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Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children

Label:
Catalog#:
warpcd55, skald1
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
20 Apr 1998
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Leftfield, IDM, Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklist

1   Wildlife Analysis 1:17 X
2   An Eagle In Your Mind 6:23 X
3   The Color Of The Fire 1:45 X
4   Telephasic Workshop 6:35 X
5   Triangles & Rhombuses 1:50 X
6   Sixtyten 5:48 X
7   Turquoise Hexagon Sun 5:07 X
8   Kaini Industries 0:59 X
9   Bocuma 1:35 X
10   Roygbiv 2:31 X
11   Rue The Whirl 6:39 X
12   Aquarius 5:58 X
13   Olson 1:31 X
14   Pete Standing Alone 6:07 X
15   Smokes Quantity 3:07 X
16   Open The Light 4:25 X
17   One Very Important Thought 1:14 X

Credits

Artwork By [Design] - Boards Of Canada
Producer, Written-By - Marcus Eoin , Michael Sandison

Notes

℗ 1998 Warp Records Limited. © 1998 Warp Records Limited.
Barcode: 5 021603 055124
LC2070
Made In England.

Comes in a standard jewel case with four page booklet.

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Review by DJ_Defcon Jun 18, 2007 (edited over 2 years ago)
If anyone was wondering about the track "Roygbiv" and why it was named that, it is actually a common way to remember the order from top to bottom of the color spectrum (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green Blue, Indigo ,Violet).
Rated 2/5
Review by negativenetwork Aug 30, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
This album isn't for everyone. Despite the positive comments and opinions, I find this music very dull. The lack of anything remotely interesting makes it difficult for me to sit down and listen to. The sounds are there, floating around, with seemingly no purpose.
Review by Millwood May 31, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
I realize I'm definitely in the minority here, but for me, Music Has The Right To Children is a considerably lacklustre affair. I think it's unfortunate when an album such as this reaches 'automatic classic' status; that point where so many people own it, and it's so frequently raved about, that its greatness is essentially presumed.

There are a few decent moments on this album, and I think BOC definitely took their music in a direction that had seldom been explored up until 1998. I guess my problem is that this just feels like a series of very simple compositions. Most of the pieces operate around three or four layer loops, often consisting merely of a sampled beat and a few treated keyboard riffs. At times the layers do waft and float about with a certain majesty, but in the long run I struggle to find a level upon which this can hold my interest.. Particularly for an entire sixty minutes. I understand the concept of minimalism, which has been explored countless times to stunning effect throughout the history of electronic music. I'm not sure if BOC would consider themselves minimalists, but even if you take a view of this album from that point, it simply doesn't amount to much.

Additionally, many of the beats sampled here are quite 'of their time', and don't leave much to the imagination. I can't help but feel that in ten years time, this album won't have aged particularly well at all.. And repeat listens or not, there really isn't a great deal more to be discovered. If anything, I feel that Geogaddi was the more rounded, complex and captivating product of this curious, yet ultimately shallow debut LP.
Review by Curve_Gavin Aug 24, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Theres something strangley familar about the sound of this album.Like its always been around since the seventies but no ones noticed it before. For me this is one of those albums that demands your attention .A modern electronica classic.
Rated 4/5
Review by ellibin Dec 21, 2001
A good album if you're in your thirties, as I am, and remember, with fondness, the first wave of electronica in the late seventies and early eighties. The sounds of analogue synths, minimoogs, and botched-together drum machines, are obviously things that the boys from the 'Boards' remember too.