Music Has The Right To Children

I need the author to explain to me why this album is in this list. This is another album where the artist sat around high on meth adding random ambient sounds repeating for minutes on end and then someone circle jerked them into thinking they creating magic. This isn’t special and anyone with a year of Fruity Loops experience can churn out something better. Yeah, they start putting beats in and then repeat those ad nauseum until every ounce of promise has been ripped from the track. They do that thing where they build up adding new sounds every few minutes like it’s a chore to put in effort to hear something neat happen at minute 5. No thanks.

Alters my my mood and my perceptions as I listen to it, in a good way.

I was talking about Boards of Canada with my Dad last night, and behold! Great album - lovely textures. Favourite track: Happy Cycling

People on this website have NO whimsy, BOC is my favourite electronic artist and while this isn't as good as Geogaddi, it's so joyous and playful and has the same nostalgic tone all BOC music has. Roygbiv is at least top 2 electronic songs of all time, only maybe behind Glory Box by Portishead.

An all-timer. Feels good to listen to. Have always loved and will always love BoC.

One of my most listened to albums of all time. Their whole discography belongs on this list.

excellent

ma olen šokis, et ma sellest midagi ei teadnud

I was about to label this whole project as moot if I didn't see this record included, but, here we are. Boards of Canada is one of the most interesting musical concepts in existence. There is literally nothing else like them and they are their own distinct sound. I was first introduced to them, and this record, in the early 2000s and I have always adored this record. The compositions, the patterns, the melodies, the effects that they conjure and sequence so artfully and experimentally. It's music that really makes me understand that there are no boundaries when creating music and we as humans have the capacity to make such beautiful sounds, all without following a template or expectation. This record encompasses all of that for me. The moods are eery, nostalgic, lighthearted, contemplative, and emotional. It's a sound that I have not heard or felt from anyone other artist like I do with BOC. Music Has The Right To Children is BOC's easier records to listen to, and the one I always encourage my friends to first listen to when being introduced to them. For anyone still reading this, if you want a darker, more complex experience from BOC, listen to their record "Geogaddi." I was first introduced to BOC and Music Has The Right while on a decent amount of mushrooms, so I always suggest folks listen to BOC while indulging in psilocybin - what an experience, though not necessary to simply enjoy what this group manifests.

Practically synonymous with hauntology, and revered for good reason. Radiates an eerie yet contemplative aura. The beats hit hard and the synths surround you and shift like slow-moving clouds, the kind you could almost see images in if you squint, is that a face? a rabbit? I love the way samples are used on here, far removed from any normalcy or context, never quite feeling legible or safe. Great music to sink into.

Замечательный альбом. Вроде как, он легендарный, база ИДМ и электроники 90-х в принципе, но, так уж вышло, послушал я его только сейчас. Обычно ИДМ и прочее электронное звучит довольно хаотично, но тут очень равномерный, и очень атмосферный альбом, в основном на мотив расслабленного трип-хопа, но в таком, более мрачном и немного тревожном настроении. Слушая его, я понял, откуда брали идеи некоторые из моих любимых музыкантов. В общем, я рад что я его услышал.

Classic

I love this band for sometime, but I don’t think I’ve ever like sat down and really dissected a full album by them. It’s always just been tracks. Holy shit. This album is amazing. Listen to it twice last night. Definitely need to listen to it. More lot going on there’s definitely some hidden lore in here. Real cool experience thanks generator.

So beautifully atmospheric and pushing the boundaries of electronic music. So no surprise the userbase here isn't a fan. There's so much more to this album than just people are making there out to be, just dismissing it as an annoyinly long and pointless experience. This isn't the kind of album you can just sit down and listen to and put 100% of your focus into it, in fact there are very few albums that are best experienced like that. Have this on in the background while you do other things and let it transport you to a whole new world, the atmosphere is like nothing else, there's something almost dreamlike about this album.

Recuerdo la primera vez que escuché este álbum de Boards of Canada. Me lo recomendó mi hermano, quien es mucho más fan de la música electrónica que yo. Ya había escuchado demasiado rock y el formato tradicional me estaba comenzando a aburrir. No tenía idea de lo que era el IDM, en mi cabeza la electrónica era aplicable solamente a contextos de discotecas o de baile. "Music Has The Right to Children" abrió un nuevo mundo para mí, haciéndome escuchar a otros artistas seminales como Royksöpp o AFX. Vi cuál era la clasificación general de este disco en las reviews y la encuentro criminalmente baja; las texturas, la psicodelia y los ritmos lentos son sumemnte complejos y atrapantes, transportándote a paisajes fríos y mecánicos, que no dejen de sorprender con su belleza cromática y brillante. Destacaría pistas de este LP como suelo hacerlo, pero encuentro que es un disco que uno tiene que escuchar completo. La única anécdota que puedo dejar es que "roygvib" fue empleada como el tema principal de los comerciales de una institución educativa de mi país, Chile. Un LP realmente perfecto en mi opinión.

Headphones required! Landmark electronica, sounding as good today as it did in the 90s.

I would have said 4, but I'm giving this a 5 to balance out the haters

ORANGE One of my favourite electronic albums, such an uncomfortable almost creepy vibe (true discomfort is found in their later Geogaddi), weirdly nostalgic sound, but with thudding beats that i’m happy to get lost in nonetheless. Roygbiv feels like the distilled core of the album that the rest all whirls around. Lovely synthy reverby melody. If you dont get it, listen to that until you do I think being a big half life fan primed me for liking this album somewhat, the HL2 soundtrack draws from this a lot imo Feels like every time I listen to it there’s some weird new vocal sample that wasn't there last time ORANGE

Interesting and beautiful. There are some parts that sound quite house, some hip hop, a lot of post rock feel. A rock band going electronic before kid a. I think I like the times when it's spending longer track times building up an atmosphere rather than the times where there are short interludes, but I guess these work like little pallete cleansers

f(t)=Asin(2πωt+ϕ)

Absolute IDM classic. I come back to it regularly.

This is the album that taught me music can be weird and changed my music taste completely. Can’t give it less than 5 stars.

Die musig het ned nur the right to children, die musig het the right to ufe und abe glost, gnosse und vergötteret zwerde und the right zum es fast perfekts Album zsii. Da han ich ohni zwiifel au the right zum denne 5 Chindergeburtstagschueche ih ihri gesichtslose schnurre zdrucke.

ufffff feed me grapes and call me daddy boards of canada is in the house wo's recht hend hend's recht: music DOES have the right to children! vorallem wenn sie so verdammt guet isch wie das meisterwerk! en wunderschöni reis woni zum erste mal dur's ganze album han döffe erläbe – hed sich meh als glohnt <3 da werdet 5 ahornblätter uf's brett klopft

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Really enjoyed this one, but the weather was pretty damn perfect for it. A perfect chill album for some rainy day introspection. I think pitchfork's "timeless" certification is very apt, it doesn't show its age much imo.

Very weird album. You have to be in the mood to listen to it and I somehow was.

An album that feels less like a collection of tracks and more like a half-remembered dream. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 wraps analog warmth, hazy melodies, and subtly off-kilter rhythms into something deeply nostalgic without ever becoming sentimental. There’s a strange emotional weight to it — comforting, but also faintly uncanny, like childhood memories viewed through a warped lens. It’s immersive in a way that sneaks up on you, revealing new textures with every listen. Quietly mesmerizing and endlessly replayable.

