Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
1998
Album Summary
Music Has the Right to Children is the debut studio album by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was released on 20 April 1998 in the UK by Warp and Skam Records and in the US by Matador. The album was produced at Hexagon Sun, the duo's personal recording studio in Pentland Hills, and continued their distinctive style of electronica, featuring vintage synthesisers, degraded analogue production, found sounds and samples, and hip hop-inspired rhythms that had been featured on their first two EPs Twoism (1995) and Hi Scores (1996).The album received critical acclaim upon its release, and has since been acknowledged as a landmark work in electronic music, going on to inspire a variety of subsequent artists. It has been included on various best-ever lists by publications such as Pitchfork and Mojo.
WikipediaIndeed, one of the best electronic albums of the Nineties and of all time. Favorites are Telephasic Workshop, Sixtyten, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Roygbiv, Rue the Whirl, Aquarius & Happy Cycling.
"Music Has the Right To Children" by Boards of Canada (1998) Never heard of this album or this duo. First, about that title. The duo has stated that the titles of their works are significant, and that “‘Music Has the Right To Children’ is a statement of our intention to affect the audience using sound.” Well, as laudable as that may be as an artistic objective, the bluntly metaphysical claim that music has the “right” to “children” has a quaintly pompous and yet menacing tone (not to mention a certain lack of sensitivity to those frustrated in their desire for children or the pathology of those who reduce children to instrumentalities as an exercise of their “rights”). A musician may and should “intend” to affect the audience, but it’s hardly a “right”, especially when the artist expresses it toward human persons (the “children” to whom the musician has a “right”). Maybe I’m misunderstanding this, but please don’t object that I’m reading too much into it. This musical endeavor self-consciously begs to be ‘read into’. If you can’t stand the heat, get off my couch. Interesting cover art. Faceless Scots in bell bottoms. I’d be the guy on the far left. If you’re not allowed to have a face, turn away. It’s a fitting image for the Covid-19 pandemic era, although that was obviously not the intention. No lyrics here, so all the poetic clues are in the titles, most of which seem to be intentionally opaque and unevocative (like ‘inside jokes’—hardly a means of affecting a audience). Synth beats and sampling, it’s like Scottish hip hop. Mind boggling (or, as they say in Scotland, moind boag-lin’). Now about that sound: “Wildlife Analysis” - no structure, no categories, thus no analysis. And where’s the wildlife? Unless we’re the wildlife. Or you’re the wildlife. Or it’s actually “wild” “life”. About those beats—hey, we’ve got guys in America who can do all that stuff with nothing but tongues, teeth, and microphone. After listening to a few tracks, I think I finally get it. You gotta be stoned. I’m glad I listened to this before I die. 1/5
Halfway through and I think I've got the hang of this now. Palliative care music for former ravers. I don't need to listen to all eighteen tracks.
This has been one of my favorite albums for a long time and it was good to see it come up.
what a beautiful album, I’ve been a fan of BoC for a while now and this album always gives me goosebumps when I hear it it’s such a perfect mix between a loose, dreamy atmosphere and a raw, hard, tactile electronic experience I don’t know how else to put it, this album is really something special, everybody should listen to this 10/10
Okay okay, interessant, weiß nicht ob ich die Art von elektronischer Musik so sehr feiere. Gut im Hintergrund wird ihr glaube ich nicht gerecht, ist schon nicht schlecht, denke ich
This one is hitting me at the right time. All these vintage synth sounds are right up my alley. Perfect workday listening. And just anytime you want something that can be listened to intently, or ignored. It's good either way. Definitely going to check more out from this band. Wish someone would have showed this record to me when I was REALLY into Radiohead's Kid A and Amnesiac-era records. Since this was out just before those were released.
Love the album cover and title! Maybe one of the best titles yet. I wasn't getting into it until Telephasic Workshop grabbed me. I'll explore this album in another state of mind in the future...even dropped TW into the Broccoli Alien Mix :)
Boards of Canada? More like Bored-s of Canada. 2/5 for the potential to be a decent album in different situations
Good grief this album is boring. Slow, ambient, thoroughly unenjoyable. I can't find a single redeeming quality off this album.
