Music Has The Right To Children

Yep. That's chill electronic music all right

idk, groundbreaking at the time - a bit of a struggle, a few classics. kinda stale.

Make every track 50% shorter and it might get a two.

As good as lounge music gets? Not quite, but almost. I like the trip hop influence to the album. The sound is great. Has some good moments. Ultimately it can feel a bit shallow, by resorting to breakbeats and non-sequitur samples, it kinda avoids eye contact a bit. Olsen and Roygbiv stand up pretty well and sound pretty fresh nearly 30 years later.

Repetitive, boring and long. That was a tough slog.

this makes me so nostalgic. reminds me of the time my father used to beat me to death with a hammer while sesame street played.

This is just noise.

Never my thing, not bad though!

V interesting post rock, quite enjoyed

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

Mostly deliberately disconcerting sounds, hardly music at all. At least it's different.

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.

list would be better with only one downtempo electronic album. this wouldn't be a bad choice, Boards of Canada has a haunting quality missing from the others.

Fortunately, not frustrating enough to get a 1⭐️. It’s not unpleasant. They’re not English, which I think goes a long way in terms of how good or bad electronic music will be. Also fortunately (for me), not so good that I don’t want to say the review I most want to say, which is They should be called I’M Boreds of Canada

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

These ambient, electronic albums have been coming up more often for me lately. Kind of diminishes the novelty of the genre to be honest, but that's absolutely no fault of this album. Nice beats here, and a slightly more interesting soundscape compared to other European electronic music from the time. I don't really have many nits to pick here to be honest, maybe some tracks go on longer than they need to. That tends to happen a lot with this type of music, but the mood needs to be set, you know? I can see the influence this may have had on later trip hop artists too.

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.

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

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

Neither live or dislike. It’s ambient, background. Neither interesting to me, or boring. Was ok getting ready for work today, but can’t envision any point where I would sit down and listen to this. Doesn’t really elicit or justify a view from me. 3 Star, it’s just there.

Lyder fint men lige langt nok til mig

Afsindigt lækre lo-fi beats to study/relax to

synth-driven, psychedelic, nostalgic tunes, has the feeling of remembering a childhood experience that never happened

Good stuff! What a vibe!

It’s like lo fi but not the relaxing kind

Hold music.

I genuinely thought this was going to be a 90's rock band, what a weird ass name for your SCOTTISH electronica duo, and an even weirder album title. This sounds almost identical to Snivilisation by Orbital but a lot less interesting. The irony is that on Boards of Canada's Spotify profile it says their ".. imaginative, heavily copied sound ..", despite Snivilisation coming out FOUR YEARS earlier. Roygbiv was a great listen. Outside of that, this is great background music. Awesome album to listen to while you're studying or working, but otherwise it's a bit plain Jane, with nothing outstanding apart from Roygbiv. Definitely didn't help with the huge runtime.

I listened to this alone in a windowless room late at night at work. Really added to the experience. Highlights: Roygbiv, Aquarius, Open The Light

EDM is not my thing. 2 stars (It was okay, but not something I would listen to again)

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

Really shite noise, icl it all sounded the same. Background music at its worst

Boring

Shimmers beautifully, with loads of ideas and freshness

"What if we made an album that was all doctor's office hold music?"

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.)

Ikke for mig.

Didn't finish. Kinda noisy.

Great for wavelength micro-dosing.