This is so much more than just the surface. And preferably listened through headphones. BoC is one the few artists that I still listen to after decades. It is a good sign, their releases age well. MHTRTC is a complex weave of something familiar, but at the same time a little disturbing, like vague emotional memories brought up by the subconscious.

Good stuff! What a vibe!

Álbum "abre mentes" totalmente. Pináculo de la ambición. Obra maestra de la electrónica.

Shimmers beautifully, with loads of ideas and freshness

An absolute masterpiece of sampling, synthesis, sequencing and signal processing, this instrumental album from Scotland's Mike Sandison and Marcus Eion stands head and shoulders above typical 90s electronica. The beauty of this record is how it sounds unquestionably modern and yet at the same time taps into the eerie vibe of the kind of soundtracks that accompanied things like 70s educational programs and wildlife documentaries. (If you are of a certain age, "Roygbiv" will transport you back to a time where you'll practically be able to smell the faint odor of a filmstrip projector in a dimly-lit classroom.)

One of the best albums ever made

Pure bliss, perfect voor tijdens huiswerk!

appreciate the craft and historical impact. The production is smart, detailed, and clearly pioneering. That said, it’s not something I’d casually put on. It feels like music for a specific mood, the kind of album that probably reveals more on repeated listens. The textures and layered sounds are the highlight and give it the rating purely out of historical significance to the genre and creativity

Love this album!

Incredibly relaxing production, this is music that makes you feel good.

I was sick today, so getting this album felt like a godsend. This is ambient electronica done right. A lot of people confuse ambient music with muzak, but they’re entirely different. Muzak is made to blur into the background and go unnoticed; ambient music reshapes the space around you and heightens aspects of atmosphere. This album does exactly that. Recorded largely in the Pentland Hills, you can feel the landscape in the music.

This album is amazing. It’s really well put together and never gets boring. It sounds great and it’s such a chill, relaxing experience.

Yes yes yes.

What's not to love? Other than the annoying kid saying I love you I love you I love you.

First review in a while, had to check this one out again. Roygbiv is just such a banger. I've been getting back into atmospheric/ambient stuff recently because I've been reading more a boy howdy this hit the spot.

I love this record! Immediate five stars without even having to listen to it, but of course I will listen to it right now because I love this record. I have to confess that I only heard the classic "Music Has the Right to Children" for the first time 2 or 3 years ago. We were listening to one of our usual freeform radio shows and the dj played "Aquarius." That track immediately grabbed me: the guy saying "Orange" in a quirky voice, the sampled children laughing, the woman counting. And off to Bandcamp I went to get a copy of this record, and it's been on very frequent rotation ever since. It's a mesmerizing record that rewards close attention; headphones or a long highway drive. "Aquarius" stands out, of course, and also "Telephasic Workshop," with its stuttering sampled voices. But the whole thing is great, a nice blur of electronica with well-chosen, subtle samples, most with a constant beat. Sixty-ten stars

Lowkey nostalgic.

Straight to the top of the list. Sublime

I liked this. Relaxing electronic music.

How can you make an objective reasoning of an album I love from 20 years ago and was almost mythic. The flow, the drum beats, the samples, the feeling of infant innocence through LSD. Mandatory listening for whoever wants to get deeper in electronic music.

I've listened to music from over 14,000 different albums since June 2018 and this album is my #8 most-listened-to album. irreplaceable.

Не знаю, до сих пор ли этот альбом рекомендуют как энтри поинт в idm, но для меня он был одним из таких. Великая запись. Лучшая песня - Turquoise Hexagon Sun.

Love this. Ambient grooves. Very cool. Reminiscent of Porcupine Tree’s Voyage 34. And fae Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿…what’s not to love 😀

90s electronic acts like Boards of Canada, who created a type of electronic dance music ("EDM") that's more for the mind than the body, were tagged by the music press as "intelligent" dance musicians ("IDM"), a label which all of them seem to hate a lot. the reason is obvious and has been discussed at length: the implication that all other dance music is stupid. listening to Boards of Canada's debut album, though, there is definitely some sort of intelligence on display that sets it apart from many other electronic records of its kind. however, it's much more of an emotional intelligence, rather than the kind of intelligence which values knowledge purely for its own sake. that title, Music Has the Right to Children, gestures at the feelings this music communicates without stating them outright. this music is well-known to evoke feelings of childhood nostalgia in many listeners, owing to its hazy combination of spoken word samples from 70s American television programs, shape-shifting analog synths, hard-knocking drum loops and recordings of the natural world. when all of these elements come together on cuts like "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" or "Rue the Whirl", the results are captivating in all of their subtleties. decent 9/10.

I downloaded this album illegally in my early twenties cause I was an insufferable hipster and hardly listened to it. Adult me thinks so highly of it. It was cool music to cruise around in a car to, listened to some of it on a run too. Ranges from dystopian and intentionally creepy, to daft-punk/TRONy, Roygbiv is clearly a favorite. "One very important thought" fucked me up living in this dystopian world we're living in rn. Glad I came back to it and gave it a real chance, instead of it rotting on a harddrive.

I love that texture. oklou’s Choke Enough album was probably my favorite of 2025 and it exists in this same pool but crafts them into more accessible pop songs. Anyways, I’ve heard of this one for a while and hate I’m just now listening to it. I’m very excited to go further in the hauntology genre, I’ve never heard of it before. I was tempted to give this a perfect score but an easy five stars. Rating: 4.8

Fun

……orange…..

I loved every second of this album so much that I listened to it twice in a row. Beautifully crafted. I don't know how they knew where to start or when it was done, but the album works perfectly as a cohesive whole, and every track can be enjoyed on its own. Brilliant.

Oh this is funky! I like this break from all the old rock. It starts to just kinda sound the same after a while. I've never heard of this band or anything before and this sound is so alien vibes. Are there any lyrics? I'm getting scared bro this music feels like someone standing behind you. What are we doing here oh my god. What the fuck. I understand it now. This is deep. This is out of this world. Only Scottish people could make this. And they're advocating against censorship?? I'm into this. Favourite: Rue The Whirl/Pete Standing Alone/Open The Light Least favourite: Telephasic Workshop

Great album. 5/5

I’ve seen some people say on here that this album doesn’t go anywhere. I sometimes agree, but for me it is not really important. This is such a cool album soundwise, and is perfect for studying, chilling out, or on the road.

Tablas canadienses los quiero un chingo gracias por todo Favs. 1. Turquoise Hexagon Sun 2. Happy Cycling 3. Aquarius

Absolutely phenomenal production mixing texturing and Larry. This is an incredible listen.

Calming and contemplative, quietly dramatic, a world of moods and ambience conjured from the subtle variation of bleeps and bloops, textures, rhythm, and synth tones. Magic.

Exactly the kinda weird shit im into

Love, love, love this record. It's been a favorite of mine for years.

My oh my. This album takes me back to around 2015 or so, when I discovered it. It became a mainstay for listening while reading - on the tram into university, in the library, whatever. Also was a great album for a more active listen. More recently, I've been brought back to it via trips down to the catacombs of Paris (near perfect vibe for the place). I picked it up on CD in Dublin and was genuinely extremely pleased to find it. The atmosphere, the environment it creates is unlike any other. Lovely melodies too - it's like Aphex Twin's softer side, mixed with Boards of Canada's unique techniques and sound, were married together to create one of the best electronic albums of all time, and easily in my top 50 albums of all time. I would find it hard to find a more atmospheric album than this. 5* forever and always.

