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A few memorable electronic pop songs you can vibe with. It was good, but most of the songs after the first five are basic and bland electronic music. However, There’s good songs in the latter half of the album, and I’d be ok with listening to this again to get to those again. It’s good.
I want more of this!
An early predecessor to EDM, "Destroy Rock & Roll" has a dated sound which may have been relevant in the early 2000s but has since been forgotten.
Nice
So boringk. Presumably danceable but only cause so simple. Would make me embarrassed to be British.
Enjoyable and iconic 2004 electronic dance music
Ça va mais ça casse pas 3 pattes à un rockeur
ni désagréable ni particulièrement bouleversant
Only just shy of 5 stars. Great find
Most decidedly did not destroy rock & roll. Boring
4.5/10
avg
Pretty bad Daft Punk dupe.
Another middling house album that barely even touches lo-fi beats level, providing a few decent tunes but not really reaching for anything beyond background music. It’s clear the editors haven’t dipped their toes into modern electronica given how the most recent albums in the genre stop around the early 2000s, which is disappointing given how electronic music, instrumentation, and the artist scene has flourished and evolved in the two decades since. I get space on the list is coveted, but could we at least boot LPs like this + 1-2 Dylan albums to give someone deserving their due?
I went into this with all the skepticism thinking it's going to be some kind of dance music BS which I won't enjoy, but I was very wrong. I loved it and was engaged the whole way. Crazy that this is his only album.
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
Sometimes I think more closely about the idea behind "you have to hear this album before you die". I think it's a pretty crazy premise to say ANY album could be capable of such importance in the grand scheme of things. Is your life wasted because you didn't get a chance to hear a certain record some people deem important? No of course not. On the other hand, there really are records that carry such an impact that it truly would be a shame to go your whole life not hearing it at least once. I think of records like Dark Side, Abbey Road, Song in the Key of Life, Kind of Blue, Thriller etc. Really do need to be heard by everyone. However, after those handful of truly legendary records, things start to get a little bit silly. Case in point, this record by Mylo. I don't believe there could be a single soul alive that would put this music up there with the truly legendary albums to listen to before you die. If someone told me: "Before you go - you are required to listen to this last piece of music before you shuffle off from this mortal coil", and then began playing fuckin' DROP THE PRESSURE from Mylo - there would be two people dying that day. I had more constructive critiques of this album written. But it was mostly pointless and boring. Just like this record. Maybe on a good day I would have given this a 2. But today is not a good day (I blame this record).
Nice at first but the patterns get repetitive and the song structure starts to feel a bit pedestrian
This is a fun electronica album.
Blind album and artist. This album did the opposite of destroy rock and roll. It made the genre look way better compared to whatever this album is.
It is marginally more interest than a lot of electronic on this list. Don’t know why I’d ever want to sit down and listen to an album of this.
A couple of recognisable hits. Not bad really. A bit generic at times but it's 2004 so I'll let him off.
It being 2004 is no excuse for being repetitive and generic.
Beats
Pretty dope
Laptop music
Beeps and whistles along, more interesting making LoFi sounds than up beat dance tracks which lack distinctiveness, not special enough.
Sillä on aikaa ja yhdessä albumissa se ei tapahdu. Se kuullostaa 2004:ltä ja se on aikansa tuotos. Se ei ymmärrä omaa nerouttaan ja jalon ideansa merkitystä minulle. Tuhoa Rock ja roll.. Se jatkaa aikajatkumoa rockin tuhoon. Jokainen. Vähäpätöinen. Kappale. Kerrallaan. Need you tonitessa kuuluu ja näkyy miten edelliset 12 kappaletta näitä tuhon siemeniä ovat itäneet. Kiire on olematon. Kappale soi ja mikä tahansa fade-out käy. Emotion. Samaa paskaa kuin edelliset 13 kappaletta. Vielä rauhallisempi kuin Need you tonite. Hidas kuolema.... Pidän tästä liikaa..
AJ: Good luck
So. I notoriously don’t like electronic music. Bro. This was pretty great. Pounding synthesizers. Pulsing 808s and odd samples make up a record that sound like Daft Punk throwing a straight rager!
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.
First album that I thought I'd hate but it was actually a banger. Had more rhythm and melody than most edm music I've heard. Sampled songs added a nice touch, gave some vocals on top of the synths and other electronics
Feels a bit dated now
Keywords: Early EDM Notable song: Sunworshipper
Nah
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.
On par with the Creative Commons music some small shops play in order to avoid royalty fees
On dirait du Moby!
