Music Has The Right To Children

Fuck Ziggy Stardust. This is the one!

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.

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.

It was a miserable experience listening to this.

I hope this picks up, I'm about to fall asleep it's so boring. How is this a landmark album?

I felt like I was having an existential crisis

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.

I don’t do heroin but I imagine if I did this would be the soundtrack. Too ambient and chill for my likings

idk why but sometimes this kind of music gives me the creeps.... which is what happened when listening to this album

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.

Whoa this takes me back. I tried this and bounced off it about fifteen years ago. I would listen to it on my commute for a bit and I think it invaded my dreams when I would sleep on the bus. Revisiting it now, and it's all banger after banger. This is perfect 6am driving to the gym vibes, as well as driving through a sunny afternoon vibes.

This was incredible! Almost didn't make 5 stars, because I have no idea what situation I'd play this in. But it was so good!

This is exactly the sort of album I knew everyone on here would hate, and that I'm very smug that I love.

👓🍁🔊🗯️🫧

Amazing atmosphere. Love the slightly worn sounding synths with those drums. Very much my thing.

One of the best electro-ambient albums ever made. 5 rats (apparently).

Otherworldly and even today, it sounds like the future. Equal parts calming and unsettling, there's an introspection and immersion to these songs that set the stage for the next 20 years of electronic music, at least. There's something about the album cover of the faceless family, the allusions to nature and the snippets of found audio from Sesame Street and elsewhere that evokes the search for a past that is steadily disappearing. Identity dissolving and reforming from nothing like naturally forming crystals.

A beautiful record that earns is place in this list with ease. I listened to this as a 16 year old and it was so far above my pay grade it passed me by. Returning to it later when i had begun to enjoy electronica and ambient i realised what a seminal album this is. Listening now, i'm amazed at how timeless it sounds and still holds up. The confidence to take something relatively new in musical terms and apply it so effectively, simply and confidently is where the genius lies. This synth, sample and programmed beats combo alongside other ethereal sound sounds like modern classicsl music as it swells and ebbs and hypnotises. Its not a pop record with hooks, but a journey in sound that leaves you better than when it found you. A lot of my favourite music built from here so i am a big fan

I'm visiting London, and decided to set a silly tube challenge - to visit a unique station on each line. After nearly 2 hours struggling through suspended services, I finally ticked one off - Bermondsey, on the Northern Line. Throughout it all, Boards of Canada were beating hard in my ears. Telephasic Workshop the best track, really hard on the bass, almost suffocating until it recedes to something more melodic. A real pleasant surprise. 4.5, but I'll whack a 5 on it for genuine glee.

Absolutely love this. Many memories of listening to this back in the day on a lazy Sunday.

Boards of Canada has been on my "listen to more" list for a long time, and I've had a couple songs of theirs in my playlists for a while, but nothing form this album. And at first I was a bit disappointed. I felt the first half of the album was a little too meandering, with "An Eagle In Your Mind" being the only real standout for me, but the back half is where it really broke through for me "Roygbiv" was probably my favorite on here, but "Aquarius" all the way through to the end was excellent in general!

