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Dope album! Never heard of this one, and honestly was expecting some metal or something post-punk based on the cover and title, but pleasantly surprised that it's dance-y electronic music, and so much of it bangs. Keeping a really significant chunk of this album, and special shout-out to "In My Arms," which seems to build on the Kim Carnes song "Bette Davis Eyes," which is an absolute favorite of mine. I had to run that song back a few times. Awesome. Favorite tracks: In My Arms, Valley of the Dolls, Sunworshipper, Drop the Pressure, Otto's Journey, Zenophile, Need You Tonite. Album art: In bold, spray-painted stencil text, "DESTROY ROCK & ROLL," over a pink facial silhouette of (I assume) Mylo. It's bold and memorable, though maybe not that creative. 4.5/5
Really liked this one, the loops weren’t grating and there were a couple precursor lofi tracks I really liked (3.5/5)
A DJ, who's only album is built around his love of 70s and 80s soft rock. 'Nuff said.
Lovely lovely edm
Destroy rock & roll? Not with this bollocks. Besides, Oasis are already doing a grand job.
I can only think that Robert Dimery had this as a massive earworm in 2006 and thought, "Oh, I'll pop it in the book." It's not like anyone has heard of Mylo or he's had a massive productive influential ouevre.
Although I found myself head bopping throughout this; and I liked Drop The Pressure; the In My Arms sampling remix one was weird; Destroy Rock & Roll started off amusing... "David BOO-wie, Cyndi LOOP-er", but went on far too long. The rest of the tracks all seemed to blur together in an EDM soup.
After Frankie Goes to Hollywood.....this one wasn't so bad.
Bright ear candy out of the gate on Valley of the Dolls. Plays like music to take a stroll to -- both synth-poppy and bubblegum. Sunworshipper affects a dustier aura with some familiar downtempo drums + keys. Muscle Cars is an abrupt shift into more typical "techno" sounds -- Tron-like bleeps with a higher RPM high-hat/snare. Paris Four Hundred is a familiar, but very well-executed Autobahn-inspired jam -- hard not to enjoy its propulsiveness. The album's namesake is a simple exercise in boom-bap with a repeated vocal sample calling our inspirations. Otto's Journey taps into a Daft Punk aesthetic and does a great job of running with it. I found this to be an enjoyable enough listen that lacked umph to really command my attention. All of the songs were solid and concise, but rarely extended on a given concept. To summarize, fine but forgettable. Soft 3 / 5.
I liked this album. Super unique and cool sound. 4 stars
Yeah I can get down to this. Especially Valley of the Falls, Destroy Rock & Roll, and Ottos Journey. Sunworshipper was good, but that vocal sample was repeated 2 more times than needed. Feels a bit meta to listen to Destroy Rock & Roll list off this entire list. Gives me slight Boards of Canada vibes, but more dancey. Not quite a 5, with a couple of minor duds, but there are a couple songs that push it that direction.
That album was awesome. Another one of those ones where I had zero expectations going in and it just absolutely blew my socks off. The combination of trippiness and really cool electronic beats is right up my alley. There were a lot of parts where I was fully engaged and could not worked and others where I was totally lost in the music. Sounded a lot like Justice which I am all about. That song In My Arms absolutely ruled. The repetitive speaking in a couple of songs lunched me out but in a great way. Especially when he just kept repeating band names, I thought I was going crazy. Really wish I could have done drugs and listen to this album, but instead I was working. I think this one gets a bump all the way up to a 5 because of the unexpected uniqueness and the amount of absolute jamming I was doing in my office. I also want this to be on a relisten which will be easy to find if it is a 5
I've only heard Drop The Pressure from Parcels covering it. That was decent I had it on in the background while working and found myself jamming here and there, but a lot was just background music. Still fun.
This literally sounded like the same song over and over with the same beat over and over.
Very good
I found this album incredibly annoying. It might have been a wrong fit for my state of mind, but I just couldn't handle the repetitive sampling and music. At times it feels like this is specifically calibrated to drive somebody insane. The final track is pretty nice, though (at least for the first couple of minutes before that also repeats itself to the point of making you insane)
Meeget kedelig EDM. Så meget det samme, gentager sig selv. Du ved det bliver røvsygt når det her er hvad de spiller på floor. Måske også lidt provokeret af pladens titel, for hvis dette skulle erstatte rock er det virkelig en nederen musikverden der er tilbage
A light techy-vibe, sound has a little bit of bounce to it. Nice overall groove to it.
3/5. I am a fan of electronic dance music but this wasn't anything crazy. It was fun but don't know if this will be a repeat listen for me. The samples and lyrics were arguably the best part, especially the one on Destroy Rock & Roll. Like these are good beats here and mostly not overcomplicated and straightforward, but I don't think there is enough diversity to not get repetitive sometimes. Still something I wouldn't skip if it came on. Best Song: Destroy Rock & Roll, Drop The Pressure, Musclecar (Reform Reprise)
Surprisingly decent. Only works as background music for me, but was fun.
3.5
Really not that bad, some interesting samples.
House techno was a great mood builder to martini bars in the mid-00s but I walked away from this album and forgot it was on. That wasn’t a good sign. It’s listenable but not memorable for me.
Interesting music. I did like the preacher song saying the names of the bands/artists just a bit wrong. lol Nothing of this jumped out at me as particularly interesting or worth picking up frequently. It wasn't bad, just bland.
Some electronic shit... Music is very flat and uninspiring.
"Drop The Pressure" and "In My Arms" are definetly a blast from the past. Rest was allright but a tad boring
I liked the first song, but then when lyrics get repeated over and over it irks me.
This was such an annoying album.
Really not for me. Not a fan of techno/house or whatever this is called. Not great, but just about tolerable.