Let's just see it for what it is. This is instrumental hip-hop. 5/5

I'm giving this 5 stars for Olson. I would otherwise probably put it at 4 stars. Boards of Canada have some certified classics and this as a cohesive album is pretty solid though there are some samples I get tired of.

-already listened 3x -vocal chops 🤤 -vintage synths(?) -super dynamic and layered -reverb/delay

Love it, have listened to it before.

Strange but beautiful. I still like this album a lot.

Why are they called Boards of Canada if they're Scottish? Are they stupid? No, I'm just kidding. How could they be stupid when they're out here making an album that's this good? Music Has The Right To Children is such a great album. There's a ton that I could talk about here. The production is stellar. The whole album has this vibe that's atmospheric and chill, but also a little unsettling at times, I think? It's certainly not dance music, that's for sure. I'm okay with that though. Some of these songs are just the best. "Roygbiv" is wonderful. I listened to this song when I generated the album to see if I'd like it and it did not disappoint at all. "Aquarius" makes me feel so many different emotions all at once. There's a good groove, but the song itself is one of those almost-unsettling ones, what with the weird vocal samples and whatnot. Also, the song says "6 7" at one point. I can't believe they predicted brainrot in 1998. But here's the thing with this album that I appreciate the most. You see, I have this problem with British electronic music that comes up quite a bit. I believe that most albums can be put into one of two categories; collections of songs and complete artistic statements. Collections of songs are albums where they just put a bunch of songs onto one disc and send it out for people to listen to without much consideration into pacing and such. These can be fine, especially when the songs in question are really good. However, I generally find complete artistic statements to be more appealing to me personally. The problem is that most British electronic albums that I've heard sit firmly into the collections of songs category, or rather the collections of beats category. This isn't inherently a bad thing. I mean, you've got Aphex Twin making an album called Selected Ambient Works and having it be one of the best electronic albums of all time, so clearly they're not all bad. However, I find albums from artists like Fatboy Slim to be kinda uninteresting because they just feel like decent-ish beats slapped together into one package. This is why I've gone on record saying that I generally prefer French electronic albums over British electronic albums. However, Music Has the Right to Children is an exception. The pacing of this album is the real star of the show here. The balancing of short songs like "Kaini Instructions" and "Triangles and Rhombuses" with songs that are longer but still not too long like "Telephasic Workshop" and "Rue The Whirl" puts a stronger emphasis on the full album experience rather than one beat after another. The song transitions aid in this as well, as they often do. This makes the album feel more like a complete artistic statement, which I love. That's not to say that I always hate "collections of beats." If anything, I do think that I actually prefer Selected Ambient Works 85-92 over this album. However, it makes the album stand out as one of the best that its scene has to offer. Amazing album. Light 5/5.

The world would be a better place if we all listened to this.

Love it. But then I know it well.

I know it's random but my 100th album being one of my favourites is very cool! An absolute classic from start to finish! This album was the gateway to another world of music. 5 Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes: 25/100 (25%) Will I get? Already have!

A cacophony of moments. hazy at times and then a crescendo of clarity and warmth.

Dope album and great for back ground music when working 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This album is pure insanity. I'm quite used to the electronic sounds but Boards of Canada make it seem alien. The album is downright terrifying at parts. I love it

Boards of Canada are a really cool band and this album is neat but not my favorite from them. Funny that this was the first album I have to hear out of 1001, could have thought The Rolling Stones would be first.

While nothing can beat my early childhood memories of music due to my father's seventies-rock record collection and my own interest in contemporary pop and later new wave and indie-music of the eighties, the second half of the nineties where musically just as interesting exploring new kinds of music. Especially with the coming of electronic music and the different styles that emerged from there. The days of Underworld, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Autechre, Massive Attack and Portishead, to name a few. This album fits right well in that list. A very pleasant journey of low-fi beats and cinematic soundscapes made it a must play on every afterparty and chill out zone of the raves I visited in the late nineties. 5/5

one of the albums of all time for me

i love you

Well this was really good, it matched my mood for the day pretty well actually! I love this kind of sound, and some of it reminded me of a few Aphex Twin albums I own. Overall really good, and I'll revisit this sometime I know. 5 stars from me.

I love this album. I discovered BOC years ago from a video made with Archive.org Prelinger footage. Since then I’ve purchased their vinyl albums. This is a fantastic album to listen to while working or doing whatever.

90/1001. Fourth day of bad / almost no sleep behind, listening to BoC feels like a plush toy in the already surreal mood. Pioneers(?) of the nowadays popular (?) loFi genre, mixing ambient with beats in an ever expaning sonic cinematic landscape. If music can paint it is an abstract Richter but in cooler colors.

На втором трека мне будто бы мозг щёточкой прочистили. Аж уснула, расслабляет. Наверное любимый альбом без слов.

Great music for plodding away in Excel.

10/10… trip hop / ambient

Quite possibly one of the most delightful, relaxing and satisfying albums ever recorded. The rest of their catalog is just as amazing

l'indus avant que ça soit cool

I recently completed the game Tunic (released 2022) and it felt like the soundtrack was almost a carbon copy of this album. Seems most AI generated dreamcore uses this album as a baseline for sound as well. It's a testament to how well this album has aged. I'm not accustomed to listening to this type of music in album form but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Struggling between a 4 or a 5, but considering I'd be open to relistening and it's completely out of my usual taste profile, I think it warrants a 5 purely off the track for track quality. It's a versatile and multifaceted album that I couldn't help but connect with.

Chill, perfect for working. Where has this been all my life?!

One of my top 5 electronic albums of all time. Probably also a desert island record for me.

Terrific ambient sounds to chill out to. Love it.

Already a favourite

orange

Better than Coldplay

sometimes you gotta round up

A timeless classic.

Music Has The Right To Children is the debut album from Scottish pair Boards of Canada. They make a version of downtempo electronica, with extensive use of samples, some from "found sounds." They use a range of hip hop beats, and some of the tracks are best described as trip hop. These songs have ambient backgrounds, and use looped samples to construct melodies. This album includes "Roygbiv," one of the pair's most successful tracks.

9.5/10

Immaculate vibes on this one. I’m a fan of putting on some lofi music every once in a while, and this scratches that itch while also upping the production value and creativity to 11. It was so unique compared to the other albums I’ve listened to on this project so far, and definitely something i didn’t know i needed.

Absolutely beautiful & brilliant

Where’s the new album you cunts

ORANGE

generation z's obsession with analog horror is a strange one. not only did most people born before 2010 not have many formative experiences with things like VHS players or analog television before it was supplanted by superior and higher-fidelity, they also seem not to entirely understand the inherent nostalgic draw of these formats. often, the analog element simply serves as a shallow aesthetic choice, failing to make the two routes of "shitty equipment" and "spooky horror" converge in a meaningful manner. with all that said, why do i, a member of that generation, still care about it so much? well, i think it might be partially because i hold so much in common with the creators. things like analog horror, lost media, and nostalgia hold (please forgive me) an autistic quality to them that is enabled in the internet era of archives and infinite data. the thrown away, the forgotten, the easily ignored by the layman, the "who cares" -- it serves as a sort of hauntological comfort, an image of a world where things are not the stability that we know. maybe we identify with the long forgotten TAT logo, rotting away on your grandmother's tape collection of The Jeffersons. in disintegrating hiss and cherished fading memory, we both find comfort and challenge ourselves. it's creepy, but it's also wet, if you get me. i am not going to say Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin are autistic; it's not my place to diagnose them. but their focus on the past, the mining of a world they never quite knew for warm, often uncanny memories, feels a lot in line with those who make analog horror. maybe it blends the two a bit better -- downtempo already took a lot from the synthetic and sampled to create a new style of music -- than this teenage passion, but you could just as easily strip away the Moogs and the Sesame Street samples and have a pretty decent beat tape. nevertheless, they are there. because Mike and Marcus care, and so do you.