lmfao okay. uhhh i'm a pretty big boards of canada fan. i have a boards of canada t-shirt. so this is interesting. i saw this was the only boards album on the list and my gut check was 'not the one i would've picked', but we'll see if i revise that, especially because this is not an album that i listened to start-to-finish much. i also tend to be really bad with song titles when music is instrumental. there are some tracks that i think are on here that do probably make it the 'archetypical' boards album, to be fair. but i think i prefer Geogaddi (and i love Tomorrow's Harvest but for whatever reason i have listened to that one as an album and think of it is a contiguous piece/concept album more in comparison to the others). i forgot that Wildlife Analysis is basically an intro track. maybe this *is* a contiguous piece more than i give it credit for i hit the vocal sampling on An Eagle In Your Mind and Boards does a specific kind of vocal sampling that is one of the things i love about it. it's often really distorted and hard to make out; sometimes (as in this case) it's less coherent speech and more speech remixed into an instrument. and when it's full speech it's generally contextless and evocative in an interesting way. i tend to really not like voice samples in music when they're too 'on the nose', for lack of a better term. eg i wasn't wild about the sampling on Inferno. i should give that album another chance but it didn't really blow my socks off. which is a shame because i spent like 8 years half-jokingly saying 'someday we'll get another Boards of Canada album' yeah okay this album has The Colour Of The Fire (and later Sixtyten); i can see how this is the one album you'd pick to represent this band's deal lol Telephasic Workshop is a personal favorite. the beat on it is weird and fun. it's even got the 'bordering canada' sample got to Triangles and Rhombuses and oh yeah this album has, like... 'interludes'. i feel like that sort of reinforces their work's vibe as being heavily inspired by/sampling old public access television but i can't really finish that thought oh wait Sixtyten is not the track i thought it was wtf. what the fuck track do they actually count and say 'sixty-ten' in, then?? fatass beat on this one though Roygbiv is another favorite and also probably another archetypical Boards track- vintage-y public access-y edutainment-y synths, weird vocal sampling, fat beat. i keep getting distracted because i've just put on the whole boards discography as background listening so many fucking times lmao Rue The Whirl has the awesome sampled, like... i keep wanting to describe it as an 'audio spiral', maybe because of the title, but i guess it's just a scale. some of this almost sounds backmasked? also it's occurring to me that i feel like a bunch of these tracks have the same or very similar beats, which i didn't notice before Aquarius is what i *thought* Sixtyten was. i can be forgiven; she literally says 'sixty-ten' in this one. if you had to give someone one track to explain what Boards of Canada is, it would probably be Aquarius. i've always assumed this is sampling sesame street but i guess i don't actually know. upon looking into it, this is apparently correct, thanks to an obsessive wiki that i'm going to have to dig through. there is some insane numerology shit in here. i know the band themselves gets into some of that but some of the stuff on this wiki feels like a fuckin stretch yeah okay Pete Stands Alone is another all-timer. i feel like this is the most Tomorrow's Harvest-ass track. i think the melody is similar to some stuff over there One Very Important Thought is where you decide if you like boards of canada or not. also it's weird to me that this isn't the final track. it feels like they're kind of doing a finale there with that after Open The Light but then we threw Happy Cycling in here the question is whether i just kneejerk give this a 5 or not. i think i do, because these ratings are non-objective, and i like this band in general and this album, and upon a relisten there's more classic good material here than i thought. sitting down and actively listening, i do think some of the tracks feel same-y in a way that tempts me to give it a 4, though i'm not sure how that compares to the other albums. i think this is a band where you *could* argue that a bunch of their songs are just the same song. however, i really like that song. so, well, you know. there's just something i think of as 'the Boards of Canada sound' that i really love and that a lot of people have imitated but i've rarely heard anyone else do it in a way i liked quite as much. sorry about me

Hypnotic

Top 10 album for me

This band and this album are legendary in my 9th grade memory.

It took a couple tracks for this one to click for me, but once it did I was hooked, it turns out this was exactly the album I needed this morning following a bit of a tough week. Such a peaceful, vintage atmosphere is created here, it's almost like an album of "lo-fi beats to relax/study to" but there is just an extra unknowable layer of care in the structure and more ambient/electronic aspects of these tracks that elevates them so much further than the standard fare you'd find in those sorts of playlists. I really can't find any fault here, it's full marks from me Fav Track: 4 - Telephasic Workshop

Yeah, I like this, but it's hard to pick out pieces because it's a lot of just good vibes. I missed track changes several times, so I'll "have to" listen to it again (oh no!) to pick out any more *specific* songs I may like. If I had a critique, it's that several tracks have huge shifts in like the last 30 seconds which makes it hard to pull them out as individual tracks to put on a playlist. But, technically, the rating is about an *album*! Since I docked Gorillaz points for being "more a collection of songs than an album", I have to give those points to this album instead. As a whole experience, it is a fantastic journey. This is so much the music I listen to at work. I already see myself just putting this whole album on again some days. Also: One Very Important Thought - HELL YES WHAT A MESSAGE TO END ON Overall rating 9.5/10 (5 stars)