# Album Name: Destroy Rock n Roll # Artist: Mylo # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Pretty generic electronic album from the 00's. Cant say it was particularly rememberable. It would make good background music but as an album, its way too long. I remember doctor pressure and in my arms. Both songs were quite big hits at the time of release. A 2.5 would be fair for this album. Its simply too long for me and not enough good tracks to maintain the length. Overall, im pretty dissapointed with the electronic albums on the list so far. There were tons of great electronic tracks in the 90s which were massive. Surely theres a decent album in there somewhere. # Top Tunes: doctor pressure, in my arms # Would I listen to it again? Nope. Maybe as background music but that would be it.
для лифтов, ТЦ и модных забегалок - хороший музон. я вот пока работал тоже слушал без напряга. ну а в целом тут ребята хз. хотел 2 поставить, но дафт панк единица, поэтому из солидарности тоже опрокину
Fine but a bit boring
I find it remarkable how trash all of the electronica is on this 1001 list despite there being a plethora of great electronic music elsewhere. Maybe this was just before it started getting really good but it's astounding how hard it is to listen to this stuff at times. 4/10.
Bloody loved this like an early and snobbier future nostalgia in the sampling concept.
Not what I expected (in my head this was always more like a drop-heavy EDM album). It's not very good, lost at how this was so well regarded. Close to 1*
I was almost along for the ride, but by track 2 I had become actively hostile against the album. Track 2 featured this small sample of a guy talking about giving up his material wealth and getting on a bicycle to look for a new path and it just repeated the sample SO MANY TIMES that I finally had to skip the song. After that my attitude never recovered. The album just strikes me as an amateur fiddling with knobs in his DAW and thinking a filter sweep counts as a composition. There have been other albums on this list I didn't get but still recognized were important to other people. This one I formally object to. There's no way this is important to anyone except the person that made it, and I hope they've moved on to more inspiring songs. By the time the title track came on and a spoken word sample started playing and then it started REPEATING I said enough, I hate this, and I found something else to listen to. I hated this.
Sold mid 00s edm
Cool
He destroyed rock and roll by making a terrible, uninteresting song and naming rock artists over it, ooooh so edgy The fact that this kinda did destroy rock and roll is a perfect summary as to why I hate modern music
remember this being good, haven't listened to it for years! Still pretty good, interesting samples and beats. Doesn't have enough for a whole classic album, but otherwise plenty of choice tracks scattered in there. 3.5
This was surprisingly good. Dinging it because there were a couple really weird tracks. But overall a fun vibe.
At first , I thought this was lo-fi. But now i think it’s techno. Some of it was good. Some of it was a little weird. Overall, I enjoyed it.
Cotton candy doesn't have much nutritional value but sometimes you just want cotton candy.
Not great but decent background music to do mindless work to.
I will give this album credit for being incredibly well sequenced with the energy going from low to high to low again, as well as for being so emblematic of its time: you can hear the album sitting at the exact midpoint of artists like the Avalanches, Röyksopp, and the Avalanches (sorry but I could not stop thinking about how much this guy was clearly influenced by The Avalanches lol) in the first and last tracks and the bigger electro house that was right on the verge of blowing up in the middle. Unfortunately, though, for as many times as I've heard the "Doctor Pressure" mashup I really, really wish I liked this more than I did.
album sounds kind of like someone who wanted to make music but only listened to music from the Super Nintendo game Top Gear. the title track is unlistenable. I don't hate it necessarily, but this is best for background music at a "hip" dentist's office.
idk why you guys had such a viscerally negative reaction to this one, I thought it was fine? Not super exciting but made for decent background music while I did a fantasy football draft. Title track is hot ass though
Surprised how much I enjoyed this album today, probably a mix of my bias towards Scottish Artists, and ideal Sunday morning tunes. It certainly didn’t destroy rock and roll, but made my Sunday morning, added To my frequent rotation.
enjoyable dance music, not pop
Destroy Rock & Roll - not a fucking chance. If Mylo destroys Rock & Roll in a dream he better wake up and apologise.
If beige was an electronic music album. Bland as can be 2.4
Elevator Muzak
Not the style of techno I like.
I liked it but it’s not an essential album
Well it had one thing I knew and lots of other samples I could recognise. But in the end it's just the same thing on repeat on every song. I imagine it as useful stock music for "TV Montages" but really, would you listen to it?
Something we may feel cheesy now but innovative back then.
2004 albumi aivan täyttä kuravettä!! onneksi kuuntelin tärkeän 2005 remasteroidun version... huhhuh... nousee kolme tähteä korkeammalle.. Michael Jackson Prince Bruce Springsteen Tina Turner David Bowie Van Halen Madonna Huey Lewis & The News The Cars Herbie Hancock Bonnie Tyler Stevie Nicks Men at Work ZZ Top Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson "Weird Al" Yankovic Cyndi Lauper Pink Floyd The Pretenders Billy Joel Billy Idol Elton John Neil Young Sheena Easton Patty Smyth and Scandal Fashion Big Country Morris Day & The Time John Lennon Appolonia 6 REO Speedwagon David Gilmour The Rolling Stones Pat Benatar Hall & Oates Wham! Rebbie Jackson. RIVIIN KAIKKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMPUKAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! muscle cars
If Mylo really did want to destroy rock and roll, this mediocre GarageBand crap didn’t do much to help the cause.
The thing about "house" music was it was designed to be enjoyed while under the influence of brain chemistry altering chemicals. With the absence of those, this style of music gets incredibly repetitive and boring within 2 loops of a drum machine.
