky musical motifs - and that's fair. To that, I'd say that maybe those things aren't always needed. Maybe this album could find its place while doing chores on a lazy sunday or on a nice walk, or just for laying around in the sun. A nice, happy, hazy little musical companion. Soft 4/5.
enjoyable listen, not what i would expect to receive from 1001 closing track was quite pretty he really did say "jack cougar mellencamp" huh
One of those days where I keep flipping back to my player to see how many songs are left. This is probably ok in small doses. "Destroy Rock & Roll", apparently by reciting the names of other artists. Maybe death by association? I'm not sure what these folks are trying to do here, but whatever it is it's beyond my ability to see.
semi catchy elevator music nothing more
WOW! An electronic album I actually like. It’s smooth and playful and never annoying. A real treat!
Elevator music with street cred. Unobjectionable, but not sure what the point of it is.
Uninspiring chillout.
I love this album. Its been in my top 10 for many years, the samples are great. I felt blessed to share this with my friend who is a music nerd and he never heard it but like it.
A fun album. It sounds good and has a nice production. Very creative to take inspiration as a keyboard inspired album.
Some of it was great. Some of it was grating and annoying. Much of it was in between.
I wasn't particularly enjoying this, but got more into it halfway through when the energy picked up. I didn't love it, but can imagine it would sound good in the summer. Some good beats. Truthfully though, in my opinion he didn't improve any of the originals that I recognised (Utah Saints are better at that; can we have their album please? And actual Kim Carnes and Judi Tzuke?) His own creations were... okay.
Did I enjoy it? Yes. Was it a welcome change from the rest of the week’s offerings? Yes. Should it be on this list? Not sure.
Has a interesting sound but not for me mate.
probably should have liked this 20 years ago but missed it
There is absolutely nothing notable or special about this album. It is fine. Maybe OK as background music.
Hype AF
Straight to Spotify saved, started good but some songs aren’t incredible. Barely makes it to a 4
Pata pasar un rato
I remember seeing the CD of this album a lot as a child, it was often in rotation for the car. It is in fact an album my mother loves. There's one song I know on here well, but as I listened, I realised I have varying memories of all the other songs on here. It's my sort of album, I may not always be in the mood for something like this, but the simplistic synthetic rhythms are something I enjoy - it provides a nice background atmosphere. Some of the songs are much chiller that others, and I tend to prefer the higher energy ones, but honestly they're all super easy to listen to.
Loved it
Oh man… this was pretty bad. Like, someone playing with a synth.
A fantastic dance album. I can see why it got so much acclaim, especially given that it was so different to what else was popular at the time. A bit like how Scissor Sisters’ début was adored for the same reason. It’s a shame he never followed this up.
OMG. Get me a double espresso stat! OR hit me over the head with a huge rock so I can just forget I listened to this all the way through lol. Ugh. Can't keep my eyes open. It's probably unfair for me to rate this album because this is SO not my thing. While I'm so wide open to all kinds of music, this was a bit brutal. Other than Otto's Journey which actually felt like some time was taken into producing it and I think Zenophile was the other one - this album did absolutely nothing for me. Otto had some decent added instruments and was actually structured like a song I thought. My brain was confused. I was stuck between a bad night on too much ecstasy at a rave at 4am with a shitty DJ or I was listening to the soundtrack of ANY big bush 70's porn movie (yes they had music back then and it was JUST like this). I did not enjoy this. I'm giving it a 2 because while I do not enjoy this type of music, I 'can' appreciate that this guy was a little ahead of his time. I don't think that many were producing stuff like this at the time and he was a bit ahead of the wave. So I'll give him that. I can only hope that the one of U2's grandchildren who are still receiving 50% of the rights for using tracks on this have enough money to go and get a McDonald's happy meal. Not my cup of tea.
I can appreciate the impact I’m sure this album had on the EDM world but this was also not my cup of tea. I given other songs and artists I’ve listened to in this area, this wasn’t something I would go back and listen to again. Honestly if I ever took ecstasy in my life and wanted to sober up, I think I know what album I’m turning to. Just a few notes on a few of the songs. “Rikki” made me feel like I was having a stroke (there’s needs to be a strobe light warning on the song because the effect it had on my ears was the auditory equivalent of epilepsy). Sunworshipper was lowkey my favorite and the sample on it kinda makes me want to drop out of college and go find a new way of life on my bicycle.