I expected surreal. And that's certainly one word that works well to describe this. But finding more words to describe my time, that's something that I think I might find a difficult task. This album deals mainly in vibes and emotions, not so much stories and words. And I can't write a vibe. To open, there's absolutely a vibe here, in the first third or so, that gives late 80s/ early 90s educational tv. It's nostalgic. Reminds me of primary school, where my class would wander up to the library, to watch some kind of educational video. Afterwards, there's several tracks here which I feel tip-toe up to a line. The line being a boundary between childhood innocence, and creepiness - like the kid's laughter is somewhere it most definitely does not belong. I think that it generally stays on the nice side of that line. _The colour of the Fire_ might put a toe on the other side though. There's a remarkable block of stars running all through the middle third of this album. Five consecutive songs, all going into the playlist. That's impressive. The key to that section is emotion. Instead of just being a collection of cool noises, these tracks make you feel something, while only using minimal words to do it. Rating: it's gotta be a pretty good number. I certainly enjoyed the bulk of this album from a purely auditory perspective: the trip hop sounds, something which I now understand to be a hybrid of hip hop effects and electronic music, are highly enjoyable. But there's something deeper going on here. There's themes which are explored without so much as a single meaningful sentence. Childhood innocence, new life, the passing of a storm bringing light and rainbows. It goes to the heart.

My second full listen, and it's just as great at the first. 5.5 bumped down to 5.

Masterpiece

I've loved this album for many years. There is something about this music...the feeling of hazy childlike nostalgia, mixed with a sense of melancholy, and sprinkled with a sense of being slightly unsettling...that somehow hits me just in the right spot. Easiest 5 I can give.

Kom til BoC via samme dør som Aphex. Sammen med Autechre utgjør de den hellige treenigheten til Warp. Men jeg var lenge litt vippende når det kommer til BoC. Var egentlig ambivalent til downtempo i ganske lang tid. Likevel kjøpte jeg denne og Geogaddi da Warp trykka de opp på nytt 2016-ish, og spesielt denne har gått igjen og igjen. Vet ikke hva jeg skal høre på? Veien er kort til Music Has the Right to Children.

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.

One of the premier albums in the IDM genre, which stands for 'intelligent dance music.' Naturally, you do need a certain level of knowledge to understand and enjoy this phenomenal album, much like the other Warp Records alumni. The chilled-out tracks from this duo were pivotal for branching social and energetic electronic music out into a more reserved, yet densely textured genre for people with an above-average IQ.

Boards of Canada What a beautiful album. Somehow these guys have created electronic music full of nature and humanity and humour and love. Every second of this was a treat and the perfect example of the IDM genre. Tracks come and go each one like a mini landscape, or journey, or short story. But always engaging, listenable and novel. Genuinely don't sound like anyone else. Lots of favourites but I kept coming back to Pete Standing Alone. A haunting repeating motif that evolves over complex scratchy beats reminiscent of early Aphex Twin. Worst Track - Kaini Industries. But still enjoyable, particularly the closing few seconds that sound like the Mice on the Mouse Organ having a clog party off in the distance. 9/10

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

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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.

This album is the polar opposite of the clinicism of Aphex Twin. It feels like a lot of time and understanding has gone into building the intricate layers of music, and it results in something that's hypnotic, evocative, majestic. BoC conjure just the right tone, with the just right sounds, at just the right place. All are multi-layered, textured tracks, which often grab you first time - but after repeated listens there is more and more to be realised. Roygbiv is the immediate standout. Fantastic melody played out underneath it all, but then those whirling type hooks, and sampled vocal snippets, supported by piano. This is like some other-worldly lost children's-theme-tune classic. It reminds me of something deep and I don't quite know what. I think it might remind me of a time before I existed. With the longer ones, take Happy Cycling, it's absolutely immersive. And they never rest on their laurels; where there's a good melody, they build on it, change it, add to it, as the track goes on, ever spinning a gossamer of elegant sounds. It just so happens on Happy Cycling they wait til 5 minutes then bring in another killer hook. And that hook is like something from the farthest reaches of space. It's no lie to say that for the past few years, until the beginning of this year, I listened to this, or another BoC album, pretty much once every weekday. What happened this year? Well I have to listen variously to Ms Dynamite or Brazilian jazz instead. But I often fit this in nevertheless - I have never tired of it after hundreds of listens. It hasn't dated one day. I always get something new from it, and it always feels different. An eternal 5.

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.

ROYGBIV is a standout. This not their best work, but it is a challenging and at times charming bit of electronic noodling. Love the experimentation going on - they are do this for themselves, no record company is backing this.

