Album Of The Day

Lo-fi and electronic music seems to be my flavor right now. Good first listen.

Yeah...nice enough background music for polite clubbing or one of those dinner parties where chaps think it's clever to talk smack about jazz and quote Anthony Wilson at you.

Honestamente, no la pasé tan mal como creía que la iba a pasar. Sin embargo, "Destroy Rock & Roll" de Mylo no logra cumplir su propósito, ya que después de escucharlo, solo tengo más ganas de escuchar Rock & Roll. Podría llegar a entender la influencia que este disco pudo tener sobre el subgénero nacido en YouTube "Lo-fi hip-hop beats to relax/study to", porque esta música es ideal para tener de fondo y no ponerle absolutamente nada de atención. Aún así, en el último tercio del disco, a Mylo se le acaba la creatividad y nos aburre con pistas sumamente repetitivas que no vale la pena escuchar. No creo, por ningún motivo, que este disco sea uno de los 1001 que alguien debería escuchar antes de morir. No es malo ni bueno, es sencillamente mediocre.

Background music

'In My Arms' was a massive hit back in the day. Though it's kind of feels lost to history now, it holds up surprisingly well. The rest of the album is decent with some occasional strong tracks. 'Drop the Pressure' and 'Paris Four Hundred' are fun and danceable. The title track reappropriates a fire and brimstone preacher by twisting his words into a celebration of popular music. Ultimately though, 'Destroy Rock & Roll' isn't particularly memorable as an album. Daft Punk does the style better. Fatboy Slim does humor better. Loads of artists do sampling better. Despite that, it's a decent album with a few highlights and one great song. But you probably didn't really need to hear it before you die.

60/100 This has some very strong Electro tracks but the quality is all over the place. It's a shame because some of the ideas here are great.

Bland but not bad.

Repetitive at times, but over decent. Good background music

Couple really good songs on here, but near the end it got boring. Shame.

Rating: 6.5/10 Good electronic album, a lot of songs are pretty meditative and laid back. Quite a few songs on this album sound like stereotypical electronic music but the highlights are quite good. Favorite songs: Valley of the Dolls, Sunworshipper, Muscle Cars, Drop the Pressure, Guilty of Love, Emotion 98.6. Worst song: Destroy Rock & Roll.

Not even a remotely important album, but it was an ok listen for a long drive running errands.

Never listened to this before, but I have heard of Mylo. Pretty good so far, nice chilled out electronica, á la Air, Lemon Jelly, or the Orb. Once I got to "Drop the Pressure", I realised why I recognized this; some of these songs were ubiquitous back in the day. I enjoy a good mash-up every now and then, and had a minor obsession with Girl Talk when I was in college. Some of this is really inventive. Sunworshiper and Musclecar have good instrumentals, while Drop the Pressure and In My Arms are real earworms. But overall it kind of feels like the musical equivalent of junk food - style over substance.

first listen couple of dope tracks, but not enough substance overall

It was fine

Electropop worth to listen once or twice.

Throwaway sample high DJ album. Like the Judy Tzuke one but then I liked the original. Ok

yeah whatever

A couple good dance-y electronic tracks

3.5. The first track is grating but it's a delightful Sunday afternoon listen

Mylo could be regarded as a forerunner of the Swedish artists that would dominate EDM/dance music in a few years’ time (such as Swedish House Mafia and the late Avicii). And in that sense he’s significant, but otherwise this is a fairly routine album with a few clever sample.

I bought the CD when it came out. It was a three star album then. Same now. Drop the pressure, sunworshipper and in my arms are pretty good tracks. The rest are ok.

Quite enjoyed this tbf, some bits I sort of recognised, but overall something nice to work to on a sunny day!

Hell of a title to be the savior of dance music. Drop the Pressure seems to be the highlight but it isn't the highlight at all. It's fun but nothing to revisit.

muzika za cekaonu osim one najpopularnije

Not for me but pretty good electronic music

A bit like the Throbbing Gristle album, but these guys went, "Hey, what if we made it good and fun?"

2.5/5

This album was interesting. Not something I would normally listen to but I enjoyed it.

5/10. Good beats. Fairly impressive for this type of music, but this type of music simply doesn’t hit me usually. I enjoyed some beats but prefer bands/instruments.

What a weird title for an album that more celebrates (soft) rock & roll than attempts to destroy it. I didn't know what to think about this album and I probably still do not. Very pleasant listen, the sort of album that you put in the background when doing work. I could have used more vocals on some of the songs, but overall an interesting listen. I tend to gravitate towards this type of laid-back electronica, so this is a sound that I am prone to enjoying. Do I wonder, yet again, why this album is in the book? Eh, probably. I am not complaining by any stretch of the imagination and though I think music like this works best on an EP. In fact, some of my favorite (what I call) beach electronica artists are best heard on EP. I don't know why that is, yet I prefer to hear the music in that format. Overall, a good listen and this is probably going on my list of electronic synth-heavy instrumentation I listen to.

Review to come

This list has been heavy on British electronic music that hasn’t resonated with me but this album was much more enjoyable. I am a fan of house music so despite the length, I enjoyed this quite a bit, especially though headphones. It’s not particularly groundbreaking, but it was a fun listen.

quite fresh, minimalistic, nice background music YNN

Mfr's going to talk under pressure

2.5

Honestly I enjoyed most of this album. I do like house music that dips into the ambient electronic side. However I did need to skip a few songs, the title track and Musclecar were unbearable. I might have given this 4 stars if not for those tracks.

