Reviews (page 7 of 8)
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*
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
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.
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
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?
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.
drop the pressure (nostalgy)
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.
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.
Not that bad, but mostly background music. Also, rock & roll will never die, no matter how hard everyone tries.
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.
Nice ambient hold music
Bad
If Daft Punk had bad taste.
dois mango
Oh dear, very uninspiring electronica.
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!
+1 for the Boy Meets Girl / Kim Carnes throwback
Unimpressive
A poor man's Kraftwerk.
2004 electronic music - no vocals. Fine, but when would I listen to this?
Some interesting tunes. Mostly very generic and forgettable. Drop the pressure is a banger though
While this isn’t unpleasant, I can think of multiple bands (Air, The Acalanches, Brock Berrigan) who do it better
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.
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.
Maybe 2 songs hit properly. The rest is a miss for me. Another British electronica album, another disappointment. 2.5/5.
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
Bleep, bloop, blancmange. Enjoyable ephemera, lingering barely longer than it takes to hit Next.
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!
1,6
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.
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.
Good background music for a workout at the gym But that’s not the highest recommendation
Some of this was better than expected, but I was straight up cringing during other parts. Nah...
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.
"Dance music". Maroon 5 is more danceable than this. Some songs did have a nice groove, but some songs were straight up unlistenable.
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
Ok 2/5
2.42 per track. Maybe. its. just. me. but. every. vocal. is. just. a. list. of. things.
this house album was clearly made in 2004
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
Для 2005 очень странный альбом. Электронная музыка в нулевые уже во всю разрывала в поп жанре, где тут прорыв я не понял
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
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
Not terrible, but certainly not something I needed to listen to before I die.
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 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.
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.
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.
The kind of songs that'll play in the background of Always Sunny in Philadelphia while the characters do the most depraved shit ever
Radiopop. Tut nicht weh. 2.
#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.
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.
weird techno stuff not that into it
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.
It will not and did not destroy rock and roll. Hearing I was thinking BeeGees all the way.
i bet this is really groundbreaking
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.
Most decidedly did not destroy rock & roll. Boring
4.5/10
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?
Nice at first but the patterns get repetitive and the song structure starts to feel a bit pedestrian
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.
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..
Keywords: Early EDM Notable song: Sunworshipper
On par with the Creative Commons music some small shops play in order to avoid royalty fees
First listen Saved 3/14 Top track: Sunworshipper
meh...
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.
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.
Meh.
Musical junk food; enjoyable but devoid of nutritional content.
I couldn’t even finish it. I tried but this is definitely not my style.
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
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
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.
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.
Von schlecht bis langweilig.
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.
Fraco, Since I Left You é bem melhor
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.
"Thou shall not make repetitive generic music." As usual with DJs. Good ideas and cool grooves wasted by boring repetition.
First 2 songs were alright
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
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
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-
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.
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.
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.
Just... I like house, but not like this.
Mostly forgettable with a few bangers
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.
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
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.
I remember in my arms but yeah nothing special. Destroy mylo.
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.
It's ok to make math to. I can concentrate while listening to the album. A big 2
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.
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
Not into it. Not terrible. Just not my kind of music. 4/10
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.
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.
A mix between songs that are fun but a bit corny and ones that are straight up too corny
I'm sure it's great, but not my style of music
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)
Not for me today. Maybe later.
Meh
Kinda trash album w no chance of actually destroying rock n roll. Having said that ‘In My Arms’ was a pog song
Well made, and it would be fine as background music. Electronic beats with little to no lyrics just isn't my thing
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.
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.
4/10
It's OK. It's alright. Probably wouldn't listen to many more times.
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.
Une autre genre de copie de Daft Punk.
This whole album felt like I left a PS2 snowboarding game on the lobby screen for 55 minutes. It wasn't as grading as some electronic music but it's still the lowest form of music....