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"

Weird stuff but I like it. Scottish producers naming their band Canada though? Not for the geographically challenged American

I see electronic music from the UK and my hackles get raised. Too much of it on the list, all the same, no real meat. So I decided to for the first time skip an album. But then I think I've already tried so many that what's one more? And I try it and its outstanding and sound like what Radiohead had playing while feeding the masterpieces Kid A and Amnesiac. Loses one point for being very long but man is this a reminder to not hit skip

I really like this band and I was very happy. I was ready to give it a 5 right away. But when I listened to this album it turned out that there are only few songs actually worth listening to and those was the ones I knew before. This was a sad day :-(

I feel like I got it by the end, but I'm still not convinced that I can love music this atmospheric.

This was cool, I'm not usually one of those people who wants like a lo-fi background playlist but I enjoyed this Playlist: "Roygbiv"

203. Music Has The Right To Children - Boards of Canada (1998) 9.13.26 Variety: 3 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 5 Uniqueness: 5 Emotionality: 3 = 4.2 rounded down to a 4 "We'll sail into the stars/ We'll sail into the stars/ We'll sail into the stars/ We'll sail into the stars" "The holts are nearly always close to the sea in fallen boulders, old ruins, in cliffs Or at the top of a stack, like this- high above the sea: A safe place for cubs" This is one that I heard way back when I started to get more into ambient and related genres, and was listening to stuff like Godspeed You Black Emperor, lots of modern more electronic soundtracks, and I got really into them for a while. Enough so that I would play this album as background music when reading or just at work. It became a bed of relaxing, slightly spooky noise that I could sit in for an hour or so. It also le me to discovering other weirdo ambient stuff like Hiroshi Yoshimura, and David Bickley and Tom Green, as well as introducing me to the concept of hauntology, which then led to finding artists like the Caretaker. When this came out in 1998 it was just as forward looking as it was backwards looking, and in theme and concept I think was very ahead of the game in anticipating that late 2010's revival and then flood of hauntologically adjacent art projects that focused on liminal spaces - the Candle Cove Creeypasta, the Backrooms videos, the Dungeon Synth and vaporwave subgenres of music, films like Skinamarink, I Saw the TV Glow, and even down to kids video games like Five Nights at Freddy's. The concept that the ill-remembered past is a well of uncomfortably creepy nostalgia is mainly mined for horror now, but when this came out it was more about awe and strange beauty found in the warbly, analog past that was going extinct. All of this stuff appeals to me on a gut level, and if I had to reach in and try and wrestle with why that is, I might say that it speaks very strongly to the nostalgia of childhood where there was still mystery left in the world. Without sounding too much like a luddite or some sad "things were better" proponent, I feel I just happened to be at the right age to experience that sense of comfortable eeriness that came with only seeing a movie by chance, sometime partially so that you misunderstood plot points, or playing a weird video game at a friends house that you found weird and interesting, but never saw again, but have always wondered about. It's the feeling of having a VHS tape of Ridley Scott's Legend suddenly drop into slow motion and the audio and video sound like Tim Curry's demon character is trying to crawl out of the tv and then realize the tape just got eaten. It's that dream sequence in John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness of the grainy tape of the mystery figure emerging from a blue light, rewound over and over again, and played on repeat. All that stuff could still be just a tiny bit scary and weird, but also exciting, and that feeling is so rare and hard to come by now when it seems like the only scares we get are so unspectacularly real and sad, that it makes you long for the thrill of being creeped out by waking up to the static on your CRT TV at 2:00 AM. It's probably been more than a decade since I've heard this one all the way through, but I hope I can get some of those vibes off it still. THE TRACKS "Wildlife Analysis" - It's immediately all coming back with this short track. The wistful yet uncanny, and still relaxing atmosphere is all there. This feels like waking up on a cool Fall morning and looking out your window to see a herd of deer all gathered on your lawn. Pretty majestic but are you still dreaming? The hazy pastoral feel remains intact as we cut away just before they all simultaneously stop to look up and stare you with their the cold, empty black eyes. "An Eagle in Your Mind" - Your in a cavernous dark place. A phantom church organ echoes around while some looped trip hop beats play, maybe on a discarded Walkman that's nearby. If you fumble in the dark you might be able to find it. But then another beat comes in, this one has a fat, sizzling bass to it and is emanating