Hell yeah

It's nice to see music like this on the list, if only because you have to think about the context at the time. Ambient music has always been something well known by music geeks since at least the '60s (or '70s, with Eno), but this album was a culmination of various movements: acid house, synth-pop, trip-hop, and sound collage music. On that end, I mainly listened to stuff like Tangerine Dream, Aphex Twin, and Squarepusher when I was younger. Boards of Canada basically went largely unlistened to. This is the kind of music that you can't just put on in the background or listen to on your morning commute. I made the mistake of doing the latter and felt that the whole thing was disjointed noise. Revisiting it, I have to say that I'm very impressed with all of the intricate work that went into this. The synths and drum work are simultaneously cold and warm, with weird hissing and tape manipulation of voices and field recordings. Apparently, a lot of this came from radio and television recordings. The result is cool but also very creepy. I can't rate this at the same level as classic "pop" recordings, as there is nothing that sounds like this other than the bands and artists I mentioned earlier. It lives in its own world, abiding by its own rules. I try to think about what brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin were discussing and thinking while producing this. They were born and raised in Cullen, Scotland, a small fishing commune nearly as north as you can go in Great Britain. I imagine the eerie silence, the crashing of the waves, the murmuring of people as they are devoured by the natural elements of this place. Suddenly, this album starts to make a lot of sense—it's an ode to isolation, and being fully absorbed by it. Maybe the beats are there to distract oneself from the silence; maybe they're there to augment it. In any case, it makes for a particularly powerful listen, but only in the right mood. This would go on to influence countless artists known for experimental electronic and ambient music—Leyland Kirby, Four Tet, Tim Hecker, Gold Panda, to name a few. Glad I could come around and enjoy it for what it is. It gets repetitive but over time more interesting, especially when you suddenly get warm, poppy moments after being dragged down a hole. I initially gave this a 3; now it's a strong 4. Very unsettling, idiosyncratic music.

Sometimes you understand a record but it's just not for you. This is that record.

If nothing else, this list has confirmed that I do not care for electronic music.

For a list of albums I need to hear before I die there sure are a lot of albums I never want to hear again. This was such a nothing burger, just generic beats and samples.

Interesting

This one was definitely not for me I'm afraid

One of the best albums ever made

Pure bliss, perfect voor tijdens huiswerk!

Stuff like this I'm not really sure why it's on the list. The start is super annoying but there are parts that kind of make you enter a different world

Está bueno el álbum Muchos sonidos novedosos

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

Unlistenable noises. Not music

This was alright

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

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

Estava entusiasmada por ouvir isto no voo a caminho do Canada. Foi esquisito (80% no sentido português, 20% no inglês/espanhol)

coitadas das children se têm que ouvir isto. Acho que só funciona se fores um hacker nos anos 2000

Estranho demais para mim

Tem uma vibe interessante, mas não puxa muito

Este custou me ouvir ate ao fim. Ainda ponderei um 1

1.5 - Not for me, but it would at least be useful as background music while trying to concentrate.

This was rough. Did not find anything redeeming about it and I turned it off. 1.

not my flavor, too simpliste, lack of composition

Love this album!

Interesting in places but not fantastic overall

I wanted to like this but it felt liked Bored of Canada to me

4.5 Nice

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

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

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

5/10

Quite nice

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

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

⭐️⭐️

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

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

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.

Mellow electronica. I liked it, would listen again.

Me gustó para poner de fondo

It's fine. I might come back to it as background music while I work, but would I _listen_ to it? Nope.

Absolutely terrible. A very quick descent into madness, and not in a chaotic way but in the way you always feared when you were a kid where you realize you have been walking on quicksand and it's already over but you have to live through the agonizing fear and eventually painful but relieving death.

"Orange!" Not for me.

Was about as exciting as numbers, colors, and shapes

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

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.

Liked this would probably like more on re listens - can tell it’s influence for sure

A group I had never heard of before. I was worried this list was going to be too much classic rock. This was a nice change of pace. Really enjoyed some of these songs. I'm going to have to check out more of their music.

Yes yes yes.

Wanted to like it as ambient work music but it wasn’t even very good at that. I thought I was on hold with a utility company.

As beats go, these are pretty banging. You can kinda groove, but they're not overwhelming or steal your attention. But that feels like exactly the problem: they're beats, not songs. It feels incomplete. They'd be super great as background for a hip hop album or like, the intro to a Muse song.

I miss Apex Twin.

Album #47: Music Has the Right to Children - Boards of Canada Genre (W): Electronic, downtempo, ambient, IDM, trip hop, psychedelia Singles: Aquarius, Telephasic Workshop / Roygbiv I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: This is a strange album, in a way it’s comforting, but it’s also quite disconcerting, especially with The Color of the Fire. Some tracks are pretty groovy though! Favorite songs: Wildlife Analysis, Telephasic Workshop, Triangles and Rhombuses, Sixtyten, Roygbiv, Rue the Whirl, Aquarius, Olson, Smokes Quantity, Open the Light