Stuck this on whilst having a cup of tea and some breakfast this morning. I imagine that is how boards of canada intended it to be listened to. I struggle with this hipster end of the dance/electronic spectrum. I just don't get when you'd listen to it and what you'd get out of it. Souless, Joyless, outright boring music. On one fucking track some women just starts counting. edgy. 1/5
This was just perfect today. Lofi tunes I can listen to in the background of whatever else I'm doing are a fantastic way to get me to play your album over and over. 5 stars, my friends!
Double dose nostalgia on this one. One for the Canadian documentaries that I grew up with, and another dose from listening to this album new. Great fun!
I've very fond memories of this album, it opened me up to a world of leftfield electronic music that my young Britpop addled mind never even knew existed. And in later years it was my go-to to help nurse my "morning after" mind. It's aged really well too, which a lot of similar albums from the era definitely haven't.
So I stole part of a review on this album because because I CBF writing my own. Written by Maya Kalev for factmag.com, the article is called "One very important thought: Boards Of Canada’s Music Has The Right To Children at 15" I recommend it. The bit I stole goes like this: "Despite its name, Music… is about as grown-up as records get: an adult meditation on childhood, concerned with play, naïveté and nostalgia, all tinted with rosy pastoralism. But it’s also devilishly subtle, intricate and emotionally mature. That’s surprisingly rare in electronic music, most of which is concerned with the physicality of dance, intellectual weight, or the evocation of atmosphere rather than a holistic experience. By introducing themes of suppression, solitude and grief into Music…’s evocations of childhood, Boards of Canada created a record that was pretty but seldom precious, more faithful to experience than kitsch idealism. This ambiguity has endeared Music Has The Right To Children to its hordes of fans over time: as its listeners grew ever further away from the childhood it evoked, the album, bizarrely, became more relevant."
Will Wright would be furious considering whoever did spore's soundtrack just ripped this off lmfao
Who? What? How havn't I heard this before? Feels like the father of electronic, trip hop, electronic music rolled into one. Just awesome, like a downbeat, low key, non showoffy Mr Scruff.
The album is a bit sketchy and I prefer Geogaddi, which is much more coherent. But every time one's attention is fading they come up with some great music on this album as well like Telephasic Workshop. It is a shame that other electronic music which is of equal or higher quality (think Max Cooper or Dominik Eulberg) never shows up in lists like these.. What one can do with electronic sound is so much more than what you hear here.. nevertheless, highly influential album, so 5 stars.
Moody, introspective, and thought-provoking. This is rare stuff right here. Perfectly captures a mood, and takes you on a journey from start to finish.
wow, nice beats [The Color of the Fire] wtf creepy [aquarius] hahahaha i like this count thing, somehow relaxing kaso andun pa rin yung creepy laughing children ive also saved a bunch of songs that got my attention: wildlife analysis (strong first song) and roygbiv
1/15 Dark, very well done Electronic album, it drags on at certain spots, but overall good shit. Standout Tracks: Telephasic Workshop, Aquarius, Pete Standing Alone, Smokes Quantity
Interesting album. Some boring tracks but overall you could see the influences on later EDM like Daft
I hear things that I feel would later go on to influence other bands and artists I like (Trent Reznor in his later years, Burial), so I'm digging this album. Breakbeat background sounds, fades a little too far into the background at points, but wonderful if you're paying attention. Don't think I've liked an electronic track on first listen as much as I vibed with "Turquoise Hexagon Sun". Favorite tracks: "Turquoise Hexagon Sun", "Telephasic Workshop"
Pretty good! Good builds on some songs, interesting synth sounds and noises on some. A few songs defy expectation and develop in surprising ways. Lots of filler tracks, and an electronic sound that is overall sort of dated. Good study music
This is some fine ambient/downtempo/electronica material. Guess I should've listened to it more, back in the day, but it's never too late!
Definitely turned the sound up on this album to dig deeper into the layered tracks. Really liked the album, very nice background music but had some great hooks to keep me interested. Could do without the scratch tracks though.
It was good mild psychedelic, might revisit when I'm high but not for everyday listening
After the painful drone of my bloody valentine, Boards of Canada was pure nostalgia. Perusing the titles Roygbiv made me smile. Richard of York gained battle in vain. A way for kids to remember the colours of the rainbow. Sonically interesting ambience if nothing else.
Love some good electronica. Takes me back to 2000/01 when I was crawling the networks in college and finding all kinds of good stuff. A much needed balm to the rushed end of the week.