I found myself grooving along at my desk and enjoyed most of the album. I admit I cut a couple tracks short when they got too repetitive (ex. title track).

Ok dance music. Not sure if i'd listen to it again.

Perfectly fine ambient music. Something I could probably program to. But not something I'd choose to listen to, at least not most days.

Better than I was expecting, but hardly inspiring.

This album will never be the destoyer of Rock n Roll. It does however contain some pretty melow sounds, think elevator or cafe background music. It would be good background music for a lazy weekend afternoon with a few beers 2.5

I mean people making fun of it for the title clearly didn't listen. its making fun of that sentiment. the music was just okay, chill stuff but nothing really significant

Very smooth and chill. Some tracks are very lo-fi, back before that was as well known as it is now. Most tracks, though, are more standard House-fare, but even those still have something distinct about them.

There was alot of beat which was fun for a run, but not as enjoyable for other settings. I liked the son where they just named a ton of musical artists the whole time. 2.5

typically speaking, I’m not big fan of electronic music, but this one was fun. I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t very deep, nor do I think I’ll go back for another listen. 3/5

Solid electric. Clearly drawing a lot from Daft Punk, but reaches nowhere near the heights. Enjoyable 3.

Enjoyed at first. Too long and became repetitive.

Not sure how I have managed to hear a few of these before. Must have snuck into Napster/Limewire under different names. Not bad overall. Not essential, but not bad. The song Destroy Rock and Roll is a very clear reference to Daft Punk’s Homework. Not great. There are a few cute songs here. But most of this is pretty average. Not new or innovative. Too late in the game to be influential. It’s like easy-listening DJ music. If this intended to be the heir to Kraftwerk and 808 State, this is a poor example. This is fine, but there are better records that deserve this spot.

Never heard of Mylo. Overall some really great beats and vibes on this album, but nothing that really reached out and grabbed ahold of me. Cool album but ready to move on.

I was pleasantly surprised by this and particularly enjoyed Drop the Pressure and In My Arms. While nothing was too offensive, I didn’t care for Destroy Rock & Roll (the track); spoken word in music can be ok, but this was too repetitive and continuous.

Not bad, but not my typical kind of music

On paper, this sounded right up my alley. It didn't quite live up to my expectations, though, and I was left feeling kind of empty. Too bad.

I surprisingly enjoyed this album, being that it was a dance/electronic album. It was a good balance of keeping me engaged and enjoying what I was listening to Top tracks: Drop The Pressure, Need You Tonite

3. Some were okay, others too repetitive

I think the underlying music is great, however a lot of the vocal samples used are tedious or completely take away from the music itself. Overall it’s ok.

I felt that it had some good moments in here. Sometimes the voice track got a little repetitive during a song but it had a nice rhythm and it felt good.

Not bad for an electronica album; it's like a more sophisticated version of music made in Garage Band. The isolated electronic loops create a focused sound, like placing a single painting in a completely empty room. The way audio recordings are incorporated into the rhythm of the tracks is also interesting.

It's a "vibe". I'm not a big fan of spoken word over music so there are a few tracks I didn't enjoy, but overall there's something here. If you like chill hop or click hop and slower tempo electronics you'd probably enjoy this.

Solid stuff. A lot of songs I’d completely forgotten about snd s very good outro track.

Some not to bad tunes. Might actually reexplore in the future. 3/5

not my most preffered but I can see why people may love or hate it

Smack bang on 3. Pleasant but kinda pointless sounds.

Most of this felt like what they use these days to back certain kinds of mass produced "viral"-aspiring videos. Cooked down pop hooks. Nowhere has it been more apparent that this thing of using repeated spoken word bits as elements of composition is a dicey technique. It rarely works and usually detracts.

Nice

Ça va mais ça casse pas 3 pattes à un rockeur

ni désagréable ni particulièrement bouleversant

avg

Gear: Fostex TH610 (Lawton) Mische: vereinzelte flirrende Drum-Breaks und Dance-Melodien durchbrechen die unaufdringliche Synth-Decke Mugge: Daft Punk-like, der wenig Aufmerksamkeit benötigt um zu Gefallen - hierfür habe ich definitiv Verwendung! Wertung: 3/5

A couple of recognisable hits. Not bad really. A bit generic at times but it's 2004 so I'll let him off.

Beeps and whistles along, more interesting making LoFi sounds than up beat dance tracks which lack distinctiveness, not special enough.

its alright, some songs seem a bit pretentious on the whole destroy rock & roll theme but they are never bad

There's 4 or so pretty cool tracks here, the rest isn't my cup of tea but overall yea not bad. It does seem like I'm marking everything 3/5 though. Marks out of ten would definitely had allowed for more specific ratings.

Feels a bit dated now

Not a bad album, but not great either.

This was another very unique album that I found more interesting than enjoyable. The house beats and electronica sounds were fine but not mindblowing, but this album uses some of the oddest samples I've ever heard. The list of "deviant" bands on destroy rock and roll made sense thematically but the earlier one about some hippie that rode their bike to eureka california was just weird. It sort of worked with the song but it was just so goofy to me. I thought Otto's Journey was a nice bit of ambient music though.