Damn, this shit i weird. But i kinda like it i think. i bit too beep boop for me. Turquoise haxagon sun sounds like an evil beat. This is a bit to experimental for me. I think there is a lot of value to this artistically, especially for its time, but when listening now it mostly sounds like a talented 6-year old with a cool keyboard. The influence this have had on both electronica, hip-hop and other sample heavy genres is very apparent. Songs like Roygbiv could have been released as a lofi hiphop beat right now. The adolescence of these ideas are visible, but very young and not really developed it feels like. Okay the second half of the album is a lot more interesting. So much of modern hip hop and mellow electronica is apparent here and they play with a lot of interesting sounds. I still feel that every song is just waaay too long. It might be the zoomer tiktok brain, but instead of 7 minutes of repetetion, give me 3-4 minutes of concentrated new ideas.

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

This album was NOT good at all. It low key gave me the creeps at times. There was nothing redeemable here. The songs/album just went ON and ON.... Liked Songs: If I HAVE to pick..."Sixtyten" , "Roygbiv" , "Rue The Whirl" , "Pete Standing Alone" , "Open The Light"

Not the worst thing to have on in the background 2

Echt jetzt? Das kann man doch nicht durchhören. Einfach nur langweiliges Gedudel!

What an experience.

& what’s up with that?

2.5

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 like the album name, cover art, and band name. I wanted to like the music too, but it was just OK. I enjoyed aspects of it like the dreaminess, but it was a bit too minimal for me to stay engaged while listening through the entire thing.

I was only introduced to the Boards of Canada a couple of years ago. I like their sound. Though I rarely listen to their music.

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

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

I'm probably the outlier but I liked this one. Weird and ambient but still accessible enough to enjoy.

Nice low-fi ambient music that I was somewhat into. Liked Songs Added: Roygbiv

Lowkey nostalgic.

80's-90's pop country. Very blah. Nothing interesting. No stand-out songs. Pitchfork: 7.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #492

Good background music for reading and doing something that needs chilled music

Ambient music that makes me feel pretty relaxed, I guess. Some of the tracks were interesting, and I really tried to enjoy this as much as so many other people have, but it didn't move me much.

Listened previously. Expectations: Low - Verdict: Very Good - A couple tracks in and I'm enjoying this far more than I remembered. The grooves on Telephasic Workshop, Sixtyten and Roygbiv are huge. The back end of the record is still good but doesn't hold my interest in quite the same way. Very enjoyable listen nonetheless.

Elektronische psychedelische hiphop beat patterns. Minder mijn ding.

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

This grew on me a lot. Really didn’t fw this at first but honestly really cool and would be fire in a video game …. I got kinda scared when they started saying numbers and colours ngl

Sublime

Straight to the top of the list. Sublime

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

If I wanted an hour and ten minutes of hold music, I would have called my insurance provider.