This is one of the blandest albums that has appeared on this list so far. It sounds like one of those youtube playlists made of AI generated music titled something like "ez listen ur workday away 2024 ~~stress free~~ :p :p :p". There are no interesting mix-ins or lead-ups to any instrumental or vocal quips. They come in over the original beat, play for 40 seconds, fade-out and then the next one comes in, fades-out, then song ends. Each time I was able to apply any amount of focus to the music I was almost repulsed by the predictability and simplicity of what I was listening to. Ironically contrasting my previous comment, the only reason I was able to finish this album was because I had it on in the background while working; which sure, maybe this is meant to be background music, but not really what I expect from a 'best-of all time' exclusive list.
Totally unexpected and fantastic! Really fun and creative :) made me miss making this kind of music
Softy irony in the title, I listened to much of this in Walmart while on an evening emergency shopping expedition, finding it comforting and cute. I’m unlikely to return. Dance music albums are near oxymorons; they can get stranded outside a club.
Never heard of this - sounds like a 2nd-rate Nightmares On Wax album. I assume the title is ironic. Maybe captured a point in time but it bored me to tears
Fun little album with some nice tracks. 'Drop the Pressure' felt somewhat familiar and 'In My Arms' was a nice use of an older popular song sample. Blends into the background a bit by the end, but had a good time listening.
Endlessly repetitive looping, briefly interrupted by the sound of me skipping to the next track.
drop the pressure (nostalgy)
I liked it! Some solid edm tunes here that are fun to listen.
An hour of eurohousetrash. And I..... ...actually enjoyed it? Wow. If it weren't for a few weak tracks I would have given this a 5. Wonderful album
Didn't hate it. How's that for a ringing endorsement?
Kinda not that interesting.
This is hipster Muzak. It has now changed to a video game score. It's interesting to think that this album was potentially influenced by earlier video game scores and in turn has influenced later video game scores. EDM is another one of those genres that I think I just don't get. Guilty of Love could be music from the game soundtrack from Sugar Rush from Wreck-It Ralph. It sounds like he sampled MarioKart and put some base and Prince grunts from Kiss in the background. The title track is terrible, a list of bands from an old news clip over dance beats. This is like if LCD Soundsystem didn't make songs, just beats. All of the skipping on the tracks keeps making me think there's something wrong with Spotify. This is like crappy RJD2. Need You Tonite is by far the best song on the album. Emotion 98.6 sounds like the backing track for David Gray's Babylon remixed, still better than comedy cartoon video game music.
I just really don't enjoy this style of music. Just kind of goes and goes and goes.
Ni fu ni fa
Mylo's debut is pleasant but shallow, with promising grooves left unexplored. The album's best tracks are buried, and awkward spoken word samples and dated vocoder hooks hinder its impact. Its inclusion in the 1001 Albums list is baffling.
Pretty groovy, remember it from first time around
Sounds like lounge music. Started out quite slow and then "Drop the pressure" threw me back down memory lane. Didn't know that it was from Mylo. Same with "In my Arms".
This is just genetic trash
New lows for the 'need to hear'
I did not look into this one very much. But I did really enjoy it. Excellent sampling, very accessible.
Diverting but inconsequential.
"Destroy Rock & Roll" is the first and only album by Scottish record producer Mylo (Myles MacInnes). The listed genres are house and electro pop. That'll work. The album notably samples many 1970 and 1980 soft rock samples. Commercially, it reached #26 in the UK. "Valley of the Dolls" opens the album with keyboards, a synth background and a dance beat. I believe the melody and vocals sample the Sandpipers' "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls." This is definitely easy listening. The first single "Muscle Cars" also has a dance beat and a wobbly synth. The beats picks up to this catchy song. "Drop the Pressure" has a bouncey beat and a very 80's sounding beat. The entirety of the lyrics is a vocoder recording of Mylo saying "Motherfucker's gonna drop the pressure." Somehow, it works. "In My Arms" layers samples of Kim Carnes' "Better Davis Eyes" and Boy Meets Girl's "Waiting for a Star to Fall." The most interesting sampling was done in "Destroy Rock & Roll." It's a sample from a preacher of the New Age organization Church Universal and Triumphant who denounces essentially all pop artists from 1984 including Cindy Looper and Patt Smyth and Scandal. I almost wanted to put on "The Warrior." The music on this album is soft, easy, very pop sounding and also catchy. There's lots of synths and Mylo keeps the dance beats simple and different between songs. Most of these songs are very lightweight and rock & roll has no fear of being destroyed. I thought the last few songs were the most interesting and sounded more modern like Daft Punk. Overall, a fun listen once through.
Didn’t really get into this one. Too repetitive
Not iconic, original or influential. It’s not awful but I cannot understand why it’s here.
Just one and done for Mylo? Produced his magnum opus right out of the gate and called it a day? Shocking. No doubt being featured on this list has generated more revenue for old Mylo than anything he ever did on his own.
Never quite a classic imo but does stand up well. Still like it, still sounds clean
I've never heard of Mylo or this album before, but the description makes it sound like this is the type of album I'd enjoy, so I'm excited to give this a go. Overall, this album was fine. I liked what Mylo was trying to do, taking soft rock songs he liked as a kid and turning them into house music songs. I have a nostalgic feeling towards some of the same music, so the overall concept of the album was easy to relate to for me. I felt that the songs that stood out to me were really great: "Valley of the Dolls," "In My Arms," "Guilty of Love," and "Need You Tonite." I really enjoyed the way these songs utilized samples. These songs never felt like they were over reliant on the samples, and used them as another musical element. I'm a big sucker for "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Waiting For A Star to Fall," so "In My Arms" was far and away my favorite track on the album. The majority of the album though was just fine, and I didn't find anything particularly noteworthy about the songs that weren't my favorites. However, I do appreciate that the songs didn't meander along for a really long time. I did like the concept of the title track though; I thought it was a really unique idea to use a speech denouncing popular music to craft a song (who would denounce Weird Al?), and the end result was catchy and weirdly unsettling. Overall, this album was pretty middle of the road for me, and its inclusion on this list is a little bit of a head scratcher in my opinion.