Disco at 2am — very spacey

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Nothing really wrong with this... I wouldn't mind listening to it, but it doesn't seem especially extraordinary to me. Maybe it was one of the first albums like this, but this kind of stuff is all over the place now.

Pretty good.

The Prince "EH" on Guilty of Love got an LOL out of me. Honestly up until that song I was bopping along pretty hard with this album. but this, Paris four hundred and the title track are hard duds. Oh my god what in the fuck the intro to Rikki made my ears feel super weird and idk if I like it or not? that was crazy. I'm probably not gonna add any of these songs but I'm glad I listened to it 1001 albums thanks. It reminded me of Kaytranada's 99.9% album so just for that it gets an average rating....

Tulee röyksopp mieleen. Tosi letkeetä, mut ehkä vähän hissimeno. Sillai piq persoonatonta. Mut ihan menevää.

Kam etwas schwer rein, wurde aber immer besser ab 9./10. Song, also vor den Remix Wdh.s

Mylo displays all the telltale signs of a man who doesn't quite know how to sneeze properly. This inconsistent record focuses too much on trying to look down its nose at those who like pop music and not enough time is spent trying to discover who Nigel Spackman really is.

well! mylo's destroy rock & roll was cool! i found it to be an interesting, creative album that worked to make the sampled songs different. it was quite easy to listen to, despite the variety between the original songs. because of the variety, the music wasn't boring. gosh, the title track tied the whole album together with the repeating holier-than-thou message from the church universal and triumphant. damn, mylo!

I liked the first couple songs because of their creative sample use but this album just got worse as it dragged on. 5/10

About time for a good album and I enjoyed this so 3 easy *

It was alright

Good house album, but wish it had more oomph behind it. Not something I'd put on when I want to listen to a album, but chill background noises while you do anything else

Good ideas and some memorable soundscapes, but not consistent enough to be an above average album in my eyes. 3.5

Rock & Roll can destroy itself just fine, thank you. It doesn't need help from middlebrow house music. Still, the album is not without merit.

Eerder ontspannende house-muziek. Ik zie het niet direct als dansbaar, maar als een roadtripplaatje

I remember this album existing, but wasn’t expecting to recognise so many tunes on it (three, I think!) Doubts kept creeping in while I listened, like ‘what exactly qualifies this as a must-hear?’ and ‘isn’t this exactly the kind of music I used to hate??’ But in the end, I actually ended up enjoying it. There are some pretty bangin’ grooves, and some pretty groovy bangers, and crucially they’re served with a large dollop of playfulness. The title track does make me smile.

Intergalactic beastie boys meets Charlie's angels fight scenes

At least ‘dance’ electronic has something to it

Dammit if I didn't really like this album of groovy beats and smooth sounds. Nothing to write home about but it was chill with my coffee on a Saturday morning

And so I took off on my bicycle, well, to solve all my problems, to get out drugs, cause I had enough of that, I've had the college, I've had the earing the money, and the material trip, I just decided I was going to find a new way of life

I thought this was a really good electronic album well beyond it's time by an artist I'd never listened to. Nice to get something like this because it's so interesting to know that there are still new things out there. Guilty of Love was the low water mark and this one was terrible. Muscle Cars was the best. Light and fluffy.

Hmmm... It's kinda amazing how paper thin old electronic music is. This really doesn't hold up in 2024. Perhaps it's the straight repetition without variation. I think his transitions rely too heavily on fades in and out. Or perhaps it's the evolution of sound that sets this stuff apart when it's first introduced. Something gains earworm quality when there's a little snippet of something that you've never heard before, maybe it's a new instrument, maybe it's a series of quirky chirps but that unique morsel sets the artistry alive and makes an impression. This is the first time I've heard Mylo and 2004 was 20 years ago. There's nothing here that's eluded me. So, it's quite possible that this was revolutionary when it was released, but it is less so today.

I immediately pre-judged this electronic music I'd never heard of for it's "Destroy Rock & Roll" title. I like a lot of electronic music, but predictions of the demise of rock music have always been overstated and thus I was wary. Luckily, Mylo doesn't seem to have a destructive agenda of his own. The title track, with it's backing vocal from a fundamentalist Christian sermon was brilliantly paired and quite catchy, but overall a lot of the album fell flat. It opens with two good songs that are atmospheric and enveloping, but those are followed by a series of fairly boring house tracks before "Destroy Rock & Roll" tries to get things back on track. "Musclecar" tried for a repeat of the spoken word and beats pairing but was not as successful, but the album picks back up at the end, especially with "Emotion 98.6." If the vibes created by the start and end of the album were sustained throughout, it would make for a much more satisfying listen. Like with last week's Black Sabbath, the preacher's rundown of all the corrupting acts in rock and roll reminded me how tame much of what induced pearl-clutching in previous generations seems in the 21st century.

Semantic satiation is a phenomenon whereby the uninterrupted repetition of a word eventually leads to a sense that the word has lost its meaning. Halfway through drop the pressure Mylo says morherfucker’s so many times it loses all meaning. Not only are the lyrics repetitive, the repetition of the same sounds renders this album nothing more than background music.

I did not have nearly enough ecstasy in my body (read: any) to properly enjoy this album, but I like it would have been pretty good if I did.