First couple tracks are excellent focus music. After that the album switches gears into some forgettable house music. Sometimes repeats samples too many times in irritating ways
Ehhh... for such a lofty title it's got a lot of lifting to do although the title refers to the track that just lists rock and roll bands that are damned to hell (which is my favourite track). The problem I find with a lot of electronica / house / techno / EDM on this list is that since I am an active house dancer and club goer, I hear really fucking good EDM all the time which blows this crap outta the water. 2.5/5
Electronica/house just sounds so unimportant. If a DJ dropped a beat in a forest would anyone give a shit? Mylo has some skill in making his mash-ups not sound like complete garbage, and as a music & trivia fan I like trying to figure out what songs are being sampled when he does a good job of rethinking them. But mostly I'm bored. Finally found a beat worth paying attention to in song 3 (Musclecars, sounded like Situation by Yaz) and the next one (Drop the Pressure) was probably the best on the album (I was bopping along). In My Arms was an okay mash-up and Guilty of Love was worse. Paris Four Hundred had a decent beat. And then it got bad again. The title track was just stupid and Rikki was super annoying with its skipping sound. Otto's Journey wasn't bad (just repetitive) but I was mostly bored again for the final five tracks. I was thinking maybe a 3 but the second half of the album was almost entirely forgettable.
So far this book hasn’t done a good job at picking electronic music that I need to hear before I die. I read the wiki stuff about this album and I’m assuming that this was picked because it was Mylo’s debut album, and it was all written on his computer at home. Some of the tracks were okay. I liked “Valley of the Dolls”, “Paris Four Hundred” Most of this stuff was so repetitive that there was a point where I thought my CD was skipping but then I remembered that I was listening on Spotify. I don’t think this album succeeded in it’s attempt at destroying rock & roll, but it certainly hurt electronic music. This came out the same year as Squarepusher’s Ultravisitor album. One of the best electronic albums ever made and neither that album nor any of Squarepusher’s albums are on the list. Go figure. This gets a 2 since I was just waiting for it to end through most of my listen.
Moyen album, je cinprend pas le buzz pour cette liste.. 2.5
Mostly forgettable. The parts that weren’t forgettable were annoying. Could almost be decent background music but then the annoying parts kick in. 2.5 stars
I listen to them and try but it's hard to take another hour plus album of electronica. I have no doubt that it reaches some. Just not me
This is far from destroying Rock and Roll, it's just a string of repetitive sounds that kind of counts as music. I would say it's a pretty average electronic album.
Pleasant but not challenging. This has been done better before (Daft Punk and Chemical Bros) so do we need to listen to it all again? This Mylo is SUPER clever so why he decided to devote himelf to being a DJ is beyond me.
If this was the opening attacking then rock & roll has nothing to worry about. Sub-standard EDM that thinks it's more intelligent than it is. Just listen to Daft Punk and LCD Soundsystem. Best Tracks: Drop the Pressure; In My Arms; Otto's Journey
Not the worse electronic music I've had on here, but not an enjoyable listen either. "Destroy Rock & Rock" was the most memorable track and not in a good way.
Not my favorite type of music. Listenable but very repetitive and not super interesting. 2 stars.
Indifferent on this one. Nothing struck me as interesting or catchy about it.
ekki ég, en ekkert alveg vonlaust
Mja, dat Drop The Pressure kende ik wel maar voor de rest boeide het me niet zo.
The worst sort of one finger synth drag-and-drop pop. All the best bits have been sampled from other songs. Rock & Roll is safe.
Yeah, I think rock and roll is safe. Fave tracks: Drop the Pressure
Ensikuuntelun alkuvaiheilla tämä vaikutti aika lupaavalta tanssilevyltä. Hieman samaa tyyliä kuin aiemmin listalla olleilla Chemical Brothersilla ja Daft Punkilla, mutta vähemmän rasittavan kuuloisena. Valitettavasti alkuhuuma oli kuitenkin ohimenevää ja negatiiviset fiiliset alkoivat hiipimään takavasemmalta. Lopulta taso valahti sinne peruskakkosen maastoon.
It was okay, a couple of 'classics'
9th September 2021 Listened in the gym and in the evening had a surprise birthday at rowan's. Perfectly timed listening to this in the gym by sheer accident. Got some old school bangers on it and got the body pumping!
I had high hopes for this but found it kind of boring
Another mostly instrumental house album. Most notable are the few tracks that wouldn't be out of place in a chiptune game soundtrack, and inexplicable lists for lyrics (rockers, cars).
Is this lo-fi to improve my focus during the work/study routine from Youtube? It's nice to listen to these things that are the origins of the modern trending, but it's still not my style of music. 2 or 3 songs are nice to listen to.
I would be happy dying before listening to this album. I don't know why it was included and while I'm not much into electronic, I've heard plenty that would fit perfectly on a list of albums to listen to before I die. Bonus, if I'm ever asked for recommendations on music to play while on hold with customer service, this will surely come to mind.