First listen Saved 3/14 Top track: Sunworshipper
meh...
Disco at 2am — very spacey
I’d be inclined to go 3 here but the title song was so bad. I needed to subtract a point. It’s kind of middling electronic music.
Never heard of this, vaguely heard the name but thought he was a rapper. Only know what's on Wikipedia as it's not in the book, and first impressions are this will be inessential at best. As it goes, we've just learned that I'm prepared to give Weather Report 2 stars, so let's see. Oh I see, this is pure background music, which was very much the thing those days, stuff to stick on in at parties that absolutely noone would pay attention to and just provided a general hazy mood. Right Mylo, you just ruined the mood, what is this Dr Beat bullshit you are doing? This is gym music for arseholes. Oh I have actually heard In My Arms. My opinion is unchanged. In fact if anything it's reinforced. Far too many intrusive samples which are just people listing things throughout the whole track. This is trash, really. Glad he only made one album. Spotify tried to start playing something by "Layo and Bushwacka!" after this ended, whatever they are, which probably tells you everything you need to know about this record.
A unique, hidden gem.
Awesome and unique. Fun electronic dance music with some cool samples. Made me keep listening to other songs in the same genre after the music ended. 4.3
Why? It is bad album. I don't need a full album of DJ music and it wasn't even good mixed music. Skip it.
Listen and forget. All of the songs lack energy, I don't know. Even Drop The Pressure - highlight compare to other tracks here feels like a wasted potential to kick with more power. And of course title track Destroy Rock & Roll. Man. That. Sucks. Balls. I haven't heard such a shit song in a while.
Not a dance music guy
Overraskande bra
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.
I wasn’t expecting to like an EDM album but holy fuck, I would throw this on any time. I have never heard of this artist and do not usually like EDM too much but this is exactly my speed
Meh.
Pretty good.
Loved this album, rock and roll is dead. Long live electronic music
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....
Musical junk food; enjoyable but devoid of nutritional content.
I couldn’t even finish it. I tried but this is definitely not my style.
Usually not a fan of this (is it electronic? EDM maybe?) but it worked as an afternoon office vibe.
Very enjoyable and calming for the most part
Tulee röyksopp mieleen. Tosi letkeetä, mut ehkä vähän hissimeno. Sillai piq persoonatonta. Mut ihan menevää.
Wow. What an unexpected treasure. Very smooth and low-key. A fantastic album using old samples to make a unique and modern sound. Listened to the album 3 times in total and will listen again in future.
Genuinely great music. It's nothing I'd want to actively listen to but perfect for running in the background. This is a much better ambient album than that airport ambience one from last week. Still there are some weird/annoying parts in here, that I don't quite like.
Kam etwas schwer rein, wurde aber immer besser ab 9./10. Song, also vor den Remix Wdh.s
do you remember how astronomically large drop the pressure was when this was released? it was SHACK proportions.
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.
Objective achieved
This album is okay, but means absolutely nothing musically because it came out in 2004. This is not breaking any new ground, and is frankly not very interesting to listen to after the first song. It's fine for pop electronica, but I absolutely could have live my entire life and died peacefully without ever hearing this album 2/5
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 thought this album started off okay, but it lost my interest before it was halfway through. Not bad, but didn't really stand out. I didn't need to hear this before dying.
4/10. Blah. Not bad, but not my jam
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 *
Definitely got harsher over the years. This was fine and would previously been a 3 but I'm never going to listen to it again so 2.
Sunworshipper is a poor use of spoken word to music. The songs on this album are pretty skippable and by skippable, I mean annoying and overstaying their welcome. Also, if you're going to use a bunch of names in your songs... at least bother learning how to pronounce them.
Excellent
Starts well, then quickly turns into a generic house album by being annoying and/or repetitive and/or bland
Seems better suited to the "1,001 pieces of sonic wallpaper you must hear before you die" book, with the hearing most likely be in an elevator or other places where Muzak formerly reigned. Utterly forgettable.
It was alright
Von schlecht bis langweilig.
Really enjoyed this album.
did nothing for me, thought it was pretty bland and lazy
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
Estuvo interesante, un agradable cambio respecto de los discos previos, pero me pasa igual que con los discos de rap o hiphop: me aburre al poco rato.
It's a House album that doesn't make you want to dance, except Ottos's Journey which is an honest to god banger. If you like Trance or are rolling the album is probably for you. A lot of it is more similar to "lofi beats you can study to" than a House album. That being said there's some good sampling and not bad in the background. 2/5
Decent techno album, not the greatest or memorable though.
