Destroy Rock & Roll is the first and only album by Scottish record producer and DJ Mylo (real name Myles MacInnes), released in 2004.

The album samples many 1970s and 1980s soft rock songs that Mylo heard on the radio as a child. The single "In My Arms" combines hits by Kim Carnes and Boy Meets Girl. The title track samples a fundamentalist Christian sermon, while "Drop the Pressure" is based around a vocal recording made by Mylo himself and edited with a vocoder.

The album was re-released in 2005, and peaked at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart. After being exposed to the first time to house music on the radio, and having expanded his musical influences while studying in Los Angeles, he committed himself to music at the age of 22.

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Review aggregator Metacritic gives Destroy Rock & Roll a score of 80/100 from 14 reviews by music critics. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was named the 21st best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.

Track listing

All tracks written by Mylo (aka Myles Macinnes); additional songwriters are mentioned in parentheses.

  1. "Valley of the Dolls" – 3:26
  2. "Sunworshipper" – 3:26
  3. "Muscle Cars" – 3:39
  4. "Drop the Pressure" – 4:15
  5. "In My Arms" – 3:46
  6. "Guilty of Love" – 3:06
  7. "Paris Four Hundred" – 3:32
  8. "Destroy Rock & Roll" – 4:07
  9. "Rikki" – 3:18
  10. "Otto's Journey" – 3:58
  11. "Musclecar (Reform Reprise)" – 3:53
  12. "Zenophile" – 4:08
  13. "Need You Tonite" – 4:51
  14. "Emotion 98.6" – 5:36

Limited edition bonus tracks

  1. <li value="15"> "Soft Rock" – 4:01
  2. "Doctor Pressure" (Dirty Radio Edit) – 3:24 <br />(samples "Dr. Beat" by Miami Sound Machine featuring Gloria Estefan)
  3. "Destroy Rock & Roll" (Tom Neville Clean Edit) – 4:43

Samples

  • Track 1 samples "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" by The Sandpipers.
  • Track 2 samples "Si Tu étais Né en Mai" by Maxime Le Forestier and "The Sunworshippers Speak" by The Sunworshippers.
  • Track 5 samples "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes and "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl. The original recording is used on the UK release. The "Bette Davis Eyes" sample is replayed on a Juno synth.
  • Track 11 is remixed by X-Press 2 and Anu Pillai from Freeform Five. "They loved the record so much they both called up asking to remix it for free."
  • Track 12 samples "Where Am I Going?" by Dusty Springfield, from her 1967 album of the same name.
  • Track 13 samples "Stay with Me till Dawn" by Judie Tzuke.
  • The beginning of the limited edition track 15 samples the opening of "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship.
  • Track 16 of the limited edition has the mashup containing a sample of the 1984 and 2004 songs "Drop the Pressure" and "Dr. Beat" by Mylo and Miami Sound Machine respectively.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes for both the UK and US editions.

  • Myles MacInnes – vocals ,

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Certifications and sales

References

  • Mylo's official website
  • Breastfed Recordings official site
  • Destroy Rock & Roll at Metacritic