L'elettronica di Mylo mi è sembrata di quelle accessibili a tutti, ballabili. Non mi è dispiaciuto, ma ho come l'impressione che questo album non dovrebbe far parte di questa lista.
Not my jam, but it's well done I guess.
Creo que es el primer disco de todos los que llevamos que no habia escuchado. Si bien el disco no me parece MALO, siento que peca de ser un producto parecido a todos los que salian en los post 2000. Ese genero electrosynthpop de cafetería que fué mutando hasta terminar en canciones que le ponen a la nena esa que no termina nunca el trabajo practivo y le ponen "lo-fi music to armar un partido y ganar las elecciones to". El disco en su propio merito está bien, aunque no lo volvería a escuchar. Todo va donde tiene que ir y no se arriesga a nada. Es mas, el primer tema es tan blando y generico que se parece a una intro de un sketch de Les Luthiers. Despues va mejorando y peakea en Drop the Preassure que es como el tema que todos tenemos escuchado y no sabiamos de donde venia. Es el tipico disco de playa que escuchaste un verano y te olvidaste que existia. Que se yo... Está en la misma lista que discos de Nina Simone o Led Zeppelin, durisimo. Es un premio consuelo.
In conclusione: Non conoscevo neanche il pezzo più famoso. Mi ha fatto abbastanza da sottofondo ma non mi ha detto nulla di particolare, l'ho trovato un po' anonimo. Devo dire che i pezzi che mi sono piaciuti di più sono stati gli ultimi comunque in particolare le 05' Version ma magari è una coincidenza, dovrei sentire gli originali.
il povero mylo ha fatto un disco prendendo un pò tutti i trend di quel periodo e ne esce un disco senza personalità e noioso. Questa è la colonna perfetta per un negozio di vestiti a porta di roma.
The title says it all. Inoffensive at the outset and then became frankly insidious.
Meh.
fun and vibe not quite my thing tho
Ahhh por isso que nao existe album bom de Rock depois de 2004, incrivel! Drop the Pressure eh legal.
Try as he might, Mykonos cannot and did not destroy rock and roll with this album. I’m glad I waited until today to listen to it, had I listened yesterday, when I was hungover, it might’ve killed me. This wasn’t bad. Pretty good actually, lots of nice upbeat, poppy, major cord loops. Just found it repetitive, like most electronic music, which isn’t my bag. That hook has to be sooo good, Daft Punk or Prodigy level good, for me to buy in. This was just okay. Faded into the background for me. The song with the repeated list of musicians was the final nail in the coffin for me, and then there was 10 more songs.
Very reminiscent of my brother's criminally brief foray into techno. He produced one album under the moniker Captain Chad, which charted at #1 on mp3.com in the late 90s. Predictable, simple, but I keep finding my butt cheeks dancing to the beat in my seat. Feels surprising to me that this made the list, but it's still better than Anthrax.
Sounds like a FIFA soundtrack
Muy electrónico. No.
At least we're not getting the shit albums at the weekend at the moment.
I like that rock and roll one.
Some pretty interesting samples thrown in but not what I’d really listen to
Ok but nothing astonishing
This was pretty nice electronic dance music, it made for good study background noise. It did sound very dated to me. While it was pleasant to listen to, I wasn't particularly attached to it overall.
The singles seemed cool when I was 12. Not to sound 106 but honestly even they felt like noise pollution now, and the album tracks were truly painful.
yaaaaaaa fuck this album Will I listen to again: 0%
1/5. Absolute trash. First song was alright but most were skipped then unfinished. Starting to feel short changed by this list of stinkers now.
I've never heard of this artist. So I have no preconceived notion about this at all. Thoughts after listening 3 times ... Ok, this is all instrumentals - with a few vocal parts which seem to be samples and just talking (like on the 2nd song "Sunworshipper"). Seems like this guy only has 1 album. That's what I saw on Spotify and was surprised so I confirmed it on Wikipedia. Looks like he's been milking the same content for years - with remixes etc. Apparently this was big in Europe. Also, if you were hanging out in dance clubs at the time, "Drop the Pressure" was a total banger. Funny, because I had to go back and check what song was "Drop the Pressure" - since it didn't register with me at all the first time through. I like a lot of instrumental music, but this was completely forgettable for me. Maybe you need to be on ecstasy or something to get into this. Chemical Brothers and newer bands like STS9 do this kind of music so much better Liked songs on Spotify: 0/14 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)
DJing ain't a real skill: that's why every single celeb does it (including Rupaul). I don't see what the point of taking music from the 80s and stripping it of all structure and fun is exactly.