I believe I purchased this album back in the day after hearing "Drop the Pressure". I really wanted to love it but found myself only kind of liking it. While it's creative in places, it tends to feel pretty repetitive and synthetically anodyne in others. It might be a product of the genre or the era, but I had a hard time getting back into this album. It does carry some sentimental nostalgia value for me so I'll round up my 2.5 to a 3.

Given that there are so many more adventurous electronic dance albums around, I am not sure why this rather straightforward album is in the list. The hits Drop The Pressure and In My Arms are OK, just like several of the other songs. Hearing the title song (some kind of Negativland cover) once seems enough. On a side note, a remix version of one of the songs is much better than its original: the Étienne de Crécy remix of Paris 400. The unremixed version is nice, but the remix is great and beats every track on Destroy R&R.

Quite acceptable, occassionally compelling, dance music.

Pretty cool sound. Laid back and fun electronic music befitting of a warm summer day. Sort of Daft Punky at times too (in "Drop The Pressure"). I liked it and I think it's a nice 3/5. Sometimes this kind of music gets a little too repetitive for me. It's not really a fault of the music itself though, as sometimes music is written specifically to be groovin to and with any kind of drastic change there it's going to mess with the dancing. Can't have that.

Je pense que personne dans l'entourage de Mylo n'a osé lui faire de retour objectif sur son projet sinon difficile de croire qu'il l'aurait sorti. Je vais donc me charger de le faire : ton album est aussi répétitif que mon cul, voilà c'est dit.

La constance de Robert dans l'impertinence musicale force le respect, c'est un véritable festival d'albums tous plus étranges les uns que les autres qui se succède actuellement. Encore une fois, bravo Robert.

For such a confrontational name, the music sure is inoffensive

Trevligt

Not bad, pretty bouncy

In My Arms slaps with the force of 15 bricks in a burlap sack.

I enjoyed this as background music - I guess the groundbreaking part of this album was the use of rock & roll music from Mylo's upbringing, but not knowing any of those songs means that it didn't really mean anything to me. With that said this was enjoyable, easily digestible house music from the early 2000s.

Good beats but a bit boring to listen to all in a row. Good background music for a drone tour of a city or something

3/5 Best: Paris Four Hundred Worst: Destroy Rock & Roll

Curiós artefacte house de l'época, primer i últim treball del compositor escocés. 'Drop the Pressure' se suposa el punt de referència del disc, gran éxit al seu moment. Però en realitat hi ha molt millors opcions. El tema que dona títol és brillant, samplejat d'un boig predicador dels '80s maleïnt noms d'artistes de l'época sobre una base electrònica punyent. 'In My Arms', 'Sunworshipper' o la última 'Emotion 98.6' són altres dels temes que destaquen. Interessant

Pretty much dead-on average

weird

Good sound.

This was a decent house album. At first I wasn't that impressed but as it went on I really liked some of the songs and specifically the samples he was including. Not sure that I'll ever come back to this one but it's not bad at all. Standout Tracks: Drop the Pressure, Paris Four Hundred, Destroy Rock & Roll, Rikki, Need You Tonite

Ich hatte Befürchtungen. Die sich überraschenderweise nicht bewahrheitet haben. Über weite Teile gefälliges, aber interessantes Album, das am Ende etwas abflacht und zwei Stücke kürzer sein könnte.

This was a fun album. Good beats and samples.

A decent version of the French electro style, but really nothing more

A few classics, that I had no idea Mylo was responsible for

This album is a solid effort that showcases the Scottish producer's talent for crafting catchy, danceable electronic music. The album is full of upbeat tracks with infectious melodies and beats, and I do appreciate some nice breezy music once in a while. Mylo shows a knack for incorporating elements of other genres into his music, such as rock, pop, and hip hop. However, one of the album's biggest weaknesses is its reliance on samples. While some of the samples are used effectively, others feel overused and uninspired. In My Arms works for me but the eponymous track is particularly annoying. 3.5 rounding down because I don't think I actually did need to hear it.

2nd time hearing this one. It has impressed me. I thought I was going to hate it, but it isn’t bad at all. Some songs are much better than others and there is kind of a boring feel at times but overall, I enjoyed it. Standouts: Sunworshipper, Drop the Pressure, In My Arms, Destroy Rock and Roll, Others: Guilty of Love, Otto’s Journey, Musclecar, Doctor Pressure. Rating: 3.5

Some interesting melodies and decent background music

strange

Mf really thought THIS album could destroy rock and roll? 😂 It’s probably one of the better examples of its genre. Enjoyable at parts. I don’t like the vocal samples common to this genre.

Overraskande bra

bien tranku 7/10

3,5

“The most laid back HOUSE album I’ve ever heard” he said, while yawning. I think Rock and Roll is safe…. While it isn't much of a 'HOUSE' album, I think it is really good. I hate the mispronounced names in the song listing all the 80's music stars. Seriously? Jack Coogar Mellencamp, Cyndi Looper....ridiculous. That aside, the album is quite enjoyable in it's own way. At the start of the day I was thinking this was a 2/5 at best, now after listening to it all day, I'm at 3.5.

You're not destroying anything with this soft and fluffy item.

all the best hooks are taken

3.5 - More hotel lobby music but this time it’s for a hotel you actually want to be at. Whereas other electronic records may be suitable for the business hotel off the airport, this one’s for an upscale beachside hotel.