Really lush sound, simple but very catchy. Sort of reminds me of early Daft Punk.
Cool beats. Mellow but nice.
Not enough energy to destroy rock and roll
Not that bad, but mostly background music. Also, rock & roll will never die, no matter how hard everyone tries.
Lo-fi and electronic music seems to be my flavor right now. Good first listen.
Trump…Biden… politics in general has been giving me a headache… giving us ALL a headache. With all that’s been going on I was pretty stressed heading to work. Then instead of listening to my morning news podcast on the drive to work, I put this on, not knowing the album at all… and I was instantly thinking back to our family trip to Costa Rica. Amazing what good music can do to reset your mind and mood 😎🏝️🍷😎
Be honest Mylo, how much did you pay to get on this list.
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.
Not terrible but very forgettable with the benefit of 20 years of hindsight. Inclusion on this list can only be explained by the list being completed around the time this was new.
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
Brought me to good mood in the middle of a stressful workday
Loved this! Surprisingly good!
Such a good album. Reminds me of highschool
I consumed approximately 17lbs of cocaine while clubbing to "Drop The Pressure" in the bloghaus era, and even as someone who looks back on this music incredibly fondly, having to listen to a whole ass Mylo album is a torture I wouldn't inflict on my worst enemy
This album did not even come close to destroying rock & roll.
It's interesting... this feels very "throwback" and is essentially 90s techno with a bit more of an emphasis on sampling. I would have never guessed that it came out in the 2000s just from listening to it. It feels both old and new at the same time, which is unusual.
Nice ambient hold music
I think my issue is that I simply cannot vibe with dance music. It does not move me in any way.
Nope. I really hated everything about this album.
I was surprised that I liked this so much. I found myself moving to the beats, so it must be good. Liked songs added: - Valley Of The Dolls - Sunworshipper - Drop The Pressure - Guilty Of Love - '05 Version
Bad
If Daft Punk had bad taste.
Funnily enough, Mylo came up in conversation just a week or so before this album showed up on my list. He dropped this, then vanished for an age, some "legal problems" that were possibly related to sample usage on this album. Anyway, this is fine, not worthy of the full 5 stars, but a strong 4 star offering. Some cool samples, some a little bit repetitive, but none of the tracks hang around too long. I always have a soft spot for Drop the Pressure, as I got an early copy of this, a good while before it was a big hit, and played it endlessly at the time.
'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.
A good album, definitely an interesting listen. I liked Paris Four Hundred the most.
dois mango
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.
Garbage drum and synth machines. Droll. Repetitive. Awful
Bland but not bad.
Oh dear, very uninspiring electronica.
Repetitive at times, but over decent. Good background music
Couple really good songs on here, but near the end it got boring. Shame.
Pish, but Scottish, so the lowest it can score is 2. There's barely a germ of a decent song in the whole thing, and this should be nowhere near the list. 2 it is!
Drop The Pressure
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.
+1 for the Boy Meets Girl / Kim Carnes throwback
Not even a remotely important album, but it was an ok listen for a long drive running errands.
Super funky. I've always wanted more dance style music in my life and this really scratches that itch. Good background music while you work on other tasks, which is how I listened to this album. I kept returning to Spotify to like songs that really stuck out with me to save for later and have done that more often than not during the run of this album.
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.
Dance dance dance. Not me, brother.
Unimpressive
first listen couple of dope tracks, but not enough substance overall
A poor man's Kraftwerk.
Cool dance mixes incorporating bits of inspiration from - and bits of - songs from the 70’s and 80’s
2004 electronic music - no vocals. Fine, but when would I listen to this?
I remember hearing many of this album's songs on the radio as a kid. It's got a very nostalgic aura for me. Amazing discovery.
Drop the pressure is a hit In my arms it's boring but at least it's catchy The title track Destroy Rock and Roll has a nice rhythmic vocals that reminds me of "Salvini che elenca cose low fi" (and no, it's not a compliment) The rest of the album is boring as hell I think Mylo never wanted to introduce variation in the loops and in hindsight it's a mistake (see Music for the Jilted Generation or The Fat of the Land by Prodigy for comparison, actually this album makes me appreciate those two I mentioned more because it shows that it's really hard to mix very good loops) Definitely not a must listen album
Some interesting tunes. Mostly very generic and forgettable. Drop the pressure is a banger though
It was fine
While this isn’t unpleasant, I can think of multiple bands (Air, The Acalanches, Brock Berrigan) who do it better
People are harsh. I’m not sure this should be on the list but I feel people are marking it down simply because they don’t think it should be. It’s a nice wee electronic album he made in his own bedroom and I’ve added it to my playlist. Fair play
Like being stuck in a dressing room at a tragically hip clothing store at the mall in the early 2000s. Pass.
Electropop worth to listen once or twice.
I feel like I have come to terms with the fact that I enjoy chill electronic music
fun
Nice, loved "in my arms". Great sampling. Would listed again.
I like many of the tunes, but the samples can get a bit repetitive.
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
Unlike it's contemporaries in the electronica field, say, the avalanches or boards of Canada, it forgets the most important aspect - to have a heart.
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.
great not rock disc!
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!
Now here's an album that provides a great deal of food for thought. Mainly, who the hell thought it was a good idea to greenlight this album? Unless you're a fan of generic, public domain music anyone can use, run away. Rock and Roll may one day be destroyed, but it's demise will have nothing to do with this album.
Not familiar with at all.
It's a no for me. Didn't make it through this one ... why is it on the list?
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.
There were a few decent beats in here and it was kind of a fun record if you like to do some freestyle hip-hop. Otherwise, the sound got a little bit old and it was good for background music if you like that 2.5/5.
i’m not a huge techno guy but this was pretty cool. loved that last song
he's handsome enough, and not from the 80s or 90s which feels rare! let's see. Good music, almost a 5 bc it was a nice way to finish the week I think.