Not for me.
Well, this fucking sucks… 2/10
Olipas huttua. Ei jäänyt yhtään mitään tästä mieleen ja pakko ihmetellä, että miten tämä levy kuuluu listalle...
MUSICA DI PURO SOTTOFONDO, CON STILE HOUSE/ELETTRONICO A TRATTI NOSTALGICO DI VENT'ANNI FA. IL TITOLO DELL'ALBUM E' PURO E SPIETATO CLICKBAIT, E LA TRACCIA OMONIMA E' ATROCE A LIVELLI MAI VISTI PRIMA. LE ALTRE SONO IN GENERE ASCOLTABILI, SEBBENE NON CI SIANO MOMENTI MEMORABILI. COMU POTIU FINIRI 'NTA CLASSIFICA NU SACCIU PROPRIU. SMEMORABILE E' UN BUON RIASSUNTO. UNA STELLA NON PERCHE' FACCIA SCHIFO, MA PERCHE' NON E' ASSOLUTAMENTE QUELLO CHE STO CERCANDO. 1/5
If I am ever asked "what is the best way to stretch an hour into a seeming eternity" my answer WILL be "put on one of Those electronica albums—you know the ones—in literally any environment other than high off your ass at the club". Too boring by far to actually listen to and too annoying by FAR to just tune out as background noise. I'm honestly dubious about the merits of this one even if you ARE high off your ass at the club but that's not an environment I've ever spent very much time in so I don't know. Maybe under the right circumstances it can be fun? I can't think of any other reason why it would be suffered to exist. The REAL question is what the HELL it's doing on a list like this one...
Disqualified for Kevin Spacey association via American Beauty.
This is beyond annoying to my ears.
Couldn’t get into this at all?
tepid
1001 Albums I need to listen to before I die But here's the problem We've all been in an elevator before and heard the Muzak playing there So why do you need to put more of that sh*t on a list that targets fans of actual music? Now I'm starting me day all pissed off because of this nonsense Do not this again!
Not my thing. Had to skip at least one song due to how annoying it was. 1.5/5
Gibt mir nix. Gar nix.
Heftig langweilig.
Garbage is too kind of a word to describe this uninspired mess. Who is the idiot who thought it was a good idea to include this shit?
This just sucks, man. At least try a little.
I don't even like Drop the Pressure, really. I mean, it all bounced along nicely enough but nearly an hour of this made me feel like I probably had better things to do
I wonder if the title is meant to be ironic. What always strikes me about the electronic music that gets attention is how unimaginative it is. Most of it that I hear is just computer simulations of very simplistic rock and roll cliches: a straight four beat; a repeated bass line made to move your hips; and a rhythmic tone generator looping endlessly through two or three chords (or arpeggios) in Ionian or Aeolian mode. I always think to myself - you lazy motherfuckers aren't having to woodshed on an instrument so you should have plenty of time to experiment with alternatives to the simplistic tropes that defined a genre that became popular because it expressed urgency, passion, and stood for rebellion. But it seems that what people are listening to in electronica is the worst of both worlds: simplistic musical ideas performed entirely by machines that aren't expressive, passionate, or rebellious. (Nice tones; but the performances are lifeless and the music trite.)
by 2004 pretending that rock & roll is under any kind of threat by religious fundamentalism is a deeply uncool idea. making of fundamentalist album burning is already an old boring joke. by 2004 there's barely any distinction between traditional pop and electronic sample-based pop. it all gets filed under Rock & Pop in the bargain CD bin. maybe in a way it makes the argument that somebody should give destroying rock & roll a real go, just by being so dull.
It’s not that I think destroying Rock & Roll is an insurmountable task. I just think you’d need a better plan of attack than buddy over here had.
This was hard for me to get through. I want to be open to different types of music, but this just annoyed me. Obviously, this appeals to a lot of people. I'm not one of those people. All I hear is mindless, boring repetition.
Mission accomplished.
Complete shite. And major apologies to Kim Carnes.
Destroy this album by Eric. 1.5/5
Precursor to awful lo-fi.
Man what the hell is this. No thanks.
Shite
Please stop making me listen to this kind of music
Video game menu music
it was a bit shit. Well a lot really
Big ol’ bored and disgruntled sigh.
dance music should have pace and a soul and this has neither
The title of the album is so wrong. I didn't believe for a minute that this is the type of music that would destroy Rock & Roll. A bad album
Nope
Music for a chiropractor's office
There's some bad albums on this list but this the first one I couldn't finish listening to It's just bad, embarrassingly so.