Good hang out at the house techno. Mellow, with a variety of genres to keep it interesting.

Dollar Store Daft Punk

Not bad for background music, stands the test of time within its genre, but definitely forgettable. Does not destroy rock n roll, that’s for sure.

Not as bad as expected based on the genre but ultimately of course nothing really worthwile

I’m indifferent

Smooth AF. Not a lot of lyrics, good background jam. Some can be a little too much or repetitive, mostly all fun. 3/5

Surprisingly not as bad as I thought. Some tracks have a cool proto-lofi hip hop sound to them.

A bit of electro house for you. It starts out as a mellow instrumental jam that starts to ramp up with the fourth track. This peaks with the title track, which has a rambling of "rock & roll" bands and artists, not unsimilar to Daft Punk's Teachers. Not every song is a winner but albums like this were meant for mixing in the DJ booth for the club, not really for a sit-down listen at home. In full honesty this album needs to be waited out for it to truly get good.

Trying to come up with a better descriptor than "simple," but that's all I got.

It kinda alternates between entertaining and mildly irritating and headache inducing

Kind of interesting as background music. I really don't mind the repitiveness and looped samples...In My Arms, in particular is one enjoyed. I could maybe see coming back to this, but not super often. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

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Quite liked this, but nothing that exciting

Mylo is a low GI snack. The title wasn't really indicative of the content.

Some okay ambience for the afternoon, but largely forgettable

Kinda cool. I don't usually dig this genre but this wasn't bad. Nothing too great but I like it more than a lot of other electronic music. A pity this is the only album they put out.

Really cool dance Album. Mylo really had some heaters. Fave track - Drop The Pressure

Here's one that speaks to state of mind and environment and their effects on my experience with an album. I was enjoying this just fine as I listened and jogged in the cool afternoon yesterday. I found the monologue-on-repeat about the druggie cyclist sort of annoying but it fit the vibe and had a payoff of sorts, so... OK. I was enamored with the title track, finding the preacher's (or whoever that idiot is) mispronunciations funny and loving that they looped Missing Persons and Duran Duran as that was in heavy rotation in my high school days. I related. There was a track that jarred me out of enjoyment —maybe Musclecar, maybe Zenophile, and maybe neither of those was on the original release (2005 remixes) — so should they count? I don't know. Listened again this morning over coffee as I got the day started and liked what I was hearing a whole lot less. Totally over the cyclist. Had to turn it off as I was finding it distracting and not promoting a good mood. So a 3. Sometimes, it's right. Other times, it ain't. Spotify with these multiple versions of albums... not always the bonus it presents itself as.

I was not familiar with Mylo. I really like this kind of dance/techno/electronica. I put this kind of music on when I'm cooking alone in the kitchen and pretend I'm in the club with Keith.

One great song and a few OK ones

Pretty fun. Not obsessed but dont hate it.

Surprisingly better than I’d hoped for

к вечеру опять поняла, что запомнила только маленькие куски, но вообще разнообразно, довольно интересно

Curious inclusion on the list - maybe this was ground-breaking at the time, but it just comes across as tame "producer" music in this day and age.

I enjoyed these rhythmic grooves more than I expected to.

I fucking love random European electronic music, gotta be one of my favorite genders

Heavily influced by Daft Punk, but not as versatile. 3/5

fav sunworshipper guilty of love paris four hundred zenophile emotion 98.6 least fav drop the pressure feel like I might appreciate this more if I recognized/had a connection to the samples

favourite song: sunworshipper least favourite song: in my arms pretty solid just a few fairly annoying bits

Another electronic album... this one seems a bit more modern than the last one we listened to, however, it has the same issues. A lot of these songs aren't very engaging, though there are a couple that are just great... Paris Four Hundred and Otto's Journey.

What's this? A British electronic album that didn't last two hours? It's pretty catchy and kept my interest the whole way, very chill and nice stuff. I particularly enjoyed Sunworshipper

Before Calvin Harris we had Mylo... Definitely vibes of 2-4-1 Becks on a Monday night, but enjoyed parts of this. Mainly the album tracks and In My Arms, but not bad at all! Guilty of Love a highlight

Enjoyed it a lot more than I expected when I heard the first track, each one was decent but seemed to be missing an extra riff or part that would make it stand out. Really good as far as house music goes!

Not sure it destroyed rock and roll but I didn't mind it. Easy to listen to in the background.. Inoffensive electronic music. Probably wont go back in the future though

Écoute un peu distraite. Bonne musique de fond avec plusieurs bonnes grooves. Je n’étais par contre pas assez concentré sur mon écoute pour évaluer le montage des samplings vocaux qui sont supposés être humoristiques. Il faut tout de même considérer cette écoute comme l’écoute d’un œuvre du début des bedroom producer. Pour ça, c’est quand même bien.

Not the biggest fan, but not bad.

It's possible that I've heard music from Mylo before, but I can't say for sure. Destroy Rock & Roll was all new music for me. Sometimes I listen to some generic synthwave music to play as background noise to get me through the work day. This album felt very synthwave, and relatively generic. Most of the album was okay, but around the title track my individual track ratings were dipping in to the 2 star range. I did mark the opening and closing tracks ("Valley of the Dolls" and "Emotion 98.6") as tracks to come back to. I'll let the start and end keep the album afloat in the 3 star range (after rounding).