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

Ugh electronica

not for me

Ambient and instrumental

Shite

h-oh. This “band” plays electronic music. I’ve had a very love/hate, more hate/hate with electronic music on the 1,001 Albums list. This album came out in 1998, and I’d never heard of them. I’m already unimpressed at Track 2, An Eagle In Your Mind. It’s just a lot of scratches and some distant bass drones with someone seemingly scatting in the background. Not off to a great start. Maybe I’ll just re-listen to Todd Rundgren's Something/Anything? again. Okay, after five minutes, we have something resembling music coming in for the last minute of track 2. Ugh. This is going to be a long listen. Track 3, The Color of Fire, as far as I could tell, wasn’t even a song. It was very quiet, and in around a minute and a half, it went completely quiet. Then, what sounded like something that would be played on PBS over David Attenborough describing a sea sponge, played. I’d chalk this listening experience up to being old, but I would have hated this junk as a kid. Track 4, Telephasic Workshop, is just the same rhythm and sample repeated infinitely. I don’t get electronic music without a groove. This is what Devo tried to be, robotic music. Daft Punk were literally robots, and they made great Robot Rock. Just noise with no groove or rhythm made by robots for robots. Track 6, Sixtyten, is just more of the same. I think I already know how this is going to go. They aren’t going to turn into Daft Punk at any point. God bless these two dudes if they could make a living from this music. I just wish I were smart enough, or dumb enough, to have done something like this or have become a YouTube creator. It’s funny. It seems these “songs” don’t have enough music to last the whole track, so they end with about a minute to go, and then something that sounds more like a song begins playing for about 30 seconds. It’s like they only have the aptitude to write 30-second songs, so to make up for it, they craft 3-minute sounds to introduce the song. Brilliant.....I'm being very sarcastic with the brilliant. Track 7, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, sounds like a song, the first on the album. If it had some female vocals over the top, I think you could legitimately call it a song. It took them six tries, but it seems maybe they’re catching on. However, constant chatter from a party is bleeding over into the track. I know it’s on purpose, but it just points out that this music is meant to be background music at a party and should not be turned up enough for people to actually hear it. This music should not interrupt much more interesting conversations about the weather or sports. Track 8, Kaini Industries, sounded interesting for about 45 seconds of its run time. Why are the more interesting pieces of music just seconds long? How is this thing over an hour long? Each song is like 3 minutes…Oh, there are 18 songs. This shouldn’t be counted as a double album, as it doesn’t have enough material for an EP. Wait…What’s this? Track 10, Roygbiv, is actually…..Yes, I think it’s an actual song. Is that a piano? Finally, a decent song. I like this. It’s not much of a song, but it’s song-like. Track 11, Rue the Whirl, sounds like it’s trying to be a song, but it seems stuck in first gear. I can’t take 6 minutes of this. I’ve figured it out. These beats would be much better if the Wu-Tang Clan were rapping over them. This track especially sounds like something the RZA would have crafted in the lab. Though the RZA is a much better songcrafter. After about 4 and a half minutes of the same thing over and over again, they turn the sound into a song for the last minute. I just don’t understand what these dudes are trying to do. Track 12, Aquarius, is a nice little groove. Finally, a groove. Too little, too late for me. I’ve already checked out. Track 13, Olson, has been the first track to make me feel anything. And just like that, the song’s over, the feeling has gone. Track 14, Pete Stands Alone, has some sort of velcro patch ripping over and over. It’s not good. This song makes me feel something too, rage. I think I’m done. I don’t understand how someone can listen to this and find it enjoyable. It’s the equivalent of sitting in a white room under fluorescent lights for 8 hours. That’s the feeling I get. This is not a must-hear. In fact, I wish I hadn’t heard it. Listen to your favorite record instead.

Total snooze fest. Why is there a woman counting?

strange

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

Not sure about this album. On the one hand I like some of the songs and the bands creativity. on the other hand some of the songs simply flow by without any meaning and do not - for me - attract any interest. At some point I tended towards a 4 but no - it's simply not enough.

I wanted to like this, but once I got to the song with the counting, there was no way this would get any rating besides a 1.

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

I liked this. Relaxing electronic music.

Que horrible. Por que hay tanta música aquí que me hace sentir incómodo? Las únicas excepciones fueron Roygib y Olson.

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

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

I really enjoyed this.

More like Boreds of Canada

Mellow ambient vibes. Not terrible for work music

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

Hair salon music.

★★½

Hehehe... Orange

Love this

a siren would probably listen to it. Or a raver

Boring

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

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

petit earworm scratch sound mukbang de l'oreille

interessant

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

It’s a masterclass in false nostalgia, blending ambient textures with trip hop beats that sound like they were recorded on decaying tape. While many of us find it to be a perfect, immersive experience that captures the bittersweet haze of childhood, it's truly a test for your patience and mood. If you’re looking for a soundtrack for a productive workday or a late night drive, the vintage synths and Sesame Street-esque samples create a vibe that is uniquely otherworldly. However, if you aren't in the right headspace, or perhaps haven't brought the right chemical assistance, it can easily slip into throbbing tedium.

bro what the hell

For having no words, not bad..

I think they misspelled the first name of this band... Snooze fest, and it just. keeps. going. Which is cool, I guess, is that's what you're looking for.

More like Boreds of Canada, am I right?

If I owned a shotgun, I might have used it during this. It would have probably made for a more enjoyable experience.

Look this stuff is fine for 20 minutes then I’m just bored out of my skull. Its not bad, its just shit.

This album marks a turning point in electronic music and if you love the genre you'll love this.

It was pretty decent

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

Somewhat enjoyed this one. A little early alt

This is not for me.

Not bad for an electronic album

2/10 - Favorite song: Olson

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.

Start with a drum loop, add some ethereal synth sounds, throw in a random vocal sample, rinse and repeat and you have this album.