Retail music - upbeat uptempo bright and breezy synth pop electronica. At best it's like an optimistic Boards of Canada but for the most part it's like an own brand Daft Punk.
The music wasn’t as exciting as it tried to be. The tracks with lyrics gave me a headache.
my rating is probably overly critical because this isn’t a bad album buts its so generic i couldnt stand to listen
For me this was a mildly relaxing mix of tedium and music for robots with some infuriating repetition sprinkled in. Good background music at best, and a chore to get through at worst. -1 star for the name of the album.
Well, this was the first album that made me go look up the criteria for how the albums for this project were selected. It's interesting to see that this got a ton of critical acclaim. This is fucking BORING. This is the kind of thing I put on when I'm reading and want something that is barely sound, just to have a little noise meandering in the background. While I admit that my knowledge of DJ work is not the deepest, this doesn't seem any more remarkable than any of the laid-back electronic stuff that had come out the decade prior. I just don't get it. I'd give it a 1.5 if I could, but since I can't, a 1.0 it is.
Elevator music
Maybe quite new at the time but can't seat at the table with the same era "French Touch"
This must be who Apple hires to make the hacking music to the autogenerated video montages of AI’d photo albums created in the Photos app
An hour of crappy synth music and shitty repetitive lyrics. Like, the title track is just a list of musicians’ names. This absolutely did NOT destroy rock & roll.
Drop the pressure I know well (though never knew the artist) but overall this is just not for me. i feel bad for leaving bad reviews because i’m sure there’s people who enjoy this and i’m very happy they get to listen to this but i had to turn it off with 4 songs to go
Imagine hearing this and Daft Punk’s Discovery then picking this one as the ‘must hear before you die’ album. Give your head a wobble, Robert Dimery.
Overall: 2/10 Oh god. Enough of this type of music, please. If it's not Daft Punk or The Prodigy then I tend not to enjoy these repetitive electronic dance albums. It's just not my thing at all. This one actually upset me a lot for some reason lol Fav Song: Drop the Pressure
What is the point of this album, and why was it included?
Not sure how this generic bullshit is essential listening but ok
Nope
I'm too sober for this
DID NOT LISTEN
Не зайшов альбом. Нічим не виразний електрохаус
I have no idea why this is rated as highly as it is. There is great electronic music. This is not that.
Ok… so… this album, largely a snoozefest. None of the songs particularly stand out. It’s mostly techno with a few low-fi tracks mixed in, but as I said none of the songs stand out. Like at all. The title track is possibly the worst cut on the album, as it’s just a satanic panic preacher listing off the top names in pop/rock from the 60s through the 90s while the techno beat drones on in the background. As an album on it’s own, 2 stars. Its inexplicable inclusion on this list lands it at a 1. With the last few 2 star albums I’ve had, Metallica, Circle Jerks, ZZ Top, I at least found some redemption in seeing the artist’s and album’s place in musical history. Each album largely had a stand out single, or in not at least a song that stood out. This album had basically no redeeming qualities. As a fan of Lo-Fi, there are artists who did it much better, and as someone who basically has no interest in techno, I know there is better out there. Really not sure why this made the list, at all.
BYD, A8 Augsburg - München, Deutschland. Gottlos beschissen.
not even worth giving it a try
Did not enjoy.
Absolute garbage
No, I've never heard of them either. Supposed to be House / ElectroPop, but more Pop than House. Boring ElectroPap.
Didn't like it at all
a lot of noise, no good music
Hold music.
? Nur reinghört. Sagt mir nichts. C
Such boring electronic music, about a step up from Muzak, occasionally accompanied by inane and/or repetitive speaking. The music is at best two stars but that talking is annoying enough for me to drop a star. Sincerely hope this gets replaced in future editions.
The 2000s and era where music was cool and going to concerts and discovering new artists gave you cred. Showcase festivals, music conferences and music blogs. What a time to be alive. But what if you don't actually like music and just want to appear to like it, so you can hang with the cool kids? Enter Mylo and this atrocity of an album. Music for people to look sexy and cool to at the club and/or art gallery. Mind you - an art gallery that exhibits turds like this album cover - art for people who couldn't give a shit about art, but want other people to think you do, so you can invite the sexy and cool Mylo listeners to your opening.