Pleasant easy listening electro dance. Samples Betty Davis Eyes and Gloria Estefan, so bonus point!

Jakby Daft Punk zgubił pomysł na piosenkę w połowie

Feels like the most bumpin' hold music

Positiivinen yllätys ja oli oikein mukava kuunnella pari kertaa läpi. Nimi jollain tapaa tuttu, mutta materiaalista ei ollut mitään muistikuvaa. Pitää yrittää kuunnella lisää vielä joskus.

Solid electronic music. I liked the choice of samples, especially Bette Davis Eyes. Will have to listen to his BBC Essential Mix.

Not too bad. Would’ve liked it more lo-fi.

I'm surprised just how much I like this. I normally despise house music. This is just chill enough for me, probably those soft rock samples. Like most house music it does have really good bass synths they manage to not be overwhelming which tends to be a rarity in house. The rest of the synths find a somewhat peaceful balance too, again a rarity. It is a very very rare day when something listed as house or electronica gets higher than a two from me. The titular track is just weird, funny but very weird. Quite a few good names there (though some pronounced horribly wrong). Not sure I love that with the title itself makes me concerned. Though after reading the Wiki page about the song those both make so much more sense. But anytime you name drop my hometowns most famous band I'll like it. I have to be an REO fan by law. Though this being on the list and none of theirs being here should be against that law.

It's definitely a House album

bad title, fine grooves

It's got a good beat and you can dance to it I guess. Mostly generic club music (this coming from someone who hasn't set foot in a dance club since, I don't know, the mid 90s?) and that's fine but not always my thing. I like the songs with the fundamentalist Christian fascist guy rattling off the 80s musical artists and the woman naming cars, respectfully. Other than the occasional sample I recognize, nothing really stands out here.

Album was pretty hit or miss, some tracks were super boring, some were jams.

I liked it

Decent background music, really, really retarded title.

To me, DJ Music always seems so... light and inconsequential. I put it on and listen to the whole album, and not even notice when it's over. There's nothing ever profound there. It's music to take some E to, get out on the dance floor and have a good time. Like, who cares if it's the UK version of the album or not, where they had to re-record tracks because of sampling? No one goes to a rave and listens THAT closely. "Ohhhhh, listen to the beat, they used THIS kind of drum machine instead of THIS kind." You're listening for that BOOM BOOM BOOM to bump and grind, get blitzed to and have some kind of communal, dance experience. So deep listening to this is almost impossible. And giving it a high rating is almost impossible too. It's the fast food of music, it will satisfy, but will you really remember it afterwards?

eletronic gostosa, 3/5

Good, soothing ambient music.

Feel like I've heard these songs in some shape or form over the years. Really love Sunworshipper which I first heard on a Ministry of Sound Chillout Sessions album in 2007.

Some super grooves. Occasionally too much repetition in the vocals.

Destroy rock and roll? With this? Bwahahahahahahehehehohohoahhurgh... *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*

Some interesting jams but overall doesn't go into a direction beyond fun dancey tunes. Definitely a vibe better suited for the dance floor than an album listening experience.

This is the first and only album from DJ Mylo. It's house music that DJ Mylo made by sampling soft rock songs from his childhood in the 70's and 80's. Because of this, it's a unique album that many people liked. This album was fun to listen to, but I wouldn't say the title is correct - it didn't destroy rock & roll.

Again, hats off to this project for introducing me to music I'd otherwise never hear. This one is quite a departure from most of the music I've listened to, and I really enjoyed it. I don't know much about this genre and how the production process works to make it, but the end result is engaging and catchy. Some really great beats throughout. Fun stuff.

Not bad bit of sample, remix, and dance. Groovy and was a lovely soundtrack to my yoof.

Seems like it’s desperate for a rap track. Some solid grooves. Still, I’m waiting for more impressive electronic albums.

Really enjoyed listening to this in the car, put me in a bit of a trance. Enjoyable

Quite fun

Surprisingly chill given its name. I liked it mostly.

Did not destroy rock and roll but it's not bad

I guess this was cool in 2004? I dunno, feels pretty middle of the road

Not bad, chill electronica

A pioneer in the field of bedroom electronica. An album that will inspire many other electro artists. Quite funny to listen to. (5/10) FT: In My Arms, Drop the Pressure

I didn't really like it all that much, apart from a couple of songs that had famous samples of songs I do love. And the title track, that was very interesting. Might be one of the most interesting songs I've come across in a long time.

Some standout hooks and beats, and nice steady flow in the mid-tempo range, but like much else in this genre, it gets a little samey and stale, and the tech sounds dated.

Mylo heeft Rock & Roll inderdaad de nek om kunnen draaien, maar alleen eventjes dan.

Dit album begon goed. Tot track 8 - de titeltrack. Die dreef me echt tot waanzin! En alles wat daarna kwam kon me toen ook niet meer zo bekoren. Maar voor de eerste 7 tracks dus toch nog wel een dikke voldoende.

Hele fijne afwisseling.

This album is bookended by some very nice songs, but in the middle Mylo disappears up his own asshole. Good for making playlists, but not for sitting down and listening for an hour, as that's liable to drive one insane. Best track: Emotion 98.6

Título me pareceu pretensioso, mas tem batidas que valem audição.