Wasn't in the mood for this

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.

Never heard this one before and was pleasantly surprised!

Dull

It had something about it, the chill out vibe probably. Not going to listen to it again though.

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.

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

I would be the first to put my hands up and say that this music is not normally something I'd put on! But was an easy listen, didn't want to turn it off, the beats were good, had a cool psychedelia vibe to it. Reminded me somewhat of DJ Shadow. Well worth the listen, and I'm sure if you're more into this music, you would tell me how great it is and probaly ground breaking, but a unedecated person when it comes to Electronic music, I enjoyed it.

This wasn't bad but I can't say I enjoyed it. I liked the anti-censorship message at the end though

I don’t get this or what it’s trying to do. It’s not something I would ever access again for any purpose.

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

Well made, but makes me feel nothing.

endless night drive mood

more like Bored of Canada, what a tedious album that was, two 1 star albums in 2 days, must fight through the shite

I learned about a new genre today, IDM (intellectual dance music). I think this would be hard to dance to to be fair. Maybe I'm just not smart enough. Anyways, it was a chill album. I always appreciate electronic music that doesn't sound like the same thing over and over again. There's a pretty varied mix of sounds. Didn't even feel like it was over an hour long.

1/17/25 this some Minecraft music type shit. 5.5/10

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 don't know what this album is for. It's mostly chill, downtempo stuff that would work as background music for working or studying, but it's got that number count in the middle that is actively hostile to that. Maybe an anti-math person would disagree, but I can't use it as work or chore music. It's also too chill to dance, too varied to fall asleep to, too inconsistent to put on at a party, too bland to inspire, and too self-important to discount. It's almost something, and mostly nothing. This is the album version of the color gray.

I genuinely liked this whole album of [adult swim] bumper music.

You’d think a band that has echoes of my favorite musician would be a slam dunk, but anytime I got an inkling of that Tobaxxo sound, it just made me pissed off

Turned it off after about 45 minutes. What a slog

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.

Has a pretty chill lofi feeling throughout, which is pretty much the only electronic music I don't hate. Mostly good background music for doing other things, but there are still a lot of drum and base feeling songs, which give me a headache, so... eh. 2/5

Interesting but not my thing

Didn't really get into this one, felt kind of repetitive and it blended together a lot, I listened to it while I was cooking. I didn't start feeling the music and grooving until the very last song of the album, over an hour in. 2/5 stars from me.

This is perfect background music for a time lapse film of sunrises and traffic zipping through a city center. If you told me this was the soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi, I’d almost believe you. Mercifully, nobody on this album is chanting “Koyaanisqatsi”

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

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

Chill

I thought this was gonna be some cool 70s psych rock based on the cover. It was neither; just a little 90s electronica which was fairly lame.

Unnecessary as anything other that background music

Boring! Message about censorship being bad feels timely so it gets a point back

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

Absolutely not, couldn’t even bare to finish it

Ethereal. Some were better than others, not something I found myself gravitating towards.

This was a slog of beeps and boops. There were some pleasant moments, but I just couldn’t get into it. I like mellow electronica… or maybe I don’t.

Boring.

Not my thing at all. There are some decent melodies here and there, but really every song felt empty for me; the tracks are definitely not enough to entertain me for the album’s 71-minute runtime. Again, it’s really just not my thing.

what the

listened to again still rocks

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

Not really my style. Not bad to listen to while writing or working, but didn't really keep my attention.

Skimmed the wikipedia and surprised this is so beloved. It was boring as heck

Some real proper IDM on this one. Quite impressive for its time, with genuinely harrowing tunes.

Fun

Great atmosphere and experimental soundscapes.

Shite

Niks voor mij

Strange - instrumental, not for me

……orange…..

Lots of interesting sounds here. Quite a lot of creativity. Ideal for a chilled sunny morning but not sure I’d listen to it much outside of this, although I did find listening to this a pleasant experience

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Good background music for concentrating. Very of its time.

Synthesized rubbish.

A bunch of boring noise. When I listen to music, this is not what I want to hear.

Great album actually. Super chill to listen and to have work done while listening to it. Awesome!

7/10 Favorite: Roygbiv

I can appreciate the quality and the production behind the album, but its not really for me

Hey VSauce, Michael here.