This was about as far from an album i need to hear before i die as possible. I remember this first time around and it was generic then and its completely inappropriate now.
So boring. Couldn’t get through it.
Just kinda sounds like songs a starter would make? All songs are very repetitive and boring half way through.
Very drab, very of its time. Also, this is a genre that's designed to sort of blend nicely into the background while you sip your cocktail at the Café del Mar. And this album blends into that whole soundscape. So an album that doesn't stand out in any way in a genre that doesn't stand out at all, either.
This was really terrible
Very ordinary electronica
said ot once and Ill say it once again. There is no space for an electronic music album in any top list. Its jazz smooth relaxing but thats it. Its a fancy bar background noise. A few cool songs to dance and sone good sampling but...
I have no words to describe this because I just didn’t care about it at all.
Really didn't enjoy this just some really drab house music that doesn't go anywhere and has absolutely no substance. I feel like the title is supposed to be some sort of revolutionary title but when this is the sort of music your making it doesn't really work 1/10 Favourite: None Least Favourite: Musclecar Reform Reprise
This album was not my thing. A lot of it sounded like a parody of electronic music. I listened to on a long road trip and it somehow made the drive longer. 1.5/5
Wasn't for me. Tried really hard to like this, but just couldn't get down.
Very boring and bland. Why are so many albums like this on this list? Where the good music at?
Electronic music is maybe number one on the list of genres that I am unfamiliar with as until a year ago or so I had never listened to an entire electronic album. Despite that I can say that at least in my opinion this album is not really interesting. It may be "good" if you are super into this kind of music and can differentiate this from other electronic music. To me the songs on this album sounded like they could be from the loading screen on a video game and were more or less undistinguishable from one another and other music of this type.
Größenwahnsinniger Titel und dann … Supermarktgedudel!
Destroy Mylo by Rock and Roll?
They advertised exactly what they are doing. Rick and roll is destroyed.
My hate for electronic music continues to prove to be the correct emotion for this genre. It sounds like the inside of a department store.
Very mediocre
Album 850 of 1089 Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll (2004) Rating : 1 / 5 This one didn’t work for me. It felt like the most straightforward and basic example of electronica I’ve encountered so far—repetitive, minimalist, and lacking much to grab onto. I didn’t find any real enjoyment here, but I recognize that fans of the genre may see something in its simplicity that I just don’t. I gave it a fair listen, but it’s not one I’ll be revisiting.
Meh
Pretty much complete shite. Glad he had one album for his future, but I didn't need to contribute to his "success."
Well that was interesting, not really my thing. It feels very dated.
No private session used for Spotify, but with regrets. Mylo - go to hell if you think you are going to destroy rock & roll and replace it with this synth heavy, electronic, music for robots on their break from the sprocket factory.
Good grief. It's like musak from a mall clothing store. Of course I assumed from the title that I would hate it.
The title song offers a comprehensive list of things I'd rather be listening to.
That destroys rock n roll. I listened to about half. Pretty awful. But congrats fer followin yer dream.
Audacious title. Boring record.
wtf. "savior of dance" my ass. This should not be on this list.
Electronic. Nope
Oh dear. Simply shouldn’t be on the list.
Wtf. How is this too 1001?!
Drop the Pressure
Det eneste gode ved det her album er når man genkender et sample fra et 40 år gammelt nummer
Stor 1er men overhovedet ikke særlig essentielt og bliver ret ensformigt, hård plade at have back-to-back med 808 State
1001 ALBUMS- # 29 Destroy This Mix! A one off ‘Album’ of pure DJ sampling makes the 1001 cut?? Oh wait he’s from the UK, now it makes perfect sense 🤣. While I do appreciate surprises in this project and not just the expected classics, I’m confounded by the inclusion of a record that is so unoriginal, so uninspired and so tedious that it genuinely just fills space as background white noise. Created by a non-musician, something literally anyone could mesh together using modern technology, however those more accomplished with the house-dance original songwriting have executed it brilliantly in contrast to what’s here (Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Air). However these tunes are lifeless, the album art is hideous and the title is just plain offensive to any self-respecting music fan. I am sorry to say Mylo but you are a talentless hack, or at least play up the DJ stereotype ad nauseam. ‘Destroy Rock & Roll’ puuuuuuuuhlease 🙄 What did I do to deserve getting this to listen to right after an Animal Collective release?? My electronica patience has run out… Hit the Thumbs Up icon below if you enjoyed my hot take on the album :)
Couldn’t be arsed
1.5