Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow's Harvest

The album is great, one of my favourites from BoC. However, I don't know if it's my copy, but the vinyl pressing is just bad: clicks, pops and noise from start to end, boomy dynamics. Should I try another one?

Can people stop leaving their opinions on the album in the reviews? This is supposed to be a discussion about the quality of the record, leave your hot takes for RYM.

Edited for my actual review: The quality is fine overall. I think the way BoC produced this album inherently limits the sound quality, so I won’t be too hard on it for that. However, the amount of surface noise can be quite annoying, the static is often loud enough to just barely be audible in most of the songs. The most egregious is an annoying non-full that continues throughout most of Semena Mertvykh, which frustrates me since that’s one of my favorite songs on the album.

I agree with what one of the dudes from Autechre said (and I'm paraphrasing): "I wish they played their synths more". There are NO INTERESTING MELODIES in this album. Tomorrow's Harvest is relentless (though well mixed and produced) trudgery, crunchy drums, generic pads, and bland atmosphere. It has none of the magic, majesty or melodicity of their prior works. Hugely disappointing.
Loving the cope from BoC fans defending this BTW, keep it up. I hear none of the magic of their 90s work here, just a long, pointless slab of depressing mush.

Reach For The Dead is an absolute favorite of mine, probably one of the best BoC composition to this date. Also quite ahead of its time.

Not as good as the classic first two LPs, but significantly better than Campfire Headphase. I never actually gave this one much of a chance back in the day after how disappointing Campfire Headphase was and how dull this one's visual presentation is. Seemed sad but pretty clear that they were cooked and past it. However, instead of just a straight decline, there is a surprising uptick here and a minor return to form. They clearly hit the wall rhythmically, though, and most of the percussion sequencing is about as inspired and exciting as that album cover typeface, but its obvious they rested and recouped a good chunk of passion for one last major work.

Standouts for me: 'Jacquard Causeway' and 'Nothing is Real'

Interesting to see that several reviewers recently said they enjoy it better now.

I appreciated this release since day 1, but have to say that listening to it a few days ago made it, indeed, even better, as it suits the global context even more.

I discovered BoC as a teenager somewhere between 2010 and 2012 and instantly felt in love. This profound melancholy, and the fact that it evoked feelings that matched my longing for a more beautiful, peaceful, natural world.

I was very happy when this came out, as it felt like a refresh of their previous discography, and something I could identify with even more, fitting the zeitgeist of the early 2010s

10 years later... and this album feels even better. When it came out, it felt prophetic. Today, it's a sign of the times.

Easily becoming my favorite BoC release.

Thank you BoC for giving us music to live to, through these troubled times.

Some serious end-times music. Perfect in context. As a huge fan of BOC I wasn't hyped on this album when it was released but like many of the current listeners I am coming back to this album realizing I was just bit behind the times. What else could they have released, really?

i was reading through some of these reviews and i noticed that many people said that they went back and listened to the album again after many years and liked it a lot better than they did at the time of release. i did the same, and i also liked it a whole lot more too. it sounds like BOC, but it is different than their 'classic' albums. it's darker, but i really enjoyed it a lot. if you still have your copy laying around somewhere, check it out again!

The vinyl pressing seems louder than digital - but it is just as dynamic. A richer low / midrange, for sure - but not muddy, like some vinyl can be. This is definitely an example of a pressing that sounds better on vinyl than digital. Great album, too.

Incredible sound on vinyl, and just a deeply haunting and awakening album in general... even though BoC are from the UK, they have channelled the strange hypocrisy of the West / North America with not just the sounds on the album but the album artwork, which creates an imagery in my mind of all that I have experienced living in the Southwest USA for the past 15 years...