Atmospheric electronica. Sometimes it sounds like the stuff of dreams, other times it sounds like the stuff of nightmares. It's a soundtrack to a sci-fi-horror-coming of age movie you didn't know you wanted to see. Best Tracks: Sixtyten; Roygbiv; Aquarius
The first thing to note about MHTRTC is how gorgeous its soundworld is, and we're talking about a fucking synth album. Somehow, through sonic manipulation, Scottish wizards Marcus Eion and Michael Sandison have managed to make machine music sound warm and human. The sounds seem distressed and decayed, an echo of a distant, dimly remembered past--these guys are synth poets. They complete their presentation with treated samples, rudimentary hip-hop beats, and light scratching. For me, the beats are a little too upfront in the mix, considering they are hardly the point. They kind of function as an entry point for listeners who are too impatient for pure ambient. Well, that's not entirely true. The beats and the loops of samples draw the listener in and induce a trance state that serves as a medium for Board of Canada's synth ruminations. I didn't love MHTRTC quite as much as I remembered--the overly literal, thudding beats prevent full immersion in Board of Canada's soundworld at times, but it's still pretty damned good.
Love this Board of Canada record, I have listened to GeoGaddi before this and this record does better on many aspects. Not giving it a 5 because there are still some small issues with jt, but loved the execution of ambiant-esque tracks with some vocal layering.
Ovo je baš odličan album, trebalo mi je par puta da si pustim do kraja, ali kliknuo je jedne hladne zimske noći. Od tada je na mojoj cold nighttime plejlisti.
Odlicni, apstraktni i elektronski, vrijeme otkivanja sto sve komp sa sintićem moze producirat, a da dobro zvuci. Slusao sam ih prije i dragi su mi 💪
Some brilliant tracks on this album, but also some weaker ones that did not work as well for me, especially in the second half. Overall very good electronic music.
Ya know, it was creepy in spots, sometimes a song went on too long - but it was enjoyable. Added to my collection.
I have no idea what I'm getting into here. The song titles are amazing though, very nostalgic to early education. This is a really interesting lo-fi/ambient electronic album. I feel like the sampling may come out of those old-school education VHS videos you'd see in elementary school. It was good music to have on in the background and work to, the tracks did seem to loop for a very long time in some cases without much variation (or I just don't have an ear for it) but it was pleasant overall.
Interesting but obtuse. Probably not something that I would listen to exclusively, but maybe an album to return to when studying. Definitely earns its place on the list though.
It's an instant favorite for sure. I'm not sure what emotions I feel here, but a lot of people describe it as evoking nostalgia. This music does remind me of the chillwave, trip hop, and vaporwave I listened to in the mid-2010s on youtube, which did evoke those feelings, so I tend to agree. I have a better sense of IDM, hearing tracks like "An Eagle in your Mind" or "Telephasic Workshop" with fun beats reminiscent of techno, but not exactly suitable for dancing. Samples are smart and engaging. Despite being a double album, it never felt too long, despite the intentional repetition of half the tracks going for 5-7 minutes. Yet, there's so much evolution that makes it unusually engaging for downtempo. The usage of shorter tracks worked well, serving to reinforce themes explored and give us small breaks. Many songs are memorable, as I find myself humming to several of them, especially "Roygbiv" and "Aquarium" after just a few listens. There were a few weak songs, but nothing I'd cut out. I did really enjoy the bonus track "Happy Cycling," but "One Very Important Thought" is a better way of closing out the album, especially as the followup to the solemnly optimistic "Open the Light."
This one surprised me. I had no expectations. I love the cohesive nature of this record.
Prefs: An Eagle In Your Mind, Sixtyten, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Roygbiv, Rue the Whirl, Aquarius, Olson, Pete Standing Alone, Smokes Quantity, Open the Light Moins pref: The Color of the Fire
This wasn't too bad, just cruisey electronica or something. I probably won't listen to it ever again, but it was ok to do the WHM breathing to haha.
This isn’t really my style of music, but it dos fit into a morning work routing nicely.
It’s good background music. Didn’t like the songs with vocals as much as the ones without. Full disclosure: did not get all the way through.
There's nothing inherently wrong with it, but it's electronica. Amazing electronica sounds marginally more impressive than pretty good electronica. Good background noise, but I probably won't be back for more.