As the person in our group who probably listens to the most music in this genre, I can say I genuinely enjoyed this. It’s definitely different from some of the dance/EDM music of more modern day but has a lot of the same ideas of using samples and edits to make ridiculous beats at a constant BPM that still flow like a song while also sounding entirely different. One of the problems with this genre is that it can come off as repetitive and while newer artists (Daft Punk among others in the more “EDM” space) have done a better job limiting the repetitiveness of it all while still maintaining the electronic dance beat throughout, I felt Mylo had some songs that were entirely repetitive (Destroy Rock & Roll and Muscle Car) and reminded me of something like Ready, Steady, Go by Paul Oakenfold (a great song but also insanely repetitive). That being said, for what this album is and what it does, I enjoyed it. Zenophile and Need You Tonite were fantastic and have added them both to my electronic playlists to listen to them again. In My Arms was pretty good too and is the most popular song from the album, but it sounds like something that would be on a video game loading screen so it loses a few point with me there. All in all a solid album for a genre that can be VERY hit or miss.
Inoffensive but not necessarily good
Enjoyed it. Boppy and funky
Interesting, not what I was expecting, but some of the songs were annoying too. Prolly a soild 3
At its best this is a nice of mixture of sounds, reminiscent of Moby on some tracks, Air on others. There are a couple of particularly memorable songs, Sunworshipper and the Judie Tzuke sampled Need You Tonight. In other places the music noodles along pleasantly enough without really hitting the spot
Could see me having this on in the background in the future. Wasn’t sure about the titular song though!
From his Wikipedia bio, Mylo seems like an interesting chap. But I found this album dreary dull stuff. Not something I'd be keen to play in the future.
Dance Music. First? 3,5/5 Again? 4/5
Surprising for an EDM album to grab me, but this is good, clean fun. It's not rocket science and it doesn't claim to be. Pretty varied approach too. Far from the normal stuff I listen to.
Each song quickly wears out its welcome
Great
Very chill vibes would add to chill playlists easy listening
I'm so glad this wasn't trashy 2000s radio EDM, even thought I have heard the more popular songs before. Some songs feel kinda like Aquarius by boards of canada, which is awesome, but some of the songs where there's just a beat and then a standard looped vocal for the whole song are a bit rubbish. Favourite songs: first 2, drop the pressure, in my arms, Rikki, otto's journey and the last one. Overall around 7/10
Mid. Inoffensive but unseasoned
Was not expecting dance album on this list and pleasantly surprised. A remix of muscle car has always been a guilt pleasure since I first heard so again, pleasantly surprised to hear the original and the songs it was originally packaged with. Fun album
Repetitive. Couldn't finish it. Repetitive.
Some of these tracks were fine, others straight obnoxious. In general, every track is one riff repeated over and over. I don't understand dance music.
I enjoyed this, but probably wouldn’t listen to again
Forgot about Drop the Pressure but overall found the album as a whole kind of medium but that may be due to the genre?
First time listening to Mylo. The album cover and title made me expect something a little more exciting, but that's not what I got. If this is your thing I can respect it but to me this is just one step up from copyright-free YouTube music.. Favorite track: Drop the Pressure 2.5/5
I don’t know if I just got this album on the right day or what, but I loved giving this a listen. I wouldn’t say it’s incredible, but I think Mylo did a great job with this album. I love the old school samples used throughout the album, it helped to create a very chill atmosphere. First half of the album was probably better than the second half, but the ending in excellent.
I knew Drop The Pressure and In Your Arms, as they were both on compilation albums I had when I was a kid. The other tracks were all much of a muchness though. Not my bag, a bit like The Avalanches really.
Amazon music is telling me that Mylo “achieved success in the mid-noughties.” Is that what we’re calling the 2000s now? Really?? I want to talk about that more than I want to talk about this boring album.
Not sure this one has the power to destroy rock &roll... Nevertheless, I didn't hate it, but I also wouldn't listen to this one again.
As much as I love electronic, it can never destroy rock & roll. Second half of the album was much better than the first.