6/10

Meget varieret. Spændende. Det fint!

Elektronisk, dance, 00’er, rimelig fedt, hypnotiserende

Ihan okei konemusalevy. Ainahan nämä alkavat loppua kohden puuduttaa, mutta tässä mielenkiinto ja pieni jamittelu kestivät aika pitkään. Ei ollut ihan pelkkää monotonista jumputusta. Levyltä jäi mieleen kappale, jossa listailtiin eri bändien ja artistien nimiä.

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Loved this when it first came out. Thought I still would be sounding a little bit dated now tbh. Still passable but maybe not 'classic'

So so

Pretty good, but it doesn't do anything special. Favorite track is Otto's Journey.

there were some for sure vibes

Okay? Essential? No.

Catchy dance beats. Lots of repetitious sampling in some tracks.

This is ahead of its time and the apt evolution of pop music skewing away from rock. It’s sad in retrospect but these beats are the start of edm.

Fácil de escuchar. Ambiente medio electrónico. Buenas melodías

Liked it overall. I notch up from "background music" for the energy and it was mostly engaging. There were a couple of really solid tracks but I also didn't care for the ones with the vocal clips looped on them. Art, I guess. 3.5 though

3, it's fine for background music. Pronouncing Bowie as "Booie" in Destroy Rock & Roll annoyed me.

Not much of a house guy, but this was great background music for work

Yeah I like this . 3 stars 🌟

Better than I expected actually. Some songs I might come back too.

56. Adoro tudo! Ca c'est génial! É uma ideia que não podemos perder. Vamos persegui-la de perto, como se de um espião russo se tratasse. Estou a dizer-lhe, Msr. Johnson, por mim punha-se já no plateau para estrear em setembro. MotA: Sunworshipper

beep boop beep boop it ok

Ministry of sound sort of sound. Not bad, no good. Drop the Pressure is clearly stand out.

überraschend gut

Inoffensive dance music - compared to the likes of Justice and Daft Punk it ain't as catchy / experimental but it ain't bad

It's nice, very pleasent electronic music, but a lot of it seems relatively simple -"Drop The Pressure" was the first track to stand out -"Destroy Rock & Roll" is cool

Electronic. Not my fave.

i like electronic music but this is nothing speciall at all, it doesnt even sound like an album. Ill give it a 3 only for the nostalgy that drop the pressure gave me

I didn't love this, but I didn't mind it, either. I listened to it all the way through.

I really enjoyed this album. I don't know what genre this music falls into but it was interesting and served the purpose of good driving music.

vibey for the most part, although i really didn't like the title song not much i would recognise if i heard it again - not particularly memorable great background music flowed well

Nice tunes to relax and study to. Kinda forget I'm listening to it.

I am not a fan of Techno/House music. Overall a great album if you are in the club! But not something I would put on to jam out in the car or hanging around the house. 1) Valley Of The Dolls 2* 2) Sunworshipper 3* Defintly a song I could see sitting on the beach laid back with a drink in hand enjoying the sun. 3) Muscle Cars 3* 4) Drop The Pressure 4* Reminds me of 80's new wave mixed with Under Pressure by Queen 5) In My Arms 3* 6) Guilty Of Love 3* very jazzy feel. 7) Paris Four Hundred 3* 8) Destroy Rock & Roll 3* 9) Rikki 3* 10) Otto's Journey 4* only because it reminds me of late 80's and early 90's Hip Hop 11) Musclecar 3* 12) Zenophile 2* 13) Need You Tonite 2* Chill relaxing 14) Emotion 98.6 2*

Enjoyed it. Nice reference to Big Country.

Ok

In 2009 I spent a decent amount of musical bandwidth trying to understand electronic music.I especially wanted to "get" techno and tap into the weird joy that stoic Germans experience after dancing for 2 days straight in an abandoned East Berlin factory, but I never got in. House music, though, was much easier to feel. I loved today's album. It's fun as hell. Not at all challenging. Very standing desk dancable. Production is bright and welcoming. It's easy to anticipate the loud-soft transitions - you already know where each track is going even when hearing it for the first time. It all seems very connected to some natural inner programming. Does a truly great album have to challenge the listener? Can consistent good vibes dance music be considered great? Why the hell not. B+

Wasn't sure about this one at first but it grew on me. Knew 2 or 3 songs which turned out to be my least favourites. Prefer the more chilled ones towards the back end.

+ Valley of the Dolls, Drop the Pressure, In My Arms, Guilty of Love - Sunworshipper, Destroy Rock & Roll Chill and suave, relaxing, good for concentration, until it isn't...Some of the tracks feature spoken samples that are repeated OVER AND OVER ("Missing Persons, Duran Duran")...This might be acceptable in early electronic music where voice samples were a novelty, but this album is from 2004 where they have no excuse for it.

Instrumental, electronic and great

Never heard this before. Interesting. Might be worth a second listen.

I lost interest halfway through.

Disco. Alguna melodía interesante.

I recognise the song "In your arms" but the first couple are pretty good too

I was not excited when I learned it was electronic, but it wasn't bad. smoothish. Maybe too long.

this was some interesting music, not my particular cup of tea, but i could dig it as background/work noise.