Another genre where I'm not sure if I lack the sophistication to really hear what's there or if the emperor really does lack clothes. Pleasant enough to listen to.
Great ambient beats and music. I was working to it and helped keep me focused. Highlights: -Roygbiv
Man. I'm getting some Röyksopp vibes up in here. Maybe some early moby. A little too ambient and weird for my tastes but still enjoyable. The stereo production alone makes this one heck of a "check out these new headphones album". I'll return to this. Likely as a meditative aide. But as Bob Mould would say, don't "file this under easy listening".
still not super into electronic music but this felt different to me. Where the St etienne album had one or two songs that grabbed me and the rest felt dull - this album didn't have any standouts, but overall gelled with me better. I certainly appreciate the 'IDM' aspect more and while i'm not a huge fan of this, I definitely see how it could have influenced or paved the way for different forms of electronic music that might be more my speed. On a second listen I vibed on it a bit more - it's definitely a sort of 'early electronic music to relax and work to' sort of thing hahaha. Feels similar to the way I listen to modern instrumental prog - throw an album on in the background while focusing on work.
I definitely enjoy hip-hop instrumental albums but this one was a bit too one note for me. It never really felt exciting at any moment. I did enjoy a few of the tracks that really leaned into the hip-hop influence with more bass heavy beats, but all together the album was a little too sleepy. That being said, creating beats is so accessible today that we are drowning in Soundcloud producers, so maybe this has just made me jaded towards older production styles.
Good for a sensory depravation tank (is it sensory depravation if there’s music?), or also good to listen to while anesthesia kicks in prior to life altering surgery. They misspelled the name. It should be “Boreds of Canada”
A little too chill for my personal taste, but I'm not much of an EDM person anyway. Not even sure if that is the correct blanked term these days. Not bad to have in the background, though the constant interludes were a bit distracting.
now.... I don't know what I just listened to but I like it. Very good for concentration
I judged it way too hard after only seeing the album art. I liked it. It would be good background music.
Eez niiice. This is great nearly ambient music. Can listen to it and work. Not good for sleeping - beat is too heavy. But Love this for work.
holdup the name of the band is Boards of Canada but they're Scottish??? Very ambient and trippy
Usually I don't like techno/electronic music but this album was a bit different. Some songs could be used in some kind of indie game or as a sample.
I thought I didn't like it, I wasn't enjoying it, in fact I was barely listening to it at all. But then, slowly, persistently, it crept in, soothing the senses. When it was finished I found myself missing its presence. It's difficult to explain but I don't really think of this as music. It's a mood, an atmosphere that settles in and gets comfy without you noticing.
It's a bit too chill to dance to, but still, a nice electronic album to have on in the background I guess.
I know there is an art to this type of music, but I never feel comfortable rating it because I don't understand it. Having said that, it was great background music while working. It kept me interested. I appreciated the way the songs built and then died. Decent.
Nothing offensive here, but also not much that stood out (though i could swear that they should have named at least one song "Orange"... it actually worked for me). An interesting listen.
This LP came out at a time when a lot of downtempo has being cranked out. While some of it was outstanding, most of it was pleasant & nice to listen to in the background. I would rate this in the latter category. I've read that this was a landmark and influential electronic release, but similar artists like Nightmares on Wax and Aphex Twin were 5+ years ahead of them.
The name Boards of Canada was the extent of my familiarity prior to listening to this album. Early in the album I felt like I was drawn in and enjoying the vibe. Music Has The Right to Children is not my favorite music, but the album is good enough that I would be interested in hearing more of what the band does. As I made my way through the second half, the album started to feel a little long. Repetition within and between the tracks began to distract from my enjoyment of the album as a whole. The album did not quite make a full 4 stars.
Not really my kind of music but this record does have its moments. I've listened to this album 3 times in the last couple weeks and I will say that each listens opens up new vista's I had yet to hear. Melodies seem more pronounced and varied. Sounds previously unnoticed are now taking up permanent residence in my brain. Monotony is giving way to hypnotic. Thus is the first listen that has made me want to listen again. Starting to get a Miles Davis In a Silent Way vibe, could it grow on me the way that album did? I could definitely see a 4 star rating on the horizon, but for now it's a solid 3.5 🌟
Assuming this was included as a precursor to EDM. It's not terrible, but a little boring.