I thought this was quite fun. Good to write thesis to.
Trip hop meets easy listening. Elevators have never been so funky. Not really my bag, but good for what it is, I suppose.
Day359 - there’s 58 minutes i’ll never get back
Rock and roll found alive in a ditch… pretty corny, typically sleazy 2000s type of stuff in some parts imo, but listenable.
Really thought I was gonna hate this after the first track but it turned around quickly. Glad to hear Weird Al mentioned
this one was in the older brother rotation as a kid and i certainly do enjoy the singles (in my arms is really killer) but yeaaa i dont think this one quite lived up to my memories!
Artiste inconnu. Titre très prétentieux, c'est plutôt cet album qui a été détruit, et pas le Rock & Roll. Rien d'intéressant musicalement, c'est très répétitif. Il vaut mieux écouter les versions originales que ces bouts de samples qui n'apportent absolument rien ... Je n'ai as été au bout, j'ai arrêté après le massacre de "Bette Davis Eyes". =>1/5
As much as I love electronic music, it just... doesn't stand up for itself in any meaningful way.
The myth was amazing
I wouldn’t say this is “destroying” anything, but it’s fine. Not something I’d listen to on my own, and not something I “needed to listen to before I die”, but nice as background music.
Y'know, I feel like the title "DESTROY ROCK & ROLL" might set people up with the wrong expectations. Certainly, it set me up with a neat zinger if it turned out this album was bad actually: "DESTROY ROCK & ROLL? How are you gonna do that when you can't even kill a beat?" Har-de-harr. For me, an album calling itself "DESTROY ROCK & ROLL" sounds like it should be setting itself up for some hard hitting stuff. Real "bangers," so the kids call 'em. And while I do think this album has those, they also tend to be a little... "Boppish," as well? I mean, I wasn't expecting this album to be adjacent to IDM or harder genres of electronica like that, but... Yeah, no, this is actually electropop. Mostly sampled from radio-friendly soft rock, as it happens. I'm not sure if I'd call it terribly special, nor something I **needed** to listen to before I died, but unlike a lot of reviews I see that amend that thought to their 1/5's... Hey, I think it's a fun piece of background music. And as I stress when I praise something for being background music: there's nothing wrong with. It has as much right to exist as everything else. Sure, it doesn't go anything good for the album's longevity unless the artist who made it is just **that** notable (see Brian Eno's ambient album). For what it is, though, I feel like I have hardly anything to complain about. In fact, I actually enjoy how a lot of it is sampled from soft rock. For the record, too, by the way, it turns out the title "DESTROY ROCK & ROLL" comes from a Chrisitian fundamentalist sermon sampled on the title track, which mispronounces several artists names, including "Weird Al" Yankovich[sic]. So, really, I can only assume, then, that the use of "destroy rock and roll" is supposed to be ironic — that "rock and roll" is meant to refer to all music, really, and that the album is in favor of **not** doing that. So it's nice to know we're on the same side here. All in all... Y'know, honestly, I am kinda feeling a 5 on this. Part of me was hesitant to do so, since I have been wondering lately if I've been too generous in handing those out.... But honestly, "Emotion 98.6" did actually convince me to go all the way. I really did the track, and the end of it specifically, just that much. Unlike other albums I give 5's, I'm not sure if I'm gonna come back to it too frequently, if at all, but for the time I had with it... Yeah, it turns out this guy can actually kill a beat after all. Go figure.
Wasn't really sure what this album was gonna sound like before listening, but it being some fucking stellar electronic tunes certainly was a surprise in my book. Solid 5 Stars.