This is one of the greatest electronic albums of all time. It orbits my life like a distant moon, only swooping in every few years or so, but when it does I'm always struck by how transporting this album is. It's equal parts haunting and cozy, which is just awesome. Must-Listen #135.

A startlingly great debut album from the Scottish department of the National Film Board Of Canada. An eerie, often cheery, murky, chirpy odyssey deep into the heart and soul of the mind as well as future, present and faulty, faded, misremembered past. Intensely warm and nostalgic and incredibly pastoral for a frosty cool electronic album. A true synthtopia with the most wondrously vintage sounding keys, wooziylicious tape treatment and intricate, amazing, fresh sounding beats throughout. The grooviest blend of trip-hop, folk, psychedelia, funk, shoegaze, Sesame Street samples and more. If it weren’t for Purple Rain then this would comfortably be the best album on this list. Ok, let’s go crazy. This IS the joint best album on the list and together the two albums make Turquoise Hexagon Rain.

Excellent. Must listen more

Decent kinda slow, need to be in a downtempo mood coming off a long binge.

Szeretem imádom legjobb boc🥰

Board of Canada are one of my favorite groups point blank period, but it's been a while since I listened to their music in full and I keep wondering if I'd find it nearly as compelling as I did only a few years back, especially this album which I enjoyed but never could put my finger on why I never loved it as much as their future albums. I think today though I can more or less think why, It's the fact that while it IS consistent and has such a unique vibe that very few albums I've heard really match the ways in which it sounds so... mysterious but playful at the same time, it still just feels like the songs blend in sometimes, they don't tend to stand out too much, its in service of it's atmosphere for sure but I can't always think about the intricacies of every song on this album. Even more it's when a song stands out and boy does it have some highlights: Roygbiv is amazing, Aquarius and Turquoise Hexagon Sun are classic, and Pete Standing Alone has some of my favorite beats and samples, all of them stand out so much from the rest that I feel I end up gravitating towards those songs wayyyy more than the full experience of the album. I think following albums like Geogaddi and Tomorrow's Harvest had a better overall experience which made them more interesting in my mind and generally prefer them (plus the darker tone), but still! I don't think I could endorse an album more for people who want to get into psychedelic and electronic music, one that makes use of beats and samples in such an inventive way to create one of the most unique vibes ever, even if I get people don't love their work it's still a great place to start for anyone and one of my faves.

Heard it many a time and it keeps growing on me more and more. Just gorgeous landscapes of electronic music, works as background music, but also interesting and layered enough for closer listening. Don't think they have a weak song in their entire catalog.

I wish I could quantify what separates Good trancy electronica from bad. It really is an ineffable groove, or something. Whatever it is, this has it in spades

Boards of Canada has never missed

i listened to this so much as a teenager. so many amazing tracks

Masterpiece.

Maybe the perfect work album. Have enjoyed this one for a quite a long time. 4.5/5

Really loved this

Amazing

Superb album, possibly my favourite IDM/ambient record of all time.

Musiquinha boa viu.. Meu tipo de música e bem feito. Gostei muito do álbum como um todo, mas especialmente de Telephasic Workshop, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Bocuma, Rue The Whirl. Quem diria que existe música além do pop que a gente ouve no dia a dia. Me lembrou muito Zammuto, que é mais novo.

One of the best electronic albums of all time

A contender for my favourite album. It slowly grew on me when I first heard it, each listen revealing more texture and layers. It's dreamy and nightmarish, ambient but danceable, analog and digital.

Once you put your headphones on you can get carried away into this. I've found BoC to be very inspirational and influential.

Really a transcendent and flawless album from front to back. 5/5

This album definitely evokes a sense of false nostalgia. Boards of Canada incorporate analog synths, samples of old broadcasts, field recordings, and snippets of children’s voices, which will definitely connect you with your childhood or make you reminisce about memories that might not even be real. They have a very strong ’70s and ’80s hazy vibe through a mystical soundscape. I love how they bring out these dream-like memories all through sound and music. These qualities are what really set Boards of Canada apart from every other ambient, downtempo, and experimental electronic artist out there.

I enjoyed every song on this. Absolutely wonderful.

A beautifully charming and encompassing collection of bloops and bleeps.

Now we’re talking…aaand now we’re melting.

There's never been a group that sounded quite like Boards of Canada. They rejected the trend of electronic dance music that was growing in popularity at the time. Instead they drew influence from early electronic composers, mainly from film scores. Their name refers to the Film Board of Canada which produced documentaries that the brothers used to watch and were influential on their sound. The music evokes strong feelings of nostalgia, childhood and nature. I've always felt that there was also something unsettling about the music. For me, it recalls the feelings of being a child and experiencing a huge world. There's innocence, wonder and some fear in this music. This is the mature world of adults seen from the vantage point of a child. I also find a sense of isolation from the world in BoC's music. Like it's separated from the city and from home, to discover a new place. For an adult that might just be a camping trip. But for the child, it's the opening up to a new and curious world. Few artists can manage to create such vivid imagery with no lyrics.

Favourite tracks: roygbiv; wildlife analysis; an eagle in your mind; sixtyten; happy cycling

Sähköisen kuuntelumusan klassikoita, ja vieläkin kolisee mainiosti. 5/5.

"Music Has the Right to Children" is the debut album by Scottish electronic duo Boards of Canada. The music is described as a "distinctive style of electronica featuring vintage synthesizers, degraded analogue production, found sounds and samples and hip hop-inspired rhythms." It was self-produced by brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin. The album received critical acclaim and is considered a landmark work in electronica music. Layered synths open the album in the short "Wildlife Analysis" which transitions to "An Eagle in Your Mind." Oscillating synths and a electronic drum beat. Samples of a deep voice talking and of Sesame Street's "I Love You." A downtempo vibe. "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" lays down a hip hop beat with xylophone-sounding synth keys and people talking and laughing in the background. The beat keeps it steady and hypnotic. Deep and dark synth keys open "Roygbiv." Backed by a constant beat, the song changes to more happy-sounding. This is almost danceable....almost. Wobbly synths and an electronic bass and drumbeats anchor "Aquarius." A repeating sample of Sesame Street's "O is for Orange" with children laughing and a woman counting numbers sometimes randomly. This is a unique-sounding album. Dreamy, ambient, downtempo, hypnotic. The songs tend to lay down a beat and/or synth line and build with various sounds, noises and samples. They do capture a retro 70's sound with the synths. I don't think this album is for everyone but a must listen for anyone who likes electronic music. The changes between songs kept it interesting. I don't know if I've heard an album quite like it (on the good side).

Yeah it’s great, don’t need to overthink this one. Fave Tracks: most of it really - Wildlife Analysis, Roygbiv, Rue the Whirl, Aquarius, One Very Important Thought, Happy Cycling 4.8/5

Music Has the Right to Children is a modern classic in the electronic genre. The soundscapes created by using old and detuned synthesizers. If you think EDM is cold, listen to this and experience a warm blanket.