from your own head. A barely audible distorted voice is there. Is it trying to tell you to wake up, guide you through the maze of dark tunnels, or is it just reading instructions of some sort? "The Color of the Fire" - The ghost child is back. Don't look at it! You saw it once out of the corner of your eye, flickering in the dark, it's body made up of wobbly vhs scanlines. It'll go away in just a minute or two if you can wait it out. For god's sake though, keep the covers over your head. "Telephasic Workshop" - "Zoom in on a small van, labelled in French as the 'Laboratorie Municipal'; A scientist in a white lab coat sits inside, studying test tubes running into a large machine, with the public seen through an orange window besides him. Close ups on bubbling test tubes and beakers, part of an experiment. A box for housing animals on a podium in a river. A sticker labelling it as owned by the US government. Scientists in lab coats use pipettes to drop liquid into a beaker." "Triangles & Rhombuses" - "The line of a reflectional symmetry cuts the square into two pieces which are interchanged by that reflection. The line of a reflectional symmetry cuts the square into two pieces which are interchanged by that reflection. Perpendicular Reflections generate a group of order four, consisting of the identity two reflections and their product. This product is a half turn. two mirrors set on lines of symmetry intersecting at angle Pi/4 generate the square from 1/8 of the square. With every cube is associated a regular octahedron. The nine planes of symmetry meet a concentric sphere." "Sixtyten" - "Armature laminations are formed from metal strips continuously fed into multi tool presses. They're then automatically stacked and passed the armature core assembly. After this the winding is fitted in the shape of a series of preformed coils connecting the end conductors of these coils to the commutator fathers. After being soldered and impregnated they are growler tested. From here the armature is passed through yet another examination thence secondsto assembly into complete machines." "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" - "This is Gemini COntrol - The weather in the Cape Area at scheduled lift-off time of 9 AM EST is predicted to be partly cloudy with scattered and broken clouds conditions , winds of l0 mph from the SE, visibility of seven miles. Wave heights in this Cape area expects to be 2 to 4 ft. and the temperature predicted for lift-off is 68 degrees. In the down-range recovery area the Weather is also reported as satisfactory. In the prime recovery area at the end of the third orbit, winds are running 15 to 20 MPH, the waves 3 to 5 ft. The visibility 10 miles." "Kaini Industries" - "Unlike many of today's adults, the next generation will accept computers as normal and use them without hesitation or fear. One of the most important uses of the home computers is as educational toys even very young children can interact and learn from. This child is learning about shapes but perhaps more importantly she is learning about computers. To motivate the children, attractive and easy to use graphics must be available. The computer can access teaching material on its own discs and combine this text with pictures. These systems will revolutionize computer assisted learning." "Bocuma" - "The results of this method can be clearly seen in this comparison of two plants, one of which has been bred to resist the disease. The study of insects and of disease has resulted in the production of a vast range of insecticides and fungicides. Insects are bred in large numbers in order to observe the ways in which they attack the plant. Before the new chemical compounds can be produced on a commercial basis they must undergo a series of tests to show the potential of the product at varying strengths." "Roygbiv" - "This is Pat. He likes to paint. He has a lot to say and he likes to say it with color. Sometimes he draws with crayons, but best of all he likes thick tempera paint. A few strong colors and black are all he needs to make a good picture. He's not very careful about mixing the colors. Pat explains that you must let one color dry before the next one is put over it. Pat has learned a lot at school about making pictures because his teacher is ready to help him express his thoughts and feelings. Of course the first step in having real fun with pictures is to be properly equipped." "Rue the Whirl" - "External respiration as we have seen takes place in the lungs. Internal respiration takes place in every cell of the body blood which has circulated in the lungs. Let us look at part of a muscle, in this case the type of muscle which enables the body to move. Such muscles are made up of bundles of fibers supplied with blood from an extensive network of capillary blood vessels. As blood passes slowly along the capillaries, oxygen leaves the hemoglobin of the red blood cells and enters the muscle fiber as it gives up oxygen the blood becomes darker" "Aquarius" - "You will need the shape board and some rubber bands. Now fill each box with sand using a cubic inch. The problem has reality and it has interest for the child. We must accept that they learn at this level purely through concrete situations, things which they can do and handle and touch and not through a world of abstract symbolism and things devoid of reality. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand, and it's this understanding that we're after." "Olson" - "Millions of years ago a vast sea covered all of Western Canada. Then very slowly islands began to appear as the bottom of the sea was forced upward. As the land continued to rise, the islands joined together to form a solid mass of land. This new land is now known as the coastal mountains. Since there are so few people and roads are so hard to build the opening up of the interior of the mountain region is a long slow process. But by using modern machines and modern methods the people of the mountain region are building roads into areas that were once considered too difficult to reach." "Pete Standing Alone" - "my grandfather used to bring me here when I was a kid. It's the older people think it's important to come here. They were born in teepees, and they know what the signs mean. In my great-grandfather's time there were still herds of antelope and buffalo on the plains and every man was a hunter and the tribe had thousands of horses. I remember when it got hot we used to run over to the belly river and jump in the cold water up to our necks." "Smokes Quantity" - Fires involving loss of life nearly always reveal some human mistake or failure to follow the rules. In the event of fire, knowledge of the correct sequence of actions designed to protect you and your patients is essential, and if you are to carry out this sequence correctly it's necessary for you to understand fire. The use of makeshift fuses in plugs is common. This is dangerous. Correct fuses should always be fitted and all repairs carried out by a qualified electrician. Always report defects immediately. Now let's look at likely places for fires to start or risk areas as they are called." "Open the Light" -let us watch a total eclipse of the sun. The clouds darken and the false semi-twilight announces the approach of totality. Through the telescope totality itself let us look at this again, stopping the camera at certain points. Just before totality we see a thin crescent of the sun's chromosphere. This is a gaseous atmosphere around the sun. The spots at the opposite edge are called prominences. Here are the prominences shown in detail with a special lens. They are really tremendously hot portions of the chromosphere thrown out in long, flame-like tongues with explosive violence they can travel outwards as far as a quarter of a million miles." "One Very Important Thought" - "One ounce of LSD makes 300,000 doses. An amount of LSC the size of an aspirin tablet can make 3,000 doses. The normal dose is a hundred micrograms. An experienced chemist has no difficulty in making it at home, however we have found that this amateur stuff contains many other substances dangerous and is often deadly. The strength of this amateur stuff is always uncertain it may contain none or ten or a hundred or three hundred or maybe 3,000 micrograms. We have produced convulsions and death in animals with large doses of LSD. Nevertheless, in spite of the risk, the word was out - LSD was it. One pill and all unhappiness with vanishes. The real meaning of existence would become quickly clear." NOTE: All text in quotes taken and remixed from educational videos from the Huntley Film Archives, official NASA mission transcripts, and narration by Pete Standing Alone from the Canada NFB documentary from Circle of the Sun. FINAL THOUGHTS If you bothered to read any of these, did they bore you? Were you annoyed at the repetition, and did the similarity make you inpatient? I would think for a lot of people, even listening to the best of this type of music could evoke a similar response. It's definitely not meant for active listening. At least in my opinion. This is the sort of thing I could thrown on while doing a mind numbing task, or use as a sleep aid. Or just to relax to. And that's partly why I could not justify giving it much of a higher rating. I love it, and I'm glad I listened to it as it proved to be a good gateway to a lot of other stuff. But I've found so much that I like better than this, and while it's very, very good still, it just can't compete with the ones I think truly deserve that 5. Note: I would recommend finding a version where it plays continuously if you can so when tracks flow into one another you get the seemless quality and not the hard cuts that can take you out of the vibe. Possible turn-Offs might include: - repetitive motifs - bleeps and bloops - long run time - a bit of a pretentious vibe You Might enjoy this if you: - like ambient stuff - are into weird, experimental, but still accessible music - enjoy the eerie and uncomfortable - lean more into the abstract than the concrete PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Nah. FURTHER LISTENING - I Hear a New World by Joe Meek - Ambient 4: On Land by Brian Eno - Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura - Uchū Nippon Setagaya by Fishmans - Erebus and Terror by David Bickley and Tom Green - Haha Sound by Broadcast - Shake Hands with Danger by TRS-80 - Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom by the Caretaker - Caverns of Endless by Erdstall - Mark of the Worm by Landsraad