Good background music, no more and no less. An extra point for being (very surprisingly) Scottish!
Seems like the beginning of ambient electronic as it is known today. Lots of chill, space-y music, good for background soundtrack.
Un dels pocs discos d'ambient que es necessiten. Aconsegueix donar forma als diferents estats d'ànim de manera molt competent. De vegades sembla banda sonora de la vida, d'altres un somni, o un malson. Hi ha temes, com 'Aquarius', terriblement hipnòtics
I’d heard a fair bit of raving about this album but had never given it a listen until now: it certainly wasn’t what I’d expected. I didn’t even realise Boards of Canada were an electronic duo categorised under the (snobbish) umbrella of IDM (intelligent dance music). There isn’t much to dance to in “Music Has the Right to Children”, and I wouldn’t want to equate any work of art with intellectual value, but I can say I found it often compelling and sometimes dull. The tracks are divided into more long-form, beat-driven tracks (done best in “Telephasic Workshop”, “Open the Light”) and shorter segues with either a noodling synth or a repeated vocal sample (done best in “Triangles and Rhombuses”, “Roybgiv”). One of my key takeaways here, regardless of what the band would have wanted, is that this music works just as well in the background as it does up close. Even when the sounds crystallise into a programmed beat to give them a backbone, they are floaty, ephemeral, dreamlike. The effect is of a hazy soundscape where nothing is too distracting or outlandish. It all fits neatly together as a calming soundtrack for our over-saturated 21st century lives, but audiophiles are likely to go beyond that and enjoy the rich depths of the production (especially on headphones). Some of the vocal samples become a bit grating, standing outside of the rest of each composition enough to feel distracting and more than a little dated. The chopped apart ones work just fine as becoming another layer of sound, but the repeated “I… love… you!” early on is trying, not to mention the endless “orange”s in the otherwise superb “Aquarius”. The more I actively listen to it, the more repetitive “Music Has The Right to Children” starts to feel. It’s way outside what I’d normally enjoy or stick on for fun, but I have enjoyed it a lot more than most of the other electronic 90’s albums that have come up so far. Giving it extra points here for its ability to keep me interested throughout, so it just scrapes a 3 star.
I have always found it hard to rate Boards Of Canada because there is a huge discrepancy between my knowledge of how clever and good this is and my enjoyment of listening to it. I understand the warmth and everything, but the ambient soundscapes of this album just don't do anything for me. Personal Enjoyment: 6/10 1001 Album List-worthy: 10/10
experimental, pero agradable, los sonidos son relajantes y gustosos, no tiene letra así que no hay mucho que analizar, solo disfrutar. no creo que pondría estas canciones en otro contexto ajeno a escuchar el disco como una experiencia, pero no me disgusta nada. de hecho, me gusta.
Good beats make a good atmosphere. Could see myself adding this to a "gotta focus on work and drown out the other noises" playlist. Not a million miles away from Blockhead, who I like quite a bit. Can't imagine going to a concert of these guys though.
A great album, the sound is a little dated, specially the drums. But the mood is still great. I think this album would be actually better without the repetitive, kind of boring beat. It would then become a timeless ambient work.
I like the ambient stuff and some of the synth / moog sounds are dope... there’s a Pete Rock type joint that I liked... but overall this album was hellla slow and honestly I got kinda bored of it.
Was familiar with this already, Rob really likes them. Super chill and ambient. Would most likely put me in a trance if I was driving but fine for work.
a bit of a spooky, eerie, and melodic electronic ambient music. Has a few good songs, but just come off as weird and eerie for the most part
Esa es la esencia que transmiten con este disco, la nostalgia. Algunas canciones tienen un ambiente claustrofóbico (Sixtyten o Turquoise Hexagon Sun) mientras que otras son mucho más relajadas (Aquarius o Smokes Quantity), sin dejar de lado los ritmos hip hop muy latentes en canciones como Rue the Whirl. El disco termina con Happy Cycling, una canción larga mestizada con jazz, música clásica y trip hop.