Kinda weird, but good. I think Rock and Roll is safe though. Standouts: Sunwoshipper, in My Arms, Destroy Rock and Roll, Rikki, Doctor Pressure,
Seriously?!? This is ass sweat. It smells interesting, but really, you just shouldn't do it. And what is up with the Scottish fetish in this list?
Yeah baby. This is definitely my jam. I prefer the more down-tempo tracks, but the rest are still a nice upbeat happy time. I'd never heard of this before, but I think it'll enter the rotation given how easy-listening it is. 3.5 rounded up.
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Really good album chilled a nice. Plus one of my faves Drop the pressure. Remix on you tube of this with paging Dr Beat is unreal. 7/10
hard to listen to... why does it sound like there's a skip?
Maybe 2 songs hit properly. The rest is a miss for me. Another British electronica album, another disappointment. 2.5/5.
Immediately put me to sleep, but I was trying to work. The second track, Sunworshipper, almost made me turn this off. Hearing about that guy getting on his bike one more time.... Track 5 really wants me to know that motherfuckers gonna drop the pressure. The title track, Destroy Rock & Roll, features a wing nut reading a list of all the rock artists that he can identify over a single musical phrase that modulates between two chords for four minutes and four seconds. FOUR PEOPLE HAVE A WRITING CREDIT FOR THIS TRACK! I'm done. That's the problem here, I think. There's this idea that obscurity is the same as depth, and if you just repeat some obscure clip enough times, people will assume that you are deeper than a puddle. This album is not deeper than a puddle. This is the sonic equivalent of that one "painting" hanging in every budget hotel room. Corporate music. I fail to understand how this is worth my time.
I don’t recall ever having heard Mylo back when this was released. I enjoyed it. I like dance/electronic music, although some from that era can sound dated now. This, surprisingly, sounded less so!!
Not for me but pretty good electronic music
The only thing this album is destroying is my ambition to finish it. Man oh man. Some of the songs were funky and were easy to bop around to but the songs that were bad were pretty awful. The repetition in most of this was super annoying. Definitely a good chance to destroy rock and roll. Yep almost there. 3.7/10
Electronica. It’s a genre I can generally take or leave. I actually really enjoyed this. This is another one of those albums that I can listen to while I’m out doing some sort of work. Today I’m cutting down some old scrub bushes and raking up leaves with my family. Destroy Rock ‘n’ Roll playing in my earbuds. It’s a nice back beat to the hard work going on. I looked down and realize that The Chemical Brothers were playing, instead of Mylo, because this album had already played it full 55 minutes. I didn’t even realize it. It slipped by while literally playing in my ears. Some albums are super obnoxious. I am well aware that they are happening. I think that’s actually the intent of some of those. They want you to know they’re playing by being awful. Maybe it’s because they really have nothing else to offer. This one is good on its own merit.
A bit like the Throbbing Gristle album, but these guys went, "Hey, what if we made it good and fun?"
This is very good study music. It's also very good in that it provides context for the more dynamic and interesting versions of this genre (Daft Punk, Justice) and how hard it is to make something simple sound good.
Bleep, bloop, blancmange. Enjoyable ephemera, lingering barely longer than it takes to hit Next.
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.
Hade never heard of this before it came up. Very pleasant surprise. Great amalgam of sounds.
Review to come
You’ve heard of hard rock, but have you heard of hard ambience?!? Anyone can lay soft beats down on a track, but can anyone lay down soft beats with repetitive quotes over it? Probably, but most don’t! Except, this guy!
продолжаю изучать электронную музыку и в этот раз у меня единственный альбом Майло 2004 года. на самом деле, хоть я и не поклонник хауса, но это супер интересная работа. тут очень хорошая, особенно по меркам своего времени, работа с сэмплированием, качество звука просто шикарное, особенно зная в каких условиях работал Майлз. хотя некоторые тембральные решения мне не понравились. чувства очень разные, но основным было чувство умиротворения с тревогой внутри, ожиданием и страхом будущего. особенно для меня это заметно на втором треке, он прям в сердце попал. а вообще забавно что многие восприняли этот альбом как вызов рок н роллу, когда на заглавном треке прямое высмеивание тех, кто в то время пытался рок отменить. довольно постмодернистский альбом по своей философии так то. думаю погрузился не полностью, возможно ещё переслушаю, но кайфанул даже сейчас. короче занятно оценка - 8/10
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.
1,6
Impressive artist, which I had actually never heard of. The sound is relaxed, electronic and lacks a bit of power. Overall a nice discovery. ****
There were a few good tracks, but a lot of it felt very uninspired and a bit pretentious. Perhaps that's just because I've heard more recent works that sit in the same genre.
Started out fine enough as background music, but by the time it got to the title track with its constant repetitiveness, it got to be more distracting and annoying than anything.
quite fresh, minimalistic, nice background music YNN
I was listening to this on my phone while getting ready in the morning. It felt as though I was on hold with the bank. Perhaps if each song were only 20 seconds long, the album would be okay. But they went on and on, repeating endlessly. In My Arms and Rikki weren’t bad, Musclecar made me giggle with cringe, and Destroy Rock and Roll just listed a bunch of artists I’d rather listen to and whose albums I’m waiting for.
Mfr's going to talk under pressure
Not really into this sort of stuff. Would never really want to hear this unless I am on the md
Good background music for a workout at the gym But that’s not the highest recommendation
Very soulful for an electronic album. Some absolute bangers from my early 30s!
Good electronic music. Very relaxing good for listening or back ground.
Some of this was better than expected, but I was straight up cringing during other parts. Nah...
