# No Mythologies to Follow

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 7/10 |
| Consequence of Sound | B+ |
| DIY | |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| musicOMH | |
| Paste | 6.9/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10 |
| Under the Radar | |
No Mythologies to Follow is the debut studio album by Danish singer and songwriter MØ. It was released on 7 March 2014 by Sony Music by Chess Club Records and RCA Victor. The album received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 19 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". No Mythologies to Follow debuted at number 58 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 1,438 copies in its first week. A Tenth Anniversary edition was released on 15 March 2024. This edition includes three unreleased tracks from the original album sessions. The first of those tracks "Fake Chanel" was released as a single on 26 January 2024.

## Background

In an interview with Interview magazine, MØ was quoted saying, "I wrote all of the songs, and I'm attached to all of the songs. They all fit together, and I feel like they're telling a story. If I should name one that I think represents the album very nicely, then it's a song called "Pilgrim". It's very simple and strong in its message. Both production-wise and lyrically, it's very simple and minimalistic, but has some depth to it." The theme for the album is about being young, inexperienced, and being lost in this crazy society we live in these days. Further on the theme she extended, "When you're young and insecure, there's a lot of pressure to live up to these ideals, and it's impossible. It's hard to find your own way and navigate through. That's the theme of the album: to be young and searching." Her track "Pilgrim" was also featured in the Italian version of the advertisement of Armani's fragrance Acqua di Gioia. She noted that the song is wanting to escape the noise of society and just go somewhere private where you can listen to your own thoughts and figure out what you want to be. The track "Don't Wanna Dance" adheres to a collection of squelching synths and was released as a single in February 2014. GQ stated that the track "Walk This Way" has "grand vocals" and fantastically produced "dynamic", funky guitar riffs. MØ recorded the vocals for the album in her childhood bedroom.

## Track listing

All lyrics written by Karen Marie Ørsted; all music composed by Ørsted and Ronni Vindahl; all tracks produced by Vindahl; except where noted.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of No Mythologies to Follow.
* Karen Marie "MØ" Ørsted – vocals, artwork design
* Anders Bast – horn (track 9)
* Signe Bergmann – artwork design
* Thomas "Diplo" Pentz – production (track 9)
* James Dring – production (track 6)
* Thomas Edinger – horn (track 9)
* August "ELOQ" Fenger – drums (track 4); mixing, production (track 12)
* Peter Hammerton – mastering (tracks 16–19)
* Stuart Hawkes – mastering (tracks 6, 10)
* Jens Høll – additional photography
* Paul Logus – mastering (tracks 1–5, 7–9, 11–15, 20)
* Michael Patterson – mastering (tracks 1–5, 7–9, 11–15, 20); mixing (tracks 1–5, 7–9, 11–20)
* Anders Schumann – mastering (track 12)
* Thomas Skou – additional photography
* Thomas Sønderup – photography
* Ronni Vindahl – executive production, mixing, production

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark) | Platinum | 20,000$^‡$ |
| $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||

## Release history

| Region | Date | Format(s) | Edition(s) | Label |
| Germany | 7 March 2014 | LPdigital download | Deluxe | Sony |
| Ireland | 7 March 2014 | CDdigital download | Standard | Chess ClubRCA Victor |
| Ireland | 7 March 2014 | LPdigital download | Deluxe | Chess ClubRCA Victor |
| United Kingdom | 10 March 2014 | CDdigital download | Standard | Chess ClubRCA Victor |
| United Kingdom | 10 March 2014 | LPdigital download | Deluxe | Chess ClubRCA Victor |
| Denmark | 10 March 2014 | CD | Standard | Sony |
| Denmark | 10 March 2014 | LPdigital download | Deluxe | Sony |
| France | 10 March 2014 | CDdigital download | Standard | Sony |
| France | 10 March 2014 | LPdigital download | Deluxe | Sony |
| United States | 11 March 2014 | CD | Standard | RCA |
| United States | 11 March 2014 | Digital download | Standarddeluxe | RCA |
| Australia | 14 March 2014 | CD | Standard | Sony |
| Australia | 14 March 2014 | Digital download | Standarddeluxe | Sony |
| Germany | 21 March 2014 | CD | Standard | Sony |
| Australia | 18 April 2014 | Digital download | Deluxe (reissue) | Sony |
| Denmark | 18 April 2014 | Digital download | Deluxe (reissue) | Sony |
| Germany | 18 April 2014 | Digital download | Deluxe (reissue) | Sony |
| Ireland | 18 April 2014 | Digital download | Deluxe (reissue) | Chess ClubRCA Victor |
| United Kingdom | 21 April 2014 | Digital download | Deluxe (reissue) | Chess ClubRCA Victor |
| France | 21 April 2014 | Digital download | Deluxe (reissue) | Sony |