I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4. I dunno, I don’t have too much to say – it sure is house / electronica. I’ve heard this sort of style before, and this album does it pretty well. It’s an album that’s very easy to pay attention to in the moment, and get a good feel for the individual tracks, but it’s one of those albums that’s hard to describe the feeling afterwards, and that’s where I’m sort of stumped. I think the production here is mostly good, but I can’t really recall why – there’s lots of trance-inducing drums, synths, and samples that create great harmonies that feel encapsulating for minutes at a time, before moving onto the next one. I suppose this album “fails” when the trance becomes escapable, and it happens enough times where I think this album falls down to a 3.5. It also slowly loses a bit of luster over time – at a certain point, the production tricks feel more common, the tracks go a bit too long, the melodies and patterns get a little repetitive, and it’s just easier to notice the cracks the longer the album lingers on. 55 minutes is a bit long here, and while most of this is still enjoyable, it’s very clear that some of the fat could have been trimmed, and more importantly, more of these tracks could’ve had a little more time to cook. There are points where this album feels like it can explode into a Daft Punk-esque second gear, but it never really reaches that deeper point. A lot of these songs find their rhythm & groove and then just settle, which sort of sterilizes each track to my ears, which just end up thinking about ways the tracks could keep growing and getting more bombast. It feels like there’s a lot of missed potential here. I’m complaining a bit here, but it’s just because I’ve heard better in the genre, and I feel like this is really close to cracking through into an all-timer. Ultimately, I did enjoy it, but if I can’t really linger on it in a deeper sense besides “it sounded pretty good, but it could have sounded even better”, I do sort of question whether or not it’s really in a “listen to this before you die” tier of music. It’s still a solid album, and it lines up with my more VGM-adjacent tendencies, but there’s probably better examples of this genre that are already in the list, or ones that could have replaced it. I did like it though, hence the bump up to a 4.
Unique, funky, upbeat electronic record that's reminiscent of other electronic releases of this era. Haven't heard of this before, but it's decent.
Few good songs, lots of elevator music.
Some weird ones on here
lol this ain't gonna destroy anything except any interest in a second listen. repetitive and uninspired. are the listmakers intentionally choosing boring electronic music because they hate the genre?
Enjoyed this
7/10 This list seems to have basic taste, I know a bit about electronic music and remember this one at the time. It is one of those albums that appeals to a pretty broad audience but has almost no edge or innovation. Don’t get me wrong: it’s nice, well put together, good samples, good influences, but it feels like he pulls a lot of punches. It almost never gets truly hard or aggressive. A lot of this feels deeply derivative of Royksopp - if they have nothing on this list then it’s a travesty that this is on instead
I thought this was completely new to me since I didn't recognize Mylo at all. Then I got to "Drop The Pressure" and was taken back to my teens. This album is great. It has a few songs that sound very generic to me but this is definitely something I would have playing in the background while playing games, cooking, or just going about life.
Nah, Rock & Roll's gonna get killed by SOAD a year later Mr book author didn't know that 1001 was a big number and when he ran out of albums that you could at least pretend were important enough, it was time for the middest albums he could recall
Kinda fresh but I got really annoyed at that one flute song halfway through
Ei anna minulle mitään, en kuule mitään tunteita.
Vitsi olikin lopulta ihan hauska. Pari muutakin toimivaa raitaa erityisesti loppupuolella.
Not as bad as I expected.
Destroy this album. Inoffensive and un-innovative (is that a word?) house dj stuff that would have sounded passe even by the time of its 2004 release. It was an ok listen, satisfying background music, but in no way does this belong on the list.
To call this album monotonous is being generous. Why anyone needs to listen to this album is a mystery to me.
This sort of album is over represented on the list if you ask me. It was fine. Last song was good.
A bad version of daft punk. I had to turn it off in the middle of the song that was repeating the names of rock musicians
It's a good electronic album and quite freaky, with some radio success which, by the way, aren't the best tracks the album offers. I think the album title is not suitable for rockers that want to get curious about electronic music.
Прикольно, но до конца я не дослушала
Honestly, this was better than I was expecting going into it.
This album sure is inconsistent, but damn when it gets going it like really gets going. There are many moments that are annoying and long, but they are mostly made up for by other moments that sound absolutely fantastic.