Bet this is great on mushrooms. Really enjoyed everything. Like this style more now. Good flow throughout. Album works as a whole. Feels like being inside someone’s head. Not finding any flaws. Really smart. 5/5

9/10 Of course I already knew this one, I’m Scottish and liked electronic music in the late 90s onward… This is a super influential album on what was the record label at the time They had some mega contemporaries there - Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, and BoC always had the best grasp of melody for me, and beats that showed more hip hop influence Those beats are probably the highlight of the album, when they are chunky they are very chunky Not all of it has a soul, some is a little clinical, and there is some ambient burbling. But the whole thing works, with their distinctive style of chopped up vocals and samples Best: Roygbiv

I love this kind of ambient music, I love the sound of old synthesizers. I love how this kind of music is painting sound-/landscapes and to immerse myself in those.

Very nice.

One of my favorite albums to listen to while working and listened a lot while studying. Pretty perfect for an instrumental electronic album and is probably top 2 or 3 in that category

Was skeptical at the beginning, because I looked at the global reviews before listening. Great sampling and overall I really enjoyed it. Reminds me a little of 'Entroducing.....' by DJ Shadow which is one of my favorite albums.

Listening to an electronic album with music so natural and organic feels like scratching an itch deep in my brain. This album includes sounds I remember from early childhood programs that aired on public television when I was a kid making it even more of a satisfying listen.

Very chill ambient/tripop

BoC are mechanistic, experimental, cerebral musique concrete with a very specific attitude as an art project. Late 90s Electronic music was Big Beat, danceable throbbing rave-oriented controlled chaos that required little to no cognitive effort on the listener's part. This is a completely different thing. It is electronic music to be sure. Some bits also bear a resemblance to dance tropes of that era. Well-executed similarity to other forms of electronic music, serve as an entry point for something far more interesting, yet entertaining. From simple bass and drum grooves, they wash the whole with other colors that seem unintentional in their effect. Moods shift from joyous to anxious, naïve to wizened, celebratory to frosty boredom. BoC create art that occupies an unnameable state of mind that existed in its past. Perhaps. I think I remember hearing this or that, I remember what it felt like (or I think I do), but that might only be because the sound suggests it. What you are hearing never actually existed. What exists is your memory of something similar, buried now because it's unimportant or unused. There is a way to dive into how this fits into postmodernism in a way that I won't go into today, but it can spin off in an epistemological direction for sure. What do you really remember? Is memory a real thing in the world? We probably invent an abstraction of the past so that the world has some structure., even though the "world" is just complete uncontrolled chaos. It's why we invented God, or maybe music This music works in that role for me really well. A structure where the mind can wander down weird little paths of memory and emotion, some I've seen before, some remind me of places I've been or people I've heard in other rooms while multiple TVs play various indecipherable and unimportant things. "Music Has the Right to Children" is accidentally popular, it seems. Kind of divisive, looking at the reviews here. I love it, but you don't have to. Give it a chance if you want something to think about.

The perfect background beats for all endeavors of coolness. Harmonious, but pleasantly jarring at the same time. A perfect encapsulation of the mellow, chiller-than-thou spirit of the late 90s, and somehow still as fresh as a first listen.

Gear: Aür Audio Aurora Artwork: die verfremdeten Gesichter machen doch neugierig - privates Familienporträt oder Dachboden-Fund eines anonymen Fotos? Mix: analog, texturiert und detailreich - egal ob entspannt vom inzwischen ordentlich abgerocktem Vinyl oder analytisch mit hochauflösenden Kopfhörern Musik: absoluter Ambient-, Beat- und persönlicher Produktivitäts-Klassiker Wertung: 🥸🥸🥸🥸(🥸)/5

Something about this album in all its simplicity that I absolutely adore. The album cover suits the music so well.

Gosh and blimey! This is an absolute tour de force and one of my favourite albums. I've listened to thousands of albums in my 50+ years and I know quality when I hear it. You're all tone-deaf and ignorant ;-)

I’m afraid I fw this one.

Loving the ambient grooves

A+, favorite album.

Plaza sésamo

Plug laced my shit with the shadow dimension polyhedron fungus. I'm blown away. I can't believe I've never heard this before. It's hard to describe, but something about this screams "Early Internet Era" to me. The futuristic, yet strangely creepy vibes of early Geocities websites, also the strangeness of early Internet animations like Salad Fingers. I can also hear some Silent Hill 2 in this. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Akira Yamaoka was a fan of these guys - the beginning of "Smokes Quantity" is literally "Black Fairy" from the SH2 soundtrack. Motherfuckers almost moved me to tears. I feel like I just relived my entire childhood in the span of 60 minutes. Has to be 5/5.

Ультра абстрактно, но при этом хрустяще, вайбово, хайпово, велико. Это такая, ранняя, но очень чёткая при этом электроника. Я б совершенно не удивился если бы этот альбом я встретил в группе IDM или где-нибудь ещё. Пять звёзд, это мега хайпово и я хочу под это играть в майнкрафт.

Loved it. Great experimental and instrumental album. Easy to listen to.

Iconic

Listened to this staring syraight ahead whilst moving backwards on a train. Sesame Street samples a highlight

fond fond memories and an easy 5 star

Bought this album at Academy of Sciences. Heard about it through Amoebas Recommended vinyl collection staples... Used to zone out to this at work... ROYGBIV is legendary

I believe this is the duo's most acclaimed album. A very chill electronic/trip hop/ambient record. Weird samples and I think seminal. I prefer Geogaddi but I think that's subjective. This is still a great album for focusing, night drive, being wired into the dystopic future nightmare that is the future present. Very alien hip hop/trip hop beats. Odd vocal samples and spacey alienating synths. Definitely a must listen to get into the weirder side of electronic music.

Fantastic

One of my more favourite albums as of late. Great to have on whilst working or in the background. Smooth, consistent, made with care and attention. I'm a big sucker for electronic that is able to see where things are going and almost predict futures that don't yet exist, and this album does that to a T.

Just a great listen all-around. The album ebbs and flows with really good pacing, mixing really chill IDM beats with some harder, more normal electronic songs. I feel like I could wake up and play this album every day and it would be a great start to my day! 9/10

sweet

Great electronica to listen to while working, really enjoyed that album as a synthead

chill blip bloop music is my jam

banger

Na

The music of my dreams. Precisely the hazy world I want to stay lost in forever. Ideal for introverted headphone rides late at night. Rich, deeply textured, evocative, and hypnotic, to the point of practically being intoxicating - all without ever being overbearing. An exquisite example of what electronic music can do when freed from a purely dance oriented context.

Pretty pivotal album for a certain aesthetic of electronic music that is still influential to this day. Not every track on here is one I'd listen to in isolation, but the atmosphere and vibe of the album is almost perfect for what they are going for. There's a lot of little subtle and reserved sound choices that really make certain things stand out, in a way it's sort of like good ambient: you can really listen to them deliberately a get something completely different out of it than if you passively had this in the background, which is also a valid listen. It's background music that is there for you to listen to it more deeply when you have the moment.

Although I don't think I ever get excited about this genre, there is much I loved about this album. It's hard for me to really stay engaged in the long, ambient bits, but when I pull them back into consciousness, these are really, really good. I love the mix of seventies synthesizer and hip hop beats.