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.
It was like boring remixes of wii music. Yawn
Fraco, Since I Left You é bem melhor
Eerder ontspannende house-muziek. Ik zie het niet direct als dansbaar, maar als een roadtripplaatje
I'm not even done listening to this yet (but, I'll finish it - don't worry). Still, I don't like it. I will probably never understand the over-hyped elevator music genre.
Do my ears deceive me or is this EDM??? I had long ago given up on expecting to hear my favourite genre on this list, so today was a pleasant surprise. I liked this a lot. Not every track was a winner but there were some awesome songs here. "Drop the Pressure" sounds like it could have been made yesterday. More of a 4.5. I'll definitely be saving some of these songs to my phone.
Is this the start of low-fi? It's amazing! It starts that way but then hypes up. This is the dance electronica fusion we needed.
Holy crap this is good! And contemporary! I can’t believe this came out in 2004! Destroy Rock & Roll followed by Rikki is a killer combo. Maybe I’m just a sucker for bands spoken in a pretentious music head way, but the song just slaps. Thinking back to 2004, I’m sure this was insanely refreshing, paving the way for LCD Soundsystem, and the other 2010s “idm” (ugh) acts. Super killer and the whole album has been added to my list.
"Thou shall not make repetitive generic music." As usual with DJs. Good ideas and cool grooves wasted by boring repetition.
Really nice chilled out tracks, the house music is strong with this one so it's right up my alley.
First 2 songs were alright
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
Dreadful repetetive durge. I could only take half the album. I know it takes all sorts, but this was absolutely awful.
A propulsively funky and fantastic house album. Great use of samples.
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
Un autre album dont je questionne l'inclusion. Ce n'est pas particulièrement mauvais, il y a quelques bangers, mais j'ai trouvé ça inconsistant et ça oscille beaucoup entre bonnes chansons et d'autres oubliables. 4/10
Fjörugt rafpopp, alveg hægt að tjútta við þetta.
A nice album, saved a few songs into playlists but it's background at best. Instead of destroying rock and roll it's shown me why rock has a soul and this wouldn't be out of place in an elevator or hold music for a telco company.
Not really my thing
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.
For only having recorded one album, Mylo did a bang up job. He creates an atmosphere straight of the bat with Valley Of The Dolls and Sunworshipper that I want to breathe in. I’m obsessed with the beat on Paris Four Hundred. I enjoy the preacher’s sermon used on Destroy Rock & Roll. It’s actually frightening and hilarious that a religious leader felt it prudent to complain about, and want to destroy, the music culture. It’s a story as old as time, but what a fucking idiot. Maybe spend some time addressing real societal ills. I find his missteps with artists’ names funny: David BOO-wie, JACK Cougar Mellencamp, Weird Al Yanko-VICH, and Cyndi LOOP-er Really a A-, but I’m rounding up because I listened 4 times and I’m looking forward to the next time I revisit.
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.
Poor man's Daft Punk? Maybe a little, but I still enjoyed listening to it.
Quite acceptable, occassionally compelling, dance music.
The overall sound of this album seems like a nice mix of Daft Punk's "Homework" and "Discovery". Its a genuinely interesting, solid listen and I'll definitely revisit it.
Not for me at all, looping dance music that feels like each song could easily be 30 long instead of 4-5 minutes
Love house music so much. I remember hearing some of these back when it dropped but I just wasn't ready for it at the time. Really enjoyed revisiting it though .What an upbeat, catchy album.
Boring
In spots, it’s a bit like if Air and The Avalanches had a very uninteresting child. In others, it’s a fairly pedestrian house record that borders on being an outright tedious listening experience (the title track, in particular). Again, The Rule (TM) holds true: If you haven’t heard anyone talking about an album on this list in 20 years, you don’t need to hear it before you die.
Shockingly great! Just all around good, unique, jammy beats. Feels like a late night out at a club on a Mediterranean island. 8/10
Will it Destroy Rock and Roll? No Name aside, it's a great showing of soft rock and other more lush influences to electronic music to create different sounds. Not as gripping as most album, but does have value, especially as background music for focus
Really enjoyed this. I listened to Mylo quite a bit in the mid 2000s with Dr Pressure and In my Arms. Other tracks, very similar and enjoyable on this album. 4/5
Decent album
A nice mix of headphones electronica and dance floor euphoria. Some songs have a playful spirit with lots of fun details. Others are club-ready bangers, like “Paris Four Hundred.” The back half of the album is particularly packed with dance tracks. Excellent stuff, really fun.