Proto-lo-fi/EDM with tinges of drugs and psychedelia. Unremarkable, but pleasant enough. The piano-bass interaction in Sunworshipper is worth mentioning – it's smooth, dynamic, and manages to pull off what's essentially a two-chord track. The electronically-pitched vocals in Drop the Pressure is pretty darn sick, and significantly niftier than any other form of autotune I've heard. As with most electronic music, more acoustic percussion in all tracks (including that one) would be a significant improvement. Drum loops only get you so far, and when you're mixing them up and down, they're bound to stand out (in a bad way). Guilty of Love – or at least the string part of it – reminds me of Frank Zappa's music. I would've liked to see more commitment to rapid strings with weird harmonies, but unfortunately they only really appear in this track and the album opener, Valley of the Dolls. Overall, Destroy Rock & Roll is fine. It's just part of a genre that doesn't appeal to me. The title track is also a ridiculously low point in an album packed with "medium" points, and that's unforgivable. 2/5 Key tracks: Sunworshipper, Drop the Pressure, Guilty of Love
I really liked this. It is hard to judge “dance” albums because they tend to be inherently a bit boring to just sit and listen to. But I thought this was funky and fun. More trip hop and big bear than I expected. A couple of great singles.
3.5
I actually quite enjoyed this one which really surprised me! Also ended up knowing one song that I'd not heard in years. Would listen again. Kinda chill 4⭐️
its got a couple decent ones but overall isnt that great
Kivaa vaihtelua levy ehdotuksiin. Aluksi ensimmäisen kappaleen jälkeen uskalsin toivoa levyltä paljon, mutta mitä pidemmälle levy eteni sitä vähemmän se lopulta kiinnosti. Sinäänsä ei mitään erityisen väärin mutteinsen puolesta paljoa kyllä tapahtunutkaan.
Nahhhh. This ain't it. Welcome to the exclusive club of albums I couldn't force myself to finish.
Didn't really care for it and there were a few tracks that I had to skip.
I enjoyed a lot of it, but there were parts that were annoying
Hm, interesting! A decent album to have on in the background for working and doing chores.
What a pleasant surprise! Really enjoyed the production and overall vibe of this one. I think this has been the most surprising discovery so far on my 250 and something album journey.
2 - It's certainly not the most boring two star I've ever listened to. There are some interesting things going on here. My issue with the album was that, when I did find a track to be more interesting than usual on here, it either got boring over the course of the song or there was a part that annoyed me. A lot of the tracks were just boring or not notable to me.
This was good fun actually! I knew several of these songs but had no idea who the artist was. Not sure why really. Really fun dance stuff
I didn't know this album except for the Drop the Pressure track but I loved it. Right up my street, reminded me of Mr Scruff in places and very much the enjoyable electronic music that I like to listen to.
4.5 stars. Chill house music sampling 70's and 80's soft rock. Enjoyed it more than I was expecting. Standouts are "In My Arms", "Drop the Pressure" and "Musclecar (Reform Reprise)".
Some fun tracks on this. I still feel like the EDM music I enjoy has a little more energy or goes harder a bit. 3.5 goin down.
Interesting but not really for me
Rather destroy this than rock n roll.
Redundant & monotonous
Skipped it all
Rigtig god, at arbejde til
Mostly a chill lounge album which sometimes rises to be a bit more, but never quite becomes memorable. An enjoyable listen, but it leaves no lasting impression on me. I may remember 'Destroy Rock & Roll' for its use of the sermon Standouts Valley of the Dolls Destroy Rock & Roll 3/5
Girl Talk for grandmas
Alright to listen to while I worked - but I would query it's inclusion on this list. Not really groundbreaking and kind of forgettable
2.5/5
But I like rock and roll! I don't want to destroy it! Fortunately, this album was not responsible for the destruction of rock and roll. And why would it be? It's not like this album is good enough to do that, right? Well, it isn't. I'll say that. However, I don't hate this album. This Mylo album is FAR from the worst electronic album I've heard. I think that this album isn't bad and is, dare I say it, actually good. I don't love it, but I respect it. There really isn't much to focus on in writing, so I'll just talk about the sound. It's good. It grabbed some of my attention. I wasn't hooked on it for the whole 55 minutes, but I wasn't eagerly waiting for the album to end. The songs are alright. I guess that's what I'd call this album... alright. It's not my cup of tea, but I can see the appeal of this. Good job Mylo, you made an electronic album that I'm not upset by the inclusion of. I wouldn't include this on the list myself, but I'm not outraged like I was for something like Haunted Dancehall, because this album at least made me feel something. Light 3/5.
Drop the Pressure was great, the rest half decent.
Meh. Generic electronica.