Low key vibes city Weird samples looped pleasingly Smooth after party
This overly-serious record can never beat rock-and-roll and its crude, fiery, human energy. But its still possesses the strangely engrossing and world-transporting characters of a drug.
I just really like house music
Discordant sounds and randomly assembled patterns turned into delightfully unique music and melodies. This was a really fun listen, not at all what I expected.
I am really tired of the number of boring white boy EDM albums on this list. This one while being more varied is somehow worse than other electronic vibe albums I’ve been tossed. It lacks a humanity and just pummels away… how do you make dance music boring and not fun.
2.5
House has never been my choice of EDM, too repetitive imo. I wanted so hard to like this but there are only so many times I can hear about someone finding a new way of life and taking off on their bicycle.
Great electronic album. I truly didn't hate a single song though not all of them a certified banners. Plenty of catchy hooks, some fun sampling, overall a good time.
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.
Epic
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
"Dance music". Maroon 5 is more danceable than this. Some songs did have a nice groove, but some songs were straight up unlistenable.
Brother, the only thing that your album destroyed is my will to live.
This was fine but not too memorable.
Good album. Decent album to relax to. Feel like there are better options to represent the genre out there though.
Elevator music at its finest
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
Ok 2/5
Ik merk dat ik dit soort blije electronica heel goed trek. Gestroomlijnde gekte op een bedje van beats, je kan er ook te veel van hebben maar ook hier is het precies goed. Het hilarische hoogtepunt is natuurlijk het titelnummer, dat een echte preek van een of andere getikte dominee sampelt.
Fijn om ook dit geluid vertegenwoordigd te zien in de lijst. Het draait om beats en samples, maar op een manier dat het heel gemakkelijk in het gehoor ligt. Het kan prima op standje 40, maar hoeft niet per se op vol volume geluisterd. Het zit wat in de buurt wat rustige Daft Punk nummers. De titel zal verwijzen naar de gesamplede klassiekers. Toch doet Myla zichzelf tekort. Hij doet de oude muziek geen schade aan. Hij gebruikt het om een heel nieuw geluid mee te maken. Ik zal niet snel een los nummer van het album opzetten. De kwaliteit ligt vooral in het geheel. Toch weer één van de weinige platen, waarbij het totaal groter is dan de optelsom van de losse delen. Tijdens het typen staat de plaat voor de tweede keer aan en ik dein weer lekker mee. Word er een beetje vrolijker van.
Mijn eerste reactie op dit album was dat het een ongelooflijke snobkeuze was om een album vol remixes in de snoblijst te zetten, een soort verzamel- of compilatiealbum. Maar ik vind dit eigenlijk veel te fijne muziek om hier op los te gaan, dus ik heb mijn rant maar weer weggehaald met Tipp-Ex. Het is namelijk hele fijne dromerige electropop of house, rijkelijk versierd met samples. Het is natuurlijk het betere jat- en plakwerk soms, maar uit welk decennium het sample ook komt, Mylo gooit er zijn sausje overheen en het klinkt als lekkere triphop/lounge/house/vulhierdeelektronischestijlinnaarjesmaak. Je wordt er in ieder geval een klein beetje vergevingsgezind van. Wat dat betreft zou dit soort muziek weer vaker gedraaid moeten worden, zodat we met zijn allen wat minder boos zijn op de wereld (of op oppersnob R. Dimery in mijn geval).
2.42 per track. Maybe. its. just. me. but. every. vocal. is. just. a. list. of. things.
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.
this house album was clearly made in 2004
Very uplifting, glowing dance stuff. Reminds me of Deadmau5 without the dubstep influences, and maybe what Hot Chip would be doing years later. Drags on near the end, but I feel like most of the dance-based records on here do. Call it a 3.5. Favorite tracks: "Muscle Cars", "Drop The Pressure"
Really surprised that I hadnt heard of this album before. Not because I should already know all of the good music, (thats why im doing this project). But because there's always been a time when my tastes are aligned with these sounds. I should have at least come across this album and realized that I liked it. How did it escape me. I played it twice through. Lovely variety of sounds.
Horen we dit te kennen? Wie is Mylo?? Een album vol nummers die hier en daar een beetje daft punkerig aanvoelen, maar gemaakt door een daft punk dat een bloedprop in de hersenen heeft en het funky, ingenieuze gedeelte van het brein afgekneld heeft. Maar toch moet er wat inzitten toch? Waarom zou je dit album in hemelsnaam moeten luisteren voordat je sterft? Het antwoord is denk ik samples. Het begon te dagen toen Bette Davis Eyes overduidelijk teruggehoord kon worden in ‘In my Arms’. Ook Steely Dan’s ‘Aja’ wordt gesampled in het nummer met dezelfde titel als het album. Een geinige sample, mag gezegd worden. Daarnaast zijn er nog wel wat meer terug te vinden, maar zijn ze bij lange na niet de moeite waard om allemaal te belichten. Het idee is er: de kunst van het samplen is belangrijk en een te vaak onderbelicht onderdeel van de moderne muziek. Dit moet natuurlijk verwerkt worden in 1 van de 1001 albums die je gehoord moet hebben voordat je de pijp uit gaat. Maar doe dat dan alsje-alsjeblieft gewoon met een vet hiphop album vol samples. Iets geproduceerd door DJ Premier, J-Dilla. Iets uitgevoerd door The Tribe, Erik b & Rakim, Biggie. Waarom dan dit. Teleurstellend. Geen echte highlights. Rating: 4/10