I'm digging this. Chill as fuck

funky cool but also fairly bland

Good beat, no words

A misleading name, more downtempo than destructive. An enjoyable listen, even though I slightly question whether this deserves to make the cut of this type of list. "Rikki" and ""Paris Four Hundred" stood out as my favourites. Probably a 2.5, but will round up after just listening to the "Doctor Pressure" mashup.

Hey it's that period of "nordic and britain not following the trends" and doing pretty chill electronic music. Drop The Pressure is a classic.

Decent

not bad at all, I liked it

I typically like house stuff, and this one is... OK. Would listen again, but wouldn't be able to identify it if you put it in a lineup. 3 stars.

Not a fan of a lot of the spoken word samples laid over the top of some tracks, but otherwise a really nice record. Lots of great synth sounds, basslines, production. From the good old days before popular electronic music got all samey.

Very forward thinking- lil bit of lofi and lots of jams

Drop the pressure

Boring at times, but some groovy beats and stuff.

This was a grower. I started off not really feeling it, but towards the end, either the songs got better or I got more into the zone. I especially liked the last three tracks. Still, not quite sure if it gets a 4 from me. 3.5.

Hade varit lite bättre om den var helt instrumentalt.

So far cruisy house kinda music? I'm not that with electronic genres (boom, it was!). Not awful, and it's pleasant enough for 4am easy listening, but it gets a bit long in the second half. 3/5.

This is like when they need nightclub music for Hallmark movies. (ntm.)

Not the worst thing ever, but it has an air of being The Bits Moby Rejected. Some of it would grace any dentist's waiting room.

Fav: Rikki L: Sunworshipper 1.5 I really want to meet the person who listens to this regularly but only be around them for like 5 minutes. Just doesn’t feel like much effort, thought or passion went into this one. Cover: 2 Name: 1 Falls so flat with the music behind it Minecraft Parody: Raid the Village “Pillagers gonna raid the village”

I don't remember much from it. Seemed just kinda generic. Not terribly obnoxious though. 2/5

Some nice sounds in there but that's what you get with samples (sampling is easy) and many "DJ" albums. Not enough added to make it worthwile IMO. Not crap, just nothing special nor deserving a place on the list. Drop The Pressure is OK.

This is for real? What did I like, erm, less? The repetition? The singing of lists? The sounds designed to sound as artificial as possible? Far, far from essential. The inclusion here is baffling. 1.5?

Destroy Rock & Roll is inane repetive house music. It is not essential "must listen before you die" music.

I don’t love the overall message, being a fan of rock and roll, but sometimes Mylo cruises into some good moments. Other times, it was super jarring and I found myself (if underline this if I could) turning the music down. That’s bad. That’s not something any musician ever wants to cultivate. Maybe it’d have a better effect under the right context, like a rave, but honestly, I doubt it.

Begon lekker maar al snel sleets

It isn't as bad as I thought, but I don't think it has to be on this list. The title is just dumb.

The mix is really clean and punchy but it's just boring as shit. This is the kind of radio friendly pop dance bullshit that stopped me from listening to anything electronic for most of my life and missing out on some really cool music. It's just an hour of copy and paste loops that follow the same general arrangement, feels like being in a tacky Greek restaurant with too much faux marble and LED lighting

Sampling 70s and 80s songs into contemporary dance beats became the thing to do for a while in the naughties, but there were better examples than the songs on here. I doubt you're going to Destroy Rock and Roll by shouting "Motherfucker" over a Gloria Estefan backing track, and In My Arms doesn't have the same euphoria that Sunset Strippers got from Falling Stars. Need You Tonite does keep the emotion of the Julie Tzuke original though. The whole thing is just a bit too humdrum though. Bands like Groove Armada and Zero 7 managed the chilled electronica of the moment better than this, but you won't see them on this list, so why does this album deserve a place? The title track is just a lazy generic beat backing a list of musicians that deserve better really. The album isn't bad, it just isn't good enough to be on a list such as this. A low 2 stars.

Absolutely no idea how this got on here.

2/3

This was...fine? I even bopped to some of it. Can't say as I noticed any of the samples, though, and I don't know if that's to its credit or detriment. Maybe both. There's a chance I go back and listen to this with an ear for the samples, but there's a very real chance I never hear it again, and I'm okay with that.

Sounds like the playlist in a boutique that sold Diesel Jeans.

I mean... okay. decent use of samples. not crazy interesting of even musically interesting, though. 2+

It's not the worst thing ever, but I don't truly get the appeal of why this is considered an album you must hear before you die.

Definitely not my thing. Repetitive and meh.

This is nothing.

Too repetitive. It had some good beats and a different angle, but every track had so much repetition.

I was able to tolerate this album until I hit the title track.

Pretty annoying

Some of it sounded OK

I appreciated it but it's not my jam

This album killed all chill vibes by being abrasive too frequently. Not a huge fan.

Dear Lord, I hate electronica.

I’m not a fan of the electronic genre, so this was miss for me.

I got nothing out of listening to this album

this feels quite soulless

I don't think I recognize this artist, album, or any of the tracks by title. Seeing that it's categorized as House music, gives me the suspicion that I probably won't enjoy this. As anticipated, this is boring and repetitive House music. It's just not my thing. Maybe, in small doses, I might enjoy this more. But sitting down to listen to this entire album start-to-finish was not fun.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

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