Having an EDM/dance selection pop up was exciting, but this wasn’t an exciting album. Generic dance beats, which were fine for background music, but it was nothing I could really get in to. Listen again:nah Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: all blended together
Eh.
Fun little album, a couple tidy tracks like Otto's Journey and In My Arms and always loved Drop the Pressure. Could use a length cut for some tracks where the spoken samples get trying.
I knew this was going go be a struggle when I thought the opening track had gone on for too long, checked the runtime, and it was only just about to reach two minutes. Good god. The repetition makes me feel like I'm trapped in a vocoder. It's chill at times, I'll give it that. The chill feeling goes after two minutes of the same neverending sound. Ok, sometimes the songs have a different sound thrown into the middle, but then it goes back to normal. Finally, the bits I did sort of enjoy were the obvious samples from other songs. I think I'd rather just listen to the sampled songs.
more songs should sample angry christians accidentally recommending great music acts
Ok house music. A couple nice tracks, but mostly not something I will revisit.
Bumpin
Very much a product of its time, and I'm sure I bopped to some of these tunes in the dance halls, but there was far better music around at this time: Layo & Bushwacka's "Night Works" is more experimental and musically literate, while Etienne de Crecy's "Super Discount 2" turbocharged the French touch. "Destroy Rock & Roll" probably sold more copies than both of them put together, but that doesn't mean it's the better record.
Decent electronic music, not too repetitive. I don't know the context of the spoken word part of the title track, but based on the artists/bands, I can tell you exactly what year it was - 1984.
Great trashy fun. Cyndi Looper, David Booie, Bruce Springsteen et al. Not everything has to be deep and meaningful. Points for Judie Tzuke sample too. 3.5 really but not a four. Should it be on this list, possibly not and I am guessing there's some spitting the dummy over it. But I have to now listen to the Kings of Leon's second album on this list and that is two too many. So chill.
This was just a bad album I think. It was very annoying to listen to and it felt like it was really trying hard to be difficult but painfully failed. It felt urban but still stuck in some old ways that just couldn’t click.
Each time I thought this might be a little bit catchy it inevitably would soon devolve into a typically uninteresting repetitive part over and over....and at times was just straight up annoying. The satanic panic song could have been a funny idea but is lazy.... just unimaginatively playing this preacher's speech endlessly which ended up having the effect of me wanting to agree with the lunatic just so the music would stop ... I didn't even get a nostalgic pang for some of the recognizable 80s samples. it just felt like audio engineering class project pandering. I like when electronica freaks me out, transports me, or soothes me. this did none of the above. ...how is this something I need to hear?? 3/10 2 stars. barely.
Not for me
It's alright. Inoffensive background music. It doesn't even bother me that it's very repetitive. Favorite song: Otto's Journey.
I like this. Good DJ vibes but also just interesting rock vibes. Sunworshipper was good and so were a few others. Listened to it twice. Worth another listen.
No. 276/1001 … Valley of the Dolls 4/5 Sunworshipper 4/5 Muscle Cars 5/5 Drop the Pressure 4/5 In My Arms 5/5 Guilty of Love 3/5 Paris Four Hundred 4/5 Destroy Rock & Roll 3/5 Rikki 4/5 Otto's Journey 5/5 Musclecar 4/5 Zenophile 4/5 Need You Tonite 4/5 Emotion 98.6 4/5 Average: 4,07 This was really awesome. I'm not the biggest electronic music fan, but this album just clicked for me.
Middle of the road DJ stuff
Elton John said it's good so it must be heard before you die? I don't agree that this is in this list. I forgot most of it the moment the album ended, only the feeling of wanting it to end is remembered.
No one can destroy r-n-r. If that was the intention, this album falls flat on its face. Electronic music is not meant to be listened to. It’s unbearable. However, you turn it up as loud as it will go and dance, then that’s a different story. But not if you have any taste whatsoever.
Tedious
Meh
Interesting. but not extremely good.
Drop The Pressure // In My Arms //
If you like well organized techno beats that include lists of vehicles and famous musicians, this might be for you. It occasionally for the foot tapping, but does not need to be listened to in full.
I’ll admit I’m a bit ignorant when it comes to this style of music, but how can this be an essential album in any way? Especially given the many other electronica albums on the list from this same era.