Elektronische muziek is voor mij soms echt een dikke hit, een home-run, maar het is minstens net zo vaak een gênante miss. Heb te weinig affiniteit met het palet aan hedendaagse elektronische stijlen, waardoor ik het lastig vind om aan te wijzen waar op het spectrum het voor mij volledig de afgrond in kiepert. Na het beluisteren van dit album ben ik er wel volledig van overtuigd dat Mylo zich nabij dit kantelpunt bevindt, en ik vrees aan de verkeerde kant daarvan. Dat zijn positie niet ver verwijderd is van dit omslagpunt valt te verwijten aan een paar fases van de plaat die ik toch associeerde met elektronische acts die ik wél kan waarderen. Het eerste en vooral het tweede nummer channeled de chille down-tempo muziek van Air. 'Drop the Pressure' ruikt naar Daft Punk, en heeft an sich een aanstekelijk beat. Maar mijn hemel, wat zijn een hoop vocalen op dit album gewoon regelrechte cringe. ''Motherfuckers Gonna Drop The Pressure'', kom op zeg. En dat nummer over muscle cars, waanzinnig kut. Naast de tenenkrommende vocalen is de selectie aan samples nog een issue die mij ervan gaat weerhouden ooit nog in de buurt te komen van dit album. Het beheersen van verscheidene sample technieken en het hebben van een fundamentele kennis van de muziekhistorie stond aan de wieg van de subtiele kunst van het fabriceren van unieke sounds op basis van uiteenlopende genres. Sampling is één van mijn favoriete aspecten van moderne muziek, en als het goed wordt gedaan dan creëert het echt een venster waarmee je terug kan kijken naar vervlogen tijden. Deze techniek bevestigt dan echt dat Westerse muziek één verbonden continuüm is. Het indiscreet overnemen van één van de bekendste synths uit de jaren 80, zoals Mylo Garrix dat doet met Bette Davis Eyes van Kim Carnes in het nummer 'In My Arms', sluit niet aan bij mijn romantische idee van sampling. Dit gebeurde helaas nog een paar keer, en is tekenend voor de algehele zielloze sfeer op dit album. De titelsong krijgt het daarnaast voor elkaar om ongeveer alle artiesten waar ik de vlektyfus van krijg op te noemen, een soort Losing My Edge van LCD uit een hels parallel universum. Skip forward door een hoop meuk en we komen uit bij de afsluiter 'Emotion 98.6', waar hij z'n muzikale vernuft toch nog even laat doorschijnen. Puike melodie en de Orbital-achtige breakbeat zorgen toch nog voor een positieve noot op een ladder vol ongeïnspireerde tonen. Wat ik Mylo moet meegeven is dat hij ook had kunnen kiezen voor een album vol cheesy nu-disco zoals in 'Into My Arms' en tot zeker hoogte 'Drop the Pressure', maar dat deed hij niet. Hij hielt het in ieder geval nog wel interessant door allerlei elektronische stijlen te implementeren. Het was daardoor niet perse een saai album, maar wel zo kil als een EDM afterparty op Ibiza. 5/10 Highlight: Emotion 98.6
Ik zie absoluut niet hoe Mylo met deze plaat Rock&Roll zou destroyen. Het is een vals voorwendsel en zit me de hele plaat dwars. Het idee is leuk. Samples van rock songs en er een eigentijdse plaat van maken die het (hopelijk) goed doet in het clubcircuit. Maar maat, maak er dan wel iets interessants van. 'Music to listen while on hold' las ik in de reviews en dat deel ik wel. Achtergrondmuziekje, prima. Maar ik had dit ook niet hoeven horen vóór mijn doet. Doet me bijzonder weinig, snel door. 3/10 Highlights Zenophile
There's some absolute gems on here - Sunworshipper and Zenophile in particular - but there's also some really repetitve fluff.
Для 2005 очень странный альбом. Электронная музыка в нулевые уже во всю разрывала в поп жанре, где тут прорыв я не понял
Bedroomy thinlayered mash-up electronica which provokes nothing except for being pointless background.
Not sure how this could be considered an album anyone must listen to before they die. Just an odd choice for the list
oddly satisfying on the right strain
Interesting and chill but just alright
Окей, мыло против рок-н-ролла образца 2004 года. Я не фан рокнролла, мне нравится металл больше. Но послушаем, разберёмся... Как бы заголовок альбома немного misleading, innit? Какие-то пэды и припевания на фоне драм-машины это вообще не то чего я ожидал. Дэнс музыка, никаким убийством рокнрола тут не пахнет, очень ритмично и репетативно. Эдакая жвачка на бэкграунд как по мне. вон и в ревью пишут music to listen when on hold. Всё так, мы скоро вам ответим, вы всего лишь десятый в очереди, время ожидания -- один альбом.
Uhm
not for me
I don't mind electronic music. But an entire album is too much in one sitting 2/5
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
It's soulless, it sucks.
Solid electric. Clearly drawing a lot from Daft Punk, but reaches nowhere near the heights. Enjoyable 3.
Early 2000s mash up electronica, in the vein of the Avalanches. Quite enjoyable as background music, but far from essential listening. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Drop the Pressure Date listened: 13/02/24
Enjoyed at first. Too long and became repetitive.
Albums like this are why I enjoy this site, a great listen that was funky and different and enjoyable from beginning to end. Add to that the mystery of not knowing anything about the artist when I started the album, I want all my albums to be just as fun as this one.
Groovy tunes. I really liked Sunworshipper and Destroy Rock & Roll. Would definitely listen to this again. Seems like it would make a fine road trip album.
oooooOOOOO
Tiresome
Pero qué mierda es ésta?????
Perfect for those come down Sunday sessions.
Electronic from 2004. First and only album produced by the artist. Haven’t heard of it but am liking it straight away. Yeah it’s good vibes so I’m adding to library. 4.
Not terrible, but certainly not something I needed to listen to before I die.
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.