4,5 stars

Was not expecting to particularly like this, only became aware of BoC a few months back when they released their first album in ages and found out they were very well regarded. Listened to a single and didn't really get it, was the sort of sparse electronica that's not for me. Listening to this album Id definitely judged them too quickly. It's much more intricate and thoughtfully put together than most music like this. Lots of interesting beats and sounds that are link together nicely. Telephasic workshop, Kaini industries, roygbiv, Pete standing alone jump out currently. That last one has this scratchy sound that by all accounts should be annoying but it works really well. Listened again and heard more stuff. Think BoC might fill a niche for me. I would say it's still not a genre I like but it's a great album. 4.5.

Never heard of these guys and wasn't sure I would enjoy it after reading the wiki entry. Was actually pretty good. Very chilled electronic music. Kinda after party wind down vibes. I'm probably not going to be regularly listening to it, but it was much better than I was expecting. I liked turquoise hexagon sun and roygbiv 3.5

Probably need to go back to this one. It sounded fine, but still has yet to grab me. But I think it probably will eventually. Dig their 2026 album

A quite unique mix of the chaos and the calm, the beautiful and the unsettling. It takes a while to get going - the first half of the album gets repetitive to the point of boring, although Telephasic Workshop gives a hint at what is to come. Roygbiv is an album highlight, taking it's threatening opening and calming it down with it's gorgeous melody. Aquarius layers in cool funk, warm synths and random 'orange' while someone counts in an increasingly chaotic way. It's bizarrely beautiful, hypnotic and unnerving in parts, tunes manage to be repetitive, but never boring. It's another band that I'd not heard of before but I'm grateful to have been directed towards. 4 stars to an album that I needed to hear today.

Cool synth work, feels like ambient music for clubgoers. I liked this year's release of Inferno and I'm glad their earlier work didnt disappoint. 8/10.

This was a good slice of ambient music. The sort of music I'd not often put on, but it's nice to have options when I do. The album felt quite computer game soundtracky. I could imagine it playing while a pixelated puzzle game went by.

i love ambient music

Love these slightly spooky beats

Very reminiscent of Linkin Park's Reanimation remix album, but years before. I am sure Mike Shinoda loves them

This one took me by surprise! initially I was worried I would find the glitchy and repetitive sounds and words frustrating. The first couple of tracks sounded like some sort of mental illness! However, once I settled into it, I absolutely loved it! I'm coming back for sure!

This was perfect for ‘get work done’ mode today! Finished 2 jobs and billed them both within the time of this album!

I hadn’t never listened to this album before & I found it so enjoyable to listen to. Will definitely keep listening!

I want to love boards of Canada but I just kinda like them.

I enjoyed that more than I expected. It rather wandered around the genres between downbeat, ambient, electronica and trancey, and reminded me of Aphex Twin and early Human League, but ... it satisfied a certain itch.

First Listen: Feb 28 2024 this freaky ass album. eerie but kinda groovy. really weird vibe but i like it regardless

Wednesday, 22 July, 2026 Great album. Doesn’t need the extra 25 minutes. But still great. Saw Kaki King in Ann Arbor tonight. Good music…way too much bad banter.

7/10

Et vanskelig album å bedømme. Jeg måtte høre det to ganger for å komme inn i det. Første del hørtes ut som en del ting som ble skrapt på og bokser med skrot som ble ristet på. Så ble det mer Air-aktige halvveis. Det er både ambient og groovete. Alle små motivene utgjør en stor reise og jeg følte jeg forsvant inn i albumet. Hadde fått toppscore om det var litt kortere.

Nice beat, sould listen to it again.

This is a wonderful collection of different sounds. A fair amount of it is like ambient music with a distinguishable beat with sampled vocals, like from a old TV show. It feels very nostalgic, peaceful and gives me imagery of nature. It also makes me feel that something isn't what meets the eye, has a bit of mystery to it. It has a pretty good atmosphere to it. I'll definitely have to check out their newest album they released this year (2026.) If I had to choose a favourite element of one song, it'd probably be either the spoken word in "The Colour of the Fire" or the bass part in "Aquarius." All in all, I think this was a good refreshing album that brings something new to my table. Highlight Song/s: "An Eagle in Your Mind", "The Colour of the Fire", "Turquoise Hexagon Sun", "Roygbiv" and "Aquarius"

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!

would go hard on the weather channel Standouts: Wildlife Analysis • An Eagle In Your Mind • Telephastic Workshop • Roygbiv • Rue The Whirl • Aquarius • Pete Standing Alone • Happy Cycling

Honestly hard for me to rate, but there were plenty of moments I really liked and it held my attention for its entire length which is an accomplishment.

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.