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.
El generico. Again, if you're doing electronica, do something that makes me feel, not that makes me think I'm in a lobby waiting for something or someone more interesting.
In My Arms is the best song on this, and much of the rest is either a smidge too repetitive (and therefore irritating) or a bit beige. It's low-fi, chilled dance music, and that doesn't really do it for me unless it's really catchy, which most of this isn't. 2/5, not my jam.
I remember this album being a really big deal when it came out. Listening again, it's hard to see why.
3-
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.
Maybe it's just the mood I'm in, but I did not care for this. Nothing here struck a chord with me, and it just felt boring. I really have nothing to say other than that this is a light two.
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.
Not bad but not really my thing. Was interested at the beginning, the second track is pretty sweet, but my interest faded by the halfway point.
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
A fine album by normal people standards but 11/10 for painting minis too. #LML (love my life!) Favorite Track: 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
Ik vind dit lekkere muziek voor tijdens het werk. Het is ook leuk om de sampletjes waar gebruik van gemaakt word te raden.
This is the kind of house music I can behind. Really funky, fun to listen to, and a great album to vibe to. 4/5
Pretty much dead-on average
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
weird
Good sound.
Spoiler alert: that extremely mid album didn't destroy rock & roll.
What was that? Did they leave their mentally disabled cousin alone with the list?
55 minutes where I totally blacked out and didn't feel anything else than pure nothingness. I almost liked 2 songs, what a deal!
Bad. Amateur level. Sounds like I made it....
House. Está bastante bien... Un 4.
Strangely wonderful.
While I do feel bad giving albums on this list a 1, the bar set by “albums to hear before you die” is pretty high. With that in mind, I would never casually listen to this album again. It had a couple decent tracks, but more often than not I was just annoyed by it. The name drops on the title track did give me some ideas on other artists I’d rather be listening to other than Mylo.
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
Was not expecting much from this. Found it hard to fault in the end. Great listen and some absolute classics to be had
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.
Back in 2005, we threw a retirement party for my co-judge, and in those days I'd make a "mix-tape" CD for special occasions. In this case, I made an extra half-dozen copies and if anyone said they liked the music, they could take one home. Due to the popularity of the CD's opening track, "Drop the Pressure", I didn't have enough to go around and had to burn more CDs the next day. It's a great track and there are a number of strong supporting players. The music is unabashedly simple, nothing special or ground-breaking, but the songs are melodic and pleasant to listen to.
In contrast to my esteemed colleague MG I rather disliked this album, as I found it monotonous, repetitive and derivative. I've never been a big fan of DJs remixing old tunes with a dance beat. I think bands like Daft Punk just do this way better.
Not at all what I expected. Will listen to again. 3.5 outta 5
Obnoxious, repetitive and irritating.
A decent version of the French electro style, but really nothing more
A few classics, that I had no idea Mylo was responsible for
Pretty good for electronic. Not sure it accomplishes its goal though.
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Valley of the dolls, Sunworshipper, Drop the pressure, Destroy rock and roll, In my arms, Paris four hundred, Rikki, Need tou tonite
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
Very good album and enjoyable
Really enjoyed this. Listened to it a couple of times. Pretty mellow.
strange
Mellow uplifting house music, very much influenced by Daft Punk. Almost every track is good, with some star tracks. Good length and diverse sound.
Just... I like house, but not like this.
I expected to hate this and enjoyed being proven wrong
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.
Interesting - funky and at times ambient - but in general good focus music. Where does it stand in the pantheon of half a century of pop music? I guess somewhere in the middle - but I like it so I’ll give it a little extra.
Overraskande bra
bien tranku 7/10
Good, chilled house and an early mover towards lo-fi / chill hop sounds
Mostly forgettable with a few bangers
Enjoyed!
3,5
Elevator music at its worst.
It’s all the same really, the first track was okay, but it just spiraled down afterwards.
Ol’Mylo here won’t be destroying much Rock and Roll with this limp wristed effort.