Mjuzika ma prawo do dzieciarni, mocny stejtment od desek kanady, czyli duetu tworzacego szeroka pojeta muzyke elektroniczna, nazwa zwodnicza bo chopaki sa ze szkocji a nie kanady, a co to za muzyka elektroniczna, jesli mialbym podac gatunek ktory najbardziej mi pasuje do tej plyty, to strzelalbym w down tempo zmiaszane z trip hopem, ale oczywiscie jakas mondra glowa powie, ze to przeciez ambientowa muzyka na trakach gdzie snery i kiki nie sa tak mordowane, a jeszcze inny okresli to akronimem IDM, czyli inteligentna dancowa mjuzika, nazwa dziwna, a jeszcze dziwniejsza jej definicja, wiec nie bede jest przytaczal, jak na moje wysublimowane gusta elektronicznego zjadacza mjuziki dobrze weszly elementy tri hopowe, ktore by same w sobie mogly robic za dobre bity pod jakiegos murzyna, ale jednoczesnie wymeczyla ambientowa czesc albumu, traki jak olson czy kolor ognia pomimo tego ze jedynie 2 minutowe stanowily dosc zamulajace przerywniki, calosc sklada sie z 18 trakow, co jak na godzine i jedenascie minut materialu nie jest az tak wielkim countem, nawet jesli doliczyc do tego pojawiajce sie liczne skity, ktore sa ala przerywniki njusowe jakiejs babeczki, wiec album ktory bym musial pokroic zeby dobrze zjesc, zrecznie odsuwajac na bok talerza ambientowosc plyty, na plejaka dorzuce rue the whril i roygbiv jako reprezentantow tri hopu, turkusowe szesciokat sloneczny jako taki czilowy loficzowy numer
02/02 - Yesterday I worked on developing door details for the Drum Storage Building as well as some professional development toward AXP. I had a good conversation with Jake on how to address questions that might come up during the week (work on creating a list and asking for someones time in advance to go through the list). He also helped me with breaking down Project Management hours. I thought this album was okay, definitely different then the types of beats I would listen to today. It seemed to be missing a lot of base but I thought it was very unique in style regardless.
I tried to get into it but not my style. I could have it on the background while working for a bit but some tracks made their self known too much
I was honestly under the impression I thought Boards of Canada were really good but this was fairly tedious.
Very 90s, minimal chilled electronic. Pretty easy to listen to but after first few tracks I'm not that bothered about it. Nothin particularly wrong with it but it just did nothing for me. 2/5
I actually don’t hate this. I go through phases of liking some electronic music with no words, and I give myself niche-music knowledge credentials by actually having heard of them thanks to their remix of a Clouddead song. The question remains though - why is this on this list? What does it add? Who listens to it? Who has it influenced (apart from a series of even more niche Scottish electronic music artists, creating ever more minimalist tracks until the sound is distilled to 564 tracks of the same single blip)? Why?
I thought the first track was relatively promising, a genre unlike anything we’ve tackled so far. Relatively ambient, soothing. Though as the thing progressed I wondered what place this music has in the world. Strangely clubby but too slow for the club. The naffo electric snares did it for me. I’ll go elsewhere for my ambience thank you. And that elsewhere is the kingdom of Japan where their single greatest export is AMBIENCE.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, and it went up in my estimations once I learnt it came out in 1998. But some of the smaller 'interlude' type songs spoiled it a bit for me and hampered my enjoyment
Never heard of Boards of Canada before, this was interesting but not my favourite. Preferred the songs with no words.
Interesting sound. Their ephemeral coloring is pretty recognizable, and it’s not unpleasant to listen to. Personally, I don’t find it very pleasant either.
This is different - ambient electronica. Listened to most of it, but didn't take any account of track boundaries or anything like that. Quite like it, but doesn't do that much for me either. Sometimes a bit like beepy-easy-listening.
It's fine, just not really my thing. I know EDM/IDM takes a certain production talent and it's certainly not bad music, it just isn't something I would listen to recreationally. It makes for great computer work/study music, but it goes on for far too long and the loops hardly do anything interesting. It's much more of a situation vibe/atmospheric record which is something I can appreciate. I will say that the back half of the album, starting at Bocuma, is the most interesting. The first half did little to entice me. Favorite Song: Roygbiv Least Favorite: The Color of the Fire
Kann ich fast nichts mit anfangen. Viel überflüssiges Elektro-Geplänkel. Gähn. Außerdem VIEL zu lang. 2. Hälfte hat mir insgesamt besser gefallen. Keine 3 Sterne.