If you're into sonic soundscapes of electronica and endless repetition, repetition, repetition...then this music is for you. Never been of fan of DJ-driven beats, sound bits and sampling, so I never got the appeal of DJs. At times, this got so annoying I had to advance to the next song. While some tracks were pleasant to listen to, this is all background music to me, I just wish it would stayed in the background. The title track, Destroy Rock & Roll got soooooo f*cking irrating! Yeah, I can list off as many artists and bands as he can...Cindy Looper, Cindy Looper, Cindy Looper...Missing Persons Duran Duran, Missing Persons Duran Duran, Missing Persons Duran Duran, Missing Persons Duran Duran, Missing Persons Duran Duran, Missing Persons Duran Duran, Missing Persons Duran Duran, Missing Persons Duran Duran, Missing Persons Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran, DuranDuran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran, Duran Duran, ...Oh, how I miss rock & roll!
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.
Not as bad as I was prepared for it to be, but ultimately it’s just nice background music. With that in mind, I have a hard time justifying it’s relevance on this list.
Ett par spår som var okej men i övrigt håller inte plattan.
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.
Difficult one this, there were some tracks that I really liked but others that I really didn’t. Simpsons reference: No
Enjoyed some of the songs. Good background music. Destroy Rock & Roll was very annoying.
Do like some of the samples, and Im not sure if some of these songs have appeared in some sporting games over the years. Though my speakers were broken on multiple songs especially Rikki Got bored with all the names being listed in destroy rock and roll. Also, there is lots of speaking rather than siging. The last song wanged on for far too long the album as a whole is pretty bland, not sure i would ever go back and listen to this. And in a weeks time I'll probably forget who Mylo is.
The opening track dragged for me so I can only imagine how LG felt about it. Some songs I enjoyed, Drop the Pressure I got half way through and realised I knew. In my arms was alright. I wanted to like Guilty of Love but it just felt a bit self indulgent. Most songs seemed to outstay their welcome. Need you tonight was cool.
Not bad, but not my typical kind of music
I had some emails to answer and this was the kind of uninteresting background music perfect for the task, Thanks! Good sounding but not many ideas in evidence. Made me wish I had some ecstasy so I could mindlessly give it a 3 or 4.
I was happy the whole time listening to this today. It's a quite wonderful mashup of lots of things I love.
When the album started, it hit me with a fairly generic electronica dance vibe, and although I really do enjoy such a vibe, I wondered why another such album is essential for me to listen to. So, it was fine, but maybe not all that special. Then something changed maybe 3 or 4 tracks in and I really started to dig it. It was hitting me just right and I really didn't want it to end.
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.
This was a case where I was drawn in to reading the Wikipedia article before listening to any of this. It made me eager to hear it as it was sounding like it might be right up my alley! I started listening to this and realized that I knew some of these songs. “Sunworshipper” and “In My Arms” were songs I had listened to a while ago, probably close to when this was released. Another case where I neglected to pursue an album after finding some songs from a group I like rectified by 1001. This manages to be peppy and yet a little mellow too - very listenable. Really enjoyed this!
The kind of songs that'll play in the background of Always Sunny in Philadelphia while the characters do the most depraved shit ever
It’s a really cuck move to name a song Destroy Rock and Roll and then sample a bloke naming a load of artists who are all cooler and better remembered than yourself. Fuck me was this tedious. Poor Kim Carnes
Maybe I was just in the right mood, but this was excellent. Hints of Daft Punk, but mellower.
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.
Radiopop. Tut nicht weh. 2.
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.
#104. This album might have been good if I were on lots of drugs. Or at least I might not have noticed it was shit if I were on lots of drugs. Unfortunately, while listening to this I was not on lots of drugs. 2/5: this gets a nope out of ten from me, dawg. Song added to playlist: Drop The Pressure I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
Very dated EDM. Can see how it may have inspired future artists but by todays standard is very basic.
Not the biggest fan of electronic or dance. And this felt like a bad version of both. A couple of the songs were alright, but others made me want to rip off my headphones because of how obnoxious they were.
Solid stuff. A lot of songs I’d completely forgotten about snd s very good outro track.
weird techno stuff not that into it
Never heard of them, not really interested in this style
Bad. Only first two songs are kind of worthy of my time wasted. Mylo? More like Gaylo.
Review of Bathory- Nordland I One of the root reasons I like Nordland is that it reminds me of my teenage years in Pittsburgh during the dead of winter. Specifically when I moved to a new house and got these delicious chicken salad wraps from a gas station called sheetz. This was the album I was listening to. Then, after repeat listens throughout the years I developed a taste for Bathory's unique sound. Maybe Mylo is that artist for you, it's not for me. Other than the song "call from the grave" I don't really like the true black metal albums of bathory, just the viking ones hammerheart, nordland I, and blood fire death. 5/5
I did not need to hear this.
Definitely could have missed that one before I die.
Für mich ist das irgendwas zwischen Lo-Fi und 80er Synthie-Pop. Aber in langweilig. Ausnahme: Drop the Pressure geht gut ins Tanzbein.
Nah, probably one of those albums where you had to be there at the time.
Some not to bad tunes. Might actually reexplore in the future. 3/5
wow this blows
It will not and did not destroy rock and roll. Hearing I was thinking BeeGees all the way.
not my most preffered but I can see why people may love or hate it
i bet this is really groundbreaking
Smack bang on 3. Pleasant but kinda pointless sounds.
Someone compared this with Sneaky Sound System and Pnau, another mentioned The Avalanches. All three of those acts are solid 1-star acts that manage to mix tedium and irritation. I'm about to listen to this so I'll let you know whether tedium or irritation won. Boring intro followed by trap beat followed by aimless vocalisation. Tedium is well in front. WAIT! There's an interlude. It's fucking dull! Back to the vocalisation. Skip time. Second verse (song)! Same as the first. (Actually even duller) Do people dance to this shit? It's so dull. Final score: Tedium easily won. Rock and roll didn't feel any pain at all.
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.