“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.
can't say anything other than "nice, I guess". For an album to make such a bold claim and then be just meh marks it down. Hold music with swearing. 2
Annoying
I’m not too familiar with a lot of dance music, so I’m going into todays album with an open mind. Interestingly, somewhere online said that Mylo is French dance music, but I also read he’s from Scotland. Not a clue what that means then. Songs I already knew: Drop The Pressure Favourites: Drop The Pressure, In My Arms I was very surprised when I realised I knew Drop The Pressure. Admittedly, I think this is because it was referenced in a song by The Lancashire Hotpots many years ago when I then must have looked into at the time. I loved the sampling of Betty Davis Eyes (one of the best songs ever and I’ll fight you if you disagree) in In My Arms. Overall, for a genre that I usually tend to avoid, that was really enjoyable and I’ll probably keep coming back to this for a while.
Weird... UK House on this list? Who would have expected? For a second there I was like "ok... I work with this." But after about 6 tracks I had to duck out. Just not my cup of tea
Most dance music is just dance music. This is like most dance music.
Excellent Electronic Album. Loved it and favorited it!
I remember in my arms but yeah nothing special. Destroy mylo.
Probably the best time for this album to be played. I am off work tomorrow and it's really sunny outside. This is perfect sit in the garden with a beer kind of music and I was all for it.
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.
If I could give it zero I would. Who decided to put so much electronic on this list. Enough.
Good hang out at the house techno. Mellow, with a variety of genres to keep it interesting.
I recognise 'Drop The Pressure'. I recognise the sample from 'In My Arms' but I can't place the original. This should be on the '1001 Albums You Must Put On In The Background And Completely Forget About' list, to be honest. 'Doctor Pressure' is a banger though. Utterly forgettable. 2 / 5 stars.
Really good; not familiar with Mylo at all, but another artist that sounds to me to be DJ Shadow adjacent. Loved the track with beats put over a religious coalition listing what I have to assume are "unwholesome" artists, and it's just a list of everyone...including Cyndi "Looper", lol.
I liked this one. The songs were a bit too long, but otherwise I enjoyed it quite a bit. 3.75/5
Really enjoyed this
Honestly a lot of fun , more than I expected, and pretty ideal for doing chores. I really like that it is a lot more harmonically rich than most dance/electronic.
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
Vanilla electronica for people who lived in Clapham, London between 2004 and 2006.
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.
It's ok to make math to. I can concentrate while listening to the album. A big 2
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.
To be fair, I liked it more than I thought I would. Some stand outs and interesting sampling, but most was just monotonous and boring.
This was a fun album. I really enjoyed it.
Wow. Rare I hear something that sounds so familiar that I've never listened to before. Shades of Daft Punk, The Avalanches, bit of lo-fi house etc. Definitely one to explore more of.
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
Nice
Really enjoyed it.
Some of it was okaaay as background music.
Meh. Why the fuck is this on this list? Oh right, its UK pop shit. 2/5
honestly a pretty good album, enjoyed it more than expected.
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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Liked it a lot, very synthy
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
only giving this a 1 because 0 isnt an option
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.
Not for me. It didn't connect on any level.
Not into it. Not terrible. Just not my kind of music. 4/10
Wow, I forgot how much I dig Drop the Pressure. Danced and danced some more.
8/10 really dig this a bit odd for an electronic album but still pretty darn good
Best Song: Muscle Cars. I feel like I've never heard a song that's so blippy-bloopy while also being on such a low register. I like. Worst Song: Musclecar (Reform Reprise). The lyrical conceit of "listing a bunch of topical things" was already exhausted in "Destroy Rock & Roll", making this song feel less original. Overall: Really enjoyable electronica album from a band I've absolutely never heard of, but feels like they must have influenced groups that I have. Perfect for background music, cooking especially, as it's got just enough energy to dance to.
Nice funky fresh start to my Monday
Really cool dance Album. Mylo really had some heaters. Fave track - Drop The Pressure
Maybe if I was in a club on the beach in Ibiza. But I’m not! Maybe if I was on hold to IT services. But I’m not! Maybe if I was in an elevator in a shopping mall. But I’m not! This does not have the chops to destroy rock ‘n’ roll. I’m not even sure it could fight its way out of a paper bag.
The music is benign but the lyrics ruined it for me.
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.
Boy there's a lot of EDM and house music on this list. This album didn't annoy me, though I did lose patience when he felt the need to fall back into EDM tropes where he'd take a phrase and repeat it ad nauseum. But thankfully he didn't do that very often. Some cool sounds and vibes, though, but not enough for a 3. More like a 2.5.
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.