I think I remember liking Boards of Canada but I don't recognize any of their albums. Not sure who I thought this band was but they suck. I mean I guess they are chill but definitely not for me. Couldn't finish, got about a third of the way through and had to bounce.

This was rough. Way too long of an album and I question their musical ability.

I do not know if they have talent because of the repetition. Musical talent is be able to/ fluent in either and instrument or song. Hitting the same button for a sample is not talent. If I were to walk in some big city and ask someone if they can hit a button to start a sample, they would say I can do that which displays that anyone can do it meaning THEY HAVE NO TALENT. To quote Willy Wonka, “you loose, good day sir” except they are so bad I would not even say sir. Not that difficult to give it the rating I have.

This sucked. Slow, boring, repetitive, creepy in spots, bloated and uber long. Who cares that this exists?

two electronica albums back to back-oh joy. I stand by what I said yesterday-i fail to see the innovation & creativity on endless loops of the same sound over & over. boooooring

Interesting. Just not my vibe

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.

I just can't get in to electronic music. I guess we have this band to thank for non rave electronica.

Good album, but not for a road trip. Ooof.

This thing is brilliant. Orange!

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

Alright the ending, finally. Wait why is there another 8 minute track?

Great album. 5/5

This should be trippy

In 1998 it seemed such a big deal people making innovative electronic music that wasn't frenetic and/or hard edged. It's funny how something that can be allowed to be so unobtrusive seems to provoke so many 1 star reviews.

Was not expecting a lofi album from the 90s. Interesting tracks, not an all the time listen but was vibing to this at work

Didn’t think it was for me until roygbiv. Great to drive to on a cold crisp Kentucky night. Count me in!

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.

Perfectly listenable Scotch music. As long as it’s music having the children and not me.

# Album Name: Music Has The Right To Children # Artist: BoC # Rating: 1/5 # Comments: Terrible. Maybe good for those who are looking for samples. But this done absolutely nothing for me. # Top Tunes: # Would I listen to it again? no

No, it really doesn't.

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

Nomás tiene 2 o 3 rolas chidas, lo demás está muy chill beats to study

NOW THAT THE SHOW IS OVER AND WE HAVE JOINTLY EXERCISED OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE VERY IMPORTANT THOUGHT. SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, YOU MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A JUROR IN A CENSORSHIP CASE, OR A SO-CALLED OBSCENITY CASE. IT WOULD BE WISE TO REMEMBER THAT THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WOULD STOP YOU FROM LISTENING TO BOARDS OF CANADA MAY BE BACK NEXT YEAR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A BOOK, OR EVEN A TV PROGRAM. IF YOU CAN BE TOLD WHAT YOU CAN SEE OR READ, THEN IT FOLLOWS THAT YOU CAN BE TOLD WHAT TO SAY OR THINK. DEFEND YOUR CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS. NO ONE ELSE WILL DO IT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

This is empty noise, and it’s an hour long, no real emotional return for me, it’s meh.

Overall: 4/10 Ah, perfect. More background music for me to forget about as soon as it's over. The most eye opening thing I've discovered while doing this list challenge is that I can't stand lengthy repetitiveness. Fav Song: Rue the Whirl

Un peu trop long à mon goût mais bonne musique expérimentale electro, deux trois sons grave cool mais le reste un peu trop minimale

Assez minimaliste et du coup un peu en dessous des autres albums d'électro qu'on a pu avoir, mais j'aime bien quand même. C'est assez expérimental au niveau des sons utilisés mais pas une mauvaise chose. Bon en fait une fois rentré dans l'album je kiffe l'ambiance j'ai plané de fou c'était cool (à tester sous influence ?)

I couldn’t sorry

Not for me found it boring

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

Texture texture texture. This IDM album has some of the most unique textures I’ve heard in music. Extremely detailed and layered. Each track has its own character. As good of an Aphex Twin successor as you could hope for.

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

#36 Meh it's not bad but there's better electronic music elsewhere, and the vocals were not it

Electronica with some of the annoying sound effects I don’t like in hiphop. Tiresome.

Electronic music can be everything that this album is not. This album is bland, repetitive, presumptuously long and just plain boring. A shame, really. 2/5

Very vibe, reminded me of Will's music taste. 10/10 would study to again.