This was new to me. I listened and I really liked it. I had thoughts that it wasn't as interesting as some of the other albums of this sound that we have heard and was going to rate it down for that. Then I figured that if I wasn't comparing it to the other albums that I must hear before I die, then I would love this one. So, ...

I have heard of Boards of Canada and thought I knew their genre, but either they changed to something very different or I knew nothing about them. This was way more interesting and engaging than expected. A wonderful journey… trancelike at times… and definitely something I will be revisiting!

such good shit

Oh la dingz

Devine to listen to with headphones.

Ah, I do love me some BoC... Good old downtempo electro-psych. This album in particular has always commanded my attention. Album opens with some very BoC aura sounds. A roaming synth playing through some hazy fog; evokes something of some colorful light roaming through space. An Eagle In Your Mind follows on with a warbly synth plus stumbling, ever-evolving drum. Some spoken word samples in the background add to the already eerie vibe. The "I Love You" sample always kills me. Feels so out of place, and yet... This song in particular is everything I love about BoC; slow building aura music that makes you slightly uncomfortable, while also wrapping around you like a blanket. The Color of the Fire, once again dips heavily into the "I Love You" sample. This time opening up with a super slowed down and spread out rendering. The stuff of nightmares. Uncomfortably paired with some moody synth aura and twinkling electronic bells. It is as if they deliberately made this song to induce a bad trip. Would absolutely do drugs to this and regret it. Telephasic Workshop ditches the majority of the eerieness in favor of a fairly straightforward drum and bass number with a strange (awesome) syncopated vocal track serving as a percussive element. All throughout, things are held together by familiar synth tones and background vocal samples that make it clear we have not left the BoC universe. Second favorite song so far after An Eagle In Your Mind (I'm a whore for a slow build). Sixtyten features a very hip-hop infused beat with boom-bap drums and a vocal sample featuring at the center of the rhythm. This song jams end to end. Turquoise Hexagon Sun starts out so very pretty. Trip-hop infused beat lead by some angelic keys that just never stops moving. On this song, I think I realize what I like so much about BoC is the lived-in feel that they create with their songs. Every song is kind of homey and cluttered in a delightful sort of way. This song in particular makes me think of walking through a not-long abandoned house on a sunny day where the blinds are mostly drawn, but there is enough light shining through so you can see the dust floating about. Hard to explain, but there it is. A couple of short sandwich tracks separate this and obvious standout Roygbiv. The simplicity of the lead synth line with the drums is only enhanced as the track builds with successive layers. Such a pretty, forceful song. Rue The Whirl is an aptly named track whose main loop feels like something unwinding over and over again. Paired with a punchy drum beat, this feels like something that should be rapped over, or at least bobbed to very confidently. Aquarius gives way to a sprawling number with a funk-infused base line and cowbell(?) marking time. Seems music fit for the intro of a porno, that is until the creepy samples start rollings. For some reason, the sample of the woman counting just works amid all the other sample layers. God I love BoC. Vocal samples just keep getting better -- One Very Important Thought busting out the government PSA about serving as a juror. Album closes out with Happy Cycling, which has one of the more unnerving backing synth lines on the album (which is saying something). But I mean come on... that seagull sample? How? Absolute classic electro-psych album. Guaranteed to lull you into a sense of safety and then induce nightmares in children and grown men alike. I love everything about this album from front to back. While they have a distinctive sound and aura, BoC are able to jam a lot of ideas and permutations into this environment. This album is truly timeless. Hard to believe it is 25 years old. 5/5.

My heart jumped a bit when this came up for the day. It's a pure classic that I go back to again and again. One of the best in any sort of electronic genre.

never heard this before but I like it a lot . This is its own thing and is simply lovely

Love it!!!

I 🧤electronic music

Ett av de bästa albumen som finns för att gå omkring och se på andra människor.

Really easy to see the influence that this had on Techno going forward, especially in the less dance oriented material. Very smooth mellow album that's easy to listen to

This album is one of the greatest electronic albums of all time. It includes elements of psychedelia, trip hop, ambient, and more experimental music. It also incorporates unsettling elements that serve to disorient the listener. This album has been so influential that it almost sounds routine to modern ears. However, it is a landmark album that is essential listening.

электронная музыка, которая кристаллизует реальность, которая сделана из кварца и слюды, морской пены и полиэтилена

Super cool album! Very industrial electronic! Really dig the vibe to this whole album and can just veg out and listen along to this one. A lot of these songs could be really good beats for old school hip hop to be on top of the tracks! Enjoyed both the band and the album!

Это восхитительно, прекрасно и великолепно. Альбом точно запомнится надолго; его можно слушать с собой внимательностью, а можно включить на фон во время рутинной работы. для любителя музыки такие работы — отдельное удовольствие

Слушал бесчетное кол-во раз (спасибо Ивану Злобину за наводку!). Альбом, как и группа просто пушечные: очень психоделичная электронщина, которую можно слушать как на фоне, так и внимательно вслушиваясь в партии

Ну каааааайф. Вообще не ожидал такой музыки в 1001, но очень рад, что так получилось. А ещё советую послушать ep max hot salad'a (одна из любимых епишек), потому что в обсуждении я его очев упомяну. А для этого альбома я слишком много раз доставал телефон, чтобы добавить песень в плейлист, так что меньше 5 поставить просто не могу

I have listened to this album more than any other EVER. It is my bedrock. Electronica full of sun dappled childhood memories. Melodies that ache with nostalgia. Dream on. FIVE

Big fan of this duo. Though this isn't my number one fave album of theirs, it belongs on the list because it's such an amazing debut.

These electronic albums have consistently been some of the best so far, and this is no exception. I usually listen to my albums before school starts. This fits that for a mellow electronic mood; it could be ambient music if you didn’t want to pay attention to it. Overall, an amazing album.

lovely

I was listening to a lot of Blonde Redhead when this was released. This album opened up a new era in music for me, expanded my mind toward more electronic-laden chill music. I discovered Arovane around this time and started listening to other stuff that I had previously shied away from. Super chill, get shit done - or get nothing done music.

Classic of the IDM genre. Personally I'd put Geogaddi above it but they're both fantastic. This album is such a vibe.

First “hauntology-esque” record Kind of a strange way to listen to an album: a few songs on the way to work, and the final few on the way back home after barhopping with coworkers. I really think this album is special as listened to in its entirety (rather than in the individual beats/songs)- although each time I returned to the album it took me to a similar contemplative mood. HL: “Turquoise…”, “Rue the Whirl”, “Aquarius”, “Pete Stands Alone” February 1, 2023

5 stars, have loved this one since highschool

Do you know the scene in Parks and Recreation where Tom Haverford falls in love with the painting and is like "It's beautiful. I've been looking at this for 5 hours now". That sensation for me is this album. I've no interest in this kind of music, I don't think I'm gonna listen to this again in my free time, but it really felt good. I can't point my finger on it, there are tracks that make relax completely and tracks that make me feel like in a dystopian nightmare trying to survive (I really felt like I was in the Danganronpa's world at certain point, which is a weird good thing to say). The amazing title and borderline disturbing cover of the album really blend well with the songs. Honestly, I really didn't expect to give this rating but here we are.

Stellar

One of my all time favourite electronica albums! This was so original when it came out and still sounds fresh to this day. Essential listening in my opinion.

An unabashed 10/10, certainly worth listening to before you die. “Orange!”

Fundamentally pure and true. Excellent

Really pretty awesome. Some amazing sounds in a full on immersive electronic experience. You can see the influence and impact that it had.