Pretty repetitive overall. I guess some of the beats were cool, but it wasn't anything amazing...Someone might sample his beats which sample other people's beats, but they could also sample the original and probably do it just as good or better. He turned it into music you would hear playing in a hipster hotel lobby or hipster department store.
I guess his thing is that he samples stuff, which I am all for, but he doesn’t do it very well. His samples are just way too repetitive.
This would be fine when you are at a bar and they have it going on. I do not believe I needed to hear this before I died.
Not bad at all. This seemed somewhat irreverent and it definitely had my head bobbing. Solid, fun DJing.
this was just uninteresting daft punk. had 1 or 2 fun moments but for the most part fell short for something that made its way onto this list.. maybe i don’t get it idk but i have definitely heard more exciting things! seemed to just fade into the background. some of this record would also be good as the the soundtrack to an online platformer game from 2005
This definitely isn't my thing. I could see how it would be good cleaning/work flow music, but nothing I would deliberately put on. Seems like the person making it had fun.
Interesting, some songs I liked, and others were getting on my nerves with the repetitiveness. Wish I could rate 3.5 but I'll bump it up to a 4 because I would listen to some of the songs again.
Very surprising. Fantastic house album.
Added this one to my library.
Ég hlustaði á þessa danstónlist og gat ekki fyrir mitt litla líf áttað mig á af hverju mér fannst ég kannast svona við þetta. Það komu einhver lög sem voru augljóslega endurblöndun á einhverju sem ég þekkti en grundvallartakturinn var samt eitthvað sem ég fíla en kom ekki fyrir mig. Þegar platan var búin setti ég Röyksopp á í smástund sem var samt ekki það sem ég var að leita að. Fínasta tónlist sem ég mun gleyma strax aftur
Safe, smooth and easy to listen to electronica, that is to say boring. There are way better examples of this era of electronic music. 3/10 Pointless and dull
I’ve never been a big fan of dance music but this album did provide a few toe-tapping moments, probably to the songs with samples where I recognised some of the original tunes. After a while the repetitiveness of it all got me close to turning the sound down as the album reached its latter stages. The last couple of songs redeemed the situation slightly. At least it didn’t require much attention so in a way not the worse background music to work along to. Wife walked in and heard 2 songs and hated it.
I am sure the Rock & Roll establishment were quaking in their boots when this seminal album was dropped and set to destroy their world. I am assuming the title is ironic, but I am also sure the DJ who produced this guff is not interested in what a middle aged man 20 years later thinks of it! I mean it is not awful, it is pretty chilled and has hints of Daft Punk, but I keep expecting someone to interrupt each song by announcing that my call is important to them and that someone will answer as soon as possible. Pretty dull.
Is it just me or was this just run of the mill electro pop?
So I’ve really tried my very hardest not to like this album. It’s completely unoriginal, it’s ripping off Air, Daft Punk etc all over the place. It’s generally a bit too cheesy house for my usual tastes. But nope, no matter how much I re-listen I still like pretty much every track. So it’s one of those times you just have to let your pop sensibilities take over and accept it for what it is, an uncomplicated fun elec dance album. Amen.
Initial impressions quite favourable but slowly changed to boredom. Don't remember it at the time and forgotten it already. This never happened.
Clean polished and a solid listen, only one track really stands out — drop the pressure . The sound is generally enjoyable just doesn’t offer standout in the 2024 climate it helped build
ok dance
Alright, it peaked in the middle, then faded to the end
Probably doesn’t deserve to be here, but it’s good for what it is.
Meh
New to me and very listenable. Strange album title, interesting audio drop-ins, but overall, a fine album. (This is what I enjoy most about 1001 Albums Generator)
This is absolutely my style of music, but that doesn't mean this album is good.
It doesn’t (destroy) and you don’t (need to hear it) Google “free loop pack” - it’ll take less time
Great inclusion! The only album from a Scottish producer and DJ. Very enjoyable with a lot of fun beats and as I combed through it again I noticed most of them sounded different which is a bonus compared to some of the electronic albums we have gotten. Always happy to hear beats like this on a Monday morning. Kept Valley of the Dolls, In My Arms, and Otto's Journey.