Jura mi pustio neku pjesmu koja nije s tog albuma i ODLIČNA. No ovo se slušalo dok su se peglali 🐛 i ne ide. Navučena dvojka
Ambient electronica. I think I recognized one of the songs from a soundtrack or something. The rest is not worth mentioning or thinking about again. Best track: Roygbiv
Over an hour worth of beats and electronic music. The real surprise is that I did not skip any songs.
This was a bit like the album cover, a bit eerie and other worldly. It didn’t hurt my ears but I wasn’t keen. 2*
Didn't hate it. Made for fine background music, but I definitely thought it started stronger than it finished. After about 5 tracks or so it all just fades into the air, which is kinda what I want from something like this. Works for me when I'm writing to have things like this playing - enough of a beat to be heard, but nothing so distinguishing about it that it really distracts me from what I'm doing. BUT... I feel like there was potential for this to be so much more than just background music. That creepy sample of a kid saying, "I love you!" in "The Color of the Fire" is the type of thing I wish ran through the entire album. Reminds me of that album from The Avalanches in this regard. You win or lose me with your creepy, funny, weird samples. And there are never enough. Who out there has made an album that is nothing but a collage of weird samples? That's what I'm looking for on this list.
Da e nåken bra sanga her og der, men litt for masse plagsomme ting til at eg vil legga da til i jobbelistene mine
BWOAH! Olihan ihan saatanan pitkäveteinen levy. Olis kyllä kiva kuulla mitä levy-yhtiö ja artisti on aikoinaan tuosta funtsinut. Ei kuitenkaan likimainkaan kuninkuusluokkapaskaa...
I’m not much of a listener of ambient music but can still appreciate this on some level - the biggest issue for me was the runtime, I was just really bored by the end
idk why but sometimes this kind of music gives me the creeps.... which is what happened when listening to this album
I don’t do heroin but I imagine if I did this would be the soundtrack. Too ambient and chill for my likings
28th June 2021 Listened on my phone at home home while working and doing bits. Didn't manage to finish it so it ran into the 30th. Not my thing at all. Both agitating and relaxing at the same time, I don't get it. Stressful.
Notes: 😳 ok… weird off the bat. If you listen to this album on a regular basis then there’s an 83% chance you’re a serial killer. This album was designed for use in Guantanamo. This album is how they brainwashed the numbers into Masons head. Really not a fan of random background noise being a focal part of all of your songs (I also hate kids singing or having lines in a song so one of them I found especially awful) Realised I don’t need to do this. Nobody’s forcing me to listen to this. I’m an adult. I can do what I want. Wow the album just gave me an epiphany - 5 stars. Jk it’s fucking awful 0 stars gave up at song 10 “Roygbiv” which actually was a nicer sounding one of the lot but I’m not subjecting myself to anything else
I hope this picks up, I'm about to fall asleep it's so boring. How is this a landmark album?
Not my cup of tea. I get that they were pioneers of this, and if I were more knowledgeable about this music, maybe I’d see the brilliance.
I got through it but it was tough. Might be a classic of the genre for all I know but not for me.
Hard to find anything positive about this, 1 hour of electronic noise over some ambiance music
After the first two tracks, I felt that some research was needed to enlighten my mind... I still don't understand it. "I love you"? What does that even mean in the concordian mind of electronica?
I'm a huge fan of Electronica, but BoC simply leaves me cold. Their music is just devoid of any emotion and feeling. I'd much rather listen to say, Aphex Twin instead for an example of music in this genre that can move you without being so pretentious.
Noise. Just noise. Turned off after the second track. Not interested in "nostalgia" or whatever these guys were trying to go for. Beyond boring.
This album was like listening to vertigo. I felt like I was sinking into a pit as the music burrowed into my head and changed my brain chemistry. 1 star only because it gave me the fear :-(
Sounds like the soundtrack to a sci-fi movie that thankfully was never made. I guess you need to to hear it before you die just so you know what hell sounds like.
To quote the late Norm Macdonald, "critics called it everything, from shit to fucking shit."
Pure background. Reading the critical response to this album on the Wikipedia page makes me feel like I come from another planet. A lot of this kind of music tends to come off ponderous and repetitive and this is a prime example here. Like an album whose prime directive was 'don't bother anyone'.
Alters my my mood and my perceptions as I listen to it, in a good way.
Did not listen