I hate this. It certainly isn't for me and I hope I never meet the person it is for. This challenged my commitment to the entire project.

Okay but not for me. A lot of it sounds like it should be the score for Stranger Things.

Like coming down from a bad shrooms trip in the late 90s. Probably a true story.

I think this album was probably heralded for its creative use of vocals - sampling, chopping, looping - but I found it pretty annoying.

Not necessarily my thing, but I thought it made great ambient music for working this morning. Just enough variation in tunes to keep you paying attention, but not enough to distract you. I get why this is referenced all the time.

20-30 minutes of this kind of music is good. But an entire hour can feel like a slog. It is cool, it is chill, but maybe a little too chill for a work day.

Buena música monótona y bàsica para estudiar o concentrarse. Por momentos tenebrosa que experimenta con sonidos industriales y ambientes oscuros. A lo largo del album se consigue un buen equilibrio de atmósferas que lo hacen menos aburrido.

Never heard of. Not what I expected. It became an obsession since it’s the last one on my list. I enjoyed it.

Second day in a row that I got somebody that was an inspiration for Radiohead. Especially after seeing them live, coincidence? You can certainly hear Kid A and Amnesiac in this one - but also some of the more subtle electronic elements on In Rainbows If you only want to listen to one track, make it “Roygbiv”

Good background music

Like it 3/5

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

It was good, but just not what I needed on the day I listened to it.

Never heard of them prior to this. Not at all what I expected…

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.

Probably would have been great if I listened to it high in my room, but I listened to it sober at work, so it just made me want to kill myself.

I like boards of canada and I listened tk this during work, which is the only real time for it. I think in my car I'd fall asleep. I also dont think its all that unique although it is beautiful

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

Interesting but quiet most of the time almost too quiet!

It is certainly a little abstract and trippy, and I enjoyed listening to it. However, it all just sounded the same after a bit and was dragging pretty hard by the end.

Correcto

Oh, REAL shit.

This music has no right to me.

Not my taste at all

It's fine. Not a huge fan of 'background' music like this unless I'm reading or doing something where I need to focus

Lot of mixed feelings on this one. I can grasp the importance of the record and I like some of their later stuff, but it hasn't resonated with me the way I thought it would.

a dreamlike experience i generally enjoyed very much, if only there weren't some nightmarish tracks in between...

Not my usual kind of music but very nice to have in the background

I love the band name, I love the album title, I love the artwork (I love the font!), I have friends who love them - I like what I've read about BoC, and when I hear them referenced anywhere, I feel a warm smug glow because I know who they are... but bloody hell, it's a bit boring, isn't it? It just sounds like everything else by everyone else just like them. I feel like I could probably make a record like this on my phone if I had time to kill. It's a shame, that really is a nice font.

Not really my thing at all but this album is in my collection (though it’s a bit dusty). In the right frame of mind I quite like it. But it doesn’t really set anything much on fire. Not quite chillout, not quite dance which genre-defying is I suppose a good thing, but it lacks a little…

Ugh, not sure what to make of this one by the local lads. I quite like it? That’s damning with faint praise though. I mean, there are other electronic artists I prefer. Nevertheless, it’s a 3.5. To round up or down though?

Instrumental psicodélico. Not bad. 6,5

Love this album. It's atmospheric and dreamy; you can listen and just sort of float along with it. It's an ambient record but doesn't drone on and on and has some interesting (and sort of weird) parts too. Perfect for both zoning out or focusing in.

1.28

Boards of Canada's breakthrough album possesses a haunting ambience to go with wordless electronica. It is of a similar vein to Portishead and other electronic bands of its time in shunning dance beats in favour of downtempo psychedelia. On the surface, it is an album that is repetitive and lacks clear melody. But this is an LP that comes to life when wearing headphones, which allows the listener to pickup the more subtle elements of the sound. And where this album lacks in shifting tones and lyrics, it makes up for in creativity and imagination in terms of production technique and "instruments". Granted, it is not the easiest listen, and requires some concentration and a certain mood to enjoy it. But its is something new and unlike most other music, and on the whole the band pulls off the sound well.

This was excellent driving music for a foggy drive through the mountains. I can't say I listened suuuuper carefully, but still quite nice. 3.5