Even when listening for the first time, Boards of Canada feels gauzy and nostalgic, as if half-remembered from childhood. Every song is a gem and this album is their masterpiece.

this album is really unique it's literally perfect the instrumentals on every song sounds very good the way that this album makes me feel it's incredible I have nothing to complain about this 10/10

Cool

Beautiful, dreamy album I've over for a while

My favorite electronic music so far.

One of my favorite albums of all times, and one of the most listened to.

Love it, long time fan. Hard to go past Turquoise Hexagon Sun as a fave but also quite enjoyed Aquarius and Happy Cycling during this round.

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.

Excellent vibes using found-sound spectacularly, with maybe just a hair of bloat.

Ambiance heaven

Already one of my favorite electronic albums ever. It's truly one of a kind.

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.

1998 Ambient; Similar Artist - Aphex Twin

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.

Great electronic and loungy album

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"

Lovely stuff. Too review guy doesn't like Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath off the album Black Sabbath. What a jackass!

This is a great album. It's got an effortless flow and spacey ambiance. It's aged really well.

Not sure what to say about this except I'll definitely be exploring this album and group further and adding this album to my personal collection ⭐⭐⭐.51? ⭐⭐⭐⭐?

I fucking love Boards of Canada. They make absolutely perfect background music for any task, but it's also engaging to actively listen to. Haunted samples, frenetic drum patterns, and soft synths all cohere into something that feels truly timeless. Here's to hoping we at least get Geogaddi on this list as well!

I saw this was ambient electronica and was dreading it, but I actually dug this quite a bit. I liked the way they manipulated the sounds. I don't think I could listen to this all the time but I can see it being played if I need something low key. I definitely think Radiohead was influenced by this on some of their later work.

Such a textural vibe. Love it

4.5

boards of "canada" but is scottish... much to consider

The more I listen to it, the better it gets.

Very chill and spacey

This is an album I could keep listening too, it's symphonic treat for the ears

Really interesting contrast to yesterday's album, Ágætis byrjun by Sigur Rós (And yeah, weird that this sometimes happens. I got the Adam and the Ants album right after Fear of Music by Talking Heads. Two very similar albums that I had wildly different experiences with). Now, the difference between these two isn't as large as that with Adam and the Ants and Talking Heads (Liked Adam, hated Fear of Music). Where Ágætis byrjun left me wanting a bit, I'm enjoying Music Has the Right to Children more. There's a little more to latch onto with this one for me, and it's definitely more of a vibe. Especially the slight creepiness to a track like Sixtyten. One thing I noticed perusing the RYM genres on this album, is that it's listed as Hauntology as a secondary genre, which I think is helping a lot with my enjoyment of it too. It's quite a bit different from the only other artist I've heard that delved into that genre (The Caretaker), but I'm enjoying it nonetheless. It's definitely got that kinda melancholic, creepy nostalgia to it. I will say, some of the filler tracks like The Color of Fire I'm not big on, with the vocal samples just being weird to me. Also, this album is definitely giving me Mirror's Edge vibes a little bit, especially on a few of the earlier tracks. Just that pristine, white, slightly happy but dystopian feel. Also, another comparison that I think I'm hearing in this is Ulver's Perdition City. That one's on the darker side, but still getting similar vibes. (And not to keep on piling the comparisons, but all these comparisons are stuff I really like, and a track like Aquarius is reminding me a bit of the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack, although the vocal lines I'm really disliking on this track. Overall MHtRtC would be better IMO had they cut all the vocal lines out) But yeah, overall this is a hell of a record. Not one I'd go back to that often, but definitely when I want this specific vibe. Reading that their follow-up, Geogaddi, has more of a darker sound, I'm definitely going to have to listen to that soon. Feel like as much as I like this one, the darker sound on the follow up will be more my feel.

One of the best ambient albums I’ve listened to. Also weirdly unsettling

Good vibing tunes

❤️‍🩹

Shame on me for never having paid attention to this album. It’s fresh and interesting—far more interesting, IMHO, than the “usual” electronica album. Cool (hip-hop?) beats, cool sounds.

Mmmmmm. More soothing bleepy bloop please

One of the all-time best 'get your head down and concentrate' records. Aural manifestation of a flow state.

Really enjoyed this. Love an ambient album that still has some interesting melodies and ideas scattered about. This is definitely an album you want to be doing stuff when listening though, as I can see this becoming tedious if you listen and only that. Only song I disliked was the one with lyrics lol. Just goes on too long and feels disconnected from the album. Face Track: Turquoise Hexagon Sun

There were some cheesy 90s moments but much less than I was expecting.

II only knew of Boards of Canada from remises they'd done of other bands, so I was quite keen to hear what they sounded like. Kind of downtempo electronica - I liked what I heard.

3.5

the goats are The Board

Chill beats ro study and relax too X aphex twin

Optimal listening time at night relaxing and enjoying the deep instrumental soundscape they create.

I did NOT expect to enjoy this as much as I did. It's ambient trip-hop with drum machine beats, random vocal samples, and repetitive, layered synthesizer noises...but it's really well done, and I found it surprisingly pleasant to listen to. Traces of Enigma, middle-years Genesis keyboards...I dunno, man, but I would happily pop this one in when I just needed to veg for a while. And I don't even do drugs!

Music Has The Right To Children despite being a really goofy name is a really good electronic album. This album mostly goes with a very trip-hop-esque sound but definitely adds a lot of ideas to make it really unorthodox with one of the comments for one of the songs saying it best (i forgot which one it was) that this sounds like music for computers. This album isn't gonna be for everyone but i can tell that these guys took a risk and it ended up paying off as i really do vibe with the very hypnotic nature of this album and each song had some kind of cool element which made them very enjoyable to listen to. Its an acquired taste for sure but it's also clearly a labor of love and i can absolutely appreciate that. Best Song: Sixtyten Worst Song: The Color Of The Fire

I enjoyed this one. Nice album to have on while working or exercising. Sort of a proto-lofi beats, but with a bit more interest. Lots of fun samples, and where there are any words, there's a clear social conscience at work. This feels like electronica that stands the test of time.

Respect what they did, but it was a bit more zen meditation on the proof of concept of avant garde music than a breakthrough that deserves to be reheard many times. While I could see me not revisiting this album very often, I could see myself revisiting this album while on a long early morning walk in a new town or city while on vacation. There is something just meditative about it. With Aphex Twin, Orbital, and Leftfield, it helped further define where directions soundscape music could go. I'd Spectre VII in there as well. Favorites: "Telephonic Workshop"

Somehow never listened to Boards of Canada despite this being one of my favorite genres. It was fantastic and I was bummed that it's the only one of their albums on the list.

Textures and moods. I know this album has pedigree, but still trying to understand it better.

Very cool album. I like a lot of the songs. Roygbiv and Rule The Whirl were my favorites. I also like the important message. I dig a lot of electronic music like this so this was a good fit. 7.8/10.

V interesting post rock, quite enjoyed

A very interesting listen. I can 100% get behind the message of the music, but the inclusion of children's voices was jarring. I understand their inclusion makes the message more impactful, but the music loses listenability. Which is fine, I'm sure this was considered during production.

Weird and all over the place, but I liked it.

Surprisingly, to me anyway, I really only started listening to them in 2021. I think my enjoyment of and curiosity in ambient and electronica was increasing at this point. I’m sure most mainstream music fans would say this is background, or music to fall asleep to, and I do play it in both of those roles, but there’s much more going on here and it deserves having some attention devoted to it.