Ehhh . Bad parts in the good ruin a lot. 3.5
A mix between songs that are fun but a bit corny and ones that are straight up too corny
strangely cohesive. love the variety of sounds and the samples are used really well. its like electropop but like way more indie and a bit more chill but then the sampling is like daft punk. pretty cool
I'm sure it's great, but not my style of music
One great song and a few OK ones
This sounds like music you would hear in a crappy 2000s racing game you downloaded from a freeware site. I can almost hear the stock engine sound effects in the background while listening to this. It's not bad, but this is at least 5 parsecs away from being an essential listen. Nobody has ever laid on their death bed with their final words being: "I just wish I got to hear that Mylo album from 2004 titled "Destroy Rock an-(FLAT LINE)
Pretty fun. Not obsessed but dont hate it.
Feels very locked in 2004 in a way that makes me feel like Derek Zoolander. Can see this guy fitting in with the likes of Avalanches but without the timelessness.
Probably pretty radical at the time. Good production (use of sampling/synths). I can see how it influenced people. Why did they remaster it the year after it was made
Surprisingly better than I’d hoped for
listen
Never heard of this and was pleasantly surprised. A lot of the lyrics are just lists of things repeated several times.
Didnt enjoy this one much
This was really delightful, a really nice sound that I enjoyed quite a bit. Upbeat club electronic music, maybe? Hard to describe.
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.
Not for me today. Maybe later.
Meh
I enjoyed these rhythmic grooves more than I expected to.
There was so much enjoyment from this album. Just a freaking charcuterie board of samples and sounds. I would have preferred more cohesion or that next step. This felt like the start.
I fucking love random European electronic music, gotta be one of my favorite genders
Kinda trash album w no chance of actually destroying rock n roll. Having said that ‘In My Arms’ was a pog song
Heavily influced by Daft Punk, but not as versatile. 3/5
Well made, and it would be fine as background music. Electronic beats with little to no lyrics just isn't my thing
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
Didn’t love the sampling. And felt like other people do this genre better. Was confused why this one made the list
There are some fun samples but otherwise didn't really click for me.
An artist with 100% of his records on the list of 1000 greatest albums ever! What a feat. Unfortunately, Mylo has released only one record, but still, great try! And actually, it's really good album. It's an electronic release, and I'm no expert on that, but compared to Basement Jaxx I've listened to couple weeks ago, it's more of a dance-orientated piece. I would say it's not any specific genre, just some good dance music. My favourite song would be "Paris Four Hundred".
Some of the middle tunes are quite nice, but the dance music part is deracinated and the sequence of tracks can't decide what it wants to do. I gradually got on board as the music proved that it could preexist and converse with rock music, but that preexistence is wispy. "Nice", in several senses.
Superb house album. It's enjoyable from start to finish. It didn't destroy rock and roll but the reference is probably just to the song and the ramblings from the christian cult that's sampled in the song. It doesn't quite reach 5/5 but it's close.
I will never be high enough to enjoy this.
3.75
Excellent electronic music of the era
4/10
Fucking DJs, my god, is there anything more vapid and talentless than a DJ trying to pass themselves off as an actual artist? Listening to this is an exercise in futility. I can’t and I won’t ever find enjoyment here.
favourite song: sunworshipper least favourite song: in my arms pretty solid just a few fairly annoying bits
It's OK. It's alright. Probably wouldn't listen to many more times.
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.
Did not destroy rock and roll but also did not destroy my soul
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
Usually I only give 1 star to music that is actually, physically painful to listen to for me. That's not the case with this album. But it is sooooooo uninteresting, repetitive, minimalistic and meaningless that I just really longed to turn it off toward the end of the fifth track. So that's what I did.
Loved! My kinda electro music
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!
Pleasant enough background music, seems a little dated now. Enjoyed a few of the "hits" but not memorable. I've listened to better background music, probably won't listen again.
"Drop the Pressure" was the highlight. Otherwise I found it a fairly forgettable album of background house music.
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
This album is a delightful surprise. Electronic music with heart. A lot of empty space, not too hectic, dainty, light, airy. My guy almost made a techno album? And, yet, DR&R rises above the ashes and stuns with its calming and accessible electronic dance sensibilities. I love this album. Its good.
If the premise here was to take cheesy ‘80s songs and strip them down and use their best parts to make something better I could get behind it. I somewhat enjoyed the fun that the disco/80s sources brought to it. But I guess I just don’t like this genre because at best this just felt unfulfilling. At worst, anytime there was a vocal sample, sooner or later I was forced to skip. “Drop the Pressure” was particularly bad. The word that came most to mind while listening was “insufferable.” I wanted to like it, but upon full consideration, I can’t deny the conclusion. I hated it.