Great example of ambient, chill out, down tempo electronica.

Afsindigt lækre lo-fi beats to study/relax to

Great for wavelength micro-dosing.

Hell yeah

Está bueno el álbum Muchos sonidos novedosos

I'm learning that I like electronica and ambient music more than I thought I did. This was pretty good!

Surprisingly pleasant! It's atmospheric and chill and kind of eerie sometimes. Not sure if I'll return to it but I appreciate the change in pace. 7/10

4.5 Nice

sick sick stuff, actually some of the coolest stuff i've heard in a while

I love this album, and I love the next two albums of theirs even more. But those aren't in here... This album does have a pretty fantastic and hard-to-replicate vibe though. The cover does a lot of work on that front.

Quite nice

so happy the boards are on here. _geogaddi_ is my typical go-to with them, but this is one of the best debut albums of all time. happy to dig back into this work

Little hip hop, a bit of electronic, some drum ' n bass. A bit too long

This is regarded as one of the most important electro records of all time. I can understand to be honest. It's very cool and really good ambiental music. I knew about it and I liked it pretty much. I can't say I would put it on at all times, but it's a very good listen and the best thing to have as a background while working.

I was in exactly the right mood for this album f owing some heavy rock stuff. It was my first experience of an ambient music album so have nothing else to compare it to. But instruments and vocals seemed to be pretty expertly combined to create some great tracks.

Mellow electronica. I liked it, would listen again.

I actually like this a decent bit. It's definitely a bit strange and atmospheric without inspiring any specific imagery. It's kind of the perfect amount of repetitive, lulling you into a familiarity with the sound, and then slightly developing and changing. I don't like this if you want to really listen intently to music and pick apart everything; it's too sparse and repetitive for that. But it is a really nice background and electronica album. Put it on in a situation where something else is the focus, like having people over, studying, or a busy day at work. The other really nice thing about this album is the wide variety of instrumentation and sounds. It's a longer album, but, other than when songs flow from one into the other, the songs are very nicely varied.

i feel like it is what is playing when a hacker in a disney channel original movie is hard at work

What an experience.

Bonus points for being so interesting. Actually really enjoyed it, although this calls for a certain vibe. Couldn't and wouldnt want to listen to it all the time. But the random samples used within the rythym was kinda cool. I feel as though the album name ties into the style of music as well, that it being a unique genre of music birthed from other electronic music. 7.5/10

Очень понравилось читать здесь дискуссии про эту группу и альбом. Не дослушала 2 песни последние. Ну, музыка. Красиво. Скучновато. Оранжевый один два три четыре оранжевый пять шесть

Sublime

I only have this on CD, what a CD though, soaring among the 4 stars!!!!!! Tom.

Hyvää yöllistä fiilistely musaa. Tuttu duo, mutta en hirveesti oo kuunnellut. Vähän semmoisia idm elementtejä sekotettu ambienttiin ja breakbeattiin. Huomaa että deadmau5 on ottanut näistä vaikutteita. Parhaat: Rue The Whirl, Pete Standing Alone, Open The Light, Olson

Good neo ambient album, if a bit dated. Geogaddi aged more gracefully and is the better album.

This was an interesting one. I’d missed the hype on BoC first time around and had them in my “I’ll give it a go later” list. The first half of the album is quite melancholic, and if I’m being critical, it’s a little one dimensional; ambient analogue washes wobble in, beats start and stop, but it sounds a little detached. But it starts to pick up and by the time we reach “Roygbiv”, there’s a tangible character and drive at last which it sustains skilfully through to the end. One I can see myself returning to, for certain

It is reminiscent of Aphex Twin, which is good because I love Aphex Twin

Listening to this shit drunk at 3am on the bus to the safety of your home is a hell of a ride. The whole album takes you through these different worn-dowm atmospheres and you forget about time for a while.

I really enjoyed this.

already listened to it. very much enjoy boards of canada, this is probably my favourite of theirs but all their albums are great

Love this

Is this what one would call ambient? I really enjoyed this. It was an easy but engaging listen. It is something I would have on in the background but at the beginning of many tracks I found myself closing my eyes to just listen (Kaini Industries, Bocuma). I rate this album high because I find it beautiful and varied - it took me by surprise. Roygbiv probably top track for me.

It's weird seeing people complain on here about the vaguely threatening title of this album, especially since it makes sense when contextualuzed by the vaguely threatening artwork and abstractly eerie music. In fact, I'd actually argue that it helps put a face to the album a little and paints the music in a light that makes it feel creepier than it would have, I think in a good way. Boards of Canada are working in a more ambient nook of the IDM space. The songs are built around strange, jittery percussion, chilling, disembodied samples, and what sounds like really creative analog synthesis. And even though this is some abstract, occasionally formless music: the textures still feel fresh and compelling, and the compositions jump past background music, almost putting you in a trance. Music Has The Right To Children is an album you can really fall into, and it truly urges you to explore its alien landscapes. I do think Boards of Canada topped this eventually, and there are some shorter songs here that you don't really go back to. But the full album listening experience is super unique and is an example of how Boards of Canada can wield very abstract elements to great emotional effect.

petit earworm scratch sound mukbang de l'oreille

I enjoy instrumental music, not a unique observation but typically you’re either a music person or a lyrics person. I’m a music person, and I heard of boards of Canada before but never heard them before. It’s unique in the world of electronic because it doesn’t feel like dance music. It reminds me of a blend of video game soundtrack and nostalgia. I really liked the recording sampling as well, it added an ethereal quality to it.

It was pretty decent

Don't really listen to this style of music, but there was something really captivating here

Somewhat enjoyed this one. A little early alt

Never heard this one before and was pleasantly surprised!

It's kinda crazy I got this album today after just relistening to Geogaddi yesterday (and enjoyed it a lot more on a 2nd listen). I do think I prefer that album to this one though. This one is very good, but this one can be very repetitive at times. There is definitely a great album in here, but I think some of it needs to be trimmed. I really like all the drums on this album, I am just a sucker for 90's drum machines and samples. High 4.

This is a really cool album. I'm so here for this weird experimental electronic stuff. There's a cool blend of sound and digitally altered voices that causes an uncanny feeling throughout. The whole thing has an eerie, ethereal feel to it that I love. Even with some pumping lofi beats at times the album has a pretty relaxed flow to it. There's some nice synth work. Standouts are "Telephasic Workshop" "Aquarius" and "Open the Light" It did go on a bit long, but most tracks were pretty cool and catchy and it's nice to listen to something different. 4/5

I really need to know more about why they chose this as their name.

listened to again still rocks

Old school ambient "techno" back when everything was pretty much labeled as some variation of "techno". There's some trip hop in there as well but it's mostly ambient. Very similar feel to Brian Eno's work and it feels like this is the next progression of his ambient style and wanting to add additional hip hop elements to it similar to the Beastie Boys or other hip hop groups. Similar method, different intent and objective. The album starts slow but gets better as it progresses through. As someone that enjoys this style of music, it's not quite for me. Some of the later tracks are good like Pete Standing Alone that kind of accentuate the hip hop element, the slowness of the genre isn't for me. That said, I can appreciate innovators of a genre and ambient as an EDM genre kind of took off after this album. Today it's pretty much replaced by lofi, but Boards of Canada and Brian Eno were innovators.